Students in Mechanical Engineering are required to take ME 4182 or ME4723 to meet their Capstone Design Course requirements. Studios are on M 12:30-2:25pm in CULC #152 and mixed labs on W 12:30-3:15pm.
| Week | Day/Date | Studio Discussion Topics | Links & Deliverable(s) |
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| 0 | Pre-class activity | How to form teams? |
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| 1 | 8/23 @ 12:30pm | Course Intro + Sponsored Projects’ Pitch Session (Use your GT Credentials to open the DropBox Folder) |
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| 8/23 @1:25pm | Social Mixer |
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| 8/25 @12:30pm | Course Introduction Continued (Slides) |
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| 8/25 @ 1:00pm | Faculty “meet and greet” and Team Formation |
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| 8/25 @ 5:00pm | – | Deadline to form teams | |
| 8/27 @ 5:00pm | – | Deadline to submit your own project idea | |
| 8/28 @ 5:00pm | – | Deadline to submit bids online | |
| 2 | 8/30 | 0. Studio Announcements/Introductions (Slides) 1. User Needs, Design Specifications, etc. (Slides) 2. Market Research and Prior Art (Slides) |
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| 9/1 | Lab meeting |
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| 3 | 9/6 | Institute Holiday (Labor Day) | |
| 9/9 | Lab meeting |
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| 4 | 9/13 | Studio Announcements/Introductions 3. Ideation, Concept Generation, Design Process (Slides | Video)) 4. Industrial Design/Human Factors (Slides) |
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| 9/15 | Lab meeting |
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| 5 | 9/20 | 5. Sustainability (Slides) 6. Societal Impact Assessment (Slides | Video); SIA outline; SIA Template; Methodological Sheets for Social Life Cycle Analysis |
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| 9/22 | Lab meeting | ||
| 6 | 9/27 |
7. Effective Communication (Slides) 8. IP Overview and Patents (Slides) |
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| 9/30 | Lab meeting |
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| 7 | 10/4 |
Announcement and Plan for Expo (Slides) 9. Prototyping (Slides | Video) 10. Video Presentation (Slides | Video) Class Social |
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| 10/6 | Lab meeting |
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| 8 | 10/11 | Fall Break | |
| 10/13 | Lab meeting |
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| 9 | 10/18 |
Studio Discussion (Slides) 12. Risk, Liability, Codes & Standards (Slides | Video) 13. Expo video Preview Session (all teams share a 1-minute video of their project problem/background with the class) |
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| 10/20 | Lab meeting |
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| 10 | 10/25 | No Lecture | |
| 10/27 | Lab meeting | ||
| 11 | 11/1 | No Lecture |
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| 11/3 | Lab meeting |
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| 12 | 11/8 |
Invited talk on “Day in the Life of an Engineer” Class Social |
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| 11/10 | Lab meeting |
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| 13 | 11/15 | No Lecture | |
| 11/17 | Lab meeting |
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| 14 | 11/22 | No Lecture | |
| 11/24 | Thanksgiving Break |
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| 15 | 11/29 | Expo Poster Feedback Session (all teams share a draft poster with the class). Submit on CANVAS (For ME | For InterD) | |
| 12/1 | Lab meeting |
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| 16 | 12/6 | Final class presentations in Lab (check with your assigned faculty instructor) |
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| 12/7 | Capstone Design Expo (check-in begins at 3:30 pm) | ||
| 12/10 |
*Individual section instructors have latitude on deliverables, timing, and grading. The preceding information is a set of general guidelines.
Contacts:
Amit Jariwala
Director of Design and Innovation
amit.jariwala@gatech.edu