Promotion Of Final Year Capstone Projects

In many engineering courses around the world one of the key aspects required of the students is that they complete an independent project in their final year of studies. Project work is now considered to be an important part of an engineer’s training 4-6 . Students enrolled in their final year of mechanical engineering at Swinburne University of Technology are required to undertake and complete a final year project (major capstone project). Students may select a project from a list prepared by academic staff, or may suggest their own topic based on individual interest, or arising from their period of Industry Based Learning. The project may be university based or industry based. The project may take various forms involving technology research and development, experimental work, computer analysis, industry liaison and business skills 7,8 .