Today the FireANT team raised my concern of safety and liability for capstone projects. Apparently they went to the shooting range to test their design. I assume that we didn’t provide gun safety training to these students. So if there are accidents, our department and ourselves would be at legal risk. So I would suggest that all students taking capstone classes sign an "accident waiver and release of liability form". So they should take responsibility to activities outside the campus, even it is related to the capstone project. Maybe we can consult NMSU legal council for the format of the form. Would you please let me know how do you think. Please forgive me since I am always worrying too much.
