The second semester of senior design is our capstone design course. The purpose of this course is to challenge students to design an engineering system based on design constraints including applicable codes and standards. Students complete these projects as individuals. As part of the requirements, the students must involve detailed analysis from multiple courses and include optimization in their analysis. Deliverables for the project include monthly memos detailing progress, a written report and an oral presentation. A list of the Spring 2009 projects is shown below.