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Past Announcements

Dec. 5, 2005

• Your final reports are due this Wednesday, 12/7, by 5pm to the basket in the ME dept.
• Please fill out the pot-of-gold survey and if necessary the detailed peer evaluation form by this Friday, 12/9, at 5pm. Turn in directly to Prof. Provancher or a TA.
• Good luck studying for finals

Nov. 16, 2005

• There will be no more labs for the rest of the semester; howeve, please still come to lab this week (Nov. 17–18), I’d like to discuss the previous (beam design) lab with you.

Nov. 10, 2005

• Lab 8 has been posted. It involves animating assemblies of parts.
  • Please include the amount of time it takes you to complete this lab, when you turn it in.

Nov. 2, 2005

• Lab 7 has been posted. It involves designing a hoist structure by producing stress and deflection results via FEA and comparing these results to analytical solutions.
  • Please include the amount of time it takes you to complete this lab, when you turn it in.

Oct. 26, 2005

• Lab 6 has been posted. It involves importing geometry from a text file.

Oct. 17, 2005

• See lecture materials for Monday’s class Includes:
  • Agenda for Monday’s class
  • Feedback on benchmarking presentations
  • Guidance for CFP presentations.
  • Results from \”I Like / I Wish\” midterm survey.

Oct. 13, 2005

• Lab 5 posted

Oct. 11, 2005

• This weeks lab will be in EMCB 102. I will go over how to draw figures, and review sketching basics and 2-point perspective.
  • Please bring some blank (non-lined) paper, a pencil and a BLACK (not blue) fine marker.
  • Please also bring your Lab 0 handouts if you still have them.
  • Please also look over the general feedback I put together from looking at what people turned in for Lab 0.

Sept. 28, 2005

• Lab 4 now posted.
• Also see posted late policy for labs and homeworks

Sept. 22, 2005

• For Lab 3, see Labs page for notes on how to display xx place decimals and tolerances.

Sept 20, 2005

• Lab 3 is now available
  • see Labs page for notes on how to display x place decimals and tolerances
• Lab 0 is graded and outside Dr. Provancher’s office door (2120 MEB).
• FYI, this week’s FE Review Lecture covering Thermo (Friday, September 23rd at 3:30 p.m. in EMCB 105).

Sept 15, 2005

• For lab 1, rather than modeling the part on page 2, you are welcome to model a part that’s relavent to your project (with 2 caveats).

Sept 13, 2005

• Please upload your presentations and memos to your group’s wiki site and send me, Andy, and Rebecca the links rather than the files.
  • You’ll need to make sure you .ppt and .doc files are less than 2.5MB to upload them.
• FYI, this week’s FE Review Lecture covering Strength of Materials & Materials Science will be given by Larry De Vries? Friday, September 16th at 3:30 p.m. in EMCB 105

Sept. 11, 2005

• Rebecca Dapra has requested that you send her your teams update memo in MS Word format in the future, otherwise she will not give you feedback (and I will give you a lower grade).
• Lab 2 is posted (see Labs page)
  • Information about ProE and tutorials
• Homework 2 is posted, due Friday, Sept. 16

Sept. 1, 2005

• Information about Pro E and tutorials
• Lab1 is available. If you already know how to use Pro E, you can model a part for your project rather than the part on page 2 of the assignment. Your part should be at least as complex as the part on page 2. If you’re not sure, see Wil.
• Check out links to Other Cool Wikis.

Aug 31, 2005

• Lab 0 and the accompanying handout for Lab 0 now available. Please download and printout before coming to lab on Thursday/Friday. Consider doing this from school, the document is about 4MB. Click here to other supporting Lab 0 Documents.

Aug 30, 2005

• Anticipating next weeks lab (lab 1), please make sure you can get in the CADE lab (EMCB 226). This weeks lab (lab 0) will be held in EMCB 102 (bring your pencil, marker, printout of lab0 handout (available later today) and paper).

Aug 29, 2005

• Before uploading your team’s logo, make sure it is 150 pixels wide or narrower. If you’ve already uploaded your logo, email Dr. P., you can not fix this without his help.

• See ME4000 Lecture Handouts & info on Update Presentations

• Anyone wanting to change teams MUST see me after class today. I’ll also have office hours in MEB 2120 at 2pm till 3pm. -Will

Aug 25, 2005

• Please add yourself to the ME4000student mailing, for instructions click here
• Lab starts this Thursday/Friday and will meet in EMCB 102.
  • For the first lab (lab 0) you’ll be doing some drawing & sketching & will need:
    • A pencil
    • A black marker or pen (for reinforcing the \”good\” lines and shading)
    • Plenty of blank paper, preperably a spiral bound artists pad (8 1/2\” x 11\” or larger).
    • As preparation for Lab0, download and look at the handout on Need Finding (from my old notebooks). It gives examples of idea generation, mind maps (brain storming), and thumbnail sketches (note that when you are brain storming, you need not be serious or realistic).

Aug 24, 2005

• General Questions: Email a TA

• If you need to talk about changing teams: email Dr. Provancher with your team name and faculty advisor (email by Saturday if you want to change teams)

• Problems logging into PmWiki: email Dr. Provancher (but if you’ve forgotten your password contact a classmate or TA)

• Homework #1 won’t be due till Friday 9/2/05 because we couldn’t get everyones picture taken today in class,email TA (Steve) when complete or by 5:00 PM, 9/2/05

• Group Wiki Names have been updated and include: SPPD, MAV, Toppy, Chumbley, HSUAV, & Backpacking Heater

• You were emailed if your Wiki Name was changed/updated. If your name was not changed, it was because it would be less obvious for the teaching staff to tell who you were (e.g., John… John who?)