Please note that the listing of Mile Pebbles and Stones are only guidelines. Lectures only last through the first half of the term. After that, students are working on their machines.
Calendar table.
| WEEK # |
TOPICS |
Mile Pebbles and Stones |
| 1 |
Lecture 1
Design Process
Generating and Creating Ideas
Lecture 2
Fundamental Principles |
Milepebble 1
a) Get Kit and Locker and Play with kit elements and the table
b) Complete Solid Model of the Table |
| 2 |
Lecture 3
Linkages
Lecture 4
Power Transmission Elements I |
Milepebble 2
a) Assemble motors
b) 3 Strategies on FRDPARRC
c) Preliminary analysis: scoring, power budget... |
| 3 |
Lecture 5
Power Transmission Elements II
Screws and Gears
Lecture 6
Force and Torque Sources |
Milestone 1
a) Sketch models and start simple car
b) Best Strategy Selected and FRDPARRC |
| 4 |
Lecture 7
No lecture! Work on your Machines
Lecture 8
Structures |
Milepebble 3
a) Appropriate analysis
b) Bench level experiments
c) 3 Concepts on FRDPARRC sheets |
| 5 |
Lecture 9
Structural Interfaces
Lecture 10
Bearings |
Milestone 2
a) Complete simple car
b) Best Concept, FRDPARRC, 1st-order solid model
c) All Modules defined |
| 6 |
Lecture 11
Control System
Lecture 12
Manufacturing |
Milepebble 4
a) Work on Most Critical Module (MCM) |
| 7 |
Lecture 13
Manufacturing (cont.)
Lecture 14
Ethics and Professionalism |
Milestone 3
a) Demonstrate Most Critical Module (MCM) |
| 8 |
Lectures 15-16
No lecture! Work on your Machines |
Milepebble 5
a) Begin details on other modules
b) Show schedule for rest of semester |
| 9 |
Lectures 17-18
No lecture! Work on your Machines |
Milestone 4
a) All Engineering Complete
b) Begin working on other modules |
| 10 |
Lectures 19-20
No lecture! Work on your Machines |
Milepebble 6
a) Build, test, and integrate modules |
| 11 |
Lectures 21
No lecture! Work on your Machines |
Milepebble 7
a) Build, test, and integrate modules |
| 12 |
Lectures 22-23
No lecture! Work on your Machines |
Milestone 5
a) To-Do list, risks, countermeasures and final plan
b) Demonstrate good working machine |
| 13 |
Lectures 24-25
No lecture! Work on your Machines |
Milepebble 8
a) In-class seeding contest, Get T-Shirt!
b) Pack and "ship" machine |
| 14 |
Lecture 26
Final Contest |
Milestone 6
a) Reflection
b) Final Contest! |