Syllabus ENGR 288WA F07

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MESSIAH COLLEGE
ENGR 288WA - Water Project 1


Classroom


Time

  • Thursday at 1:20 - 4:00 PM

 

  • VWOS team planning meeting: 4:00 Thursday
  • Pump team planning meeting: 2:00 Thursday


Advisor - Timothy Whitmoyer/Ariela Vader


Group Leader - Liz Komline

  • E-mail - [mailto: ]
  • Phone -


Contents

Overview

What is Project 1?

Project 1 is the second of 7 courses that make up 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.


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. This class is 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:

  1. Accomplishing the mission, core values, and operating principles of the Collaboratory.
  2. Carrying out your Group's mission statement.
  3. Applying the basic principles of project management.
  4. Practicing being productive team members.
  5. Following the 6 phases of application development.
  6. Doing research and reviewing the literature relevant to your Group's project.
  7. Writing and completing SMART goals and task assignments, designing to meet specifications, and producing excellent documentation and project deliverables.
  8. Using the Collaboratory wiki both as a source of information and repository for documentation.
  9. Demonstrating proficiency in material and part selection for the project.
  10. 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.
  11. Passing quizzes on technical material specific to your project.


Policies

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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!
  8. 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 the following basis for determining grades in this course:

  • Quality of Assigned Work 60%
  • Hours Worked 20%
  • Attendence/Participation 20%

 

Quality of Assigned Work
Addition to "getting the right answer", factors influencing this part of the course grade include timeliness of completed tasks, proactively dealing with problems, and proper documentation of completed assignments. Please note that it is more important to eventually get a correct result than to get it right the first time. This contribution to the final grade is made by the group advisor and team advisor in consultation with the student team manager.
Attendence/Participation 
Each member must attend her/his team's weekly planning meeting and take an active part in reviewing the accomplishmenst and problems of the past week and setting goals for the coming week.
Hours Worked
Each member must contribute at least two hour per week toward fulfilling the team's weekly goals.

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 6

  • Group specific work
  • Finish Gantt chart for fall semester (All)
  • Schedule a time for weekly team planning meeting (All)
  • Schedule a time for weekly group planning meeting (Liz,Dan,TW,AV)
  • Read syllabus on the Wiki (All)
  • Infiltrate Disability Services group (Jim)
  • Generate list of questions for conversation with ECHO (TW)
  • Arrange time for conversation with ECHO (TW)

September 13

  • Group specific work
  • Complete Gantt charts for fall semester (All)
  • Contact ECHO (TW)
  • Find preliminary answers to research questions (Bill/Dan)
  • Estimate water and ozone needed/day for Mohiman and L.de la C. (Bill/Dan)
  • Review results of bromide tests (Dan)
  • Find Kt factors for ozone (EPA website)(Bill)
  • Visit www.echonet.org and check out the posted designs in the Technical notes (Liz/Dave)
  • Find dimensions of USA and B-F PVC pipe (Liz/Dave)
  • Develop parts list for pump materials (Liz/Dave)

September 20

  • Group specific work
  • E-mail Gantt charts to TW (All)
  • Post information gathered on Wiki- Ozone disinfection constants (Bill), Ozone and Water requirements estimates (Dan), PVC pipe dimensions (Liz/Dave)
  • Create VWOS research Q&A page on Wiki- (Dan)
  • Research health risks/effects of bromate- (Dan/Bill)
  • Estimate time needed for water to go through system (Bill)
  • Identify potential pump/ozone generators with appropriate capacities (Bill/Dan)
  • Complete drawings of piston, piston fixture, and head seal fixture (Liz/Dave)
  • Generate material list for pump, gather available mats, and identify mats that need to be purchased (Liz/Dave)

September 27

  • Group specific work


October 4

  • Group specific work


October 11

  • MID-FALL RECESS

October 18

  • Group specific work
  • Research pressure drops across filters - Dan B
  • Continue analyzing and developing system schematics - Dan B and Billy
  • Research contact tank specs - Billy
  • document on wiki - Dan and Billy
  • consider ozone systems by Ray and Living Waters for the World - Dan and Billy

October 25

  • Group specific work
  • UV system cost analysis (VWOS)
    • price of a system for comparison
    • cost of replacement bulbs
    • energy used
    • other maintenance costs
    • how long are bacteria/virus gone post-
  • meet with Dr.W next week Thurs. during ProI time for a fluids intro (Billy and Dan)

November 1

  • Group specific work
  • Pressure drop tests on carbon filter - Dan B and Billy
  • Begin looking at (again) concentration and contact time and see how it affects/is affected by flow rate and production of ozone generator (probably will try to increase contact time)
  • Monday afternoon - DB and BB
  • Wiki work - DB and BB

November 8

  • Group specific work
  • Pressure drop tests on carbon filter (repeat "impetus" tests- Dan B and Billy
  • Begin looking at (again) concentration and contact time and see how it affects/is affected by flow rate and production of ozone generator (probably will try to increase contact time)
  • Grant work - DB and BB

November 15

  • Group specific work
  • Pressure drop tests on carbon filter (repeat "impetus" tests- Dan B and Billy
  • Begin looking at (again) concentration and contact time and see how it affects/is affected by flow rate and production of ozone generator (probably will try to increase contact time)
  • Grant work - DB and BB
  • Talk to Ray about current plan - DB and BB

November 20 - Follows Thursday schedule

  • Group specific work


November 29

  • Group specific work

December 6

  • Group specific work

December 13

  • Group specific work

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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