1. 1 MECH 4850 SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT Angran Xiao

2. 2 COURSE DESCRIPTION This is the senior design project for the graduates of Bachelor of Technology program at Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology. It provides students a hand-on opportunity to practice engineering design. It requires students to pull all the knowledge and skills they acquired in early courses and apply them towards the design and implementation of a product.

3. CHANGES BEFORE Projects: Assigned by faculty Students work in a “simulated” industrial environment Team work Assignments: A design report Final presentation Assessor: Instructor Media Board/paper AFTER Projects: Identified by students/faculty through community service Students design products to satisfy real community/service needs Team work Assignments: Proposal based on community service Preliminary design report Intermediate design report Final design report Final product Final presentation Assessor: Instructor Self evaluation Peer evaluation Media Board/paper OpenLab

4. COMMUNITY SERVICE

5. PROJECTS

7. ASSESSMENT A combination of self reflection, peer evaluation, and instructor evaluation.

8. GENERAL EDUCATION SLOS Knowledge Breadth of knowledge Depth of knowledge Lifelong learning Skills Communication Inquiry/Analysis Information literacies Integrated learning Values, Ethics and Relationships Ethics/value Community Engagement

9. HIP Academic service learning Capstone course Learning communities Undergraduate research Writing intensive class