ECTS - Capstone Project I
Capstone Project I (MFGE401) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Capstone Project I | MFGE401 | 7. Semester | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Compulsory Departmental Courses |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Team/Group, Project Design/Management. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | The major goal of the two-semester Capstone course sequence (MFGE 401-MFGE 402) is to allow the students to apply their manufacturing engineering knowledge for learning and practicing engineering design, as well as experiencing an engineering design process starting from the conceptual recognition up to the physical manufacturing and testing. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Review of engineering design concepts; phases of engineering design, feasibility study, preliminary design, and detail design; design for X; presentation tools for engineering design; types of engineering design; modeling of engineering design; case studies. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Group study | Chapter 1 |
| 2 | Group study | Chapter 2 |
| 3 | Group study | Chapter 3 |
| 4 | Group study | Chapter 4 |
| 5 | Group study | Chapter 5 |
| 6 | Group study | Chapter 6 |
| 7 | Group study | Chapter 7 |
| 8 | Group study | Chapter 8 |
| 9 | Group study | Chapter 9 |
| 10 | Group study | Chapter 10 |
| 11 | Group study | Chapter 11 |
| 12 | Group study | Chapter 12 |
| 13 | Group study | Chapter 13 |
| 14 | Group study | Chapter 14 |
| 15 | Final exam period | All chapters |
| 16 | Final exam period | All chapters |
Sources
| Other Sources | 1. Pahl, G. and Beitz, W., Engineering Design-A Systematic Approach, The Design Council, London, 1988 |
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| 2. Cross, N., Engineering Design Methods - Strategies for Product Design, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2000. | |
| 3. Ulrich, K. T. and Eppinger, S. D., Product Design and Development, McGraw-Hill, 1995. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | 1 | 15 |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | 2 | 35 |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 2 | 50 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | - | - |
| Toplam | 5 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 65 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 35 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | |
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| Major Area Courses | X |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Applies knowledge in mathematics, science, and computing to solve engineering problems related to manufacturing technologies. | X | ||||
| 2 | Analyzes and identifies problems specific to manufacturing technologies. | X | ||||
| 3 | Develops an approach to solve encountered engineering problems, and designs and conducts models and experiments. | X | ||||
| 4 | Designs a comprehensive manufacturing system (including method, product, or device development) based on the creative application of fundamental engineering principles, within constraints of economic viability, environmental sustainability, and manufacturability. | X | ||||
| 5 | Selects and uses modern techniques and engineering tools for manufacturing engineering applications. | X | ||||
| 6 | Effectively uses information technologies to collect and analyze data, think critically, interpret, and make sound decisions. | X | ||||
| 7 | Works effectively as a member of multidisciplinary and intra-disciplinary teams or individually; demonstrates the confidence and necessary organizational skills. | X | ||||
| 8 | Communicates effectively in both spoken and written Turkish and English. | X | ||||
| 9 | Engages in lifelong learning, accesses information, keeps up with the latest developments in science and technology, and continuously renews oneself. | X | ||||
| 10 | Demonstrates awareness and a sense of responsibility regarding professional, legal, ethical, and social issues in the field of Manufacturing Engineering. | X | ||||
| 11 | Effectively utilizes resources (personnel, equipment, and costs) to enhance national competitiveness and improve manufacturing industry productivity; conducts solution-oriented project and risk management; and demonstrates awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable development. | X | ||||
| 12 | Considers the health, environmental, social, and legal consequences of engineering practices at both global and local scales when making decisions. | X | ||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 1 | 16 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 15 | 14 | 210 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Total Workload | 234 | ||