Senior Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering, 1st ed. 2022
A Guide Book for Teaching and Learning

This book offers invaluable insights about the full spectrum of core design course contents systematically and in detail. This book is for instructors and students who are involved in teaching and learning of ?capstone senior design projects? in mechanical engineering.

It consists of 17 chapters, over 300 illustrations with many real-world student project examples.

The main project processes are grouped into three phases, i.e., project scoping and specification, conceptual design, and detail design, and each has dedicated two chapters of process description and report content prescription, respectively. The basic principles and engineering process flow are well applicable for professional development of mechanical design engineers.

CAD/CAM/CAE technologies are commonly used within many project examples. Thematic chapters also cover student teamwork organization and evaluation, project management, design standards and regulations, and rubrics of course activity grading. Key criteria of successful course accreditation and graduation attributes are discussed in details. In summary, it is a handy textbook for the capstone design project course in mechanical engineering and an insightful teaching guidebook for engineering design instructors.

Chapter 1. Framework and Syllabus: Introduction to Capstone Projects – a Hidden Gem of Engineering Education.- Chapter 2. Project Proposals and Intellectual Properties.- Chapter 3. Teamwork and Group Dynamics.- Design Process and Evolving Phases.- Chapter 5. Phase 1 Process: Problem Definition, Design Specification.- Chapter 6. Phase 2 Process: Concept generation, design and evaluation.- Chapter 7. Phase 3 Process: Detail Design.- Chapter 8. Phase 1 Report: Problem Definition, Design Specification, and Project Plan.- Chapter 9. Phase 2 Report: Conceptual Design.- Chapter 10. Phase 3 Report: Detailed Design.- Chapter 11. Research and Information Resources in Mechanical Engineering Design.- Chapter 12. Industrial Design Elements in Product Development, Part 1: WHAT MAKES A GOOD INDUSTRIAL DESIGN?.- Chapter 13. Industrial Design Part 2: Cases in Product Development, WHAT MAKES A GOOD PRODUCT DESIGN?.- Chapter 14. Project planning and management.- Chapter 15. How to Write Engineering Report.- Chapter 16. Design Standards and Regulations.- Chapter 17. Accreditation and Graduate Attributes.

Dr. Yongsheng Ma is a full professor at the University of Alberta where he joined since 2007. Dr. Ma is also a member of ASEE, SME, SPE, CSME and an Alberta registered professional engineer (P.Eng.). His main research areas include feature-based engineering informatics for design and manufacturing, CADCAM, and product lifecycle management. Dr. Ma received his B.Eng. from Tsinghua University, Beijing (1986), both M.Sc. (1990) and Ph.D. (1994) from UMIST, UK. In 2000–2007, he was an associate professor with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Dr. Ma started his career as a polytechnic lecturer in Singapore (1993) and then a senior research fellow and group manager (1996-2000) at Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology. Dr. Ma has over 20 years teaching experience in two world-class universities and had taught many courses ranging from undergraduate years to postgraduate level. Currently, he teaches Engineering Economics, Manufacturing Processes, Engineering Informatics, and Senior Capstone Projects. Dr. Ma has published more than 200 internationally recognized top journal and conference papers and chapters. Dr. Ma had been an associate editor of IEEE Transaction of Automation Science and Engineering (2009-2013). In 2012, he won the prestigious ASTech award sponsored by The Alberta Science and Technology Leadership Foundation together with Drader Manufacturing Ltd. Since 2012, he has been serving as an editorial board member of Advanced Engineering Informatics. During 2019–2020, Dr. Ma had been a visiting professor at Southern University of Science and Technology, China.

Provides a guide to teaching and carrying out a final-year (senior) undergraduate design project in engineering

CAD/CAM/CAE technologies are used throughout the book

Contains many case studies and examples