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 have studio deliverables on Monday and Wednesdays and sections B, D and F have their studio deliverables on the following Tuesday and Thursday studios.
| Week | Day/Date | Lecture & Speaker(s) | Studio & Deliverable(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuesday 8-Jan |
Course Intro and Sponsored Projects; Faculty Preferences – Cunefare/Jariwala/Sponsors | Studio Introduction & Team Formation |
| Thursday 10-Jan |
Student Projects and Design discussion – Cunefare/Jariwala | ||
| 2 | Tuesday 15-Jan |
User Needs, Design Specifications, etc. | Projects assigned by instructors [More Details] and Student-Faculty Q&A on project |
| Thursday 17-Jan |
Industrial Design/ Human Factors | ||
| 3 | Tuesday 22-Jan |
Ideation, Concept Generation, Design Process |
User needs and prior art report [More Details] Relevant codes, standards, and risk analysis |
| Thursday 24-Jan |
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| 4 | Tuesday 29-Jan |
No Lecture (School Closed) | Ideation report [More Details] |
| Thursday 31-Jan |
Market Research and Prior Art Search | ||
| 5 | Tuesday 5-Feb |
Potential Risks and Safety for Electrical Projects – Whit Smith |
Market Research Results Progress Presentation for Report #1 |
| Thursday 7-Feb |
Forming a Company and ATDC | ||
| 6 | Tuesday 12-Feb |
Societal and Environmental Considerations | Industrial Design and Human Factors report [Refer to section #7 of Report #2 guidelines] |
| Thursday 14-Feb |
Mock up, Prototyping, & Manufacturing | ||
| 7 | Tuesday 19-Feb |
Analysis | |
| Thursday 21-Feb |
US PTO Lecture – IP & Filing | ||
| 8 | Tuesday 26-Feb |
Effective Communications, Reimbursement Process, and Expo Rubric | Feasibility analyses and preliminary CAD [More Details] |
| Thursday 28-Feb |
Research Study – Idea Generation | ||
| 9 | Tuesday 5-Mar |
No Lecture | Expo Registration, Engineering feasibility analyses, CAD update [More Details] |
| Thursday 7-Mar |
No Lecture | ||
| 10 | Tuesday 12-Mar |
No Lecture | Progress Presentation for Report #2 |
| Thursday 14-Mar |
No Lecture | ||
| 11 | Tuesday 19-Mar |
Spring Break — No Class | |
| Thursday 21-Mar |
Spring Break — No Class | ||
| 12 | Tuesday 26-Mar |
Talk by Autodesk – Generative Design with Fusion 360 | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details] |
| Thursday 28-Mar |
No Lecture | ||
| 13 | Tuesday 2-Apr |
No Lecture | Impact of Societal & Environmental Factors report [More Details] |
| Thursday 4-Apr |
No Lecture | ||
| 14 | Tuesday 9-Apr |
No Lecture | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details] |
| Thursday 11-Apr |
No lecture | ||
| 15 | Tuesday 16-Apr |
No lecture | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details] |
| Thursday 18-Apr |
No lecture | ||
| 16 | Tuesday 23-Apr |
Capstone Design Expo | Final Presentations |
| Thursday 25-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