Senior Design 1

Catalog description

This is a two-semester capstone design course. The student is required to design and implement a solution to an engineering problem. Topics include introduction to engineering design, identification of a problem, background research, social, environmental, ethical and economic considerations, intellectual property and patents and proposal writing, including methods of engineering analysis and theoretical modeling. A detailed concept and design proposal is completed during the first semester and the implementation phase may also begin. A functional physical prototype or computer model is completed and tested in the second semester. Each student is required to write an in depth engineering report and to make an oral presentation to the faculty.