1. ME2110: Creative Decisions and Design Final Report and Presentation Review Session
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332

2. Agenda The Next Two Weeks Final Report Overview
Final Presentation Overview
Judging Overview

3. This Week Final Competition is Friday!!!
Show up at 4:45pm in MaRC atrium
Judging begins at 5pm
Competition begins at 6:15pm
Hopefully, done by 9:15pm
Invite your friends and family!!

4. Next Week Final Report and Presentation due in studio
Peer Evaluation Forms

5. Final Report Requirements
Maximum of 10 pages of text
Include Table of Contents
Include Bill of Materials
Follow style guidelines and formatting

6. Final Report Outline Cover Page Abstract Table of Contents
Introduction
Design Overview
Design Presentation
Methods and Results
Closing
Figures and Tables

7. Abstract Summary of what is presented in the report
Include relevant numerical results
Final Competition results
Judging Results
Include “takeaway” point

8. Introduction Problem Definition Engineering Challenges
What is the objective of this project?
What are the most important rules?
Engineering Challenges
NOT the same as the rules or constraints
NOT the same as the tasks
End with “roadmap” sentence/sentences

9. Design Overview Begin with the complete machine
What points are you going to score?
What are your subsystems?
What is the general operation?
Full system figures
Give main dimensions of the machine
Indicate what is the front of the machine
Show subsystems

10. Design Presentation Divide discussions by subsystem
Subsystem description
Give more detail of each subsystem
Use “zoomed” figures of each subsystem

11. Discussing Designs Cite the Figure List the design components
Check for consistency of names
Use descriptive functional names

12. Methods and Results Need to include and discuss Specification sheet
Function Tree
Morph Chart
House of Quality
Management and Planning Tools
Two alternative concepts
Concept Evaluation (using evaluation matrices)

13. Discussing Design Tools
Cite the tool.
State how the tool has been used to address the assigned task.
Concisely describe the tool (one sentence maximum).
Present details by calling out and speaking to three cells / entries.
State how the information in the tool will be used in the next steps of this design process.

14. Methods and Results (cont.)
Present two alternative designs
Complete Designs. Not just the subsystems.
Less detail than chosen design
Each description should “stand on its own”
Concept Evaluation
Use evaluation matrices (1st-3rd level presented in class)
Do not use the numbers as sole reason for choice

15. Results Present Numerical Results Analysis of Results
Judging
Competition
Analysis of Results
Discuss in terms of the design process
What assumptions were correct?… incorrect?
What items were weighted too heavily?… too lightly?
What would you change and/or improve on your design?

16. Conclusion Outlines what was just presented in the report
Include relevant numerical results
Final Competition
Judging
What is the “takeaway” point?

17. Final Presentation Requirements
Less the 10 minutes
One speaker
Content is similar to final report
Follow guidelines in Lectures from Dr. Donnell

18. Suggested Outline Title Slide Agenda Problem Definition
Chosen Design (complete system)
Chosen Design subsystems
2-3 main design tools (the most important to YOUR design process)
Two Alternative concepts
Highest order evaluation matrix you used
Results and Analysis

19. Judging State how many points you expect to obtain per round
State what your machine is going to do, and what objectives it will complete
Show which subsystems obtain which points
Demonstrate a subsystem
Be ready to explain A) What’s clever, B) What’s unreliable, C) Why you stuck with this design, D) How much did it cost

20. Reminders Clean, Sweep and Vacuum the lab thoroughly this week.
Find any missing parts of your kit
Have fun on Friday!
Any questions?