Syllabus ENGR 489CO S10

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MESSIAH COLLEGE
ENGR 489CO - Communications Project 4


Classroom

  • Frey 253 and/or Frey 266


Time

  • Monday at 1:50 - 5:10 PM


Advisor - Harold Underwood

  • E-mail address - HUnderw@messiah.edu
  • Office Phone - 796-1800 ext. 7125
  • Home Phone - 717-697-9709
  • Office hours - M 10:30-11:30 AM, TR 10:30-12 Noon, WF 1-2 PM, or by appointment


Group Leader - Nicole Steiner


Contents

Overview

What is Project 4?

Project 4 is the fourth 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 4 you will have the opportunity to continue to develop the leadership skills you've been learning in other IPC classes and to see what it takes to bring a project to a successful completion. With the experience gained from Group Orientation, Project 1, Project 2, Project 3, and the seminar classes, you will to continue to take the lead on all the phases of your project, including planning, analysis, design, prototyping, testing, evaluation, and documentation, as you complete the work that you started in Project 3. You will be able to demonstrate the abilities you have gained throughout the IPC curriculum as you bring your project to a successful completion. You will also be preparing the way for your departure through mentoring of Project 2 and Group Orientation to take over control as you graduate. Of course, you are not alone in this endeavor, and your Group Advisor will never be far away if a problem arises. However, Group Advisors also know that ideally they, like you, are "working themselves out of a job" as they continue to mentor, coach, and encourage you to take charge of the project. Your student colleagues in Project 4 will be sharing the leadership roles, while the other team members taking Group Orientation and Project 2 will be there to assist with the work. In short, this class is an opportunity to demonstrate that you have what it takes to lead a team of students to complete a significant and sustainable contribution to the work of your Collaboratory Group.

Goals of this class

Students who successfully complete Project 4 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 exemplary team leaders and productive team members.
  5. Following the established 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. Completing documentation of the student's Showcase Portfolio.
  12. Preparing and presenting Student Scholars Expo (SSE)presentation.


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 4 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.

A very important part of the Project classes is the experience of actually working on and making a significant contribution to the project. To quantify this experience, we have made a list of the areas that we think reflect this kind of significant contribution. Students who successfully complete Projects 1-4 will demonstrate that they have had significant experiences these areas of competency. As in Project 3, in Project 4 an important method of evaluating this will be the portfolio. By the end of Project 4, students should have significant contributions in each of the components of the portfolio. Early in the semester, students should sit down with their advisors to ensure that all components of the portfolio will be completed by the end of Project 4. The Showcase Portfolio, which includes a reflective component on each of the sections of the portfolio, must also be completed by the end of the semester. Another significant part of the grade is the formal presentation made to other members of your group, the rest of the engineering department, and the public at the end of the semester. This presentation is a chance to showcase the work that you have been doing during the IPC curriculum and should be taken very seriously. Of course, completion of project work and the project logbook are also important parts of the grade. These components are weighted as per the following scale:

  • Attendance/Participation (10%)
  • Project Work (20%)
    • Completion of tasks - 5%
    • Quality of work - 5%
    • Documentation (drawings, wiki, etc.) - 10%
  • Logbook (10%)
  • Final project presentation (15%)
  • Final project report (15%)
  • Showcase Portfolio (30%)


Schedule

Project 4 is a 3-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.

February 1 - 5

  • Introduction, Review Syllabus

February 8 - 12

February 15 - 19

  • Project Work

February 22 - 26

  • Project Work

March 1 - 5

  • Project Work

March 8 - 12

March 15 - 19 - SPRING BREAK


March 22 - 26

  • Project Work

March 29 - April 2 Short week due to EASTER BREAK

  • Project Work

April 5 - 9 Short week due to EASTER BREAK

  • No class on Monday, April 5 due to EASTER BREAK

April 12 - 16

April 19 - 23

April 26 - April 30

May 3 - 7 Short week; last week of classes

FINAL EXAM PERIOD (Monday, May 10th, 10:45AM to 12:45PM, in F110)


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