Students in Mechanical Engineering are required to take ME 4182 or GT 4823 to meet their Capstone Design Course requirements. All sections have studio deliverables on Tuesdays or Thursdays, at their instructor discretion.
| Week | Day/Date | Lecture & Speaker(s) | Studio & Deliverable(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monday 6-Jan |
Course Intro and Sponsored Projects, Faculty Preferences – Cunefare/Jariwala/Sponsors | Studio Introduction & Team Formation |
| Wednesday 8-Jan |
User Needs, Design Specifications, etc. : Stakeholder Analysis Template and Specification Sheet Template – Cunefare/Jariwala | ||
| 2 | Monday 13-Jan |
Ideation, Concept Generation, Design Process – Dr. Kate Fu | Projects assigned by instructors, Problem Statement[More Details] and Student-Faculty Q&A on project |
| Wednesday 15-Jan |
Market Research and Prior Art Search – David Moeller | ||
| 3 | Monday 20-Jan |
MLK Day – No School | User Needs, Stakeholder Analysis [More Details] |
| Wednesday 22-Jan |
Industrial Design/Human Factors – Dr. Kate Fu | ||
| 4 | Monday 27-Jan |
Societal and Environmental Considerations – Dr. Bert Bras | Ideation, Prior Art Analysis, and Market Research results [More Details] |
| Wednesday 29-Jan |
Social Impacts of your Design , Social Impact Assessment Outline , SIA Template , Methodological Sheets for Social Life Cycle Assessment– Ricardo Bonilla-Alicea | ||
| 5 | Monday 3-Feb |
Risk, Liability, Codes & Standards, FMEA Template – Dr. Cunefare | Progress Presentation for Report #1 |
| Wednesday 5-Feb |
Career Fair – No Lecture | ||
| 6 | Monday 10-Feb |
Mockup, Prototyping, and Manufacturing – Dr. Amit Jariwala | Relevant codes, standards, and risk analysis; FMEA Template |
| Wednesday 12-Feb |
Analysis – Dr. Cunefare | ||
| 7 | Monday 17-Feb |
IP & Patents – Elizabeth Lester | Feasibility analyses and preliminary CAD [More Details] |
| Wednesday 19-Feb |
Forming a Company/Startups & ATDC – Keith McGreggor/Joy Hymel | ||
| 8 | Monday 24-Feb |
No Lecture | Engineering feasibility analyses, CAD update [More Details] |
| Wednesday 26-Feb |
Effective Communications – Luci Erisman | ||
| 9 | Monday 2-Mar |
No Lecture | Social Impact Assessment [More Details] |
| Wednesday 4-Mar |
No Lecture | ||
| 10 | Monday 9-Mar |
No Lecture | Progress Presentation for Report #2 |
| Wednesday 12-Mar |
No Lecture | ||
| 11 | Monday 16-Mar |
Spring Break – No School | – |
| Wednesday 18-Mar |
Spring Break – No School | ||
| 12 | Monday 23-Mar |
No Lecture | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details] |
| Wednesday 25-Mar |
No Lecture | ||
| 13 | Monday 30-Mar |
No Lecture | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details] |
| Wednesday 1-Apr |
No Lecture | ||
| 14 | Monday 6-Apr |
No Lecture | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details] |
| Wednesday 8-Apr |
No lecture | ||
| 15 | Monday 13-Apr |
No lecture | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details] |
| Wednesday 15-Apr |
No lecture | ||
| 16 | Monday 20-Apr |
No lecture | Final Presentations |
| Tuesday 21-Apr |
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| Friday 24- Apr | – | Final Report (updated 3/23) 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.
Contacts:
Ken Cunefare
Lead Faculty
ken.cunefare@me.gatech.edu
Amit Jariwala
Director of Design and Innovation
amit.jariwala@gatech.edu