Link-Share, Multi-university Design Project

And Multimedia Design Modules

Introduction

Background	One part of the Link-Share project under the Gateway Engineering Education Coalition at Ohio State involved two subprojects for the 2000-2001 academic year.� The first was a multi-university senior design project that included Ohio State, Wright State, and Sinclair Community College.� The second subproject involved the development of design modules that could be used to supplement lectures in a senior design project or an introductory CAD/CAM course On the multi-university design project, we worked with a combined team of approximately 15 students and three faculty members to develop a robotic arm aid for a wheelchair.� This was the fifth year that OSU has worked on this project, and we believe that this year's effort was the most successful.� The students produced an arm that was mounted on a wheelchair, and they developed a control strategy that is adaptable to paraplegics and some quadriplegics.� They also developed methods for dramatically cutting the costs of running the project.� During the year, we worked with a combined team of approximately 15 students and three faculty members to develop a robotic arm aid for a wheelchair.� This was the fourth year that OSU has worked on this project, and we believe that this year's effort was the most successful.� The students produced an arm that was mounted on a wheelchair for the first time, and they developed a control strategy that is more adaptable to paraplegics and some quadriplegics.� They also developed methods for dramatically cutting the costs of running the project.� For the last five years, we have worked on a set of teaching modules for two courses as part of the Gateway project.� The first course deals with concurrent design and the second deals with project design.� The modules involve a complete set of Power Point slides in addition to �notes� pages for the slides.� Several instructors at Ohio State have used these modules, and we believe that they are good enough for people to use with very little alteration.� We have recently experimented with making a few of the modules autonomous or semi-autonomous.� For this, an audio overlay is provided with each slide, and the slides can be advanced manually or in a timed fashion.� When the slides are advanced manually, the instructor can add points to the narration to customize the lecture.� Alternatively, the instructor can simply advance the slides and answer questions at the end.� We have used the modules in both the manual mode where the instructor lectures using the slides as a visual aid and in the semi-autonomous mode where the instructor simply advances the slides and answers questions at the end.� When we have surveyed the students, they have indicated that both modes could be equally effective.
Purpose	The purpose of distributing this Compact Disk is to provide a repository of the electronic documentation developed as part of the Multi-university project and for advanced design and manufacturing courses.
Content	The Link-Share folder contains the following main folders: � Native File Folder, � Web File Folder, and Start file.
Content	The Native File Folder contains one folder and one file: � PowerPoint Design-Mfg. Modules (Folder) � Multi-university Project Group Report for 2001-2002 (Word File)
Content	The Web File Folder currently holds the HTML version of the native files.� � To browse the Design Manufacturing Modules, please read the documentation first and then follow the links at the bottom � Read Multi-university Project Group Report for 2001-2002

Navigation through the PowerPoint Folder

Introduction	The PowerPoint folder contains 12 PowerPoint presentations.� These can be used as lecture supplements or for self-contained lectures as explained above
PowerPoint Folder	This folder contains 12 PowerPoint files and one Readme file in MS Word: 1. Form Synthesis-1 2. Form Synthesis-2 3. Machines 4. Traditional Machining 5. Plastics & IJ 6. Rapid Prototyping 7. Creativity 8. Design Process 9. Ethics 10. Reverse Engineering 11. Safety, Etc. 12. Jigs & Fixtures 13. Readme (Word)
References and Supporting Materials	� For supporting material that complement the content of the CD , please consult the web pages for ME 564 and ME 683.� These can be accessed through the web page for Mechanical Engineering at The Ohio State University � http://rclsgi.eng.ohio-state.edu/courses/
Contact	For any question relating to the Link-Share Program, please feel free to contact: Dr. G. L. Kinzel at [email protected]

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