Intro to Mechanical Design and Manufactrng (240-0-21)

Instructors

Jeremy Keys
847/467-2806
Technological Institute, Rm L494, 2145 Sheridan Rd, EV CAMPUS

Tao Sun
Technological Institute, Rm L288, 2145 Sheridan Rd, EV CAMPUS

Meeting Info

Technological Institute L361: Mon, Wed, Fri 2:00PM - 2:50PM

Overview of class

Strategies and methods of designing, manufacturing, and testing of mechanical products. Engineering drawing and CAD, design methods, material properties, failure modes, selection methodology, fundamental GD&T, and selected manufacturing processes.

Registration Requirements

Both MAT_SCI 201 & CIV_ENV 216 may be taken either as prerequisites OR concurrently with ME240.

Learning Objectives

Who Takes It

ME 240 is a required course for mechanical engineering students. This course is the first course of 3-course series that includes ME 340: Computer Integrated Manufacturing and ME 315 Theory of Machines - Design of Elements.

What It's About

For many students, this course is one of their first professional engineering courses. As distinguished from background courses in science and mathematics, professional engineering is concerned with obtaining solutions to practical problems.

Class Materials (Required)

Electronic handouts provided through Canvas.

Class Notes

Registration for a lab section is required. Weekly three-hour lab exercises. Lab sections will be assigned by the end of first week. The final project will be a design competition. Prize will be given to the top group, which yields the highest performance index in testing their prototypes.

Topics

Design process
Engineering drawing
Tolerances Limits and fits
GD&T
Material types and properties
Material selection
Design for X (Strength, Rigidity)
Competing failure modes
Manufacturing processes