RMET Engineering Technology Capstone Project

Catalog description

This is the Engineering Technology Common Capstone Project course where students address open-ended problems. Emphasis is placed on teamwork, the design process, and project management tools addressing project scope, schedule, milestones, deliverables, risk, and cost. The course also focuses on developing oral, written and interpersonal communication skills. In this course, cross-disciplinary student teams develop their proposed mechanism or machine after identifying customer needs, and possible alternative concepts. The mechanism or machine must include sufficiently complex mechanical and electrical subsystems, a control system, and a manufacturing system design. The subsystems of the design must be effectively integrated to achieve proper operation of the mechanism or machine. The final system design must be supported by sound engineering analyses and by engineering designs necessary to build a prototype. The design will be implemented through further analysis, testing, documentation, demonstration, and presentation of a fully functional prototype. This course is intended to be taken as a capstone design experience near the conclusion of the student's program of study.