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 and GT4823-ECE, MEB, & MSE have studio deliverables on Mondays and Wednesdays and sections B, D & F and GT4823-MEA have their studio deliverables on the following Tuesday and Thursday studios.
| Week | Day/Date | Lecture & Speaker(s) | Studio & Deliverable(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monday 19-Aug |
Course Intro and Sponsored Projects, Faculty Preferences – Cunefare/Jariwala/Sponsors | Studio Introduction & Team Formation |
| Wednesday 21-Aug |
User Needs, Design Specifications, etc. – Cunefare/Jariwala | ||
| 2 | Monday 26-Aug |
Industrial Design/Human Factors – Fu | Projects assigned by instructors, Problem Statement[More Details] and Student-Faculty Q&A on project |
| Wednesday 28-Aug |
Ideation, Concept Generation, Design Process – Linsey | ||
| 3 | Monday 2-Sept |
Labor Day – No School | User Needs, Stakeholder Analysis [More Details] |
| Wednesday 4-Sept |
Milwaukee Tool – Design Process in the Real World | ||
| 4 | Monday 9-Sept |
No Lecture – Career Fair | Industrial Design and Human Factors Report |
| Wednesday 11-Sept |
Market Research and Prior Art Search – David Moeller | ||
| 5 | Monday 16-Sept |
Risk, Liability, Codes & Standards – Cunefare |
Relevant codes, standards and risk analysis Market Research results (part of report 1) Progress Presentation for Report #1 |
| Wednesday 18-Sept |
Societal and Environmental Considerations – Bras | ||
| 6 | Monday 23-Sept |
Analysis – Cunefare | |
| Wednesday 25-Sept |
Mock up, Prototyping, and Manufacturing – Scott Miller | Relevant codes, standards and risk analysis | |
| 7 | Monday 30-Sept |
IP & Patents/US PTO Lecture – Fang | Feasibility analyses and preliminary CAD [More Details] |
| Wednesday 2-Oct |
No Lecture | ||
| 8 | Monday 7-Oct |
No Lecture | Impact of Societal & Environmental Factors report |
| Wednesday 9-Oct |
Reimbursements/Effective Communications – Erisman | ||
| 9 | Monday 14-Oct |
Fall Break – No School | Engineering feasibility analyses, CAD update [More Details] |
| Wednesday 16-Oct |
Forming a Company/Startups & ATDC – Joy Hymel and Keith McGreggor | ||
| 10 | Monday 21-Oct |
Social Impacts of your Design – Fu |
Social Impacts Assessment Documents: SIA Outline, SIA Template, UNEP Methodological Sheets Progress Presentation for Report #2 |
| Wednesday 23-Oct |
No Lecture – Research Study (for ME students only) | ||
| 11 | Monday 28-Oct |
No Lecture | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details] |
| Wednesday 30-Oct |
No Lecture | ||
| 12 | Monday 4-Nov |
No Lecture | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details] |
| Wednesday 6-Nov |
No Lecture | ||
| 13 | Monday 11-Nov |
No Lecture | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details] |
| Wednesday 13-Nov |
No Lecture | ||
| 14 | Monday 18-Nov |
No Lecture | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details] |
| Wednesday 20-Nov |
No lecture | ||
| 15 | Monday 25-Nov |
Final Presentations? | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details] |
| Wednesday 27-Nov |
Thanksgiving – No School | ||
| 16 | Monday 2-Dec |
Final Presentations Design Expo |
Final Presentations |
| Wednesday 4-Dec |
Reading Period | Final Report earliest due date |
*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