16.003  Unified Engineering III & IV

Unified Engineering - Lab 5 graded !

Lab 5 in Unified Engineering has now been graded. These are the lab reports where you summarized your design process, predictions and actual results at the UEFC. Check on stellar where you submitted your reports and self-reflections for comments and grades. These grades correspond to the grade entered in the Gradebook as well.

Overall most teams did very well and in the self-reflections great suggestions were made for future improvements. Lab 4 grades to follow shortly.

Good luck for finals !

Oli
Prof. Olivier de Weck
Unified Instructor for Systems and Labs
deweck@mit.edu

Announced on 19 May 2014  7:12  p.m. by Olivier L de Weck

Unified Engineering - Google Hangout with the Solar Impulse Team - tomorrow in class 10AM

Dear Unified Students:

As announced earlier we will have a live Google Hangout with the Solar Impulse Team in Switzerland tomorrow Wednesday May 14 at 10AM in class (S/L-14). Solar Impulse will attempt to fly around the world in a solar airplane and its first attempt at this world record will start in March 2015. You remember that this year's UEFC was inspired by this project.

We will go live at 10AM sharp right after M21. Please do not leave the room at 10AM. Participation in 32-141 is mandatory.

Andrew Owens our TA will lead the session on our end. If you want to dial in at the same time or register, the link is as follows:

https://plus.google.com/events/cimr7dg19000i2pkcmf7k170954

The Agenda is:

5-10 min Solar Impulse Presentation and walk-around the plane. André Borschberg, Pilot and CEO

5-10 min MIT Response, short presentation by Andrew Owens

ca. 30 min Open Q&A via Google Hangout. Please take a look at the projects website and come prepared with at least one question you have. Relaying experiences from the UEFC (good or bad) is also OK. There will be time for about 10 questions. If you want to ask a question please come to the front of the room.

Have fun !

Oli
Prof. Olivier de Weck
Unified Instructor for Systems and Labs
deweck@mit.edu

Announced on 13 May 2014  5:48  p.m. by Olivier L de Weck

Please return clicker tomorrow morning

Dear students,

Please return your Unified i-clicker to me before class begins tomorrow morning (in the lecture room). I'll have a checklist with me to note the returns. If I miss you at class, please stop by my office in 31-264.

Thank you,
Robin
617 253-2481

Announced on 13 May 2014  2:17  p.m. by Robin Courchesne-Sato

By 3:00 today, please note Unified time spent for week 11

Dear Unified students,

Thanks to those who've posted their time for week #11. If you haven't yet, please click on this link before 3:00 today - http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/16/sp14/16.003/surveys/s?s=5003

Also, here's the link to post your time spent this past week (#12): http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/16/sp14/16.003/surveys/s?s=5004

Thanks!
Robin

Announced on 29 April 2014  3:07  p.m. by Robin Courchesne-Sato

Lab 5 - UEFC Officially Launched !

Dear Unified Students:

The Unified Engineering Flight Competition (UEFC) was officially launched yesterday during class as part of Lab 5. The official rules of the competition and instructions for lab 5 have now been posted to stellar.

You can find the instructions on the main Unified page on stellar under Assignments (Lab 5) and also on the Systems & Labs Section specific page. There you will also find a web link to the Solar Impulse project which is the inspiration for this year's contest as well as a copy (Word format) of the official scoring sheet.

Finally, as a reminder, make sure the date and time of this year's UEFC is firmly planted on your calendar: Thursday, May 8, 2014 from 7:00-10:30PM at Johnson Athletic Center, Indoor Track, 2nd floor.

Good luck to all the teams !

Oli
Prof. Olivier de Weck
TAs: Andrew Owens, Caitlin Wheatley, Matt Vernacchia and Mike Klinker
Unified - Systems and Labs

Announced on 26 April 2014  9:51  a.m. by Olivier L de Weck