Students in Mechanical Engineering are required to take ME 4182 or GT 4823 to meet their Capstone Design Course requirements. Sections A, C, E, & G have studio deliverables on Monday and Wednesdays and sections B, D and F have their studio deliverables on the following Tuesday and Thursday studios.
| Week | Day/Date | Lecture & Speaker(s) | Studio & Deliverable(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuesday 21-August |
Course Intro and Sponsored Projects; Inventaprint Add-on support ;Faculty Preferences – Cunefare/Jariwala/Sponsors | Studio Introduction & Team Formation |
| Thursday 23-Aug |
Student Projects and Design discussion Lecture Link – Cunefare/Jariwala, capstone instructors | ||
| 2 | Tuesday 28-August |
User Needs, Design Specifications, etc. – Spencer | Project description report [More Details] and Student-Faculty Q&A on project |
| Thursday 30-August |
Industrial Design/ Human Factors – Fu | ||
| 3 | Tuesday 4-Sept |
Market Research and Prior Art Search (Marketing, Sr. Design Marketing, IP Overview) – Moeller | User needs and prior art report [More Details] |
| Thursday 6-Sept |
Ideation, Concept Generation, Design Process – Lindsey | ||
| 4 | Tuesday 11-Sept |
Risk, Liability, Codes & Standards – Cunefare |
Ideation report [More Details] |
| Thursday 13-Sept |
Analysis – Cunefare | ||
| 5 | Tuesday 18-Sept |
No Lecture |
Market Research Results Progress Presentation for Report #1 |
| Thursday 20-Sept |
No Lecture | ||
| 6 | Tuesday 25-Sept |
Societal and Environmental Considerations – Bras | Industrial Design and Human Factors report [Refer to section #7 of Report #2 guidelines] |
| Thursday 27-Sept |
Mock up, Prototyping, & Manufacturing – Spencer, Cunefare | ||
| 7 | Tuesday 2-Oct |
No Lecture | Relevant codes, standards and risk analysis [More Details] |
| Thursday 4-Oct |
Forming a Company/Startups – Goldman/Hymel | ||
| 8 | Tuesday 9-Oct |
Fall Break – No School | Feasibility analyses and preliminary CAD [More Details] |
| Thursday 11-Oct |
Effective Communications – Edwards | ||
| 9 | Tuesday 16-Oct |
No Lecture | Expo Registration, Engineering feasibility analyses, CAD update [More Details] |
| Thursday 18-Oct |
No Lecture | ||
| 10 | Tuesday 23-Oct |
Intellectual Property Overview Lecture – USPTO – Grant Corboy | Progress Presentation for Report #2 |
| Thursday 25-Oct |
No Lecture | ||
| 11 | Tuesday 30-Oct |
No Lecture | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details] |
| Thursday 1-Nov |
No Lecture | ||
| 12 | Tuesday 6-Nov |
No Lecture | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details] |
| Thursday 8-Nov |
No Lecture | ||
| 13 | Tuesday 13-Nov |
No Lecture | Impact of Societal & Environmental Factors report [More Details] |
| Thursday 15-Nov |
No Lecture | ||
| 14 | Tuesday 20-Nov |
No Lecture | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details] |
| Thursday 22-Nov |
No lecture | ||
| 15 | Tuesday 27-Nov |
No lecture | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details] |
| Thursday 29-Nov |
No lecture | ||
| 16 | Tuesday 4-Dec |
Capstone Design Expo | Final Presentations |
| Friday 7-Dec |
N/A | Final Report and Fabrication Package |
*Individual section instructors have latitude on deliverables, timing, and grading. The preceding information is a set of general guidelines. Team Charter deliverable is applicable to only those sections participating in the Effective Team Dynamics Project.
Contacts:
Ken Cunefare
Lead Faculty
ken.cunefare@me.gatech.edu
Amit Jariwala
Director of Design and Innovation
amit.jariwala@gatech.edu