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MET435W: Senior Design Project

The following guidelines provide information from a typical course syllabus for MET 435W and detailed requirements of what you should include in the portfolio. Students who have been approved to complete MET 435W via portfolio should contact their faculty assessor to review the portfolio expectations.

Course Description

A capstone course exercising upper level course work involving independent or group design projects. Students are required to collect data and synthesize a mechanical design. Submission of written reports and a final oral presentation are required.

Course Objectives

To show one's ability to create and complete a Mechanical Engineering design project. In the portfolio, you will provide a sample of previous design work in the Mechanical Engineering Technology field.

Course Syllabus

Course syllabus can be found on course site.

• Describe your organization
• Your job title and description
• Identify project - give problem description and your role in the design project
• Documents to persuade/with abstract/explain
• Narrative
  • Description of problem
  • A description/sample of proposal
  • Your timeline
  • Progress reports/description of progress/problems/solutions
  • Written summary
  • Video presentation of project
• Supporting documentation
  • Engineering notes
  • Calculations
  • Data sheets
  • Sketches
  • Project schematics
  • All vendor catalogs obtained and used
• Resume
• Letters from employers/supervisors verifying your job and role in the project