Week 2 of 12
Topic Selection and Engineering Need
Selecting a feasible project topic and defining the engineering need.
Sep 7 – Sep 13 · deliverables due Sep 13 · est. 6 hrs
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Instructor note: Narrow aggressively. A capstone topic you can finish beats a topic that sounds impressive.
Learning objectives
- Evaluate project feasibility
- Define the engineering need
- Identify stakeholders
- Recognize scope limitations
- Distinguish broad topics from manageable capstone projects
Lecture topics
- Topic-selection criteria
- Feasibility analysis
- Technical complexity
- Resource availability
- Time and budget constraints
- Ethical and societal relevance
- Safety and sustainability considerations