Interdisciplinary Engineering Design I

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The course applies the knowledge gained in previous courses, to work on a capstone design project including interactions with customers and stakeholders. This course focuses on the problem statement, specification, preliminary design, design review and approval stages of the design processes; the design process involves exploring alternate solutions and design optimization and simulation. Economic constraints and human factors are also considered in the design process. The course is the first of a two-semester sequence. The course requires 9 hours of directed reading, research and experimentation per week. Prerequisites: Grade of D-, or higher in one of: CE 444, CE 419, CE 422, CE 442, EE 366, ME 370. Offered: Fall.