I can defend claims with multiple evidence types, answer questions, acknowledge limitations, and reflect on growth.
POE Unit 5 • Lesson 5.18
Capstone Design Review and Portfolio Reflection
Focus question: How can engineers defend a final design honestly and use the capstone to explain their technical and professional growth?
Mission Briefing
Today’s Plan
A focused sequence that advances the capstone without creating unnecessary documentation.
Opening promptConcept modelGuided workInteractive applicationEvidence checkExit ticket
Lesson Targets
What You Will Be Able to Do
Capstone design review and portfolio reflection
The review uses qualified claims, traceable evidence, clear limitations, specific next steps, and reflection across multiple skills.
Activity Flow
How the Lesson Moves
Each step produces a decision, artifact, or test result needed for the capstone.
1. Present and demonstrate
Communicate the solution and evidence to the review audience.
2. Respond professionally
Use requirements, data, and documentation to answer questions.
3. Reflect and transfer
Identify growth, remaining gaps, and lessons for future engineering work.
Lesson Interactive
Check the Final Defense and Reflection
Apply the lesson concept to a capstone aerospace-systems scenario. Use the feedback to correct your reasoning before completing the main deliverable.
Final Defense Checklist
Choose the practices that make the technical defense and personal reflection credible.
Today’s Work
Main Deliverable
Capstone design review and portfolio reflection
Create one focused engineering artifact that demonstrates today’s capstone progress.
- Complete the final design review with the required demonstration and evidence package.
- Submit a portfolio reflection addressing technical growth, teamwork, evidence use, and a specific next learning goal.
Exit Ticket
Capstone Debrief
State the most important engineering decision your team made today.
Name the evidence, requirement, interface, or risk that supports that decision.
Identify the next action and the person responsible for completing it.
Resources
Lesson Resources
Lesson 5.18 PowerPoint
Use the presentation to review the lesson concepts, examples, and activity directions.
Principles of Engineering
Return to the POE course hub for units, resources, certifications, and course information.
Aerospace Systems Capstone
Return to Unit 5 to review the capstone sequence, deliverables, and project challenges.