This course meets three times per week: nominally, two lectures and a recitation. However, as the semester progress, course meetings are increasingly devoted to group work, and some "lecture" sessions are devoted to subtask group presentations. Over the course of the semester, there were a total of 39 class meetings: introduction, 8 instructional lectures, 10 recitations, 11 group work sessions, and 9 project presentation sessions.
Session Key
Lec = Lecture
Rec = Recitation
Grp = Group work
Proj = Project presentations
| MTG # | SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|---|
| I. Introductory Talks, Major Design Choices | |||
| 1 | Intro | Course introduction | |
| 2 | Lec 1 | Sub-task intro: Core, nonconventional (non-PWR/BWR) reactors | |
| 3 | Lec 2 |
Sub-task intro: Process Heat Logistics, journal articles, group responsibilities | |
| 4 | Rec 1 | LyX tutorial | |
| 5 | Lec 3 |
Sub-task intros: Hydrogen, Biofuels Design process, importance metrics | |
| 6 | Rec 2 | Leadership skills | Team Logo Contest entries due |
| 7 | Lec 4 | Quality Function Deployment (QFD) example using House of Quality (HoQ) | |
| 8 | Lec 5 |
Short lecture on presentation techniques Some group time, integrator progress reports | |
| 9 | Rec 3 | EES thermodynamic software | |
| 10 | Proj 1 | Sub-task presentation I: Core | |
| 11 | Proj 2 | Sub-task presentation I: Hydrogen | Journal article 1 due |
| 12 | Rec 4 | Engineering leadership & leadership styles | |
| 13 | Proj 3 | Sub-task presentation I: Process Heat, Biofuel | |
| II. Research, Design, & Optimization | |||
| 14 | Grp 1 | Start quantitative design process | |
| 15 | Grp 2 | Group time; detailed critques on first journal articles | |
| 16 | Grp 3 | Team mentoring with Mike & Tyrell | |
| 17 | Rec 5 | Intermediate LyX tips and tricks | Journal article 1 revision due |
| 18 | Grp 4 | One-on-one mentoring with Mike & Tyrell | |
| 19 | Grp 5 | One-on-one mentoring with Mike & Tyrell (cont.) | |
| 20 | Rec 6 | Process Heat schematic development | |
| 21 | Lec 6 | CaC2/acetylene block diagram | |
| 22 | Lec 7 | Qualitative optimization of CaC2/acetylene block diagram | |
| 23 | Rec 7 | Optimizing the CaC2/acetylene block diagram using EES | |
| 24 | Proj 4 | Sub-task presentation II: Core | |
| 25 | Proj 5 | Sub-task presentation II: Hydrogen | |
| 26 | Rec 8 |
Modifying the CaC2/Acetylene system using EES LyX advanced topics | |
| 27 | Proj 6 | Sub-task presentation II: Biofuel | |
| 28 | Proj 7 | Sub-task presentation II: Process Heat | Journal article 2 due |
| III. Fine Tuning, Secondary Concerns | |||
| 29 | Rec 9 |
Modeling multicomponent systems in EES Sub-system integration | |
| 30 | Lec 8 | Metals and cheeses: unconventional pairings | |
| 31–33 | Grp 6–Grp 8 | In-class refinement of overall block diagram, input/output coordination | |
| 34 | Rec 10 | Integrating block diagram models in EES | |
| 35–37 | Grp 9–Grp 11 | In-class refinement of overall block diagram, input/output coordination | |
| IV. Final Report & Presentation | |||
| 38 | Proj 8 | Practice final presentation | Final presentation draft assembled |
| 39 | Proj 9 | Final presentation with invited guests | Final report due |