Principles of Design 2012

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Pumpkin Chunkin Competition

iGEM competition

Arduino Games

Giving Tree 2012

Allograft Preservation 2012

Speedy Capper 2012

IR Water Mark

Flow Visualization 2012

Quick Schedule

Due Friday Feb 3rd, 2012:

1. Upload a picture of each member of your team and link it to your personal pages
2. Upload scans of your individual sketches to your personal page
3. Establish a meeting schedule and a minutes page
4. Meet as a group and create 6 pin-up drawings for presentation on Friday

Due Friday Feb 24th, 2012:

1. Revise Problem Statements to more concisely lay out the what and why and your strategy to solving the problem.
2. Upload your introductory videos or link to video-sharing site.

Due Friday March 2nd, 2012:

1. Upload a picture of your Rhino Ducks to your personal page.
2. Upload a picture of your Rhino Racecar to your personal page.
3. Consider creative presentation of this assignment (animated gif, tiny video, story board)

Due Friday March 9nd, 2012:

1. Mid-term Presentations - 5 minutes long, include something that you have learned that is unique to your group project.

Due Friday March 23rd, 2012:

1. Upload a picture of your SolidWorks Camaro (up to page 31 in the guide).
2. Upload House of Quality Analysis for bed lifter:

• Full sized bed (54 x 75 inches or 137 x 190 cm)
• 7' clearance when lifted
• Safe to 1000 lbs
• Small footprint (needs to fit in small apartment)
• Optional: Drop-out table when bed is lifted
• Optional: System to remove 4th post from the middle of the room (i.e. 3 posts that anchor to both the floor and ceiling, anchors to the wall, etc)

Due Friday March 30th, 2012:

1. Upload fully-mated and operating CAD assembly.
2. Upload animation of operation.
3. Upload full Bill Of Materials (BOM) with supplier contact address and costs.

Due Friday April 13th, 2012:

1. Acquire stepper motor and determine wire configuration.
2. Solder MotorShield board for Arduino.
3. Video of your motor stepping 360 degrees in one direction and 360 degrees in reverse
4. 2 page explanation of major components of system (i.e what are they and why are they necessary - arduino, stepper motor, powersupply, motorshield, code)

Due Friday April 20th, 2012:

1. Drawbot competition - which group can sketch a mystery shape the quickest
2. There will be 3 different pre-determined shapes.
3. You will be told which shape you will sketch a few minutes before the competition.
4. Your DrawBot must sketch the shape on a template I hand out without going over the borders of the template.