ME 4701 - Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design I

• Students will be able to model, analyze, design, and realize a mechanical system that meets a particular need.
• Students will be able 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.
• Students will be able to apply useful tools for design refinement, such as value engineering and design for manufacturing and assembly (DFMA).
• Students will be able to select an appropriate decision-making process and implement that process to make a defensible engineering decision.
• Students will be able to find, evaluate, and use resources to learn independently.
• Students will be able to generate numerous creative and feasible alternative solutions to a design problem, using precedent, brainstorming, and other methods for creativity and synthesis.
• Students will be able to work effectively on project teams in a range of roles, including taking leadership for some aspect of a project.
• Students will be able to apply Design For Safety or similar approaches for product safety and create plans to ensure safety during manufacturing and testing.
• Students will be able to apply appropriate learning strategies to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed.
• Students will be able to convert an open-ended problem statement into customer requirements and design specifications through research, interviews, and observations.