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) |
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0 | Pre-class activity | How to form teams? |
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1 | Monday 11-May |
Course Intro: Studio #1 and Lab#1 Jiao/Jariwala/Sponsors |
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Wednesday 13-May |
User Needs, Design Specifications, etc | ||
2 | Monday 18-May |
Market Research and Prior Art Search |
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Wednesday 20-May |
Ideation & Concept Generation | ||
3 | Monday 25-May |
Institute Holiday (Memorial Day) |
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Wednesday 27-May |
Risk, Liability, Codes & Standards FMEA Template |
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4 | Monday 1-Jun |
Prototyping Supplemental Information:1700 Animated Linkages |
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Wednesday 3-Jun |
No Lecture | ||
5 | Monday 8-Jun |
Industrial Design / Human Factors |
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Wednesday 10-Jun |
Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Overview Lecture | ||
6 | Monday 15-Jun |
Societal and Environmental Considerations |
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Wednesday 17-Jun |
Expo Plan, Videos, Posters and Presentation Basics Capstone Expo Judging Rubric |
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7 | Monday 22-Jun |
Expo video Preview Session (all teams share 1-minute video of their project problem/background with the class) |
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Wednesday 24-Jun |
No Lecture | ||
8 | Monday 29-Jun |
No Lectures |
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Wednesday 1-Jul |
No Lecture | ||
9 | Monday 6-Jul |
No Lecture |
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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) |
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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/) |
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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.
Contacts:
Roger Jiao
Lead Faculty
rjiao@gatech.edu
Amit Jariwala
Director of Design and Innovation
amit.jariwala@gatech.edu