Students in Mechanical Engineering are required to take ME 4182 or GT 4823 to meet their Capstone Design Course requirements. This page is currently being updated. Please visit back at 12:30pm on 13th May, 2019 for an updated version.
| Week | Day/Date | Lecture Topics | Studio & Deliverable(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monday 13-May |
Course Intro and Sponsored Projects– Sulchek/Jariwala/Sponsors | Studio Introduction & Team Formation |
| Wednesday 15-May |
Team Formation in Studio | ||
| Friday 17-May | Bids Due on projects.gatech.edu (for external projects) | ||
| 2 | Monday 20-May |
Industrial Design / Human Factors | Project Understanding Summary [More Details] |
| Wednesday 22-May |
User Needs, Design Specifications, etc | ||
| 3 | Monday 27-May |
Ideation, Concept Generation, Design Process | User needs and prior art analysis [More Details] |
| Wednesday 29-May |
Risk, Liability, Codes & Standards FMEA Template; Working Effectively in Teams |
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| 4 | Monday 3-Jun |
Market Research and Prior Art Search Intellectual Property |
Ideation report [More Details] |
| Wednesday 5-Jun |
Analysis; Working Effectively in Teams | ||
| 5 | Monday 10-Jun |
No Lecture | Market Research Results, Relevant codes, standards, and risk analysis [More Details] |
| Wednesday 12-Jun |
No Lecture | ||
| 6 | Monday 17-Jun |
Presentation 1 (Backup) | Report #1 |
| Wednesday 19-Jun |
Progress Presentation and Report #1 | ||
| 7 | Monday 24-Jun |
Societal and Environmental Considerations | Industrial Design and Human Factors report |
| Wednesday 26-Jun |
Mock up, Prototyping, Manufacturing and Costing Supplemental Information:1700 Animated Linkages |
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| 8 | Monday 1-Jul |
No Lectures | Feasibility analyses and preliminary CAD |
| Wednesday 3-Jul |
Intellectual Property Overview Lecture | ||
| 9 | Monday 8-Jul |
Forming a Company | Expo Registration, Engineering feasibility analyses, CAD update [More Details] |
| Wednesday 10-Jul |
No Lectures | ||
| 10 | Monday 15-Jul |
Effective Communications Resources Capstone Expo Judging Rubric |
Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details] |
| Wednesday 17-Jul |
No Lecture | ||
| 11 | Monday 22-Jul |
Final Presentations | |
| Tuesday 23-Jul |
Capstone Design Mini-Expo (Expo.gatech.edu) | ||
| Wednesday 24-Jul |
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:
Todd Sulchek
Lead Faculty
todd.sulchek@me.gatech.edu
Amit Jariwala
Director of Design and Innovation
amit.jariwala@gatech.edu
Lucinda Erisman
Capstone Design Programs Manager
lucinda.erisman@me.gatech.edu