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Senior Design Requirements

The senior design requirement must be fulfilled during the senior year in one of three ways:

  • Through a formal three-credit class from the list of "design courses" taken along with one credit of MAE 4291.
  • Through a student team, taken as at least three units of MAE 4291.
  • Through an individual project with a faculty member, taken as at least three units of MAE 4291
  • Consult Courses for course-related MAE 4291 senior design projects

The senior design requirement can be satisfied with a designated three-credit approved MAE senior design elective course, for example, MAE 4000, 4020, 4140, 4230, 4250, 4550 (will not be offered 2012/2013 academic year), 4640, 4700, or 4860 in addition to one corresponding one-credit MAE 4291. This requirement may also be fulfilled by enrolling in an independent research, project or team endeavor as MAE 4291 for a minimum of three credits.

Forms and Instructions

Submitting your senior design report and paperwork:

  • Senior Design Report - Turn in to design instructor.
  • Written responses to the questions on the Senior Design Report Content Summary Form - Attach to the Content Summary Form and submit to design instructor for signature.
  • The signed Senior Design Content Summary Form, along with the attached responses to the questions, must be turned in to 108 Upson. This is strictly enforced. Your design instructor will maintain possession of your actual design report.

Unless otherwise indicated by your design instructor, papers and accompanying paperwork is due by mid-December (Fall) or mid-May (Spring).

Senior Design Elective Designated Courses:

The following courses, with the exception of 3/4 credits of MAE 4291 (research or project team with design report due at the end of the semester), students are required to enroll in the one-credit component of MAE 4291 (specifically noted in roster), along with one of these courses:

  • MAE 4000, Components and Systems; Engineering in a Social Context
  • MAE 4020, Wind Power
  • MAE 4140, Mechanics of Lightweight Vehicles
  • MAE 4230, Intermediate Fluid Dynamics
  • MAE 4250, FSAE
  • MAE 4291, Supervised Senior Design Experience, 3 credits minimum
  • MAE 4550, Introduction to Composite Materials (will not be offered 2012/2013 academic year)
  • MAE 4640, Orthopaedic Tissue Mechanics (new Sr. Design Elective effective Spring 2012)
  • MAE 4700, Finite Element Analysis for Mechanical and Aerospace Design
  • MAE 4860, Automotive Engineering