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DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING AND PHYSICS

Dr. Ted Thiede
Associate Professor of Engineering and Physics

PHY 498: Senior Engineering Design I Course Information Page
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:	Students will work together in small teams to design, build, and test a project assigned by the instructor. Completion of the project will demonstrate an understanding of multiple engineering disciplines and application of the design process. Students will also become familiar with basic elements of Engineering Economics. Students will demonstrate communication skills through design reports, project drawings, a written test report and a written proposal for individual work in Senior Design II. Students are expected to follow this course with PHY 499.
ASSIGNMENTS:	Engineering Economics Test (15%) Analytical Design with prototype description, project schedule, parts list, prototype budget and product cost projection, preliminary analyses, test plan. (15%) PHY 499 Project Proposal (5%) Preliminary Competition Score (10%) Test Report (15%) Final Competition Score (15%) Final Report (20%) Professionalism (5%) You may need to download the AdobeAcrobat Reader. Those enrolled in the course should access the MSU Blackboard site frequently (user FLastnameXXXX)
TOPICS:	Topics in PHY 498/499 include: The design process Need identification and project definition Team behavior Quality Function Deployment Product Design Specification Planning and Scheduling Gathering Information Intellectual Property Codes and Standards Proposals Cost evaluation Decision making Design schematics and configuration design Drawings and Tolerances Computer tools for drawing Materials selection	Materials in design Aspects of material processing Engineering ethics Engineering liability Engineering organizations Design for manufacture and assembly Design for reliability Safety Quality control concepts Robust design and optimization Design for serviceability and maintainability Human factors Environmental considerations Marketing Engineering reports Engineering presentations

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