0 or 3 credits
Spring 2026 Lecture Laboratory Upper Division
Capstone design experience for multidisciplinary engineering students. Physical system or process system design projects, related to contemporary or potential problems involving interdisciplinary teams of engineers. Permission of instructor required.
Learning Outcomes1Function as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team.
2Demonstrate leadership in a team context.
3Apply a systemic approach to the early design stages of the product life cycle.
4Identify and verify stakeholder needs and thus develop valid design requirements.
5Idently competing technical, commercial, socio-environmental issues.
6Use advanced informtion seeking and computer knowledge management tools.
7Synthesize a conceptual design for a complex product, machine or system.
8Use advanced computer tools to model and test the behaviour of design ideas.
9Estimate the life cycle costs of a system at the conceptual phase.
10Manage technical and other types of risk in early stages of the design process.
11Demonstrate effective project management and apply professional judgement.
12Conduct professional design reviews.
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