This capstone design course is the first in a two-semester
sequence that is project-based and focused on problem framing,
stakeholder analysis, concept generation, and project
management skills. The projects are designed to provide
students with a major design experience in mechanical
engineering prior to graduation.
Athena Title
Capstone Design I
Prerequisite
MCHE 2990 or MCHE 3990
Pre or Corequisite
(ENGR 3150 or ENGR 3150E) and (MCHE 3310 or MCHE 3310E) and (MCHE 3300 or MCHE 3300E) and MCHE 3920 and MCHE 4000
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will perform professionally exhibiting integrity, accepting responsibility, taking initiative, and providing leadership necessary to ensure project success.
Students will establish relationships and implement practices with team members, academic advisors, industrial advisors, and clients that support high performance and continuous improvement.
Students will plan, monitor, and manage project schedule, resources, and work assignments to ensure timely and within budget completion.
Students will utilize prior knowledge, independent research, published information, patents, and original ideas in framing problems and generating solutions.
Students will participate in a service-learning project with requirements gathering, planning, and development of a product for an internal/external client.
Topical Outline
1. Project management
a. Develop and revise team charter
b. Develop and follow project management plan
c. Allocate resources and budget
d. Write progress reports
e. Financial analysis techniques
i. Cost analysis
ii. Budgeting
iii. Economic analysis of alternative scenarios and
design concepts
f. Create project timeline schedule with milestones
2. Design project
a. Problem formulation
b. Scenario planning
c. Stakeholder analysis
d. Identify technical and non-technical constraints
e. Generation and selection of design concepts
(brainstorming)
f. Engineering analyses
g. Detailed component design
h. Fabrication of design
