ME 195A Senior Design Project Overview Prof. Buff Furman SJSU Mechanical Engineering 26AUG2015

2 Agenda  What is Senior Design Project?  How Does it Work?  Course Information and Website  Types of Projects  Presentations by section instructors  What do I do now?

3 What is Senior Design Project?  Two-semester design course  A need  concept  prototype hardware  Real-world, open-ended design experience  ME 195A Fall semester  Problem definition  Background research  Ideation and concept selection  Detail design  Documentation and presentations  ME 195B Spring semester  Fabrication  Testing  Documentation and presentations

4 How does it work?  Prerequisites:  ME 195A: ME 114, ME 154, E100W (all with C- or better); co-req ME 120  Form a team  Two minimum, larger teams depending on the project (need instructor approval)  Choose a project and instructor (with approval)

5 Course Information and Website  Website   Syllabus  Read carefully!

6 What types of projects are there?  ME Faculty Research or Lab Dev.  ME provides project scope and funding  Industry Sponsored  Company provides project scope and funding  obtained by the department or your employer  Personal Interest  Students define project scope and funding

Faculty Presentations  Prof. Agarwal  Prof. Du  Prof. Okamoto  Prof. Yee  Prof. Furman 7

8 What do I do now?  Go to the section you are interested in  Form a team  Talk to the course instructors:  Visit the ME 195 website  GET GOING!