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ME 482Mechanical Engineering Design Project 2

Units
0.50
Faculty
Engineering
Subject
Mechanical Engineering

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

A continuation of ME 481. The final design of the major mechanical engineering project proposed in ME 481 will be undertaken. The purpose of this phase of the project is to carry out a detailed technical design and proof of feasibility of the solution proposed in ME 481.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Must have completed the following:
      • ME380 - Mechanical Engineering Design Workshop (0.50)
      • ME481 - Mechanical Engineering Design Project 1 (0.50)
    • Students must be in level 4B or higher
    • Enrolled in H-Mechanical Engineering

Antirequisites

  • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
    • MTE482 - Mechatronics Engineering Design Project 2 (0.50)

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
PRJ 00144330 / 200Online or by arrangement
PRJ 7011797192 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

54% liked it39% easy56% useful

From 13 ratings and 5 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • The way they run it seems to change every year and even between streams. For us it was pretty good with just a couple presentation touch points throughout the term. However be warned that the symposium crunch will come for you no matter how well you plan.

    May 2026 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Ask your prof to have your final design review EARLIER than a week before symposium

    Apr 2024 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • It's like they got rid of everything that worked well in ME 481. We had 3 presentations, 2 teamwork evaluations, and a final report (+ symposium and other small tasks). Meetings would have been more effective than presentations in terms of seeking and receiving feedback. Course was loose and unorganized due to having 4 profs. Symposium was on St Patrick's Day :(

    Apr 2023 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • An enjoyable course if you pick a project that you are interested in.
    No further comment...

    Mar 2022 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Choose an easy FYDP or something you're VERY passionate about. Don't work with a company if at all possible, the headaches are not worth it.

    Mar 2021 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

3 posts and comments in 3 threads mention ME 482, June 2015 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

u/Jackhofmann: “PSYCH 483 PSYCH 484 PSYCH 485 PSYCH 486 PSYCH 490R PSYCH 499A PSYCH 499B PSYCH 499C PSYCH 621 PSYCH 630 PSYCH 677A PSYCH 704A PSYCH 704B PSYCH 707 PSYCH 710 PSYCH 714 PSYCH 717 PSYCH 720A PSYCH 721A …”

u/Jackhofmann: “… ME 351 ME 353 ME 360 ME 362 ME 380 ME 400A ME 401 ME 423 ME 435 ME 436 ME 456 ME 459 ME 481 ME 482 ME 548 ME 559 ME 561 ME 566 ME 599 ME 620 ME 627 ME 632 ME 651 ME 659 ME 662 ME 673 ME 680 ME 682 ME 720 ME 738 ME 753 ME 760 ME 765 ME 770 ME 780 MEDVL 115 MEDVL 250R MNS 10 MNS …”

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Spring 2015

Free Talk Friday 24 points, 116 comments

“Welcome to Free Talk Friday, where you are able to talk about whatever you want. Please keep it respectful and remember that subreddit rules still apply.”

u/Victawr: “Still don't have an FYDP group or idea...”

u/wanTron_Soup: “… mixed review about his ME481/482 classes. Not sure what you can expect from him. Kind of sucks if you can't take it considering how Waterloo likes to show off it's "collaborative and innovative environment" . …”

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Any mech eng doing/done the tron option? 1 point, 6 comments

“I just wanna know if there are any mech eng that are doing/done the tron option. I wanna know what courses you took to complete the option (ECE or MTE courses?) and if doing the option itself was …”

u/annihilatron: “https://uwaterloo.ca/mechanical-mechatronics-engineering/future-undergraduate-students/mechanical-engineering/specializations-and-options bottom of the page; link to http://mecheng1.uwaterloo.ca/mechatro/ from that, so I'll rattle off courses I know from there. …”

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