Capstone feedback and PPT

Description

We feel your literature review is incomplete.  It focuses too much on how to weld. It reads like a background. 

Your Materials and Equipment section reads like a literature review.  You need to consolidate all the literature into one section. I suggest you retitle the “Materials and Equipment” section to “Literature Review on Materials and Equipment”.

In addition, the literature review should be on current research in the area of welding or robotic welding.  You need to find at least 5 more papers on research published in the last 5 years that can be shared with the committee and added to the report.  Make this a new section called “Current Research” in your Literature Review chapter. 

1. We are requiring you to remove any language that states the welding is acceptable.  These welds are not acceptable. The loads are very low as compared to an unwelded samples.  Look up the tensile strength of that steel and use your known cross-sectional area of your specimens.  You should be able to calculate the expected load to failure. 

Also, your PPT slide citations are not cross-referenced to the bibliography.  You need to identify what articles or papers you are discussing on each slide.  

1. Your capstone should focus on;

the literature review and

the process of robotic welding.

Here’s what needs to be done:

1. Literature Review:

The current literature review needs to be expanded with recent research. Please find and include at least five recent papers (from the last five years) on welding or robotic welding. Consolidate all literature into one section and create a new subsection titled “Current Research.”

1. Materials and Equipment Section:

This section should be retitled to “Literature Review on Materials and Equipment” and should provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of the art in the field, including recent research findings.

Analysis and Clarification:

1. The analysis must clearly state that the current welds are not acceptable. The loads observed are significantly lower compared to unwelded samples. Please remove any language suggesting the welds are acceptable.
2. Additionally, calculate the expected load to failure using the known tensile strength of the steel and the cross-sectional area of the specimens. This comparison needs to be clearly presented in the analysis.