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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 – Spring 2018

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
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
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.

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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