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Last revised: May 1, 2024

 

MEE2006 Introduction to Mechanical Design


1. Class information

  • Class Year and semester: 2024, Spring semester
  • Course No. : MEE2006
  • Course title: Introduction to Mechanical Design
  • Credit-Lecture Hour-Practice Training: 3.00-2.00-2.00
  • Course outline: One two-hour lecture (Tuesday) + One two-hour practice/week (Friday)
  • Organizing Department: Mechanical Engineering

2. Instructor information
  • Name: Dr. Keun Ryu
  • Department: Mechanical Engineering
  • Email: kryu@hanyang.ac.kr
  • Web: http://turbolab.hanyang.ac.kr/MEE2006.html

  • Office hours: By scheduled appointment (E-mail in advance required)
  • About office hours: This is to encourage individual interaction between the students and the instructor. Students should prepare by organizing questions in advance.

3. Course objective
  The class will introduce about "Mechanical Engineering" and "Mechanical System Design". We will also discuss about ^skills ̄ to succeed in a global engineering world.


4. Course Description:
  The course is NOT traditional in its format or delivery (lecturer delivers material and students listen). The course uses active teaching/learning techniques and feedback with active participation and involvement from the students.

5. Grading

  • 50% Group Assignments (PowerPoint Slide: 30%; Individual Presentation: 15%; 5 % Peer assessment of working in groups)

  --> A group has five members. Groups will complete assignments related to topics assigned. Typical assignments include critical and review essays on various aspects of engineering.
  • 15% Personal Assignments
  • 15% Mid-term Exam
  • 15% Final Exam
  • 5% Attendance

 
Rules for Group Formation and Presentation
- 5 students/group
- Group presentation for group assignments: 10~15 minutes for each group, 5 minute for discussion
- Total #s of Slides: 10~15 pages
 

Rate your team members


Attendance to the lectures is a must for success.


6. Lecture material and topics

• Week 1

Class introduction


• Week 2

1) Physics in International Space Station

STEMonstrations: Kinetic and Potential Energy: https://youtu.be/OpxGp2P48kI

STEMonstrations: Newton's Third Law of Motion: https://youtu.be/dCF--YOjiOw

STEMonstrations: Newtons 2nd Law of Motion: https://youtu.be/sPZ2bjW53c8

STEMonstrations: Surface Tension: https://youtu.be/34bFgA3H3hQ

STEMonstrations: Engineering Design - Trusses: https://youtu.be/sLJU_3UtkaQ


2) Note 1

 

3) Group Assignment 1

Samples from former students: Sample 1 & Sample 2

 

4) Personal Assignment 1

 

5) Formation of project teams

 

6) Team meeting

  * How to cite references

  * Technical Presentation Tips (ASME)

 

7) HINT: Group meeting for Group Assignment

 * Examples: Job description of design engineers

 * Example: BW design engineer

• Week 3
1) Basic instruments

https://www.mcmaster.com/ (MUST know: Basic tools  --> For your mid-term exam!)

 

2) Machine shop terms --> For your mid-term exam! (boss, bushing, Chamfer, counterbore, countersink, fillet, key, keyway, lug, neck, spline, undercut, polish, sandblast, shim)

 

3) Presentation of Group Assignment


• Week 4

1) Personal Assignment 2 (Due: Week 4)

 

2) Note 2

 ** English Solutions for Graduate Research Writing: Formal Email by Hanyang University Center for Teaching and Learning English Writing Lab
 * Formal email format handout by Hanyang University Center for Teaching and Learning English Writing Lab

 * Writing Technical Memos

 

3) Publish or Perish

 

4) Group Assignment: Each group can choose either Assignment #2 or #3 (DUE: Week 6)

Group Assignment 2

Samples from former students: Sample 3 & Sample 4

Instructor's comment

 

Group Assignment 3

What You Don¨t Necessarily Learn in School by Dave Wisler
Unwritten Law of Engineering: The Unwritten Laws of Engineering by W. J. King was first published in 1944 as three articles in Mechanical Engineering magazine.
Samples from former students: Sample 5 & Sample 6 & Sample 7 & Sample 8

 

5) Group meeting for Group Assignment

• Week 5

1) Measurements vs Predictions: Perfect (or ideal or correct) or not? Let's discuss based on the technical papers below.

  - Luis San Andrés, and Keun Ryu, Paul Diemer, 2015, "Prediction of Gas Thrust Foil Bearing Performance for Oil-Free Automotive Turbochargers," ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 137, No. 3, p. 032502.

  - Luis San Andrés, and Keun Ryu, 2008, "Flexure Pivot Tilting Pad Hybrid Gas Bearings: Operation with Worn Clearances and Two Load-Pad Configurations," ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 130, No. 4, p. 042506.

 

2) Group meeting for Group Assignment


• Week 6
Presentation of Group Assignment

• Week 7

Note 3: What is mechanical engineering?

 

2) Note 4: Review of What You Don¨t Necessarily Learn in School

 

3) Personal Assignment 3 (Due: Week 9): ASME Code of Ethics of Engineers

4) Fundamentals of Design: CAD & CAE (Note 5)

 Machine Element (Component) Design & Scope and opportunity of mechanical Engineering

 See https://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/83/11189876/1118987683-48.pdf

5
) Basic machine tools: Note 6 --> Why is this important? Complete understanding and knowledge on machine tools and fabrication process are mandatory for mechanical system design.

Mid-term exam review: REVIEW EVERYTHING in your class topics/personal HWs/group projects.


• Week 8

Mid-term Exam


• Week 9
1) Understanding drawings (Note 7)

  Ref 1: ASME Y14.5-2009, Dimensioning and Tolerancing (Engineering Drawing and Related Documentation Practices) --> http://bayanbox.ir/view/601588351330425393/ASME-Y14.5M-2009.pdf

  Ref 2: Development Process and Overview of Y14.5-2009 Changes --> https://cstools.asme.org/csconnect/FileUpload.cfm?View=yes&ID=30210
 

2) Note 8: Ethics in the workplace and engineering design

 

3) Note 9: Mechanical System Efficiency

4) Group Assignment: Each group can choose either Assignment #4 (DUE: Week 11)

Group Assignment 4

 

4) Group meeting for Group Assignment


• Week 10

1) Note 10: GD&T

2) Note 11: Engineering Fit

3)
Note 12: Prepare yourself for the real world

4) Group meeting for Group Assignment


• Week 11

Presentation of Group Assignment

• Week 12: No in-person lecture in the classroom

Personal Assignment for the missed lecture this week: Personal Assignment 4 (Due: Week 13)

• Week 13
1) Note 13: IP

 

2 Note 14: About working in groups

 

3) Group Assignment: Each group can choose either Assignment #5 (DUE: Week 15)

Group Assignment 5

 1. 5 Myths
 2. Engineering management: going soft
 3. Engineering vs. Management

4) Group meeting for Group Assignment


• Week 14

1) Note 15: Uncertainty


2) Group meeting for Group Assignment


• Week 15
1
) Presentation of Group Assignment


2) PLEASE submit the member evaluation from. --> Download

3) Final exam review


• Week 16: Final Exam

 


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