Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Program

AE 466 AerE 466 CprE 466 EE 466 IE 466 MatE 466 ME 466

Meets Tuesdays, 11:00am (Spring 2011). 3 Cr.
Instructors: M. Mina and J.Heise.

Application of team design concepts to projects of a multidisciplinary nature. Requirements definition, design, project planning, modeling, and prototyping. Strategies to minimize risk. Systems-level engineering perspective. Interaction with a client. Development of a design with model- and prototype-based validation. Documentation through design reports, weekly journals, and a final proposal for a follow-on build/test phase.

Engineering 466 is the first semester of a newly expanded hands-on experience in multidisciplinary engineering design (466/467X). You will collaborate with classmates from other disciplines to design and develop a complex engineered system. In 466, you will develop a concept, a plan, an overall design, and a prototype that solves key technical and integration problems. In 467X, the second follow-on semester, you will have the opportunity to complete your design, and build and test the complete system.

Projects will be real multi-disciplinary problems, sponsored by the University or industry, national competitions, or your own ideas. If you would like to propose a project, please contact the course staff in advance of the first meeting.

You might be able to take Engineering 466 in place of your department capstone course. See your department contact (link on the left) for more information.

The course is designed for students who are within two semesters of graduation.

Syllabus for Spring, 2012