ME 497/498 | Senior Capstone Design

Tag: Problem Discovery

Week 8

Oct. 17th — Oct. 23rd
  • Resubmitted first deliverable
    • Made edits based on feedback
  • Decided on functional requirements

 

  • Completed the second deliverable for submission on Oct. 24th

Week 6

Oct. 3rd — Oct. 9th
  • Presented first presentation
  • Researched rainfall data at LaFarm and estimated the potential amount that we could collect
  • Toured Lafarm with Josh Parr

Week 5

Sep. 26th — Oct. 2nd
  • Completed presentation for Oct. 3rd
  • Conducted three other stakeholder interviews with:
    • Noel Anderson (American Red Cross)
    • Josh Parr (LaFarm)
    • Chris Nichols (Renewables Forward)

 

  • Voted on which problem we liked most: LaFarm wash pack station

Week 4

Sep. 19th — Sep. 25th
  • Broke into three sub-teams for:
    • Template design
    • Identifying potential stakeholders
    • Website design
  • Created templates for introductory emails to potential stakeholders and stakeholder interview questions
  • Reached out to three other stakeholders

Week 3

Sep. 12th — Sep. 18th
  • Interviewed stakeholder in food & drink area of interest: Grant Christy
    • Drafted our first problem statement
  • Decided on our team name: Global Engineering & Technical Solutions

Week 1

Aug. 29th — Sep. 4th
  • Went through a class introduction and discussed future objectives of the class
  • Brainstormed problems areas of interest and, after voting, narrowed them down to:
    • Sports & Health
    • Renewable Energy
    • Food & Beverage
    • Lafayette Campus Services