ECE 396 Senior Design I

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ECE 396 Senior Design I

• Spring 2005 Semester
• Lecture 2

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• Please have one person in your group step forward
  and submit the
• Design Team Declaration Form.

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• If you have not yet joined a group then submit
  your Student Seeking Design Team form now.

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• I assume that everyone is planning to enroll in
  ECE 397 during the Fall 2005 Semester.
• If not, please tell me now!

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• Engineering
• Engineering involves the knowledge of the
  mathematical and natural sciences (biological and
  physical) gained by study, experience, and
  practice that are applied with judgment and
  creativity to develop ways to utilize the
  materials and forces of nature for the benefit of
  mankind.
• ? Massachusetts Department of Education
  (www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/scitech/2001/resourc
  es/glossary.html)

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• Engineering
• the systematic analysis and development of
  measurable physical data, using applied
  mathematical, scientific, and technical
  principles, to yield tangible end products which
  can be made, produced, and constructed.
• ? Maine Department of Transportation, Bureau of
  Planning
• (www.nbdot-mdot-bordercross.com/10_glossary.h
  tml)

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• Engineering
• the goal of engineering is to improve the
  quality of life of individuals through the
  principled application of science and mathematics
  in solving the problems of society.
• ? University of Manitoba
• (www.ee.umanitoba.ca/introduction)

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• Summary
• Engineering involves
• the knowledge of science, technology, past
  experience
• applied with judgment and creativity of design
• to solving societys problems.

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• Design
• conceive or fashion in the mind invent.
• (www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn)
• An iterative decision-making process by which
  resources are converted into products or systems
• (www.iteawww.org/TAA/Glossary.htm)
• The process of conceiving, inventing, or
  contriving a scheme for turning a specification
  (into a product)
• (www.construx.com/survivalguide/glossary.htm)

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• Engineering Design involves
• creativity
• methodically applied
• to obtain a product / process
• meeting certain specifications.

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• Engineering Design
• Science or Art?

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• Salt and Rothery wrote our text
• for ECE senior design students
• with the attitude that engineering design may be
  prescribed and taught
• to bridge the gap between the academic and real
  worlds
• to be used later as a reference

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• Good
• Fast
• Cheap

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• Good
• Fast
• Cheap
• (pick any two)

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• Answer these questions by reading Ch.1
• Where, when, and for why was the first
  engineering school founded?
• Where does the term civil engineer come from?
• Who are the three major design stake-holders in
  an engineering design project?