ME 4701 - Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design I

• Abilityto model, analyze, design, and realize a mechanical system that meets a particular need.
• Ability to apply project management tools such as Gantt charts, Pareto charts, critical path analysis, and action items for planning, prioritizing, and scheduling tasks in a design project.
• Ability to apply useful tools for design refinement, such as value engineering and design for manufacturing and assembly (DFMA).
• Ability to evaluate the importance of an engineering decision, select an appropriate decision making process, and implement that process to make a defensible engineering decision.
• Ability to find, evaluate, and use resources to learn independently.
• Ability to generate numerous creative and feasible alternative solutions to a design problem, using precedent, brainstorming, and other methods for creativity and synthesis.
• Ability to work effectively on project teams in both member and leader roles.
• Appreciation for and an ability to promote safety and health in all aspects of the engineering profession, including safety during manufacturing and assembly, and product safety through Design For Safety or similar approaches.
• Demonstrate professional skills, including appreciation of the importance of continual lifelong learning.
• Demonstrate technical skills, including an ability to start with an open ended problem statement, do research, interviews, and observations to determine customer requirements and design specifications.