ME 493 — Detailed Design Project, Spring 2018

ME 493 is the third course in the three-term Capstone sequence for BSME majors. Students work in teams to complete a major design project that was started in the preceding course, ME 492. The design project originated from a problem brought to the team by an outside sponsor.

In ME 493, the team creates a final prototype of their design and they test the prototype to verify whether and to what degree the design meets the client or market requirements. In some cases, the final prototype is a model or set of models that provide a detailed prediction of how the physical system designed by the team will perform when fully implemented.

The team produces design artifacts -- CAD models, part drawings, schematics, wiring diagrams, assembly instructions, measurement data and reports, photographs, videos, computer source code, computer models, physical prototypes -- that are presented to the instructors and the project sponsors as evidence of completion of the design project. The course culminates in a public presentation by the team and a display of design artifacts in the Capstone Showcase.

You are reading this page on the public web site for the class. There is also a D2L page for private and secure transactions such as submitting design documents and viewing grades.

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Time and Place for Spring 2018

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:00 to 1:50 PM in Engineering Building Room 102

Instructor

The course instructor is Gerald Recktenwald, who has office hours on

Bradley Helm bhelm@pdx.edu will be available for consulting on Thursdays, from noon to 1:00 PM in EB 420.

Connor Morrow comorrow@pdx.edu, is the TA

Policy for Access to Capstone Labs

Refer to this web page for the policy on access to Capstone labs and usage of tools and fabrication equipment in those labs.