Creation, Development, and Approval of Design, Build, and Test Senior Design Projects

Completing a Senior Design Project is a graduation requirement for all the students in the Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) Department at the University of Cincinnati. The project consists of a four-course sequence resulting in a working product. This group of courses is designed to help students synthesize and apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired prior to their senior year. It also makes them use their abilities to solve open-ended problems and prepares them for the transition to a non-academic environment. The completed projects are assessed by a team of practicing engineers during the Technical Exposition Day (Tech Expo). This paper describes the process which all students must go through to complete their senior capstone design projects with design, build, and test requirements.