Students in Mechanical Engineering are required to take ME 4182 or ME4723 to meet their Capstone Design Course requirements. Studios are on M/W 5-6:15 pm and mixed labs on T/R 12:30-2:40 pm. All studios will be held on MS Teams at this link: https://mecapstone.gatech.edu/studio
Important Deadlines:
- 5/18 at 11:59pm: DEADLINE to form groups and submit your own project idea on https://mecapstone.gatech.edu/marketplace
- 5/19 at 8:00pm: DEADLINE to submit bids for projects (sponsored as well as your own project) https://mecapstone.gatech.edu/marketplace
| Week | Day/Date | Studio Topics/Slides | Lab & Deliverable(s) |
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| 0 | Pre-class activity | How to form teams? | |
| 1 | Monday 17-May |
Course Intro: Jiao/Jariwala |
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| Tuesday 18-May | Slides | Video |
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| Wednesday 19-May |
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| Thursday 20-May |
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| 2 | Monday 24-May |
Market Research and Prior Art Search (Video) |
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| Wednesday 26-May |
Ideation & Concept Generation (Video) | ||
| 3 | Monday 31-May |
Institute Holiday (Memorial Day) |
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| Wednesday 2-Jun |
Risk, Liability, Codes & Standards (Video) FMEA Template Course Team Formation Survey |
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| 4 | Monday 7-Jun |
Prototyping (Video) Supplemental Information:1700 Animated Linkages |
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| Wednesday 9-Jun |
Industrial Design / Human Factors (Video) | ||
| (5 | Monday 14-Jun |
Attend The Path to a Patent interactive workshop with USPTO Experts by the library. REGISTER here |
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| Wednesday 16-Jun |
Engineering Analysis (Video) | ||
| 6 | Monday 21-Jun |
Sustainability (Video) |
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| Wednesday 23-Jun |
Societal Impact Assessment SIA outline; SIA Template (Video); (Methodological Sheets for Social Life Cycle Analysis | ||
| 7 | Monday 28-Jun |
Capstone Expo Judging Rubric |
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| Wednesday 30-Jun |
No Lectures | ||
| 8 | Monday 5-Jul |
Institute Holiday |
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| Wednesday 7-Jul |
Expo video Preview Session (all teams share 1-minute video of their project problem/background with the class). Submit here. |
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| 9 | Monday 12-Jul |
No Lectures |
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| Wednesday 14-Jul |
No Lectures | ||
| 10 | Monday 19-Jul |
Expo Poster Feedback Session (all teams share a draft poster with the class). Submit here. |
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| Wednesday 21-Jul |
No Lectures | ||
| 11 | Monday 26-Jul |
Expo Virtual Platform Demo Upload Expo Materials online |
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| Tuesday 27-Jul |
Capstone Design Mini-Expo starting at 4:00pm | ||
| Friday 30-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