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

Fall 2010

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

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

Assign students to subsystems and teams, with linkages between teams with overlapping functionality or interfaces
For subsystems with existing baseline designs:
- Revalidate the baseline design computations and verify that baseline can achieve maximum points for relevant competition(s)
- Communicate and agree on specifications and choices with EST and SCI-Arc teams
- Perform model-based analysis of system performance in a form that can be used for trade-off studies
- Document the baseline design in a manner that is compatible with design development phase deliverable
- Evaluate technology options that can be incorporated into our design and perform cost analysis for each
For subsystems without existing baseline designs:
- Analyze options design with performance, cost, electrical load, thermal load estimates
- Establish a baseline design that can achieve maximum points for relevant competition(s), in agreement with EST and SCI-Arc teams
- Document the baseline design in a manner that is compatible with design development phase deliverable
Develop and maintain system-level cost and energy budgets and use these to verify ability to maximize points on engineering-driven competitions
- Provide a design capable of full capability (max points) with net-zero energy consumption for 95th percentile day
- Provide a design capable of 90% max points on worst case day (over last 20 years)

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
Make use of the project wiki as a mechanism to document and enhance team communication
Identify individual students who will be responsible for insuring good cross-project integration between appropriate groups
Develop analytical or computational models demonstrating that specifications can be met

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)