ME 893 Coaching Spring 2009

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[edit] Course Information

[edit] Prerequisites

The student must have passed with a B or better the following courses: ME 870.

[edit] Special Accommodations

If special accommodations are required for the student, please see the professor so that proper arrangements may be made.

[edit] Course Manual

The ME 402 course manual includes a description of the course, the objectives, grading strategies, relevant references, and several other items of interest for the associated undergraduate course.

[edit] Assignments

There are two different assignments that are required in this class. First, each design coach will keep a coaches diary; a running document that captures the thoughts, feelings, impressions, observations, and ideas that occur to the coach after each time that they meet with each student or team. This diary will serve as the source for discussion for the weekly roundtable. Second, each design coach will construct and conduct an in depth case study, exploring challenges of engineering design research in a systematic approach. This case study will culminate in a case study report, formatted as an ASME conference submission. Periodic updates on the case study will be requested throughout the semester. Meeting attendance throughout the semester will also factor into the final grade for the semester. Finally, readings will be expected from the graduate coaches. It is expected that the students write appropriate summaries of their thoughts on the supplied readings, sharing these with the other students.

[edit] Readings

  1. David Stowe's Thesis
  2. Sudhakar Teegavarapu's Dissertation
  3. ASME DETC 2008 DTM Case Study Paper
  4. TMCE 2008 Case Study Paper
  5. ASME DETC 2006 DAC Case Study Paper
  6. ASME DETC 2005 Design Coaching
  7. Novice vs. Experienced

[edit] Presentations

Students will present short (10-12 minute) presentations on the status of their case study research. This will include:

  1. a motivation for the case study (general background literature that serves to justify the hypothesis)
  2. an explanation of the case study protocol
  3. an example of the data collection instrument and specific data collected
  4. a discussion on the pattern and counter pattern being investigated and how it relates to the data collection instrument
  5. a discussion on the preliminary finds
  6. a brief explanation of the next steps in the project

Schedule of Presentation

Date Presenter Presentation (PDF)
2009.02.19 [Shraddha Joshi]
2009.02.19 [Gary Palmer]
2009.02.26 [James McLellan]
2009.02.26 [Vishrut Bhatt]
2009.03.05 [Will Rutherford]
2009.03.05 [Ben Caldwell]
2009.03.12 [Amit Jagarwal]
2009.03.12 [Waqas Iqbal]

[edit] Coaching Objectives

[edit] Provide team leadership and coaching

  • Create an environment oriented to trust, open communication, creative thinking, and cohesive team effort
  • Provide the team with a vision of the project objectives
  • Motivate and inspire team members
  • Lead by setting a good example (role model) - behavior consistent with words
  • Coach and help develop team members; help resolve dysfunctional behavior
  • Facilitate problem solving and collaboration
  • Strive for team consensus and win-win agreements; emphasize decision making on quantifiable metrics (cost, time, performance)
  • Ensure discussions and decisions lead toward closure
  • Maintain healthy group dynamics
  • Intervene when necessary to aid the group in resolving issues
  • Assure that the team members have the necessary education and training to effectively participate on the team
  • Encourage creativity, risk-taking, and constant improvement
  • Recognize and celebrate team and team member accomplishments and exceptional performance

[edit] Focus the team on the tasks at hand or the internal and external customer requirements

  • Coordinate with internal and external customers as necessary
  • Familiarize the team with the customer needs, specifications, design targets, the development process, design standards, techniques and tools to support task performance
  • Assure that the team addresses all relevant issues within the specifications and various standards
  • Provide necessary business information
  • Initiate sub-groups or sub-teams as appropriate to resolve issues and perform tasks in parallel (at beginning of semester; by end of semester the students should be self-organizing)
  • Ensure deliverables are prepared to satisfy the project requirements, cost and schedule (review reports before submitted to the advisory committees)
  • Help keep the team focused and on track

[edit] Coordinate team logistics

  • Work with advisory committee and industry sponsors to obtain necessary resources to support the team's requirements (software, hardware, space)
  • Coordinate the review, presentation and release of design layouts, drawings, analysis and other documentation
  • Coordinates meetings with the product committee, project manager and functional management to discuss project impediments, needed resources or issues/delays in completing the task

[edit] Communicate team status, task accomplishment, and direction

  • Provide status reporting of team activities against the program plan or schedule
  • Serve as a focal point to communicate and resolve interface and integration issues with other teams
  • Escalate issues which cannot be resolved by the team (keep the advisory committee in the loop so traction is not lost)
  • Provide guidance to the team based on management direction

[edit] Projects

Projects:

  1. SCIES
    1. [Richard Figliola
    2. [[mailto: Lin Ma]]
    3. [[mailto: Dennis Weise]]
  2. Rotor Corp.
  3. BMW
  4. Automation Engineering Corp.
  5. Michelin Handler
  6. Michelin Burnisher

[edit] The Engineer's Creed

As a Profession Engineer, I dedicate my professional knowledge and skill to the advancement and betterment of human welfare. I pledge:

  1. to give the utmost of performance
  2. to participate in none but honest enterprise
  3. to live and work according to the laws of man and the highest standards of professional conduct
  4. to place service before profit, the honor and standing of the profession before personal advantage, and the public welfare above all other considerations

In humility and with need for Divine Guidance, I make this pledge.

[edit] Engineering Ethics (The Canons)

  1. Engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public in the performance of their professional duties.
  2. Engineers shall perform services only in areas of their competence.
  3. Engineers shall continue their professional development throughout their careers, and should provide opportunities for the professional and ethical development of engineers under their supervision.
  4. Engineers shall act in professional matters for each employer or client as faithful agents or trustees, and shall avoid conflicts of interest or the appearance of conflicts of interest.
  5. Engineers shall build their professional reputation on the merit of their services and shall not compete unfairly with others.
  6. Engineers shall associate only with reputable persons or organizations.
  7. Engineers shall issue public statements only in an objective and truthful manner.
  8. Engineers shall consider environmental impact in the performance of their professional duties.

[edit] Tentative 402 Lecture Schedule

This schedule is subject to change. Students are responsible for being aware of such changes.

Lecture Day Topic
1 2009.01.08 (R) Introduction (large) (small)
2 2009.01.15 (R)

[edit] Workshops

[edit] Design Tools

--Josh 20:06, 11 January 2009 (EST)

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