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  • March 28, 2023

ME Capstone Design

Capstone Design Course Website for The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech

Schedule – Fall 2019

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

FMEA Template

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.

Peer Evaluation Form

Contacts:
Ken Cunefare
Lead Faculty
ken.cunefare@me.gatech.edu

Amit Jariwala
Director of Design and Innovation
amit.jariwala@gatech.edu

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