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Senior Design Fall 2014

Course Coordinator: Dr. Lionel Hewavitharana

Office: Room# 217-Engr. I
Phone: 407-823-1013
E-Mail: lionel.hewavitharana@ucf.edu

Office hours: MW 3:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m.
(effective beginning 1
st
week of September)
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Senior Design Fall 2014
Advising Faculty:
1. Dr. Lionel Hewavitharana
2. Dr. Olusegun Ilegbusi (tentative)
3. Dr. Jan Gou
4. Dr. Nina Orlovoskaya
5. Dr. Yunjun Xu
6. Dr. Tina Tian
7. Dr. Felix Soto-Toro
8. Dr. Gabriel Vasquez
9. Mr. Kurt Stresau

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Text Book
Engineering Design second edition

Rudolph J. Eggert
ISBN: 978-0-615-31938-4

High Peak Press
Meridian, Idaho 83642
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Syllabus and Schedule
The syllabus and the schedule have been posted on the
web course.
Every student is required to read both the syllabus and
the schedule.
The course coordinator reserves the right to
change/modify/amend the syllabus and the schedule as
appropriate during the semester. Changes will be notified
to students.
An assignment will be posted on the course web course
on 8/20/14. This assignment is not for grade but not
completing it may affect your final grade. The assignment
should be uploaded on the web course by 8/27/14.
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Senior Design Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering Department
MAE Senior Design Course is a two semester course.

Senior Design I First semester
Senior Design II Second semester

Senior Design I Prepare Engineering Design Specification (EDS)
Preliminary Design Report
Preliminary Design Presentation
Critical Design Report (color printed on high quality
paper and bound)
Critical Design Presentation
Twelve Lectures
Final Exam


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Senior Design Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering Department

Final Exam:
Closed Book, Closed Notes- 50 MCQ s. Two hours and fifty minutes
Cell phones should be switched off.

Senior Design II Prototype Building
Experimental Data Collection
Evaluation of Data and Design Validation

Mid Term Report & Presentation
Final Report and Presentation
Design Showcase

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Project Presentations
Wednesday the 20
st


1:30 p.m. to 2:20 p.m.

Monday the 25
th

1:30 p.m. to 2:20 p.m.

Only selected number of projects are presented due
to time constraint. The project list will be posted on
the web course by 20
st
.


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Project Allocation
Every student is required to apply for design projects.
This condition equally applies to those who are
planning to work on their own projects. They (team
members ) can indicate their project as the only
choice, and are required to mention fellow team
members.
Use the application form posted on the web course.

Attaching resume is optional but highly recommended

Indicate three project preferences in your application.
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Project Allocation
We will try to accommodate at least the third preference
but there is no guarantee.

You may not get a project in your field of specialization.

In certain cases, the advising faculty will have to put
students on projects irrespective of their preferences.
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Application Form
Complete this form and
give it to the
coordinator by 27
th
.


Project application form
is available on the Web
course

EML 4501 / EAS 4700 SENIOR DESIGN I
PROJECT APPLICATION FORM

Name _________________________ Major_________________Specialization_________________

Phone #________________________Email_______________________________________________

Project Preferences ( list your 1
st
, 2
nd
and 3
rd
Choice)

First________________________________________________________________________________

Second______________________________________________________________________________

Third_______________________________________________________________________________

Skill Levels

Skill/Experience

High

Medium

Low

Machining Experience
CAD Experience
Electronic Devices (Circuit build, soldering, data acquisition)
Software (programming, FEA etc)
Math
Heat transfer
Fluid Mechanics
Materials
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
Mechanical Systems (Vibration, Control engineering
Management
Note: Attaching resume is optional

Other Qualifications_______________________________________________________________
Employment_____________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

Strengths________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________

Weaknesses______________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________

Desired Team Responsibility (Circle and preference # the position you want in your team).

Program Design Process Tooling Operations
Manager Engineer Engineer Engineer Manager
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Team Formation
A team consisting minimum of five students will be
formed for each project.
Students should select a fellow team member as their
student lead who will coordinate activities within the team
and also with the faculty advisor.
Each student is expected to accumulate at least 150 hrs
in his/her project related activities. Try to spend 12-15 hrs
per week on the project. Less than 10 hrs per week in
your weekly report may result in grade penalties.

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Team Formation
Faculty advisors may not have expertise in certain areas
in your project. In such a situation, you need to sign up a
Technical Advisor who has the required expertise.

If your project is sponsored by a company, then a
company engineer can function as the Technical Advisor.

An advising faculty member can serve as a Technical
Advisor in a project that is being supervised by another
faculty member.
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Team Formation
Students and their Technical Advisor should sign an
agreement, and the required template will be posted on
the web course.
After project teams have been formed, every team should
consult the faculty advisor and fix a weekly meeting time.

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Weekly Meetings
Participation in weekly meeting is mandatory.
Unauthorized absence from weekly meetings will be
penalized by the faculty advisor.
Just sending an email informing absence from a weekly
meeting will not result in an excuse for that meeting.
Prior approval should be obtained from the faculty
advisor for any absence except in a medical emergency.
However, documentary proof should be provided in such
cases.

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Weekly Meetings & Reports
If you plan to participate in university sponsored events,
obtain prior approval from the faculty advisor and turn in
any assignment due before hand.
Every student is required to give a weekly report to the
faculty advisor at the weekly meeting. Do not email
weekly report to the faculty advisor under any
circumstances. If you are absent from a meeting due to a
valid reason, turn in the weekly report at the next meeting
with your valid documentary proof.
Weekly report format will be posted on the web course.
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Reports
Reports:
Engineering Design Specifications (EDS)
Preliminary Design Report (PDR)
Critical Design report (CDR)

Hard copies of those reports should be given to the faculty advisor.
Electronic copies should be uploaded on the web course by the
dead line.
Missing dead lines for report up loadings will bring grade penalties.
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Reports and Presentations
Report formats will be posted on the web course.
Critical Design Report (CDR) should be color printed
(single side) on quality papers and bound.
Late reports will earn grade penalties as determined by
the faculty advisor.
Every team is required to make two formal presentations.
Students are expected to dress professionally for those
presentations.
Presentation evaluation will be based on the team
performance and individual performances. Within the
same team, each students grade may be different.
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Log Books
Every team is required to keep graded reports, research
literature, technical papers/reports, technical
communications etc; to be used in the senior design II
folder.
Every team is required to maintain a team log book in
which team activities are recorded. The student lead
should maintain the team log book in addition to
maintaining his/her individual log book.
Minutes of team meetings, Work allocation to fellow team
members, their progress on assigned work should be
recorded in the team log book.
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Log Books
Every student is required to maintain an individual log
book (journal) in which the student makes
entries/sketches/computations related to individual
contribution.
At the end of the semester, Individual log books should
be submitted to the faculty advisor for grading purposes.
At the end of the semester, the team log book should be
submitted to the faculty advisor for grading purposes.

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Final Exam
There will be a final exam at the end of the semester.
The exam will have 50 multiple choice questions.
The exam is closed book, closed notes. Cell phones
must be switched off during the exam.
Please check out the schedule for date and time.

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Attendance, Peer evaluation, and
Grades
Class attendance will be taken at random lecture classes.
Coordinator/faculty advisors might look at lecture class
attendance and weekly meeting attendance when
finalizing final grades.
All students are required to attend a minimum number of
mid term presentations and final presentations. This
minimum number will be notified later.
Attendance for invited lectures is mandatory.
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Attendance, Peer evaluation, and
Grades
Each student will evaluate fellow team members at the
end of the semester.
Required form will be posted on the web course.
Evaluations should be given to the faculty advisor and an
electronic copy should be uploaded on the web course.
You should not grade yourself.
Please read the syllabus for details.
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Attendance, Peer evaluation, and
Grades
GRADES
Written Design Requirements report/EDS 5%
Logbook and Documentation Management 5%
Performance Evaluation by Peer 5%
Weekly Reports (13 reports) 10%
Performance Evaluation by Faculty 10%

Written preliminary design report 10%
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Attendance, Peer evaluation, and
Grades

Preliminary design presentation 10%
Written parametric/Final design report
(CDR Report) 15%
Critical Design Review presentation 15%
Final Exam 15%



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Attendance, Peer evaluation, and
Grades

Student Final Average (SFA):
Student Final Average (SFA) 93 A
90SFA<93 A-
87 SFA < 90 B+
84 SFA < 87 B
80 SFA < 84 B-
77 SFA < 80 C+
74 SFA < 77 C
70 SFA < 74 C-
67 SFA < 70 D+
64 SFA < 67 D
60 SFA < 64 D-
0 SFA <60 F


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Attendance, Peer evaluation, and
Grades
Please note that the faculty will look into various aspects
before assigning 10% faculty evaluation. Some of those
aspects may include;
1. the conduct of the student during the project period
2. assessment of individual student contribution to the
project
3. individual log book
4. weekly meeting attendance
5. total number of hours spent by the student during this
semester
6. peer evaluation etc;

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Faculty Advisor Expectations
It is the responsibility of students to:
1. discuss with the faculty advisor and get a clear picture of
his/her expectations
2. discuss with the faculty advisor and get a clear
understanding of the evaluating/grading procedure
3. discuss with the faculty advisor and find out grades for
each assignment if grades are not posted or given to
students two weeks after the submission of an
assignment
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Presentations Outside of Scheduled
Class Room Time

Some of mid term and final presentations will be
scheduled outside of scheduled class room time.

Students will be informed at least one week before such
presentations.

Students must have sufficiently flexible schedules to
accommodate their presentations if scheduled out side of
class times.

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Students Who Need Special
Accommodations



Students who need special accommodations are advised
to meet with the coordinator for further instructions.

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Changes to Syllabus and Schedule
Course coordinator reserves the right to
make changes to the syllabus and schedule
as appropriate during the semester.
Changes will be notified to students.

Students should not purely depend on these
slides for course information. Every student
should read the course syllabus and the
schedule posted on the web course.
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Additional Notes

Senior Design I is very demanding and students will have
to work according to a tight schedule.
Students must learn to work together with other team
members. They must put the team interest ahead of
personal differences and disputes.

Each student must be thoroughly prepared to undertake
the design effort.