MTE 100: Mechatronics Engineering Fall, 2009 Introduction: MTE 100, Mechatronics Engineering, is a first year course that is designed to expose students to the Engineering profession, prepare you for your first work term, and to provide an introduction to the field of Mechatronics Engineering. The course provides an introduction to some of the basic methods and principles used in Mechatronics Engineering. Material covered will include measurement and analysis, history of the engineering profession, history of mechatronics, study of the mechatronics process and integration of electrical and electronic engineering, computer technology and control engineering with mechanical engineering in the design, manufacture and maintenance of a range of engineering products and processes. Engineering graphics fundamentals of multi-view, isometric, oblique, and perspective projections are covered while developing skills in computer-aided drawing (CAD), freehand sketching, and the interpretation of technical drawings. A mechatronic design project/competition with small groups supplements the lecture material. Teaching Team: The name and contact information of the teaching team members are given below: Sanjeev Bedi, Course Instructor; (519) 888 4567 Ext. 32178; office: E3 3134B; email: sbedi@mecheng1.uwaterloo.ca Jim Baleshta, In charge Graphics Lab; (519) 888-4567 Ext. 36737; office: E3-3103; email: baleshta@mecheng1.uwaterloo.ca David Halford, Teaching Assistant; dhalford@engmail.uwaterloo.ca J. Fromme, Teaching Assistant ; email: jkfromme@engmail.uwaterloo.ca B. Pallen; email: bpallen@engmail.uwaterloo.ca Weekly Format In order to teach the course effectively, it has been divided into four components: Lectures; Communication Labs; Graphics Labs; and Presentation Tutorials. Monday and Wednesday Lectures Mechatronics Engineering The lecture component of the course will introduce you to the engineering profession, its history, and its responsibilities. In addition, the lectures will provide an introduction to the field of Mechatronics. The topics covered will include: 1. Introduction to Professional Engineering 2. Elements of the Design process 3. Project Planning and Scheduling 4. Processing Data 5. Digital Logic
6. Control Logic and State Machines 7. Sensors and Actuators 8. Fuzzy Logic 9. Measurements and Errors (Statistics) 10. Business Models and Intellectual Property 11. Writing and presentations are important skills for an engineer. The format for these lectures is as follows: The lecture will begin with an invention of the week (if scheduled). The course instructor or an invited guest will present the working principles of a common day object. This component will be held once a week or more depending on the availability of time. Lecture to cover the assigned topic. Tuesday Mornings Communications Lab Writing and presentations are important skills for an engineer. In any engineering task an engineer is required to communicate their design, instructions, opinions, decisions, and directions to others. These communications must be concise, clear and courteous. The Communications and Writing Skills component of MTE 100 (Mechatronics Engineering) is designed to emphasize the importance of good writing skills in a successful engineering career. One lecture, one tutorial, and one lab hour per week (every Tuesday) will be devoted to Communications. These Communication Labs will be held in the WEEF labs. The format of the lab is given below. Each Tuesday morning there are three one hour timeslots, each for a lecture, tutorial and laboratory. These three hours will be devoted to written communication skills. The format for this Communications Lab is as follows: The first hour of the communications lab will be devoted to CECS activities. These activities will include an introduction to coop; resume writing; interview skills etc. The CECS component will have a 4 quizzes associated with it for a total mark of 5% of the course. The first quiz will be marked, but the remaining quizzes must be attempted. Failure to write all the quizzes will result in a mark of 0 (zero) in the CECS component regardless of what you get in the first quiz. The communications assignment for that week will be announced. This assignment will be due by Friday before 4:30 PM. Introduction to and explanation of the assignment topic. Each week a grammar reading will be assigned and will be accompanied with a grammar exercise. This exercise is to be handed in before the Wednesday class starts the next day (08:30).
Time is allotted to work on the Communication assignment and the Grammar Exercise during the lab. TAs will be available to answer any questions during this time. Thursday Mornings Graphics Lab This section of MTE 100 is handled by Professor Baleshta. Thursday Afternoons Presentation Skills The presentation skills will be developed during the Thursday tutorial. For the first class, a video will be shown in RCH 103 on presentation techniques. Subsequent classes will be in sections. Each section will be led by a TA. During this tutorial each student will get a chance to make two technical presentations. These presentations will be critiqued by the TA s and student colleagues. The requirement for the first presentation will be to explain how an invention/device (of student s choice) works. The second presentation will be picked by the student from a list of topics. Topics will be assigned on a first come first served basis. Grades: The grades in this course will be determined on the basis of performance in: Graphics; (35%) Oral Presentations (5%) (2) Quizzes (10%) Written Communications +CECS(Assignments and Grammar exercises) (20%) Project and report (30%). Course Website: ACE will be used to post course related material. Rules for Group Work in Lab Assignments: Students can work in groups, but each student must submit their own work. POLICY ON CHEATING: Engineering, medicine and law are professions. The word profession means that the members serve the public and must practice with the highest standard of honesty and ethics. Without these standards, buildings, hospitals and courts would be unsafe for the general public. A profession polices itself; that is, disciplinary action is taken against its own members for violations even if the instance is not illegal. (Legal action may also be taken if laws have been broken.) Plagiarism, or the stealing of intellectual property, is a violation of ethics and arguably the law. At the University of Waterloo Policy 71 governs plagiarism. Please read http://www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/~ugoffice/html/course_responsibilities.html regarding your responsibilities and rights. Grievance: A student who believes that a decision affecting some aspect of his/her university life has been unfair or unreasonable may have grounds for initiating a grievance. Read Policy 70, Student Petition and Grievances, Section 4, www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/policies/policy70.htm. When in doubt pleasebe certain to contact the department s administrative assistant who will provide further
assistance. Lab Deadline: Labs have to be handed in to the TA by the end of your lab section. Late Submissions: Late labs can be handed to the TA s. Late labs will have 10% marks deducted for each day that the lab is late. Missed Labs: The lab mark for the course allow for the exclusion of marks obtained in the worst lab assignment. So students can afford to miss or not hand in one lab for marking. Use this privilege carefully. Pick up Marked Labs: Marked lab assignments will be available from your TA during your lab section. Academic Integrity, Grievance, Discipline, Appeals and Note for Students with Disabilities: See www.u waterloo.ca/accountability/documents/courseoutlinestmts.pdf The text for this web site is listed below: Discipline: A student is expected to know what constitutes academic integrity [check www.uwaterloo.ca /academicintegrity/] to avoid committing an academic offence, and to take responsibility for his/her acti ons. A student who is unsure whether an action constitutes an offence, or who needs help in learning ho w to avoid offences (e.g., plagiarism, cheating) or about rules for group work/collaboration should seek guidance from the course instructor, academic advisor, or the undergraduate Associate Dean. For information on categories of offences and types of penalties, students should refer to Policy 71, Student Discipline, www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/policies/policy71.htm. For typical penalties check Guidelines for the Assessment of Penalties, www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/guidelines/penaltyguidelines.htm. Appeals: A decision made or penalty imposed under Policy 70 (Student Petitions and Grievances) (other than a petition) or Policy 71 (Student Discipline) may be appealed if there is a ground. A student who bel ieves he/she has a ground for an appeal should refer to Policy 72 (Student Appeals) www.adm.uwaterlo o.ca/infosec/policies/policy72.htm. Note for Students with Disabilities: The Office for persons with Disabilities (OPD), located in Needles Ha ll, Room 1132, collaborates with all academic departments to arrange appropriate accommodations for students with disabilities without comproising the academic integrity of the curriculum. If you require ac ademic accommodations to lessen the impact of your disability, please register with the OPD at the begi nning of each academic term. Schedule: The course schedule is given below. The schedule may change as the course progresses.
MTE100 Course Schedule Week Lecture Monday 10:30 RCH103 Lecture-Lab Tuesday 8:30 E2-1310 Lecture Wednesday 10:30 RCH103 Deliverable (Fri. 8:30) 1 Intro. to Mechatronics and Intro. to Nexus; Coop foundation Intro. to Mechatronics and Resume, IPE 6,7 14 Sept. MTE100 IPE 5 and strategy (CECS). Resume MTE100 2 Intro. to Professional Coop founds. (CECS), Resume, Intro. to Professional Memo 21 Sept. Engineering IPE1,2 Design Project, Comp, Memo Engineering 3 Design Process Interview wrkshp (CECS) Cover Design Process Cover letter 28 Sept. IPE 15 Letter, Film 4 Design Process (CECS); Design Workshop; Project Planning & RFP 5 Oct. Tables & Charts Scheduling IPE 18 5 12 Oct. Thanksgiving QUIZ 1 ; Info session CECS Presenting Data IPE 9 Workshop assignment LBCH 4 6 Presenting Data NQC & Design project Digital Logic LBCH 5 19 Oct. 7 Digital Logic WHMIS, Proposal assignment Control Logic & State LBCH 3 26 Oct. machines 8 Control Logic & State Control Logic; Info session Sensors & Actuators Proposal (due 3 Nov.) 2 Nov. machines PDEng 9 Sensors & Actuators Robot construction; Info session Sensors & Actuators LBCH Glossary of usage 9 Nov. CECS 10 Intro to Control Systems Robot construction; Intro to Fuzzy Logic Control LBCH 6 16 Nov. 11 23 Nov. Measurements & Error IPE 10, 11 Diversity Workshop; PDEng Measurements & Error IPE 12 RoboRacer Competition IPE 8 12 Business Models IPE 16 QUIZ 2, work on design report Intellectual Property IPE 17 Project Report 30 Nov. NOTES: Graphics & CAD lab every Thursday 8:30-11:20 in CPH-1346; Communication Lab, Tut. and Lec: Tuesday: 8:30 to 11:30 Speech Presentation Skills Tutorial every Thursday 2:30-3:20 in RCH 106, 109, 208, 209 IPE # in Red indicates Assigned chapter associated with the lecture; Quiz1 & 2 will include review questions from these chapters. Little Brown Compact Handbook chapters under Deliverable to be read by that date; there will be a pop-quiz on this material.