Week 36-38

18/09

Group selection and pre-questionnaire

Week 37-39

02/10

Stirling engine starter project (individual work)

Week 40

02/10

Design brief for group project

Week 43

23/10

Concept pitch + peer review & 1st evaluation questionnaire

Week 46

13/11

Status report

Week 47

 

Status report peer review & 2nd evaluation questionnaire

Week 49

04/12

Information poster

Week 50

11/12

Gala: Prototype demonstration & Demonstration gala reflections

Week 51

18/12

Final report & Final evaluation questionnaire


Already during weeks 39-40

- Initial ideation for your machine design project i.e., about functions, mechanism, its manufacturability etc.

- Select best ideas together as a group

Weeks 40-43: Develop concept and initial design

- Decide components, materials (Granta Edupack), verify functionality (models, MBS), FEA (in critical places) and necessary steps of product design

- First draft of design documentation and manufacturing/ assembly plan

Week 43: Concept pitch in lieu of midterm exam (23rd Oct)

- Pitch the concept, design process, material selection, manufacturing plan, assembly plan and other aspects (more details via announcement)

- Student groups are allowed to playback a pre-recorded concept pitch

- Peer review: Pre-determined groups will critique the concept pitches

- In case you have a time/order preference for the pitching session, please inform the course assistant beforehand

- Submit the 1st evaluation questionnaire (23rd Oct)

Weeks 44-45: Detailed design

- Iterate and further develop the machine concept design

- Update design documentation based on the detailed design

Manufacturability and Safety

- Start updating and elaborating the manufacturing/ assembly plan & do a safety evaluation

Week 46: Status report & kickstart prototype development

- Project status report is a work-in-progress (draft) version of your final report (by 13th Nov)

- Include the progress/current status, schedule, work distribution, design documentation, draft versions of manufacturing, assembly and testing plans

Weeks 47-50: Exhibiting the prototype

- Status report peer review & 2nd evaluation questionnaire (week 47)

- Prototype, finalize design documentation

- Advertising your project (poster for Gala by 04th Dec)

- Gala presentation on 11th Dec

- Complete Demonstration gala reflections by 11th Dec midnight

Week 51: Final reporting and Final evaluation questionnaire (by 18th Dec)

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