Syllabus
FE 444 Introduction to Forest Engineering Design (4 cr)
Office: Bloedel
382
Phone: 206-543-1583
e-mail: schiess@u.washington.edu
Course Overview: FEE 444 begins the two-quarter senior capstone design projects through the development of team written comprehensive design proposals. Developing the proposal entails problem formulation, creativity, concept generation, analysis and selection, design reviews, technical communications (oral, written and graphical) and contact with clients and other stakeholders.
Course Prerequisites: N/A
Textbook or other required material:
Course Objectives: By the end of this course, the student will be able to implement the following in the context of engineering design challenges:
1. Define and describe engineering design using a process model
2. Function as part of a design team.
3. Communicate design information.
4. Formulate design problems
5. Assess and explain the design needs for a specific project and identify objectives and constraints.
6. Generate alternative design concepts
7. Select (or eliminate) design concepts based on a rational decision model
8. Access and utilize variety of non-textbook information pertinent to design (e.g. codes/standards, government regulations, handbooks, computer-based resources, patents, etc.).
9. Evaluate design concepts for performance and cost.
10. Identify and address engineering and environmental ethics issues.
11. Propose a detailed design project plan including a schedule and a budget.
12. Communicate a design proposal using written, oral,
and graphical communication tools.
Topics Covered:
1.
Engineering
versus science
2.
Professional
journals
3.
Design process
models
4.
Decision making
5.
Design proposal
development
6.
Teamwork
7.
Formal problem
definition
8.
Stakeholder
identification
9.
Stakeholder
analysis
10. Stakeholder expectations
11. Functional requirements
12. Design constraints
13. Conceptual design
14. Creative processes / idea generation
15. Design parameters
16. Specifications
17. Sources of design information
18. Gathering information
19. Benchmarking
20. Reliability, robustness and quality
21. Performance evaluation
22. Cost evaluation
23. Engineering and Environmental Ethics
24. Intellectual property
25. Task sequencing
26. Task scheduling
27. Project resource allocation
28. Project budget development
29. Design reviews
30. Technical and business communication (oral and
written)
Contribution of Course to meeting the
Professional Component:
Capstone Design Sequence Course
Two field trips: February 25, 2005, and TBA