Capstone Course
Engineering Design and Development is a research course that requires students to formulate the solution to an open-ended engineering question. With a community mentor and skills gained in their previous courses, students create written reports on their applications, defend the reports, and submit them to a panel of outside reviewers at the end of the school year.
Unit 1 - Introduction Engineering Design and Development
- Justification of Course/Project
- Course Expectations
Unit 2 - Elements of Formal Research
- Daily Research Journal
- Conventional Library Resources
- Contacting the Experts
Unit 3 - Guided Research
- Topics for Research
- Gaining the Knowledge
- How to Write A Problem Statement
- Researching Alternative Solutions
- Developing Alternative Solutions
- Redefining and Justifying Alternative Solutions
- Presentation Methods
Unit 4 - Independent Research
- Expectations for Independent Research
- Developing the Prototype
- Research Paper
Unit 5 - Formal Presentation
- PowerPoint and 35mm Slideshow
- Full Size Working Model
- Final Report
- Engineer Notebook
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