ME 2C04 - Course Outline 2014

Mechanical Engineering 2C04 Engineering Design I

Course Outline 2014
Instructors:
Dr. M.P. Sklad,
Dr. T. Nye,

Office JHE 209, email sklad@mcmaster.ca

Office JHE/102, email nyet@mcmaster.ca

Project Mentors:
Dr. P. Selvaganapathy, Office JHE/212B, email selvaga@mcmaster.ca
Dr. A. Spence,
Office JHE/A410, email adspence@mcmaster.ca
Dr. S. Tullis,
Office JHE/304, email tullis@mcmaster.ca
Lectures:
Series A - Tuesdays, 14:30-15:20, Room MDCL/1110
Series B - Thursdays, 14:30-15:20, Room MDCL/1110
General objectives:
1. The team project will focus on the CDIO1 approach based development of mechanical
design skills in the context of team work.
2. Lectures and tests will focus on the development of individual entry level skills in the
graphical communication of mechanical design based on ANSI and ISO standards, the
design of devices for mechanical power transmission and the aspect of strength and
manufacturing in the design of mechanical components.
Team project:
Students in each lab section will form teams consisting of four to six to members. Each
team will be required to design, build, and test a scaled down prototype of a motorized
mechanical device able to complete a specified task. The project will employ the use of
CAD design and modeling tools (Inventor). Rapid prototyping and a laser cutter will be
available for prototype manufacturing. Ready made computer controlled electrical
actuators will be used to provide the desired motion. Each team will consult with their
faculty mentor weekly and report on the project progress on a weekly basis. The weekly
progress report must contain a detailed log of completed tasks with the name of the
designer who did the actual work and the number of hours of work. Students who do not
participate may be removed by the mentor from their teams and will be expected to
complete the project work individually. At the completion of the project, each team must
submit, to their mentor, a formal design report, a copy of work logs and an invoice for the
work calculated by applying the rate of $45 per hour. All teams will demonstrate the
performance of their designs at a course closing event scheduled during the last week of
the term.
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CDIO is an acronym for: Conceive - Design - Implement - Operate

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Meetings with mentors:

Weekly meetings with your mentors to discuss project issues are scheduled on Tuesdays,
between 15:30 and 16:20 in the following rooms:
Section
Room
Sectional mentors
L01
JHE/A113 Dr. M.P. Sklad
L02
BSB/238A Dr. P. Selvaganapathy
L03
BSB/122 Dr. A. Spence
L04
BSB/238 Dr. S. Tullis
L05
UH/102 Dr. Tim Nye

Sectional TAs
Kai Yang
yangk7@mcmaster.ca
Ahmed Ahmed
bekhitam@mcmaster.ca;
Yi Huo
huoy@mcmaster.ca;
Sayed-ali Delbari
delbarsa@mcmaster.ca
Taib Muhammad Arif ariftm@mcmaster.ca;

Attendance will be recorded during the first hour. The time slot allocated to meeting with
the mentors will be split at 16:30 with the project workshop in JHE/219.
Project workshop, tools and hardware:
Commencing on February 25th the design studio, JHE/219, will be available for project
work during the scheduled time slot on Tuesdays, between 16:30 and 19:00, and
additionally, on Thursdays, between 15:30 and 19:00. The Design Studio will be
supervised by a TA. Work in the Design Studio without the supervision of a TA is not
permitted. The capacity of the design studio is limited. Work time must be booked using
the chart posted on the JHE/219 door. In addition to tools provided in the design studio,
rapid prototyping (RP) and laser cutter (LC) equipment located in the departmental
machine shop will be available for manufacturing components if needed. The parts to be
manufactured using the RP and LC equipment must be designed using Autodesk Inventor
and be transferred to manufacturing hardware as files having specific RP or LC formats.
The work orders for RP and LC must be submitted on a labeled USB memory stick to the
sectional TA. All RP and LC job files must first be approved by the TA and may require
further corrections before being transferred to the hardware. The completion of the RP
orders may take several hours per job, while the completion of LC jobs is relatively
quick. In order to enable sorting of batch produced parts, all parts to be cut by the laser
cutter must include a label with the project group code (ex. 14 lab section 1, team 4 )
that will be engraved by the laser beam.
Lectures series A (instructor Dr. Sklad):
1. Description and rules of the CIDO project.
2. Methods of generating design concepts by a team for an open ended mechanical
design problem.
3. Brief review of selected differences between ISO and ANSI/ASME mechanical
design graphical communication standards.
4. Selected aspects of strength in the context of mechanical design.
5. Selected aspects of manufacturing in the context of mechanical design.
6. Elements of hydraulic power systems.
7. Links between target functionality, design implementation, manufacturing,
product cost and product life cycle.

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Material covered by series A will be the subject of four assignments. The first series A
assignment will be announced during the first lecture on Jan.7, 2014 and will be due the
next week during the sectional tutorials. Due to the time sensitive nature of the first
assignment, no extension of the due date or MSAF alternative course of action applies.
Assignments two and three will cover topics presented during the lectures.
The forth series A assignment is a detailed CAD generated formal part drawing to be
included in the final report.
Lectures series B (instructor Dr. Nye):
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Servo actuators, switch inputs, computer interfacing and control.

Kinematics of mechanisms, degrees of freedom and motion constraints.
Equations of mechanism motions and computer simulation.
Analysis of motions and forces
Design tools for generation of components
Designing for laser cut and 3D printed parts

Individual evaluation of these topics will primarily be through Test #1. Inventor tutorials
will be assigned but will not be marked. Use of Inventor design tools will be necessary
for the successful completion of the design project.

Course Webpage:
http://avenue.mcmaster.ca will be used to post all course specific materials and
announcements.
For any questions regarding the term project, please contact your project mentor directly.
Textbook:
Paul Green, The Geometrical Tolerancing Desk Reference Creating and Interpreting
ISO Standard Technical Drawings, Elsevier 2005, (198 pages, available at Titles
bookstore, ~ $48).
Other suggested readings:
C. Jensen, J.D. Helsel, D.R. Short, Engineering Drawing and Design, 7th Edition,
McGraw-Hill, 2008, ISBN 978-0-07-352151-5
ISO Standard Handbook Technical Drawings
Learning Autodesk Inventor 2010 Official Training Guide by Autodesk, 2010 Wiley,
(984 pages),
Randy H. Shih, Parametric modelling with Autodesk Inventor 2011, SDC Publications
2011.

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Evaluation:
Assignments 20%, term tests of the material covered by lectures 20% and team
project 60%2 (see the footnote)
Term tests on Feb. 27th test 1, and March 25th test 2, time 14:30-16:20,
rooms TBA.
Breakdown for Term Project component:
Project report and progress 15%
Model design, presentation and operation - 45%
Missed work:
All requests for an alternative course of action for missed test must be submitted using
the MSAF http://www.degroote.mcmaster.ca/ug/msaf.htm.
No MASF alternative course of action applies to Assignment 1, the Team Project
components and the submission/presentation deadline on April 3rd, 2014.
Important dates:
Activity
st
1 lecture & assignment 1 out
Sectional tutorials
Assignment 1, two copies, due
(no extensions, no MASF applies)
Formation of teams
Term tests

Workshop sessions

Testing of the prototype and internal

report
Final project demonstration and
competition event
Submission of the project report
Last class & competition results

Dates (location)
Jan. 7th
Jan. 14th March 27th, - April 2nd 15:30-17:20
Jan.14th, 15:30, Sectional tutorial room
Jan.14th, Sectional tutorial room
Test 1 - Feb. 27, 14:30-16:20,
Test 2 - March 25th, 14:30-16:20,
Rooms: TBA
Feb. 25th - April 1st ,
Tuesdays 16:30-19:30 and Thursdays 15:30-19:30.
Departmental shop area and Design Studio JHE/219
March 19
Sectional tutorial room
April 3rd , 14:30 15:20, Room MDCL/1110
During project demonstration event on April 3rd
April 8th

POLICY STATEMENTS:
Academic dishonesty consists of misrepresentation by deception or by other fraudulent
means and can result in serious consequences, e.g. the grade of zero on an assignment,
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The individual mark for the project will be calculated using a contribution factor to team work as
indicated by the itemized invoice based on weekly work logs and the attendance records.

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loss of credit with a notation on the transcript (notation reads: "Grade of F assigned for
academic dishonesty"), and/or suspension or expulsion from the university. It is your
responsibility to understand what constitutes academic dishonesty. For information on
the various kinds of academic dishonesty please refer to the Academic Integrity Policy,
specifically Appendix 3, located at
http://www.mcmaster.ca/senate/academic/ac_integrity.htm
The following illustrates only three forms of academic dishonesty:
1. Plagiarism, e.g. the submission of work that is not ones own or for which other credit
has been obtained. (Assignments must be ones own work. Submission of any part of an
assignment copied from someone else constitutes plagiarism.)
2. Improper collaboration in group work. (Assignments in this course represent
individual work and therefore must be done entirely by each student. It is appropriate to
work in pairs/groups to learn how to solve the problems, but it is unacceptable for
individuals in a group to share/copy solutions.)
3. Copying or using unauthorized aids in tests and examinations.
DISCRIMINATION:
THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING IS CONCERNED WITH ENSURING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT
IS FREE OF ALL ADVERSE DISCRIMINATION. IF THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT CANNOT BE
RESOLVED BY DISCUSSION AMONG THE PERSONS CONCERNED, INDIVIDUALS ARE
REMINDED THAT THEY SHOULD CONTACT THEIR DEPARTMENT CHAIR, THE SEXUAL
HARASSMENT OFFICE OR THE HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTANT, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Right to modify elements of the course

"The instructor and university reserve the right to modify elements of the course during
the term. The university may change the dates and deadlines for any or all courses in
extreme circumstances. If either type of modification becomes necessary, reasonable
notice and communication with the students will be given with explanation and the
opportunity to comment on changes. It is the responsibility of the student to check their
McMaster email and course websites weekly during the term and to note any changes."