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Design Project Management

Current Year Roadmapping Areas, Fall 2009

During Fall 2009, the Design Project Management students will focus on developing several groups of closely related projects, to established a set based concurrent engineering approach to product development. DPM students will work in groups on these roadmap development projects.

Please note that these assignments in DPM Do Not Require you to continue with the same projects during MSD I and MSD II. In the past, many DPM students choose to continue working on the same projects in MSD I and MSD II that they worked on in DPM. However, several students each year move to other projects for MSD I and MSD II for any number of reasons. The project assignments in DPM simply indicate the subject matter for which you will be conducting your homework duties for the DPM quarter.

  1. Open Source / Open Architecture Assistive Devices
    • Michelle Bard
    • Alexander Ship
    • David Monahan
    • Kristen Gagliardi
  2. Process Engineering
    • Eric Albanese
    • Helen Jervey
    • Johsua Monsees
    • Barrett Zeinfeld
  3. Open Source / Open Architecture Wireless Command and Control System
    • James Reepmeyer
    • Eric Hettler
    • Manuel Paris
    • Ryan Miller
    • Christian Moreno
  4. Open Source / Open Architecture Low Energy Printing
    • Shawn Hoskins
    • Derek Meinke
    • Dean Culver
    • Tim Salter
  5. Open Source / Open Architecture Land Vehicle
    • Andrew Krall
    • Steven Rois
    • Kenneth Smith
    • Christopher Wakeley

A Set Based Roadmap ...

Open Source / Open Architecture Assistive Devices

Your objective for Fall Quarter, 2009-1, in DPM is to develop two project plans. Each of these two project plans should serve as the problem statement for at least two and up to three distinct project teams, tackling the same project. Based on an analysis of past work that has been completed in multi-disciplinary senior design at RIT, and roadmapping recommendations that have been completed by previous DPM groups, your job is now to develop a tactical plan for providing enabling technologies in support of rapid advances in assistive device technology.

SBCE Assistive Devices 2009-10
Function Means 1 Means 2 Means 3
First Function (Definition of Project A) Joystick with netbook PC controller adapted to traditional two-joystick control wheelchair, Full characterization of and basic advancements to currently available technology Second Proposed Solution of Project A Third Proposed Solution of Project A
First Function (Definition of Project B) First Proposed Solution of Project B Second Proposed Solution of Project B Third Proposed Solution of Project B
Example of Possible Proposed SBCE Assistive Devices 2009-10
Function Means 1 Means 2 Means 3
Wheel Chair with One Arm Operation First Proposed Solution of Project A Second Proposed Solution of Project A Third Proposed Solution of Project A
Portable Motion Tracking System First Proposed Solution of Project B Second Proposed Solution of Project B Third Proposed Solution of Project B

Prior Year Roadmapping Efforts from DPM

R09450 - Sustainable Technologies for the Global Marketplace - Sponsored by Dresser Rand Corporation. This roadmap will be developed through DPM course. Proposed focus areas include (a) Turbomachinery flow visualization, [Day] (b) thermoelectric waste heat recovery, [Stevens] (c) compressor equipment health monitoring, [Bailey] (d) undersea maintenance technologies [Walter and Lamkin-Kennard] (e) process improvement innovations [Kaemmerlen]. Faculty Leads: Day, Steven, Bailey, Walter, Lamkin-Kennard, Kaemmerlen, -- 7 DPM students.

R09710 - Modern Food Processing and Bakery Technology for Lean Production Systems - Sponsored by Wegmans. This roadmap will be developed through DPM course. Proposed focus areas include (a) lean processes, (b) bakeshop process optimization, (c) equipment improvement project, (d) automation of labor-intensive custom bakery orders, (e) sustainable energy management, and other areas resulting from interviews with Scott Young and others at Wegmans. Faculty Lead: John Kaemmerlen -- 7 DPM students.

R09020 - Medical Device Technology - Various Sponsors. This roadmap will be developed through DPM course. Proposed focus areas include: (a) Smoking Machine and respiratory models, (b) robotic hand with air muscles for micro-surgery, (c) Left Ventricular Assist Device technology development, (d) bioengineering laboratory technology development, and (e) soft tissue testing technologies. Faculty Leads: Steven Day, Kathleen Lamkin-Kennard, Risa Robinson, David Gee, Elizabeth DeBartolo. -- 6 DPM students.

R09230 - Open Architecture, Open Source Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Imaging Systems - Sponsor under negotiation. This roadmap will be developed through DPM course. Proposed focus areas include: (a) UAV design, fabrication, and testing (b) pilot training systems, (c) payload interface systems, (d) flight dynamics testing, and (e) crash-worthiness development. Faculty Lead: Jason Kolodziej. -- 7 DPM students.

R09560 - Open Architecture, Open Source Aerial Imaging Systems - Sponsor under negotiation. This roadmap will be developed through DPM course. Proposed focus areas include: (a) visible spectrum still image capture, (b) vibration isolation, (c) visible spectrum video image capture, (d) infra-red spectrum still image capture, (e) infra-red spectrum video image capture, (f) image processing and software development, (g) UAV interface system. Faculty Lead: Marcos Esterman and Carl Salvagio -- 6 DPM students

R09220 - Competitive FSAE Autosports Systems - Sponsor under negotiation. This roadmap will be developed through DPM course. Proposed focus areas include: (a) engine control systems, (b) suspension systems and vehicle dynamics, (c) dynamometry and engine testing, (d) data acquisition and control systems. Faculty Lead: Alan Nye -- 5 DPM students

Prior Year Roadmapping from the Masters in Product Development

During Fall 2008, the Masters in Product Development students will focus on developing a comprehensive roadmap for wireless technology development in the multi-disciplinary senior design course.

R09300 - Open Architecture, Open Source Wireless Communications - Sponsored by Harris (RF). Roadmap will be developed through MPD program. -- 12 MPD students.

Example of a Prior Roadmap Concept

R09200 - Open Source, Open Architecture Modular Scalable Robotic Vehicle Platform Family The family roadmap is intended to show how past, present, and future MSD projects fit together to tackle a problem significantly larger in scope than any single project could accomplish by itself. Each roadmap will present a historical perspective on past work that has been accomplished within the MSD program, if any, and set directions for the next stages in product development and innovation.

Typical Family Roadmap
Thrust Area AY2006 AY2007 AY2008 AY2009 AY2010 AY2011
Area 1 2 yrs ago Last Year This Year Next Year Year after next ... And after that
Area 2 2 yrs ago Last Year This Year Next Year Year after next ... And after that
Area 3 2 yrs ago Last Year This Year Next Year Year after next ... And after that
Area 4 2 yrs ago Last Year This Year Next Year Year after next ... And after that
Area 5 2 yrs ago Last Year This Year Next Year Year after next ... And after that

The roadmap below is an example, and each group will be creating a roadmap like this for their team. Your roadmap will include design objectives and outcomes for each team project, and specify the interfaces between team projects.

Roadmap for a Modular, Scalable, Open Architecture, Open Source Robotic Vehicle Platform.

Roadmap for a Modular, Scalable, Open Architecture, Open Source Robotic Vehicle Platform.

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