ME430 Senior Lab

ME 430
Senior Lab

Course Description
Detailed lab investigation of engineering problem; statistical design of experiments; application of engineering principles to analyze experimental data; technical report writing; oral communication skills.
Prereq: ME 313 and 330

Office Hours

Dr. Dan (GJ 234H)
- Monday 12:30
- Tuesday 3:00 (20 minutes)
- Wednesday 10:30
Sally (EPB 101)

Wednesday 1:30

Resources

Guides

Grading Forms

WEEK 1: Jan 11 - 13
Day	Topics and Downloads	Assigned	Due
Thursday	Course Syllabus Syllabus Activity Laboratory Notebooks Laboratory Safety Root Sum Square mini lecture 1	HW 1
WEEK 2: Jan 16 - 20
Day	Topics and Downloads	Assigned	Due
Tuesday	Experiment design RSS Activity Activity Solution Root Sum Square mini lecture 2
Thursday	Root Sum Square Homework Questions Confidence Intervals - Variable Definitions - Confidence Interval mini lecture 1 - Small-Sample Stats Activity #1 - Activity Solution	HW 2 HW 2 Data
WEEK 3: Jan 23 - 27
Day	Topics and Downloads	Assigned	Due
Tuesday	What makes a good Senior Lab project? Confidence Intervals and Difference in Means Small-Sample Stats Activity #2 Confidence Interval Activity Solution Confidence Interval Homework Tips	Capstone Survey	HW 1
Thursday	Confidence Interval Homework Questions
WEEK 4: Jan 30 - Feb 3
Day	Topics and Downloads	Assigned	Due
Tuesday	Calibration and Regression mini lecture 1 Calibration and Regression Activity	HW 3	HW 2 Capstone Survey
Thursday	Activity Presentations (3 minutes each) Calibration and Regression mini lecture 2
WEEK 5: Feb 6 - 10
Day	Topics and Downloads	Assigned	Due
Tuesday	Calibration and Regression Homework Questions
Thursday	Project Bids Project Options Factorial Experiment Design - I FED Activity	Project Bid	HW 3
WEEK 6: Feb 13 - 17
Day	Topics and Downloads	Assigned	Due
Tuesday	Factorial Experiment Design - II ANOVA Notes F-Distributions F-Distribution in Excel		Project Bid
Thursday	Project Team Assignments Experiment Design Steps	ED1
WEEK 7: Feb 20 - 24
Day	Topics and Downloads	Assigned	Due
Tuesday	Factorial Lab Factorial Lab Write-Up Meet in GJ 237 12:30 for teams 1-6, 1:10 for teams 7-11
Thursday	Updates/questions about Experiment Design - Phase 1	ED2
WEEK 8: Feb 27 - Mar 3
Day	Topics and Downloads	Assigned	Due
Tuesday	Meetings with Instructor/TA (progress on ED1 and ED2) Team Meeting Schedule		Factorial Lab
Thursday	Meetings with Instructor/TA (progress on ED1 and ED2)		Factorial Lab
WEEK 9: Mar 6 - 10
Day	Topics and Downloads	Assigned	Due
Tuesday	Team time (Experiment Design Phase 1 & 2)
Thursday	Team time (Experiment Design Phase 1 & 2)
SPRING BREAK: Mar 13 - 17
Monday - Friday	NO CLASS - Spring Break
WEEK 10: Mar 20 - 24
Day	Topics and Downloads	Assigned	Due
Tuesday	Working in your lab/experiment area. Instructor(s) will visit your space during class time
Thursday	Working in your lab/experiment area. Instructor(s) will visit your space during class time
WEEK 11: Mar 27 - 31
Day	Topics and Downloads	Assigned	Due
Tuesday	Working in your lab/experiment area. Instructor(s) will visit your space during class time		ED1 & ED2
Thursday	Working in your lab/experiment area. Instructor(s) will visit your space during class time		ED1 & ED2
WEEK 12: Apr 3 - 7
Day	Topics and Downloads	Assigned	Due
Tuesday	Preparing a research proposal Statistics Exam Prep What to expect on exam Statistics Summary	Research Proposal
Thursday	Statistics Exam
WEEK 13: Apr 10 - 14
Day	Topics and Downloads	Assigned	Due
Tuesday	Team time (preliminary data collection and analysis)		Research Proposal
Thursday	Team time (preliminary data collection and analysis)
WEEK 14: Apr 17 - 21
Day	Topics and Downloads	Assigned	Due
Tuesday	Preparing a final report	Final Report
Thursday	Team time (preliminary data collection and analysis)
WEEK 15: Apr 24 - 28
Day	Topics and Downloads	Assigned	Due
Tuesday	Team time (final data collection and analysis)
Thursday	Team time (final data collection and analysis)
WEEK 16: May 1 - 5 (DEAD WEEK)
Day	Topics and Downloads	Assigned	Due
Tuesday	Team time (final-final data collection and analysis)
Thursday	Team time (final-final data collection and analysis)
WEEK 17: May 8-12 (FINALS WEEK)
Day	Topics and Downloads	Assigned	Due
Thursday	Due by COB		Report