Prerequisites: BME 372 or MTSE 301 or MTEN 201 or (MECH 236 and MECH 320) or (MECH 236 and BME 321) or BME 386. Restrictions: Senior Standing. The course introduces the student to the definition of design as well as introducing issues of intellectual property, bioethics and safety, and professional societies. The goal of this course is to provide students with the guidance to choose a capstone design topic and advisor conduct library/search engine background research and to prepare the design proposal for their chosen project.