. 18-Nov: Mechanical properties of the main material used in Rapid Prototyping Machine (ABSplus) can be seen here.

Schedule for PIC and Humusoft trainings on Friday (20.11.2009) are as follows:

11:30-14:30 -- PIC Training (Part 2)

14:30-17:30 -- Humusoft Data Acquisition Board Training

Note that both trainings will be held in ME-407 Lab.

.16-Nov: Deadline of Project Planing and Management Report (R3) is changed to 1 December and deadline of Conceptual Design Report is changed to 25 November.

Next workshop hours are announced (Note that there will be workshops on Thursday).

Time	Tuesday 17.11.2009	Thursday 19.11.2009
14:40	12	9
15:00	3	10
15:20	5	1
15:40	6	2
16:10	7	13
16:30	14	4
16:50	8	11

. 11-Nov: Deadline of Project Planing and Management Report (R3) is changed to 25 November.

. 09-Nov: Regarding the Practical Training on PIC Microcontrollers on Friday (13.11.2009):

· The session begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 12 a.m.

· PIC Microcontroller Education Kit of groups 3,4,6 and 14 will be given during the session.

· Groups that have necessary equipments can also attend the session.

· Only 2 members per group are allowed to attend.

· Install the drivers and software provided in the link before coming to the session.

. 05-Nov: Next workshop hours are announced. If you have any conflict, send an e-mail to Ulaş YAMAN.

Time	Tuesday 10.11.2009	Thursday 12.11.2009
14:40	9	Seminar
15:00	12
15:20	3	10
15:40	5	1
16:10	6	2
16:30	7	13
16:50	14	4
17:10	8	11

. 02-Nov: If you are to use the Mechanical Design Laboratory, you should fill and submit the following form.

Important Dates:

Week	Dates	W/L/S	Content	Deadlines
1	28-Sep		CLASSES BEGIN (University Opening Ceremony at 10:00)
	29-Sep	L	Introduction to the organization of the course and the projects
	1-Oct	L	1/ The design process and morphology	Submission of group member lists @ 13:00 (to office G-134)
	2-Oct		Announcement of groups
2	6-Oct	L*	1/ The design process and morphology
	7-Oct		Anouncement of group specific workshop hours for project selection discussion	Submission of Problem Definition and Project Titles (At least 3 project titles) (to office G-134)
	8-Oct	W	Workshop on design project selection of groups
	9-Oct		Announcement of groups’ projects and assistants
3	13-Oct	L	2/ Problem solving, decision making
	15-Oct	S (√)	Sertaç Köksaldı-Arçelik (Patent and Intellectual Properties)
4	20-Oct	W	Determination of design specs. Group specific discussions
	22-Oct	W	Determination of design specs. Group specific discussions
	23-Oct			Report on Review of State-of-the-Art and Patent survey – (R1)
5	27-Oct	S (√)	Türker Kandiltaş – Introduction to Solidworks
	29-Oct	NATIONAL HOLIDAY (National Day / Cumhuriyet Bayramı) (October 28, Wednesday afternoon: Holiday)
6	2-Nov			Submission of revised Problem Definition and Design Specifications document (R2) to assistants
	3-Nov	W	Conceptual Design. Group specific discussions
	5-Nov	S(√)	Köksal Özdemir- Akana Müh.- "The Relationship Between Theory and Practice in Engineering"
7	10-Nov	W	Evaluation of concepts
	12-Nov	S(√) W	Seminar on Rapid Prototyping Machine and Evaluation of concepts
	13-Nov	S(√)	Practical training on PIC Microcontrollers
8	17-Nov	W	Evaluation of best concept
	19-Nov	W	Evaluation of best concept
	20-Nov	S(√)	Practical training on PIC and Humusoft Data Acquisition Boards
9	24-Nov	L	3/ Project engineering, planning and management
	25-Nov			Submit Conceptual Design Report – R4
	26-Nov	RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY-Kurban Bayramı (Arife November 26, Thursday, Bayram for 4 days)
10	1-Dec	L	4/ Design optimization	Submit Project Planning and Management Report R3
	3-Dec	W	Discussions on detailed designs & VR Mock-up model determination
11	8-Dec	S(√)	Murat Canocaktan-Türk Traktör - "Ocupational Health and Safety"
	10-Dec	S(√)	Training for the usage of machine tools and Safety Regulations in ME 407 Laboratory
12	15-Dec		VMM Virtual Reality Mock-up model presentations	Submit Detailed Design Report – R5
	17-Dec	L	4/ Design optimization
13	22-Dec	L	5/ Economic decision making and cost evaluation
	24-Dec	W	Workshop
14	29-Dec	S	Atilla Çınar-"Conformity Assesment on CE Marking for Machinery",    "Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing"
	31-Dec	W	Workshop
15	5-Jan	L	6/ Aspects of quality, failure analysis and reliability
	7-Jan	W	Workshop
	8-Jan		LAST DAY OF CLASSES
15-16	11-23 Jan		FINAL EXAMS
17	25-Jan			Final Report - FR
	25-26 Jan			Project Presentations
	28-Jan			Project evaluation, Public exhibition, Poster and Demo Session
	29-Jan		Certification Ceremony (@14.00)
	31-Jan		LAST DAY TO SUBMIT THE FINAL GRADES
18-19	14-Feb		LAST DAY TO SUBMIT "INCOMPLETE" GRADES

26-Oct: Next workshop hours are announced. If you have any conflict, send an e-mail to Ulaş YAMAN.

Time	Tuesday 03.11.2009
14:40	1
14:50	2
15:00	9
15:10	13
15:30	4
15:40	11
15:50	10
16:10	8
16:20	14
16:30	5
16:50	6
17:00	7
17:10	3
17:20	12

. 26-Oct: Solidworks seminar will be held in E-200. You may bring your own laptops to follow the seminar.

. 26-Oct: The date of practical training on PIC microcontrollers and Humusoft data acquisition cards are changed.

. 22-Oct: Do not forget to submit the Report on Review of State-of-the-Art and Patent Survey to your project assistants via e-mail till tomorrow evening by 17.30.

. 19-Oct: Details of the PIC Microcontroller Education Kit can be seen here.

. 19-Oct: PIC Microcontroller Education Kits are to be available by the next week. If you are planning to purchase one, you may see it in G-134 and pay 75 TL to Ulaş YAMAN till Friday.

. 19-Oct: There will be seminar on "Introduction to Solidworks" on next Tuesday (27.10.2009).

. 19-Oct: SolidWorks DVDs are available. You may purchase them from Ergin KILIÇ (A-102).  One DVD is enough for each group. Instructions for installing SolidWorks can be found here. Serial Number, which is necessary during installation, will be given to you by Ergin KILIÇ. Note that server address is 25734@144.122.48.11.

. 12-Oct: Workshop hours for the following week is announced. If you have any conflict, send an e-mail to Ulaş YAMAN.

Time	Tuesday 20.10.2009	Thursday 22.10.2009
14:40	12	8
15:05	11	9
15:30	3	10
15:55	4	2
16:20	5	1
16:45	6	13
17:10	7	14

. 12-Oct: There will be seminar on "Patent and Intellectual Properties" on Thursday (15.10.2009).

. 12-Oct: Each group is required to form an e-mail group and send an invitation to their assistants as soon as possible. You should also agree on a weekly meeting date and time with your project assistant.

. 8-Oct: Do not forget to submit your problem definition till Monday (11.10.2009) noon to the office G-134.

. 8-Oct: Project Titles and Assistants are assigned.

. 8-Oct: Workshops will be held in D-01 (Design Lab).

. 7-Oct: Workshop schedule on Thursday is as follows.

Time	Group
14:40	1
14:50	2
15:00	3
15:10	4
Buffer
15:30	5
15:40	6
15:50	7
Buffer
16:10	8
16:20	9
16:30	10
Buffer
16:50	11
17:00	12
17:10	13
17:20	14

. 2-Oct: Project Groups are updated.

. 1-Oct: Project Groups are announced.

. 1-Oct: Following students should drop the course in Add-Drop period.

Tural AHMADZADA

Sezen AKMAN

Selma AYDIN

Erhan Hakan DEMİREL

Eyüpcan ERDOĞAN

Fulya EROL

Serkan EŞSİZ

Emre GEMİCİ

Fazıl Selçuk GÖMEÇ

Abdullah GÜCCÜK

İlker GÜLEN

Volkan KANDEMİR

Woo Jung KIM

If you have any problems, consult with Latif KARAÇAR at E-201.

. 1-Oct: To the attention of Müjgan GÜNER, see Latif KARAÇAR as soon as possible.

. 30-Sep: Current Project Topics are updated.

. 28-Sep: You should submit the form of Group Members List on October 01, 2009 (Thursday) until 13.00 to office G-134

. 28-Sep: If you are not eligible to take ME 407 course due to 4th year status (12+1), please do not submit your names in the form of Group Members List.

. 28-Sep: Each group will be composed of 6 students. If you are a group of 5 or less or even an individual,  you should still submit this form so that  groups of six students will be arranged accordingly.

The first lecture on 29 th September ,14:40 will be held at E-200 for both Section 01 and Section 02.

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Project Presentations

28-Jan

Project evaluation, Public exhibition, Poster and Demo Session

29-Jan

Certification Ceremony (@14.00)

31-Jan

LAST DAY TO SUBMIT THE FINAL GRADES

18-19

14-Feb

LAST DAY TO SUBMIT "INCOMPLETE" GRADES

26-Oct: Next workshop hours are announced. If you have any conflict, send an e-mail to Ulaş YAMAN.