CS/EE/ME 75, 2010-11 - Course Schedule

CS/EE/ME 75

Organization

Schedule

Team wiki

Public site

Fall 2010

Project GOTChA chart

Goals Build an integrated team (SCI-Arc + Caltech) that can win the 2011 Solar Decathlon Complete the design development phase of the Solar Decathlon competiion Evaluate and explore options for providing some technology sizzle in our design

Technical Challenges Integration of SCI-Arc and Caltech activities (people, goals, schedule, deliverables) Bring 20-30 new team members from diverse backgrounds and skill levels up to speed quickly Baseline design may not be defined in enough detail yet for accurate energy and cost budgets Baseline designs for some subsystems not yet in place

Objectives Document and refine baseline specifications to insure we can get maximum points in competition (15 Oct) Provide full capability with net-zero energy consumption for 80th percentile day Provide zero-net energy consumption with reduced capability on worst case day (over last 20 years) Establish detailed cost and performance metrics for each subsystem (30 Oct) Establish performance specifications for each team/subsystem, tied to competition rules Determine cost targets for each team/subsystem to hit $250K target Maintain cost and energy budgets to allow analysis of tradeoffs from baseline design Develop performance models demonstrating that specifications can be met (15 Nov) Analytical or computational model for each subsystem in form that is usable for tradeoff studies Document all components on team wiki + project manual (23 Nov) Evaluate state-of-the-art technology options that can be incorporated into our design and perform cost analysis (15 Dec)

Approach Stick to summer 2010 system architecture decisions; avoid re-inventing the wheel Hold off on alterations to the baseline until we have a fully analyzed, documented and costed baseline Schedule planning event with Caltech + SCI-Arc to help people meet each other and align goals, milestones and schedule Identify individual students who will be responsible for insuring good cross-project integration between appropriate groups

Course schedule

Week	Date	Topic	Reading/Activities	Homework
1	27 Sep (M)	Organizational meeting Reed: Solar Decathlon overview [15 min] Fei: Baseline overview [15 min] Richard: CS/EE/ME 75 organization [20 min] Q&A [5 min]	Submit team preference and scheduling sheets; read SD rules	HW #1: SD competition rules + wiki account creation
2	4 Oct (M)	Project schedule Overall SD schedule [Reed] SCI-Arc/Caltech master schedule for fall [Reed] GOTChA charts [Richard] Milestone "party" (9 Oct?)	Team meetings start. Joint scheduling event with Sci-Arc on 9 Oct (?)	HW #2: Team schedules, subsystem GOTChAs
3	11 Oct (M)*	System specifications Baseline specifications [Fei] Documentation format [Reed]		HW #3: Project specifications
4	18 Oct (M)	System modeling		HW #4: Baseline model and analysis
5	25 Oct (M)*	Design review process	Design reviews (midterms)
6	1 Nov (M)	Team presentation
7	8 Nov (M)*	Team presentation
8	15 Nov (M)*	Team presentation		Design review
9	22 Nov (M)	Project review	Building information model, design drawings and project manual due
10	29 Nov (M)	Lessons learned and plans for second term		Project documentation due (end of finals)