Date I took this class: Spring 2008
Teacher: Yong Suh
Teacher's site: http://gaia.ecs.csus.edu/%7Esuhy/
Grade earned: B+
Book used: Interpreting Engineering Drawings, by Cecil H. Jensen, $82.88 (BigWords.com)
Professor Suh is, overall, a teacher with a unique teaching style.
Suh teaches basic principals and doesn't use the book for the first two months of the class. He is an easy grader.
Suh doesn't assign homework problems for the first two months of the class, but gives lab exercises that are due the same day.
Suh assigns homework that is not time consuming for the last month of class.
The Engineering Drawings book is required and is used frequently in class during the last month of the class.
Members
Edward Little
Salvador Ordorica
Shervin Davod
Aaron Klapheck
Finding the Right Concept
Team 1 - Ideas for Project
Team 2 - Customer requirements
Team 3 - Existing Products
Team 4 - Description of project concepts
Team 5 - Concept selection using weighted scoring
Flying Platform - Final concept sketch our team agreed on
Project Report and Presentation
Project Timeline - Gantt Chart
Hornet Videos
SolidWorks assembly for final project
SolidWorks assembly for final project
SolidWorks assembly for final project
Hornet Photos
Awards
The Hornet was chosen as model of the week by 3dvia.
3dvia's article is also available in PDF format.
Individual Labs completed in class
Lab 1 - Using Microsoft Office Project 2003 to plan projects
Lab 5 - Concept selection using Ugh's Chart and weighted scoring
Lab 6 - Concept selection using Analytic Hierarchy Process, AHP
Lab 7 - Several SolidWorks drawings
Lab 8 - Several SolidWorks parts
Lab 9 - One SolidWorks part, candlestick
Lab 10 - Two SolidWorks parts, using sweep/revolve
Lab 11 - Plastic part design
Lab 12 - Use part in lab 11 to form core and cavity mold
Lab 13 - 2 SolidWorks assemblies
Lab 14 - SolidWorks Tutorial Animation (video)
Lab 14 - SolidWorks U-Joint Animation (video)
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