Our undergraduate students complete design courses each year, but during the senior design experience we call Capstone, our students work with sponsors as part of a project to design and fabricate a medical device or system.
- Semester 1: Project definition, background research, initial concept generation
- Semester 2: Prototyping, testing and refinement, Project Showcase
Student Deliverables
- Work as a team to follow a systematic process of designing a medical device or solution to a medical problem
- Design a medical device or system based on the sponsor’s requirements, including a project statement, statement of need, a clear set of user requirements and identification of key constraints for the design
- Work with a project sponsor to determine design inputs, design outputs and related specifications
- Develop a plan for prototyping and testing concepts within a budget. Conduct design review, fabricate prototypes, verify and test the design
- Organize, plan and deliver a Design History File and prototype to the sponsor
Sponsor Expectations
- Provide financial support to fund the project and the supplies necessary to fabricate the design team’s final device associated with the project
- Provide a liaison that will meet with the team on a regular basis to review and guide their team’s progress
- Submit an evaluation of the sponsored project team each semester