Spring 2027

Capstone Project II

Capstone Project II provides MSE students with capstone experiences in materials design, selection, and application, emphasizing creativity, experimental design, data analysis, and result presentation.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Donald Stone3.3/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=40 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.90 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=28 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Conduct design of experiments (materials selection or failure modes effects analysis), critically analyze and solve a client sponsored capstone project

  • Execute a project’s statement of work with a timeline of milestones, tasks, dates, and assignments

  • Apply industry engineering standards, tools and techniques while conducting design of experiments and research in a capstone project

  • Work effectively with a client (project sponsor) in a team environment, while practicing critical thinking, written and oral communication skills, problem solving and design

  • Demonstrate skill at project management including navigating the relationships among scheduling, planning, and prioritization of milestones and tasks

  • Practice hands-on knowledge in areas that range from experimental design and project management to interpretation and presentation of results

  • Apply modern laboratory techniques, skills, and engineering tools appropriate to materials science research and current engineering practices

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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M S & E 470

MS&E 471

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Raw average: 2.58/5 from 12 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.90 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=28 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

DONALD STONE is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=40 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.90 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=28 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Materials design, selection, and application
  • Problem identification, experimental design, data acquisition and analysis, and presentation of results
  • Design of experiments, materials selection, failure modes effects analysis, and client-sponsored project resolution

Skills

  • Design of experiments, materials selection, and failure modes effects analysis for client-sponsored projects
  • Project management, including scheduling, planning, and prioritization of milestones and tasks
  • Client collaboration, critical thinking, written and oral communication, problem solving, and design in a team environment
  • Application of modern laboratory techniques, skills, and engineering tools for materials science research

Grades

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MS&E 471 · Spring 2027

Capstone Project II

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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