Seminar: Engineering Frontiers

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Seminar Engineering Frontiers

• ECE 0909.498
• Lecture 1
• 22 January 2002
• Peter Mark Jansson PP PE MScEng

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Aims

• Course Logistics
• Course Introduction Overview
• First Assignment Review Tech Proposal

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Course Logistics

• Meetings Wednesdays 11.30 a.m. 12.30 p.m.
• This is a Seminar YOU MUST ATTEND
• Part of Professionalism and Peer Evaluation Grade
• You (as a group) are a Mock Research Council
• You are Also Technology Researchers
• You are responsible for
• 1 proposal, 1 presentation, 1 final research
  report /tech brief, 1 panel discussion and
  numerous evaluations

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Course Overview

• Two (2) Weeks of Proposal Review and Evaluation
• Twelve (12) Weeks of Research Review and
  Evaluation
• Four (4) Weeks Panel Discussion w/ Clinic
  Consultant

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Course Overview (continued)

• Wednesday Lectures are Research Presentations by
  Teams
• Term Research Papers must meet MLA Standards
• Text MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
• Fifth Edition
• Joseph Gibaldi
• Modern Language Association of America, New York
  1999
• Paper must be accompanied by Tech Brief

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Course Syllabus

• Online / updated weekly
• http//engineering.eng.rowan.edu/jansson/

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Previous Lectures

• Organic Light Emitting Diodes
• Iris Recognition
• Biometrics Face Recognition Technology
• Power from the Sea
• Nuclear Power Generation .....A Comeback?
• Fuel Cells
• MEMS Optical Switches
• Free Space Optics Technology
• The National Missile Defense System

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Previous Lectures

• Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV)
• Electromagnetic Pulse Weapons
• Should 3G be the Next Step in Wireless?
• Digital Video Recording Which is Best?
• Voice XML
• Clockless Chips / Circuit
• Molecular Devices Self Assembling Molecular
  Transistors
• Advanced CMOS Design - Continuing Moore's Law
• New Pacemakers to Combat Heart Faulure

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Previous Lectures

• Biomolecular Motors Harnessing Nature's
  Powerhouses
• Chip-Based Microchemical Plants
• Artificial Intelligence The Future of the Turing
  Test
• Molecular Electronics
• Wavelet Video Compressiom
• Bioethics Eugenics
• 3-dimensional VLSI
• Dense Wavelength Div. Multiplexing
• Quantum Computing

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Previous Lectures

• Holographic Data Storage
• Reconfigurable Robots
• Terrestrial Planet Finder Technology
• Voice over DSL
• Plastic Transistors
• IF YOU DECIDE TO CHOOSE A TOPIC ALREADY COMPLETED
  YOU MUST DISCUSS THIS WITH PROFESSOR IN ADVANCE

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Course Syllabus (cont.)

• First 2 Weeks of Class Proposal Reviews
• Be Prepared to Present and Evaluate

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Course Introduction

• Instructional Objectives
• Build Student Competency with Research Process
• Increase Evaluation Skills
• Build Expertise in Cutting Edge ECE Area
• Broaden Understanding of a myriad of Emerging ECE
  Technologies

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Technical Resources

• ECE Bookshelf
• IEEE Journals and Publications
• Technology Review Magazines
• Library
• Library Website Electronic Indexes and Databases
• http//www2.rowan.edu/open/library/databases/index
  .htm

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Library Databases

• Elsevier (Science Direct)
• IEEE
• ProQuest
• MathSci Disc
• Books, Journals, Newspapers, etc.

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Grading

• Presentations and Reports 70
• Research Proposal 5
• Oral Presentation 35
• Final Research Report and Tech Brief 30
• Peer Evaluations 15
• Panel Discussion 7
• Professionalism / Attendance 8

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First Assignment

• DUE NEXT WEDNESDAY
• Your Research Proposal (5 points of Your Grade)
• 3-5 minute Powerpoint presentation
• Bring Hardcopy and 3.5 disk version (Powerpoint)
• Bring Completed Research Proposal (see Form)
• NOTE Address the issues you will be evaluated on

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First Evaluations

• Areas of Evaluation
• Background
• Importance
• Principle Players
• Viability
• Market Size (or Affected)
• Quality of Proposal
• Peer Interest
• Overall