Global PACE vehicle design student project (2005-2006)
Posted 09 Jan, 2008 in Animations
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| Contributor(s) | Jan Helge Bøhn Virginia Tech |
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| Abstract | During the 2005-2006 academic year, more than 160 students from 14 universities in eight countries worked together to design a concept vehicle for General Motors. This two-minute video briefly describes this project. It was made in December 2005. MORE DETAILS: During the 2005-2006 academic year, the Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE) sponsored an undergraduate senior design project combining the expertise of more than 160 engineering and industrial design students at 14 educational institutions in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Mexico, South Korea, Sweden, and the USA. The task was to develop a revolutionary vehicle design for General Motors. The students designed, modeled, analyzed, and integrated multiple working subsystems of an automobile to produce a virtual final design. To achieve this goal, the students, throughout the sites, collaborated extensively and continuously, even though, for most of them, English was their second or third language. The students used a centralized Teamcenter Community (TcC) system to collaborate synchronous and asynchronous, and they use a centralized Teamcenter Engineering (TcE) system to manage their design and analysis data. Small-group audio conferences are conducted via Skype, and regular and impromptu meeting of up to 10 schools at a time are conducted via high-end TANDBERG videoconference systems, all over IP. This constant communication stream between the schools was critical for the successful integration of subcomponents and assemblies, both functionally and esthetically. The students were given two important technical design challenges. The first was to ensure that the resulting components and assemblies, both externally and internally, were esthetically pleasing in order to create a distinct competitive marketing and product positioning advantage. The second was to describe the components and assemblies such that interfacing dimensions are virtually linked to facilitate quick design changes and automated design optimization iterations. The realistic nature of this project excited the students. It exposed them to the future of their profession, both with regards to the advanced hardware and software used, and with regards to the challenges of coordinating and collaborating within a large, globally dispersed, truly multidisciplinary, and extremely culturally diverse product development team. Then add to the mix the opportunity to work with General Motors designers, engineers, and managers, and the students were continuously stretched to deliver their very best performance. |
| Credits | ENGINEERING TEAM: Brigham Young University (USA) Design Project: Chassis and coordination of overall vehicle assembly Faculty advisor: Dr. C. Greg Jensen, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Hongik University (South Korea) Design Project: Firewall and floorpan Faculty advisor: Dr. Hyunjune Yim, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and System Design Engineering; Dr. Jungsoo Kim, Professor, School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering ITESM Monterrey (Mexico) Design Project: Wiper system Faculty advisor: Dr. Ricardo Ambrocio Ramírez Mendoza, Associate Professor, Department of Mechatronics and Automation ITESM Monterrey (Mexico) Design Project: Exhaust system Faculty advisor: Pedro Orta Castañón, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering ITESM Toluca (Mexico) Design Project: Door hinge mechanism Faculty advisor: Gerardo Alducin, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Monash University (Australia) Design Project: Roof and ABC pillars Faculty advisor: Dr. John Price, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China) Design Project: Brakes Faculty advisor: Dr. Zhongqin Lin, Professor and Vice President Project advisor: Wei Chen, School of Mechanical Engineering Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico) Design Project: Engine Faculty advisor: Cuitláhuac Osornio Correa, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering University College West (Sweden) Design Project: Hood and trunk substructures Faculty advisor: Dr. Henrik Johansson, Lecturer, Department of Machine Technologies University of British Colombia (Canada) Design Project: Steering Faculty advisor: Jon Mikkelsen, Instructor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Project advisor: Alan Steeves, Research Engineer, Computer Systems, Department Mechanical Engineering University of São Paulo (Brazil) Design Project: Bumpers Faculty advisor: Marcelo A. L. Alves, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Toronto (Canada) Design Project: Seat mounts and adjustments, and differential Faculty advisor – Dr. William Cleghorn, Clarice Chalmers Chair of Engineering Design, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Waterloo (Canada) Design Project: Suspension Faculty advisor: Dr. Steve Lambert, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Project advisor: Kiumars Jalali, Department of Mechanical Engineering Virginia Tech (USA) Design Project: Transmission and coordination of powertrain Faculty advisor: Dr. Jan Helge Bøhn, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering INDUSTRIAL DESIGN TEAM: Brigham Young University (USA) Design Project: Interior design Faculty advisor: John Marshall, Professor, Industrial Design Hongik University (South Korea) Design Project: Exterior design Faculty advisor: Keun Lee, Industrial Design Monash University (Australia) Design Project: Exterior design Faculty advisor: Arthur de Bono, Head, Department of Design University College West (Sweden) Design Project: Exterior design Faculty advisor: Dr. Henrik Johansson, Lecturer, Department of Machine Technologies Virginia Tech (USA) Design Project – Exterior and interior design Faculty advisors: William R. Green, Associate Professor, Industrial Design; Akshay Sharma, Associate Professor, Architecture |
| Sponsored by | Partnership for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE) http://www.pacepartners.org/ |
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