Capstone Project

• General Description
• Project Items/Requirements
• What is Expected of the Student?
• Weekly, Mid-Semester, and End-of-Semester Requirements
• Textbook and Grading
• Preparation of Reports, Oral and Written
• Examples of Industry Sponsored Capstone Projects
  • SONET Network Design Capstone Course, Sponsor: BellSouth Telecommunications
  • Project for UNO, Sponsor: Lockheed Martin
  • Design of an Industrial Mix Room, Sponsor: Lockheed Martin
  • Design of Motor Controller Center for Industrial Facility, Sponsor: MS Benbow

Forms:

• Sponsor's Project Description Form  (PDF)  or  Word document (.doc) 
• Team Evaluation Form  (PDF)  or  Word document (.doc)

Project Items/Requirements

In general, a project should include:

• Enough content to be able to be completed by a team of students (minimum of 3.) Preferably, the project should be broad enough to divide different tasks among 2 or more groups of students (with a minimum of 3 students per group.)
• Clear goals that can be achieved within a semester. The project should be planned, designed, tested, and completed within the timeline of a regular semester (about 15 weeks.)
• As many interdisciplinary engineering skills as possible with a strong emphasis on electrical/electronic concepts.
• The use of one or more engineering application software tools such as Matlab, Orcad, etc.
• An emphasis of current industry design standards for safety, including the implementation of NEC code regulations/guidelines.
• Current industry standards for testing.
• An indication to the sponsor of parts and/or software to be contributed to the project by sponsor.
• Cost analysis/budget considerations, including labor and parts.
• At least one liaison from the sponsor company who can be available to students during the course of the semester for consultation and/or lectures. Attendance of liaison to final oral presentation at end of semester.

Also, the sponsor is required to:

• Provide specialized equipment. UNO will provide standard electronic test equipment such as meters and scopes.
• Present project details to student class during the first or second week of semester.