AME412A: Mechanical Engineering Design

Fall 2007

Course Objectives:

The Objective of this course is to provide a Capstone Design Experience where students learn and use the Best Tools to design and build a device under real life conditions.

• Projects are submitted by industry of research academics for systems that are likely to be used in their field. Students operate under real life conditions of deadlines, ambiguity of communication and limits on resources.
• The Best Tools are structured around the industry standard of Design For Six Sigma (DFSS), using:
  • The Voice Of the Customer (VOC) model to minimize the ambiguity of customer needs
  • Quality Functional Deployment (QFD) to map them into Functional Requirements
  • Axiomatic Design to guide selection of possible designs and their execution.
  • Innovation, using the methods of TRIZ, is stressed to eliminate the resulting conflicts that invariably arise
  • The use of the analysis tools, that have been learned in their classical engineering courses, is required to predict performance
  • Another tool used to mitigate potential problems is Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
  • Taguchi Methods are covered to optimize the selected embodiment
• The first semester is primarily concerned with the paper design and analysis, while the second semester is used to actually build the design.

Course Meeting Times:

Tuesday and Thursday from 5:00 - 6:15 in AMES202

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Updated: December 11, 2007