ME Capstone Design

Capstone Design Course Website for The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech

Schedule – Summer 2020

Students in Mechanical Engineering are required to take ME 4182 or ME4723 to meet their Capstone Design Course requirements. Studios are on MW 5-6:15pm and mixed labs on TR 12:30-2:40pm.

Week Day/Date Studio Topics Lab & Deliverable(s)
0 Pre-class activity How to form teams?
  • Introduce yourself to find team members on Piazza
  • Setup your teams and check out currently available projects online.
  • Check How-to Guide for Project Marketplace.
1 Monday
11-May		 Course Intro: Studio #1 and Lab#1 Jiao/Jariwala/Sponsors
  • Project Discussions, Student Introduction & Team Formation
  • Signup for meeting slots here
  • Bids Due online
  • Problem Statement and Organization [More Details] on Thursday
Wednesday
13-May		 User Needs, Design Specifications, etc
2 Monday
18-May		 Market Research and Prior Art Search
Wednesday
20-May		 Ideation & Concept Generation
3 Monday
25-May		 Institute Holiday (Memorial Day)
Wednesday
27-May		 Risk, Liability, Codes & Standards
FMEA Template
4 Monday
1-Jun		 Prototyping
Supplemental Information:1700 Animated Linkages
  • Market Research Results, Relevant codes, standards, and risk analysis [More Details]
Wednesday
3-Jun		 No Lecture
5 Monday
8-Jun		 Industrial Design / Human Factors
  • Feasibility analyses and preliminary CAD
Wednesday
10-Jun		 Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Overview Lecture
6 Monday
15-Jun		 Societal and Environmental Considerations
Wednesday
17-Jun		 Expo Plan, Videos, Posters and Presentation Basics 
Capstone Expo Judging Rubric
7 Monday
22-Jun		 Expo video Preview Session (all teams share 1-minute video of their project problem/background with the class)
  • Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details]
Wednesday
24-Jun		 No Lecture
8 Monday
29-Jun		 No Lectures
  • Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details]
Wednesday
1-Jul		 No Lecture
9 Monday
6-Jul		 No Lecture
Wednesday
8-Jul		 No Lectures
10 Monday
13-Jul		 Discuss your IP plan prior to public disclosure – Legal Buzz Live with James Schutz (Troutman pepper)
  • Engineering analyses, CAD and prototyping update [More Details]
Wednesday
15-Jul		 Expo Poster Feedback Session (all teams share a draft poster with the class). Review Expo Info here. 
11 Monday
20-Jul		 Expo Virtual Platform Demo (https://capstone.gatherly.io/)
  • Submit expo video and poster before 9:00am on Tuesday
  • Final class presentations in Lab at 12:30pm
Tuesday
21-Jul		 Virtual Capstone Design Mini-Expo starting at 4:00pm
Sunday
26-Jul		 N/A

*Individual section instructors have latitude on deliverables, timing, and grading. The preceding information is a set of general guidelines.

Peer Evaluation Form

Contacts:
Roger Jiao
Lead Faculty
rjiao@gatech.edu

Amit Jariwala
Director of Design and Innovation
amit.jariwala@gatech.edu