Capstone Projects and Group Assignments

Spring 2021 Project Titles

{Complete Project Descriptions are listed on the Capstone 1 D2L Page, under CONTENT}

The modern engineering work environment requires planning and teamwork to ensure project success. Our capstone projects reflect this reality with heavy emphasis on teamwork and interdisciplinary efforts. A productive team capitalizes on the diverse strengths of its members to achieve a superior project result. Whether single-discipline or multi-disciplinary in makeup, each group is expected to complete all project work in a timely manner with full participation of all team mates. Project results and course grades depend on it!

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 Some Notes and Project Selection Statistics 

• 77 enrolled students were assigned to 17 projects
• All students were assigned to one of their top 4 choices, with 65% receiving their top choice.
• One project, Disk Golf Frisbee Shooter, was split into two teams to accommodate the high degree of student interest in assistive technology projects.
• Another project, the Robot Rodeo, was split into five teams to facilitate the planned multi-team competition. 
• Four of these projects (NASA RMC, Human Powered Vehicle, and the two BAJA SAE projects) will be administered as Capstone 2 projects, with assigned students joining groups already-in-progress.
  • This is to aid in the fabrication of the competition vehicles being prepared for Spring 2021 events.
  • The 12 affected students will be added to the Capstone 2 D2L listing, attend Capstone 2 (virtual) lectures, and abide by Capstone 2 grading requirements.
  • Next term, these students will incorporate lessons-learned during fabrication to aid in design of the subsequent competition entry 
  • Capstone has used this methodology for over 10 years with good success