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ME553: Product and Process

Design
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School of Mechanical Engineering
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (by Courtesy)
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Physical and E Coordinates
Instructor: Karthik Ramani
Office: Gatewood 3176
Phone: (765) 494-5725
Office Hours: T/Th 2:00-3:00
Blackboard URL:
https://mycourses.purdue.edu/
Lecture Time: 9:00-10:15a Tuesday, Thursday
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Course Grading
Individual Design Problem: 30%
Group Project: 60%
Percent breakdown in Project Guidelines file on
Blackboard [and next slide]
Wiki & Participation: 10%
Off-campus: Discussion Boards
On-campus: Live Participation & Attendance
Please look over the PROJECT GUIDELINES on blackboard ASAP.
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Course Grading
Individual Design Problem 30%
Group Project [Breakdown below] 60%
A2: Opportunity Identification [Individual] 5%
A3: Value Opportunity Analysis 5%
A4: Opportunity Understanding 8%
A5: Concept Generation 10%
A6: Prototyping 12%
Final Presentation 10%
Final Deliverable: 6 min video 10%
Wiki & Participation 10%
*Final allocations are subject to change
Note: Peer reviews are taken in consideration for each students group grade.
Teaching Assistants
Off-campus TA & Lead Design Coach
Bill Bernstein
Office: Gatewood 3164
Email: wbernste@purdue.edu
Office Hours: T/Th 1:30-2:30p, or by appointment
On-campus TA & Web-support
Ke Huo
Office: Gatewood 3164
Email: khuo@purdue.edu

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# ideas Quality of ideas Best idea 7
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Source: Dubberly H, Evenson S, Robinson R, The Analysis-Synthesis Bridge Model. 2008.
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Source: Dubberly H, Evenson S, Robinson R, The Analysis-Synthesis Bridge Model. 2008.
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Source: Dubberly H, Evenson S, Robinson R, The Analysis-Synthesis Bridge Model. 2008.
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Source: Dubberly H, Evenson S, Robinson R, The Analysis-Synthesis Bridge Model. 2008.
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Source: Dubberly H, Evenson S, Robinson R, The Analysis-Synthesis Bridge Model. 2008.
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Divergent and Convergent Processes
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Ideation
Bad Ideas
Average Ideas
Excellent Ideas
The more ideas generated, the higher possibility of centering on an excellent idea!
Quality
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Project Examples from Previous Classes
ME444
Purdue undergraduate course
Toy Design
Last Semester covered by Fox59, WISH, WLFI
YouTube
TM
ME444 Purdue to view last projects

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Inspiration

Insight

Ideas

Imaginations
Opportunity
Realize
Value
Visual Thinking
Storytelling
Prototyping
Iterate
Implement
IMPACT
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Class Coordination
Blackboard
All Personal & Reading Assignments
Lecture Notes, Syllabus, Project Guidelines
Active Announcements
Wiki Design Notebook for Project
http://www.globalhub.org
Personal Wiki Page completed by Friday, January 17
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(Instructions in Welcome E-mail)
Course Website
https://engineering.purdue.edu/productdesign/
Past Projects, Course Info
Please provide us with your Purdue email account address.
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