Syllabus ENGR 288EN F09

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ENGR 288EN F09


MESSIAH COLLEGE ENGR 288EN - Energy Project 1

Classroom

Initially F343


Time

Thursday at 1:20 - 4:00 PM



Advisor - Professor Carl Erikson

  • E-mail address - erikson@messiah.edu
  • Office Phone - 796-1800 ext. 3300
  • Home Phone - 717-691-8918
  • Office hours - As posted on office door (F226) or by appointment


Solar Advisor - Dr. David Gray

  • E-mail address - dgray@messiah.edu
  • Office Phone - 766-2511 ext. 7032
  • Home Phone - 717- 432-8108
  • Office hours - As posted on office door (F224) or by appointment

Biodiesel Project Investigator - Mike Zummo

  • E-mail address - mzummo@messiah.edu
  • Office Phone - 766-2511 ext. 3170
  • Home Phone -
  • Office hours - Office is located in F45. By appointment

Group Leader - Andrew Derr

  • E-mail - CollabEnergy@messiah.edu
  • Phone -

Project Leaders

  • Biodiesel Project - Stephen Bray
  • Grace Mission to Haiti Project - Quay Hoffman
  • Solar Scholars Project - Andrew Spotts
  • Thermosyphon Project -


Overview

What is Project 1?

Project 1 is the first of four project courses that are the core of the integrated projects portion of the Bachelor of Science in Engineering program at Messiah College. In this Integrated Projects Curriculum (IPC) you put the knowledge content of other classes to work in creative hands-on problem solving. The IPC brings you and other students together with professors and other advisors to solve real-world problems. Through these projects we also seek to live out our Christian faith as God's stewards over the resources of the engineering discipline. Projects 1-4 provide students with the time, facilities, resources, and supervision to carry out significant work on these real-world problems.

The IPC courses are challenging, but not like other courses. Innovative features include shared project leadership by students and educators, project teams of students from all years of study, and sustained effort between academic semesters to achieve tangible results for clients. The IPC functions within the Collaboratory for Strategic Partnerships and Applied Research, so you gain practical work experience in a real organization. Some students decide to pursue voluntary service and leadership in the Collaboratory, but the IPC gives every engineering major some practical experience and an opportunity to consider how their work and Christian faith connect.

In Project 1 you continue to learn how to work within the structure of the Collaboratory, as well as gaining practical hands-on experience working on a project team. You will apply the technical knowledge and competencies you learned in Group Orientation to one of the current Group projects, under the direction of the student leaders and Group Advisor. All of your other classes are general to the engineering discipline; they serve many but no particular industry or class of project. The IPC project classes are focused specifically on making a significant contribution to the work of your Group.

Goals of this class

Students who successfully complete Project 1 will gain practical experience in the following areas:

  • Accomplishing the mission, core values, and operating principles of the Collaboratory.
  • Carrying out your Group's mission statement.
  • Applying the basic principles of project management.
  • Practicing being productive team members.
  • Following the 7 phases of application development.
  • Doing research and reviewing the literature relevant to your Group's project.
  • Writing and completing SMART goals and task assignments, designing to meet specifications, and producing excellent documentation and project deliverables.
  • Using the Collaboratory wiki both as a source of information and repository for documentation.
  • Demonstrating proficiency in material and part selection for the project.
  • Completing certification requirements for the use of shop and laboratory equipment specific to the work of your project and using that equipment to create high quality parts. *Demonstrate proficiency regarding technical material specific to your project.



Policies

If you are absent due to illness or emergency, please call or leave a message so that your professor can determine if the absence is excused or unexcused. If your professor does not hear from you within 48 hours of the missed class then the absence is unexcused. If you miss a quiz and your absence is excused, the professor will probably ask you to take it later. In rare cases you may be excused from the quiz, meaning the quiz will not count for or against your final grade. If your absence on the day of a quiz is unexcused then you have earned a score of zero.

The professor will accept late work if you have an excused absence and if the lateness of the work does not impact the project schedule (see below). The length of your extension will depend on the assignment and circumstances. You must make arrangements for an extension as soon as possible, preferably prior to the absence.

Assignments consist primarily of assigned tasks and project deliverables and will have a specific due date. The professor will accept late work up to one full day after the due date with no more than a 10% penalty, and work that is more than a day but not more than a week late for 1/2 credit. The success or failure of your project will depend directly on the timely completion of assigned tasks, and you must realize that other group members are counting on you. The goal of this late-work policy is to encourage you to keep up with the work, while providing some flexibility for the occasional emergency.

You may complete work that is assigned on a day that you are absent from class, prior to the due date. However, if the work is not completed on time, other Group members may be assigned to finish your task rather than hold up the project, leaving you with no opportunity to make up the assignment. If you have an excused absence the professor will not hold this against you; the class work will not count for or against you on the day of your excused absence. If the absence is unexcused, you have earned a score of zero for class work on that day.

The standard for all manufactured parts is that they meet specifications, fit and work properly, meet safety standards, and are capable of lasting for the required life of the part. This is especially important with regard to safety; metal parts should have sharp edges removed (unless they are intended to be cutting implements), wires should be insulated and tied off, etc. Check the specifications for required tolerances, coatings, fit and finish, etc.

The standard for all documentation is professional quality prepared for the level of your peers. Write for persons who know as much but not more about engineering than you do, since what you write about your project will be for the next generation of students! Plan on Project 1 taking all the scheduled time. Please do not schedule any other activities during class time or expect to be excused early. Remember, your Group members are counting on you.



Grades

Serving as your assistant in a time of personal growth and development is your professor's motivation for teaching. We are not here primarily to rank you according to ability. Your value as a person is independent of class performance. Whether you excel or struggle, you are an important part of our lives this semester and beyond.

Grades for the course should, however, reflect individual progress as engineering students. A fair and thorough evaluation is important, both to you and to the reputation of the Engineering Program at Messiah College. Since your achievement must eventually be reflected in a grade, we have established a basis for determining grades in this course.

Grades for Project 1 are based largely on completion and quality of project work, as well as on documentation of work as per the group's documentation standards. The logbook is a primary source of graded material. Project 1 students will also begin compiling their individual portfolios. These components are weighted as per the following scale:

Attendance/Participation (10%)

Written assignments (30%)

  • SMART goals - 5%
  • Project phase paper - 15%
  • Evaluation of mission paper - 10%

Project Work (40%)

  • Completion of tasks - 10%
  • Quality of work - 10%
  • Documentation (drawings, wiki, etc.) - 10%
  • Technical research assignment - 10%

Logbook (10%)

Working portfolio (10%)



Schedule

Project 1 is a 2.6-hour laboratory class. Learning activities involve working on a specific project within your Group. Because each one of you will have a unique role within each project, your presence and participation are vital to the success of the project! Please make every effort to faithfully attend these classes - others are counting on you.

September 3

Group specific work

  • Introduction/Review Syllabus
  • Review projects
  • Form project teams

September 10

Group specific work

  • Assigned project tasks
  • Discussion of documentation
  • Discussion of portfolio

September 17

Group specific work

September 24

Group specific work

October 1

Group specific work

  • Assigned project tasks
  • Logbook check

October 8

Group specific work

October 15

Group specific work

  • Assigned project tasks

October 22 FALL BREAK

October 29

Group specific work

  • Assigned project tasks

November 5

Group specific work

November 12

Group specific work

  • Assigned project tasks
  • Logbook check

November 19

Group specific work

  • Assigned project tasks

November 24 - Follows Thursday schedule

Group specific work

  • Assigned project tasks

December 3

Group specific work

December 10

Group specific work

  • Assigned project tasks
  • Final logbook check
  • Portfolio review (graded)
  • Opportunity: Attend project status presentations

Final Exam Period

Combined : Discussion and recommendations for improving this course This session will be held during the scheduled final exam time for TR afternoon classes

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