This is a senior level course, after a student has completed all the
required major core courses, core math, and core science courses. This
“capstone design course” involves multidisciplinary teams of students
who build and test custom designed systems, components or engineering
processes. Design projects selected from problems submitted by the
students, faculty and local industry; Industry projects are given
preference as they are best suited for meeting the course objectives;
Instructional phase includes (not limited to): communications, report
writing, visual aids, design process
(requirements/specifications/objections, synthesis/analysis, design
evaluation, implementation, maintainability, manufacturability, economic
and social influences etc.), proposal preparation, estimating, project
management and scheduling, contracts etc.; Performance phase includes
(not limited to): design team formation and organization, design
proposals, implementation of design process, project scheduling and
management, design reviews, design simulation and testing, preparation
of documentation, drawings, specifications, etc., written and oral
presentation of completed projects.
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