MIE 497A Design Against Failure, Fall 2006

Meets Tuesday-Thursday 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm in Elab 306.

Instructor: Prof. Robert Hyers ELAB 310 545-2253 hyers@ecs.umass.edu

Graduate TA (Projects): Brian Mullen ELAB 207 545-3599 bmullen@student.umass.edu

Undergraduate TA (PS) Marisa Theroux-Jones mstherou@student.umass.edu

Announcements:
Weekly project manager reports due Thursdays in class.
Problem sets usually due Tuesdays.

Syllabus
Reading assignments to date.
Group Assignments

Problem sets:
Materials Selection Charts
PS 1 due Tu 9/11/07 Solutions 

PS 10 due Thu 12/6/07: Technology Disclosure.  Use the UMass form here.  Sample here (without address and signature pages).

Tests:
Test 1 on Materials Selection mid-October
Test 2 mid-November


Examples and Supplemental Readings:
Annotated Sample First Project Manager Report (without annotations here)
Annotated Sample Design Letter of Intent (without annotations here)
Sample Second PM Report
Sample outline of Design Proposal
Table of Contents for Design Portfolio

Course website is : http://mielsvr1.ecs.umass.edu/mie497a/
Homework assignments, solutions, supplemental readings, and announcements will be posted on the course website.
Office hours to be determined or by appointment. Appointments after class are very easy to get.

Textbook:
Michael F. Ashby, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, 3^nd ed., Elsevier, 2005.