ME 460 – Senior Design

Course Syllabus

4 Credits

 

General Description

Capstone design course for Mechanical Engineering students. Students work in teams to design complete engineering systems. Considerations include technical solution, function, manufacturability, cost, safe and standards, and materials. Written and oral presentations skills are emphasized.

 

Instructor - Dr. Ron Lumia

Office 1: MTTC Building Suite 235 - Room 247 - Telephone: 272-7155

Office 2: ME Building Room 319 - Telephone: 277-6279

Email: lumia@me.unm.edu

 

Text

K.T. Ulrich and S.D. Eppinger, Product Design and Development, New York: Irwin McGraw-Hill, 2004.

 

Grading

Team Grade

·        20% Midterm presentation

·        10% Midterm report

·        30% Final presentation

·        30% Final design report

·        10% Poster

 

Individual evaluation (superimposed on team grade)

·        30% Notebook

·        20% Midterm peer evaluation

·        20% Final peer evaluation

·        30% Individual presentation