Capstone Design is the culmination of the undergraduate student’s study in mechanical engineering and is a required course.
Participation of private and industry sponsors allows our students to gain experience with projects involving real-world applications.
We welcome industry inquiries about this program. Preferred projects involve machine systems, product, and/or process design. The program currently features one course to accommodate sponsored projects:
- ME 4150 – Machine Systems Design – 1 semester course every Fall and Spring semesters
A typical industry sponsored project for ME 4150 will involve two assigned teams consisting of 3 to 6 engineering students who will apply 15 weeks of focused attention to the project. The teams will usually work independent of each other providing the sponsor two parallel paths of effort on the same problem. This option is usually not available to companies and can provide a significant advantage in providing multiple workable solutions for the same problem.
Every sponsor is asked to provide one or more persons who can serve as a weekly contact for the design teams to confer with as the project progresses and to have an alternative contact person in case the project contact is not available. Most communication is done via email, voicemail, or video conference. Typical project team meetings with their sponsors are once a week and last 15 to 30 minutes.
