ME2011 ASSIGNMENTS, FALL 2009

Use this table to find a particular assignment, and to determine how much impact each assignment will have on your final grade by looking at the Weight column. At the end of this document is the score to letter-grade formula. The course syllabus has information on evaluation and scoring of assignments. All assignment due dates are listed in the ME 2011 schedule posted on the course web site.

Many assignments are submitted electronically; here are the instructions. Electronic submissions are due at 11:55 pm on the due date. Non-electronic submissions are due at the start of class on the due date.

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Code

Description

Grader Weight
A101 Startup tasks Casey Briscoe 2
A102 Card structure, mfg instructions Reece Peterson 4
A105 Platform buckling analysis Albin Dittli 4
A103 Engineering graphics Brett Burgstahler 8
A104 Invention drawing Dane Stimart 6
A106 Pencil dissection Abhijit Kangude 8
A107 Resume Dane Stimart 6
A133 Motor pre-lab Reece Peterson 1
A134 Mechanisms pre-lab Dane Stimart 1
A108 Oral presentation Staff 6
A110 Beam bending Abhijit Kangude 10
A130 Soldering Staff 1
A112a Tip-A-Can performance Staff 5
A112b Tip-A-Can report Brett Burgstahler 6
A113 Patent search Reece Peterson 2
A109 Quick-Start Guide to Pro/E Brett Burgstahler 10
A116 Pro/E Chapters 1-3 Casey Briscoe 8
A120 Pro/E Chapter 4 Albin Dittli 8
A123 Pro/E Chapters 8-9 Reece Peterson 10
Pro/E balancing Staff

2

A115 LED flasher Staff 12
A117 Motor/LED/Switch Staff 10
A131 Schematic of motor circuit Abhijit Kangude 1
A135 Download LabView Staff 1
A132 Computer-based data acquisition Casey Briscoe 2
A119 Project Gantt chart Albin Dittli 2
A114 Preliminary robot concept sketches Reece Peterson 6
A118 Robot concept drawing Dane Stimart 4
A122 Robot subsystem Staff 2
A124

Schematic

Brett Burgstahler 2
A125 Robot preview Staff 6
A127 Robot project wrapup memo Will Durfee 2
A126 Portfolio Dane Stimart/Abhijit Kangude 6
A801 Bring tools N/A 0
A802 Bring tools Staff 1
A803 Bring tools Staff 1
N01 Notebook check 1 Staff 3
N02 Notebook check 2 Staff 3
N03 Notebook check 3 Robot Judges 3
       
C101 Card project in lecture (09/08) Staff 1
C102 Card project in lab (09/10) Staff 1
C104 Paper clip plot in lecture (10/06) Staff 1
C106 Mechanisms worksheet in lab (11/4) Staff 1
C107 I/O pins list in lecture (11/10) Staff 1
       
Q Engineering graphics quiz (60 pts) Casey Briscoe/Albin Dittli 1
       
Ra Robot works (0-30) Robot Judges n/a
Rb Robot meets rules (0-20) Robot Judges n/a
Rc Robot construction (0-20) Robot Judges n/a
Rd Robot sophistication (0-10) Robot Judges, Staff n/a
Re Robot interest (0-10) Robot Judges, Staff n/a
Rf Robot documentation (0-10) Staff n/a
R01 Robot score (sum of Ra-Rf, 0-100 pts) n/a 3
R02 Judges and staff favorites points (0-10 pts) Robot Judges, Staff 2


Total score to letter grade translation. The formula changes each year and is posted at the end of the semester.
A  
A-  
B+  
B  
B-  
C+  
C  
C-  
D  
F  


Notes:

  • Most assignments are graded on a check, check-plus, check-minus, zero system. Scores recorded on grade sheet translate the check system to numbers with check=4, check-plus=5 and check-minus=3. Some assignments (e.g. quiz and robot) have numeric scores. The score is multiplied by the assignment weight and entered in the grade book. The sum of the grade book numbers is the total score. The higher the weighting, the bigger the impact on your final score. The syllabus has additional detail on grading.
  • Class participation exercises are get a check if you did it, 0 if not.
  • Assignments and weighting values may change as the course proceeds

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