Students in Mechanical Engineering are required to take ME 4182 or ME 4723 to meet their Capstone Design Course requirements. This page will be updated with links to lecture materials and additional resources throughout the semester.
| Week # | Date | Content & Speaker | Reference Links/Lab Deliverables |
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| 1 | 1/14 @11:00am - MS Teams | Virtual Social Mixer - Optional Session | Slides Overview video #1 | Overview video #2 |
| 1/14 | Start-of-Semester Survey on CANVAS: ME Only | Interdisciplinary | Flow-Chart for Week #1 activities Important Deadlines for Week #1 and #2 |
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| 2 | 1/20 @ 12:30pm | Course Intro + Team Formation Mixer MS Teams | Slides Visit Project Marketplace to review and submit projects. (How To Guide) |
| 1/20 @ 1:15pm | Social Mixer | Review List of Projects | |
| 1/21 @11:00am | OPTIONAL Virtual Social Mixer - LINK | DEADLINE to form groups on https://projects.gatech.edu/ is 3:00 pm today! | |
| 1/22 @11:59pm | - | DEADLINE to submit your backup project idea on https://projects.gatech.edu/ | |
| 1/23 @8:00pm | - | DEADLINE to submit your bids for projects on https://projects.gatech.edu/ | |
| 3 | 1/25 @ 12:30pm | MS Teams Link Studio Announcements/Introductions 1. User Needs, Design Specifications, etc. (Slides) 2. Market Research and Prior Art (Slides) | Project/Faculty Assignments to Teams (Link) Video #1: User Needs Video #2: Market Research/Prior Art |
| 1/27 - Lab meeting | Team organization & Section policies | Problem Statement | |
| 4 | 2/1 @ 12:30pm MS Teams Link | 3. Ideation, Concept Generation, Design Process (Slides) 4. Industrial Design/Human Factors (Slides) | Research Survey on Team Formation Video #3: Concept Generation Video #4: Industrial Design |
| 2/3 - Lab meeting | - | User needs, stakeholders, prior art analysis Specification Sheet Template |
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| 5 | 2/8 @ 12:30pm MS Teams Link | Announcement Slides 5. Risk, Liability, Codes & Standards (Slides) 6. Prototyping (Slides) | Video #5: Safety and Liability Video #6: Prototyping |
| 2/10 - Lab meeting | - | Ideation, ID, Human Factors | |
| 6 | 2/15 @ 12:30pm MS Teams Link | 7. Sustainability (Slides) 8. Societal Impact Assessment (Slides); SIA outline; SIA Template; Methodological Sheets for Social Life Cycle Analysis | Video #7: Sustainability Video 8: Social Impact Assessment |
| 2/17 - Lab meeting | - | Presentation & Report #1 | |
| 7 | 2/22 @ 12:30pm MS Teams Link | 9. Analysis (Slides) 10. Effective Communications (Slides for Posters | Slides for Video) | Video #9: Analysis and Effective Communications |
| 2/24 - Lab meeting | - | Feedback on Report #1 Relevant codes, standards, and risk analysis (FMEA Template) |
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| 8 | 3/1 @ 12:30pm STUDIO CANCELLED | 11. Feedback on 1-minute videos will be shared asynchronously directly with the teams. 1-min video from Fall 2020 class for reference | Watch and comment on videos submitted by peers: - ME4182 - InterD |
| 3/3 - Lab meeting | - | Sustainability and Societal Impacts analysis | |
| 9 | 3/8 @ 12:30pm MS Teams Link | 12. IP Overview and Patents (Slides) 13. Generative Design and Topology Optimization (with case studies, Courtesy Altair) | |
| 3/10 - Lab meeting | - | Analysis Scoping | |
| 10 | 3/15 - Optional Lab Meetings w/Instructors | 14. Watch video on Industrial Product Development - case study on how products are designed and released at Milwaukee Tools | DEADLINE to register for the expo |
| 3/17 - Lab meeting | - | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update | |
| 11 | 3/22 - Lab Meetings w/Instructors | - | Presentation and Report #2 |
| 3/24- NO Lab meeting | Institute Holiday | - | |
| 3/26 | - | Report #2 due | |
| 12 | 3/29 - Optional Lab meeting | - | - |
| 3/31 - Lab meeting | - | Feedback on Report #2 Engineering analyses, CAE and prototyping |
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| 13 | 4/5 - Optional Lab meeting | - | - |
| 4/7 - Lab meeting | - | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update | |
| 14 | 4/12 - Optional Lab meeting | - | |
| 4/14 - Lab meeting | - | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update | |
| 15 | 4/19 @ 12:30pm MS Teams Link | 13. Expo Poster Feedback Session (all teams share a draft poster with the class). 14. Virtual Expo Platform Trial | 1. ME4182 Team Posters 2. InterD Team Posters |
| 4/21- Lab meeting | - | Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update |
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| 16 | 4/26 @ 12:30pm | Final Report Presentation to the assigned faculty instructor | |
| 4/27 @ 3:30pm | Virtual Capstone Design Expo | ||
| 4/30 | - | Final report and Fab Package Due |
*Individual section instructors have latitude on deliverables, timing, and grading. The preceding information is a set of general guidelines.
Contacts:
Ken Cunefare
Lead Faculty
ken.cunefare@me.gatech.edu
Amit Jariwala
Director of Design and Innovation
amit.jariwala@gatech.edu