
Senior Capstone Project Design
An Engineering Design Workbook to Conceive, Build, Test and Review Your ProjectBy Claire BoudreauxLength10h 18m
About this audiobook
A step-by-step engineering design workbook that guides senior capstone teams from problem definition and concept selection through analysis, detail design, project management, testing, design reviews, and final report.
Audiobook details
GenreTechnology
Length10 hrs 18 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 27, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Foreword
2Preface
3About This Book
4Chapter 1: How Capstone Works
51.1 What the Course Actually Requires
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61.2 Forming the Team and Assigning Roles
71.3 What Sponsors Expect and How to Interview Them
81.4 Advisor Meetings That Earn Their Hour
91.5 Reading the Rubric Before You Design
101.6 The Gate Checklist Habit
11Chapter 2: Defining the Problem
122.1 Needs Statements and Who Owns Them
132.2 Stakeholder Interviews and Observation
142.3 Separating Symptoms from Root Causes
152.4 Scope Boundaries and Non-Goals
162.5 Writing the Problem Statement
17Chapter 3: Requirements and Specifications
183.1 From Needs to Measurable Targets
193.2 Constraints, Compliance and Standards
203.3 Quality Function Deployment in One Page
213.4 Requirement Traceability and the Requirements Table
223.5 Requirement Review and Freezing
23Chapter 4: Concept Generation
244.1 Functional Decomposition
254.2 Morphological Charts and Idea Combination
264.3 Benchmarking Existing Products and Prior Art
274.4 Structured Ideation Sessions
284.5 Documenting the Concept Set
29Chapter 5: Concept Selection
305.1 Screening Matrices
315.2 Weighted Decision Matrices
325.3 Sensitivity and Robustness of the Choice
335.4 Documenting Why the Alternatives Lost
34Chapter 6: Engineering Analysis and Proof of Concept
356.1 First-Order Calculations Before Commitment
366.2 Tolerance Stack-Ups and Fit Arithmetic
376.3 Breadboards and Proof-of-Concept Rigs
386.4 Analysis Records and Assumption Logs
39Chapter 7: Detail Design and Documentation
407.1 Assembly and Part Drawings That Get Made
417.2 Dimensioning, Tolerancing and Notes
427.3 Bills of Materials and Purchased Part Data
437.4 Design for Manufacture and Assembly
447.5 Design Documentation Package and Release
45Chapter 8: Project Management
468.1 Work Breakdown Structure and Deliverable Ownership
478.2 Critical Path Scheduling
488.3 Budget Tracking and Cost Control
498.4 Action Logs, Meetings and Status Reporting
508.5 The Live Risk Register