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Dec 14, 2025
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MEC 4902 - Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design II3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course serves as the second of two in the cumulative design experience in the mechanical engineering program. Students continue work as members of a team to refine the design proposed in the prerequisite Capstone Design I course. Refinement of the design may include further analysis of design performance with computational tools (e.g. FEA/CFD), drafting of part and assembly drawings, construction and testing of a prototype, adaptation of the design for manufacturing scalability, and other modifications which account for public safety, environmental, social, global, and economic factors. Students will defend their final design with a written report as well as a public poster presentation to a general audience. MEC 4901 and MEC 4902 must be taken in the same academic year. This course meets the following Raider Core CLO requirement: Integrate Learning. (prereq: MEC 4901 )
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Refine the design proposed in the Capstone Design I course
- Define the design using engineering drafting conventions, codes, and standards
- Assemble a prototype
- Evaluate the performance of the design prototype
- Contrast the final design against other competing solutions
- Recommend improvements for future design iterations
- Establish a bill of materials
- Analyze design manufacturability and scalability
- Author a written proposal summarizing the final design
- Defend their final design in a public forum
Prerequisites by Topic
Course Topics
- Design refinement
- Prototype construction and evaluation
- Engineering drafting
- Design reliability
- Design scalability
- Report writing
- Public exposition and disclosure of a design solution
Coordinator
Dr. Kevin Hart
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