ME 302 – Fall 2007

Schedule for Monday Large Lecture/Team Project Class

Week Topic Homework Assignment Due Date

9/3    No Class –  Labor Day 
a. Review of Course Handout/Grading
Policy.
9/10 b. Attendance Policy. #1a - Team Questionnaire (I) 9/17
c. Team Assignment Questionnaire. KEY
d. Outcomes Survey (PRE). I = Individual
T = Team
a. Guest Speaker – Engineering Career
Planning.
9/17 b. Resume Writing #1b – Resume Writing (I) 9/24
c. Ethics Survey (PRE)
a. Introduction to Reverse Engineering.
b. Team Project Assignment. #2 – Reverse Engineering
9/24 c. Team Assignments. 10/8
Project Proposal (T)
d. Teamwork Survey (PRE).
a. Guest Speaker – ME Machine Shop.
10/1 b. Review of Team Project Status
a. Mechanical Dissection.
b. Team Planning Charts and #3 - Planning Charts and
10/8 10/22
Diagrams. Diagrams. (T)

10/1 a. Tips for Teamwork

b. Sketching Assignment and Parts List #4 – Dissection Sketches. (T) 10/29
5
a. Guest Speaker – ME Study Abroad
10/2 Program
2 b. What is Engineering?
c. Why I am an Engineer Survey
a. Mathematical and Computer Modeling.
10/29 b. Outcomes Survey (MID) #5 - Computer Solid Modeling. (T) 11/12

a. Guest Speaker from Industry

11/5 b. Review of Team Project Status
a. Guest Speaker – Library Research.
11/12 b. Materials and Manufacturing Processes. #6 - Materials and Manufacturing (T) 11/26

a. Guest Speaker - Engineering Ethics and

11/19 Professional Responsibility #7 - Ethics Assignment (T) 12/3
b. Teamwork Survey (POST)
a. Student Portfolio Presentation
b. Team Project Report Writing Handouts 12/10
11/26 #8 - Student Portfolio (I)
(on website)
c. Ethics Survey (POST)
a. Final Team Project Review.
Project Reports Due in ETC 3.104
12/3 b. Class Evaluation (CIS)
c. Outcomes Survey (POST). December 7, 2007, 4:00 PM

Notes:
1. This schedule is tentative and subject to revision due to schedules of guest speakers.
2. Lecture slides and assignments are available on the class website: http://www.me.utexas.edu/~me302.

Grading Distribution for ME302 Large Lecture Class
Fall 2007
Instructor: Dr. Ronald Barr

ACTIVITY Max. Possible Points

Attendance (I) 100

Assignment #1a: MBTI Personality Survey (I) 25
Assignment #1b: Resume (I) 25
Assignment #2: Project Proposal (T) 50
Assignment #3: Planning Charts and Diagrams (T) 50
Assignment #4: Sketches (T) 50
Assignment #5: Computer Models (T) 50
Assignment #6: Materials and Manufacturing (T) 50
Assignment #7: Ethics (T) 50
Assignment #8: Student Portfolio (I) 50
Final Team Project (T) 500

TOTAL: 1000*

KEY

(I) - Individual Assignment

(T) – Team Assignment

* -- Total Points are added to Graphics Portion to Yield Final Grade.

Note: Your Final Letter Grade Will be Assigned by the Graphics
Lab Instructor.