BIOE 451-452 Course Schedule

 

Class Meets MWF, 8:30-9:50 am unless otherwise noted

Date
Day
Topic

Assignments

Those listed in italics are team requirements

24-Aug
Monday Course overview  
26-Aug
Wednesday Technology Transfer: Intellectual Property, Non disclosure Agreements, Patent Issues, Rice Policies regarding student inventions fill in OEDK Access Form online
28-Aug
Friday Project Options Presentations HW#1 Due
31-Aug
Monday Project Options Presentations  
2-Sep
Wednesday Project Options Presentations  
2-Sep
Wednesday **Interdisciplinary Project Options Presentations

 

4-Sep

Friday

  Submit Project Selection by noon!
7-Sep
Monday Faculty: Draft day  
9-Sep
Wednesday Design Process I Overview, Announce teams  Read Aston-Blair Article; must return copy! By Sept 14
11-Sep
Friday Design Process II, Brainstorming  
14-Sep
Monday Project Management: Teamwork  Team Mission Statement to Dr. Oden; Weekly Updates Begin- Due midnight on tuesday
16-Sep
Wednesday Design Process III; Spinning top-2  
18-Sep
Friday 3 - 4:30 pm OEDK- Spinning top playoffs  
21-Sep
Monday

Project Management- Gantt charts (first 35 minutes)                
JIGSAWS: Sharepoint,   OEDK information

Team mission statements due to mentors today ; Team contract due; 8:30 am
23-Sep
Wednesday Project Management- time & resource budgeting  
25 Sep
Friday No Class  
28-Sep
Monday Communication -- documentation expectations Design Criteria Due; 8:30 am
30-Sep
Wednesday 8:30 and 9:10- JIGSAW: Reference materials, Procurement  
2-Oct
Friday **FDA, Safety, environmental issues surrounding biomedical device design  
5-Oct
Monday **National Instruments Day; Lecture in Class, hands on session in evening

HW 2 Due

7-Oct
Wednesday **TI Session; night OEDK  
     
9-Oct
Friday no Class Design Context Review Due; 9 am
12-Oct
Monday

Fall Break

Coaching for Presentations this week

Schedule team meetigns with Dr, Oden this week

13-Oct
Tuesday

Fall Break

 
16-Oct
Friday Mid-semester Project Pitch Presentations GLHT only teams  
19-Oct
Monday Mid-semester Project Pitch presentations
 
20-Oct
Tuesday

8:30-8:30 pm- location TBA

Mid-semester Project Pitch ; evening for collaborative teams

 
21-Oct
Wednesday Mid-semester Project Pitch presentations  
23-Oct
Friday   Team Cycle I Binder Due; noon outside Dr. Oden's door; each student fill in CATME Peer Evaluation
26-Oct
Monday Class Time: Peer review of presentations  **Afternoon 2-4 pm: CAD 0-A  
27-Oct
Tuesday **Afternoon 2-4 pm: CAD 0-B  
28-Oct
Wednesday 8:30, 8:55, 9:20- 1 rep per team at each topic JIGSAWS: Rapid proto, machine shop, wet lab            
**Afternoon 2-4 pm: CAD 0-C
 
2-Nov
Monday **Afternoon 2-4 pm: CAD I-A **CAD HW #3 Due 24 hours before assigned class
3-Nov
Tuesday **Afternoon 2-4 pm: CAD I-B  
4-Nov
Wednesday **Afternoon 2-4 pm: CAD I-C  
6-Nov
Friday **Business plan overview
 
9-Nov
Monday

**Business Plans  (why do I need one?)       

** Afternoon 2-4 pm: CAD II-A

 
10-Nov
Tuesday **Afternoon 2-4 pm: CAD II-B  
11-Nov
Wednesday

Market analysis (who are my customers?) 

**Afternoon 2-4 pm: CAD II-C

 

12-Nov
Thursday Times and Locations TBA- **Elevator pitch coaching  
13-Nov
Friday Times and Locations TBA- **Elevator pitch coaching  
15-Nov
Sunday TSGC Meeting  
16-Nov
Monday Herring Hall 100: ** IP protection (don't steal my idea) **CAD HW # 4 Due
18-Nov
Wednesday 6:30-8:30 pm - Location TBA **Elevator pitch competition; evening        Awards for top 3 elevator pitches  
23-Nov
Monday 6:30-8 pm - Location TBA, **Design of experiments  
26-Nov
Thursday Thanksgiving- No Class  
27-Nov
Friday Thanksgiving- No Class  
30-Nov
Monday Herring Hall 100: Human factors in product design

Coaching for design review presentations this week

Schedule prototype demonstrations with Dr. Oden for this week

2-Dec
Wednesday No Class  
4-Dec
Friday No class

Extra Credit HW Due

End of Team Cycle 2- Notebooks Due, each student fill in CATME Peer Evaluation Form

7-Dec
Monday 8 am - 12 pm, Location TBA Design Review Oral Presentations  
8-Dec
Tuesday 8 am - 12 pm, Location TBA Design Review Oral Presentations  
11-Jan-10 Monday ** Engineering Ethics

This semester each team will meet individually with Dr. Oden every week

13-Jan-10 Wednesday ** Engineering Ethics  
15-Jan-10 Friday NO CLASS- Work on Project  
20-Jan-10 Wednesday Engineering Economics I  
22-Jan-10 Friday Guest Lecture  
27-Jan-10

Wednesday

Engineering Economics II  
3-Feb-10 Monday Environment, Safety, Life Cycle Analysis  
10-Feb-10 Wednesday NO CLASS- Work on Project Schedule Prototype Demonstrations to Dr. Oden for this week
19-Feb-10 Monday NO CLASS- Work on Project End of Team Cycle 3- Notebooks Due, each student fill in CATME Peer Evaluation Form
22-Mar-10 Monday Preparing and Executing Design Posters  
30-Mar-10 Wednesday NO CLASS- Work on Project Poster Rough Draft Due
7-Apr-10 Wednesday Meetings described to the right will occur during class or later in the day Team Meetings  for feedback on poster style and content. Only one team member must attend this meeting
8-Apr-10 Thursday Meetings described to the right will occur during class or later in the day Team Meetings  for feedback on poster style and content. Only one team member must attend this meeting
9-Apr-10 Friday Meetings described to the right will occur during class or later in the day Team Meetings  for feedback on poster style and content. End of Team Cycle 4- Notebooks Due- ROUGH DRAFT OF FINAL REPORT

12-Apr-10,

13-Apr-10,

14-Apr-10

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Meetings described to the right will occur during class time or later during the day, or on Tuesday as scheduled

Team Meetings with Dr. Oden  and Dr. Volz for Practicing Poster 'talks' and coaching.

POSTERS MUST BE FINALIZED! Each student on the team MUST be prepared to give their poster talk.

15-Apr-10
Thursday 4:30-6:30   FINAL POSTER SESSION, COMPETITION, RMC  
19-Apr-09 Monday NO CLASS_ Presentation Coaching Coaching for Presentations this week
23-Apr-10 Friday Breakfast and Forms-  Come to classs- we will have breakfast for you.. Fill out questionnaires and forms for the BIOE dept, deans office etc. Each student must complete all surveys so coming to class is absolutely requred!  Final Project Report Due along with Organized Notebook and CD of all data files, each student fill in CATME Peer Evaluation Form
26-Apr-10 Monday Final Oral Reports   
14-May-10 Friday Present your Team Design Posters at Dean's Graduation Reception; Bioengineering Awards and Reception These are normally scheduled from ~4-6 or 6:30pm. Plan to have your families there.