Mechanical Engineering Senior Design I

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Prerequisite(s): Concurrent enrollment in MENG 3360 and MENG 3380 ; senior standing. This course is the first of a two-part sequence of courses that make up the capstone design experience in the program preceding MENG 4990 . Topics covered include project planning and design including concept generation, concept selection, market analysis, design with realistic constraint, costing and project planning. Students work in teams on an industrially-sponsored project or other project approved by the faculty to develop specifications and a project plan, perform necessary background research, begin to solve the problem, and make a presentation to the sponsor and committee members.