Students in Mechanical Engineering are required to take ME 4182 or GT 4823 to meet their Capstone Design Course requirements. Sections C, D, E, J have studio deliverables on Monday and Wednesdays and sections A, ECE, F, G, H, K have their studio deliverables on the following Tuesday and Thursday studios.
| Week | Day/Date | Lecture & Speaker(s) | Studio & Deliverable(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuesday 9-Jan |
Course Intro and Sponsored Projects (Faculty Preferences) – Cunefare/Jariwala/Sponsors | Studio Introduction & Team Formation |
| Thursday 11-Jan |
Student Projects and Design discussion Lecture Link – Cunefare/Jariwala, capstone instructors | ||
| 2 | Tuesday 16-Jan |
User Needs, Design Specifications, etc. – Telenko | Project description report [More Details] and Team Charter*(applicable to only sections participating in the Effective Team Dynamics Project) |
| Thursday 18-Jan |
Industrial Design / Human Factors – Fu | ||
| 3 | Tuesday 23-Jan |
Ideation, Concept Generation, Design Process – Linsey | User needs [More Details] |
| Thursday 25-Jan |
Risk, Liability, Codes & Standards – Cunefare FMEA Template |
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| Tuesday 30-Jan |
Market Research and Prior Art Search – David Moeller, CEO of Code Guard Intellectual Property |
Ideation report and prior art analysis report[More Details] | |
| Thursday 1-Feb |
Analysis – Wingate | ||
| 5 | Tuesday 6-Feb |
No Lecture | Progress Presentation for Report #1 |
| Thursday 8-Feb |
No Lecture | ||
| 6 | Tuesday 13-Feb |
Societal and Environmental Considerations – Bras | Industrial Design and Human Factors report [Refer to section #7 of Report #2 guidelines] |
| Thursday 15-Feb |
Mock up, Prototyping, Manufacturing and Costing – Spencer, Mokuolo Supplemental Information:1700 Animated Linkages |
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| 7 | Tuesday 20-Feb |
No Lecture | Relevant codes, standards and risk analysis [More Details] |
| Thursday 22-Feb |
Intellectual Property Overview Lecture – USPTO | ||
| 8 | Tuesday 27-Feb |
Effective Communications Resources Effective Communications: 1-on-1 Signup Capstone Expo Judging Rubric |
Feasibility analyses and preliminary CAD [More Details] |
| Thursday 1-Mar |
No Lecture | ||
| 9 | Tuesday 6-Mar |
No Lectures | Expo Registration, Engineering feasibility analyses, CAD update [More Details] |
| Thursday 8-Mar |
Forming a Company | ||
| 10 | Tuesday 13-Mar |
No Lecture | Progress Presentation for Report #2 |
| Thursday 15-Mar |
No Lecture | ||
| 11 | Tuesday 20-Mar |
Spring Break – No Classes | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details] |
| Thursday 22-Mar |
Spring Break – No Classes | ||
| 12 | Tuesday 27-Mar |
No Lecture | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details] |
| Thursday 29-Mar |
No Lecture | ||
| 13 | Tuesday 3-Apr |
No Lecture | Impact of Societal & Environmental Factors report [More Details] |
| Thursday 5-Apr |
No Lecture | ||
| 14 | Tuesday 10-Apr |
No Lecture | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details] |
| Thursday 12-Apr |
No lecture | ||
| 15 | Tuesday 17-Apr |
Effective Communications: 1-on-1 Sessions | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details] |
| Thursday 19-Apr |
Effective Communications: 1-on-1 Sessions | ||
| 16 | Tuesday 24-Apr |
Capstone Design Expo (Expo.gatech.edu) | Final Presentations |
| Thursday 26-Apr |
N/A | ||
| Friday 27-Apr |
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