3. PROJECT
The project will be a very important part of the course. Sample topics include human factors
and applications in healthcare, patient safety and telemedicine, transportation, computer,
robotics, mechatronics, manufacturing, and service industries.
The project will start with literature dealing with a specific aspect of human factors
problems. The project report must include the following sections:
1. Introduction and Motivation
2. Literature review
3. Research methods
4. Data Analysis and Results
5. Discussions and Conclusions
6. References
Project phases:
During the semester, you need to present and submit the report for three phases: Phase 1
project proposal, Phase II project progress, and Phase III final project.
Phase I project proposal: you are required to define the research question/issue,
supported by reviewing recent literatures. You should finish the Introduction and
Motivation. Literature Review, and your plan of Research Methods, Each team is required to
submit a project proposal (2 pages).
Phase II project progress: you are required to finish the third section Research Methods
which consists of the 3.1 Participants, 3.2 Experiment Design, 3.3 Measurements, and 3.4
Procedures. The Pilot Testing as the first part of Results also should be completed. In Phase II
you will need to present and submit the project progress report (6 pages).
Phase III final project: you are required to finish recruiting all subjects and finish all
sections. You can separate the Conclusion and Discussion into two sections. It depends on
the extent of your project. If your discussion has at least one column to one page, you should
separate them into two sections. If it is only half of the column, they shouldn't be separated.
The conclusion usually uses non-technical words to summarize your project into 3-5
sentences in one paragraph. The discussion usually discusses the pros and cons, limitations,
future works of the project. In Phase III you are required to give a final project presentation
and complete the project final report (10 pages).
Project Presentation Format and Submission:
1) A 12 min oral presentation should be presented by students for project proposal,
project progress, and final project.
2) Your team is required to record and upload the presentation slides and video (in
.mp4) on the Discussion Board by the due time. Zoom recording function is
suggested to create the video.
3) The Discussions Board section on Canvas is the interaction area we will use. Under
each subject entitled "Project Proposal/Project Progress/Final Project Discussion",
upload your video by creating a new reply to the subject.
4) You will also comment on other teams' videos in Discussions Board. Each student
will need to comment on all other teams' videos in the following 3 days. You may
lose points if you do not review and comment on other teams' work.
5) For the final project presentation, each student will evaluate other students'
presentation based on an Evaluation Rubrics.
Project report
You are expected to use the project report template for all report submissions from Phase I-
III. The report is cumulative, which you can continue writing on the report of the previous
phase. A final report of your project should outline the work done or planned on the project.
It should be presented in the form of an IEEE research paper.
You are the author of the project, and thus you should include your own interpretation,
opinion and recommendations, etc. It is allowed to include figures or quotations from other
sources provided that they are properly referenced.
Project Report format:
Please use the Project Report template for both project proposal and project report.
Individual or group projects: For students enrolled in the on-ground section, the course will
culminate in a group project, with each team consisting of no more than three members
For students enrolled in the online section, you have the flexibility to choose your own
individual projects, or form as groups (not more than three members) in the online setting.
The course platform will facilitate opportunities to connect with classmates virtually, making
it easier to find teammates. Whether you're working individually or in a team, the project aims
to synthesize the skills and knowledge acquired throughout the course, offering a substantive
evaluation of your grasp on the subje matter.
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MATH 308 - Assignment 1 1. Find necessary and sufficient conditions for the numbers s and t to make the LP problem Maximize: f(x1, x2) = x1+x2 subject to sx1+tx2 ≤ 1 x1, x2 ≥ 0 a) have an optimal solution. b) be infeasible. c) be unbounded. Prove your answers.
A company intending to produce components for a fit with guaranteed clearance / interference as given in Table Q2 (Jmin, Jmax Or Smin, Smax respectively). It has been experiencing problems when machining both holes and shafts caused by lack of process capability, see Manufacturing Methods in Table Q2. Maintaining fit characteristics transform the tolerances to suit company's capability implementing selective assembly method. 1. Determine tolerances of the mating parts based on the manufacturing methods 5. Calculate maximum and minimum interference / clearance for each group 4. Draft the tolerances, indicating the groups 3. Calculate upper and lower limit deviations for the hole and the shaft 2. Calculate the number of groups
25. For the programmed latching operation shown, which two instructions must have the same address? a. ON and OFF inputs. b. latch and unlatch outputs c. ON input and latch output d. OFF input and unlatch output
Consider the product structure of end item PR-1 given in Figure P10.1. The end-item demand from the master production schedule for the period of weeks 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,and 10 is 40, 30, 20, 10, 50, 30, 70, and 20 units, respectively. The manufacturing and assembly lead times for PR-1, SA-12, and C-122 and the ordering lead time for M-4 are given below. Carry out the material requirements planning procedure for raw material M-4 required to manufacture component C-122 if one unit of M-4 is required to produce one unit of C-122. Lead time for assembling PR-1 =1 week. Lead time for assembling SA-12 = 1 week.|| Lead time for manufacturing C-122 = 2 week; 100 units on-hand inventory are given and 40 units are scheduled to arrive in period 2. Procurement lead time for raw material M41 week; 40 units on-hand inventory are available.
2) The diameter of a metal shaft used in a disk-drive unit is normally distributed with mean 0.2508 in. and standard deviation 0.0005 in. the specifications on the shaft has been established as 0.2500±0.0015 in. what fraction of the shafts produced conform to specifications?
5. A drug company sells three different formulations of vitamin complex and mineral complex. The first formulation consists entirely of vitamin complex and sells for $1 per unit. The second formulation consists of 3/4 of a unit of vitamin complex and 1/4 of a unit of mineral complex and sells for $2 per unit. The third formulation consists of 1/2 of a unit of each of the complexes and sells for $3 per unit. If the company has 100 units of vitamin complex and 75 units of mineral complex available, how many units of each formulation should the company produce as to maximize profit? Write down the corresponding LP, and solve it by using Theorem 22 and 23.
