Engineering Capstone Projects

Overview:

This senior sequence design project is structured around a pair of courses: Project Management (ENGR 4240) and Capstone Projects (ENGR 4370). During the Project Management course, students develop detailed proposals that outline project specifications, timelines, schedules, and budget. These proposals set the groundwork for the subsequent Capstone Projects course where students apply their cumulative knowledge from previous coursework to execute the proposed projects. This includes building, testing, and documenting an approved project, all while adhering to the predefined budget and timeline constraints.

Objectives:

Identify, design, develop and create a prototype of proposed capstone project based on multiple realistic constraints, and engineering codes/standards with consideration to sustainability
Create schedules and budgets and use planning and scheduling tools
Apply ethics codes and standards to engineering case studies
Analyze, justify, and demonstrate the project design, performance and needed improvements, using modern engineering tools, software, and theoretical formulas
Create and apply testing schemes to validate product performance and troubleshoot technical problems
Create and present capstone project status reports
Practice professional skills to complete the capstone project
Analyze the social and global impacts and ethical implications of the project
Develop a patent application for the proposed product
Develop a business plan based on the capstone project prototype/service