General

Date

Class Activities

Handouts/Resources

Assignments

Due Dates

WEEK 1

Wed, Sep. 30

Class introduction &

Find your group member &

Introduction of Spaghetti Water Tower project

 Syllabus

Introduction of Spaghetti Water Tower porject

Memo Tips,

Memo Examples, EX1  EX2

Introduction of yourself Memo

(Group Assignment)

Mon,Oct. 05

Fri, Oct. 02

Spaghetti Water Tower construction and Test

Handout of function of Team and design process

Engineering Design process

Tower Memo

(Individual Assignment)

Fri,Oct. 09

 Mon,Oct. 05

 Introduction to Bridge project

& Component Test

Introduction to Bridge Project

Bridge Project Slide Show

Bridge Web Resources

West Point Bridge Software

WPB Software Instructions

Introduction to Components Testing

Component test data sheet

Bridge Ideas

(Individual Assignment)

Components test Memo

(Individual Assignment)

Mon, Oct. 12

Wed, Oct. 14

WEEK 2

Wed,Oct. 07

Prototype Design/Construction

 Memo grading policy and  Force Analysis

Fri,Oct. 09

Prototype Construction

Mon, Oct. 12

 Prototype Construction

WEEK 3

Wed, Oct. 14

Prototype Construction

Mon,Oct. 16

 Prototype Construction

Fri,Oct. 19

Prototype Testing

Pictures of Testing day

Prototype  bridge performance

(Group assignment)

Bridge Final Presentation

(Group assignment)

Bridge Final Report

(Group assignment)

Fri,Oct. 30

Fri,Oct. 30

Wed,Nov. 04

WEEK 4

Wed, Oct.21

Revision / construction

Fri,Oct.23

Final Bridge Construction

Mon,Oct.26

Final Bridge Construction

 Examples of presentation slides

 EX1, EX2, EX3

WEEK 5

Wed,Oct. 28

Final  bridge testing

                      T-Day

Fri,Oct. 30

Bridge presentation

Teammate evaluation

(Individual assignment)

Wed,Nov. 04

Mon, Nov. 02

Introduction to  Engine

& Testing

Engine dissection

Introduction to Engine Project

Slide show

U of Windsor On-Line Manual

How things work

Internal combustion engine

WEEK 6

Wed,Nov. 04

Engine Assembly

Fri,Nov. 06

Engine: Assembly& Testing

Engine Report  

(Individual assignment)

Engine Questions

(Group assignment)

Mon,Nov. 16

Mon,Nov. 16

Mon,Nov .09

Robot Project Introduction

 Inventory

Robot project introduction

Robot project slide show

RCX tutorial

NQC tutorial

WEEK 7

Wed,Nov. 12

Pathfinder Construction

NQC download

 Pathfinder construction
(Group assignment)

Mon,Nov. 16

Fri,Nov. 13

RCX Code Programming

Mon,Nov. 16

Pathfinder testing

Robot construction

 Programming assignment
(Individual assignment)

Fri,Nov. 27

WEEK 8

Wed,Nov. 18

Gear mechanics and sensors

Competition schedule

Fri,Nov. 20

Round 1 test runs (base point assessment)

Mon,Nov. 23

Construction and testing

WEEK 9

Wed,Nov. 25

Construction and testing

Final  report (Group assignment)                                

Mon,Dec. 07　

Fri,Nov. 27

　Holiday No class

Mon,Nov. 30

Revising & testing

WEEK 10

Wed, Dec. 02

Revision & testing

Teammate evaluation

(Individual assignment)

Fri, Dec. 04

Fri, Dec. 04

Final Competition

Mon,Dec. 07

Class Wrap Up

Course Evaluations