The Capstone design requirements are an integral part of the most engineering curriculums. But, the way they are structured are vastly different among different engineering programs. In this paper, the three capstone design options required by the aerospace engineering program at the University of Kansas are discussed. In this case the aerospace engineering seniors have three design options to choose from based on their career interests. These are aircraft design, propulsion design, and spacecraft design options. In all three cases, the students are grouped into a number of teams based on the class size and the teams will participate and compete in the respective AIAA Design Competition at the end of their senior semester. The design topics for the above three categories are posted at certain dates on the AIAA Web Site, and the design reports due date at which the reports have to be posted to the web site is also announced. Participation in the AIAA Design Competition is one of the course requirements. In this paper, the methodologies used in the “aerospace propulsion capstone design” will be described and some propulsion design report samples that have previously been submitted by the seniors will be presented.  The multidisciplinary nature of these designs will be discussed as well.


Capstone Design Sequence in Engineering Education

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