Senior Design ECE 441 Fall 02

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Senior Design ECE 441 Fall 02

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OVERVIEW

• Group List Signup
• Background on Instructors
• Senior Design Last Year
• Expectations This Year
• Grading Criteria
• Schedule
• Projects/Team Assignment

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Group List Signup

• List Going Around
• If Group Formed List Members
• If No Group Indicate Interest We will Assign
  to Group Today

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Background on Instructors

• Instructor Dr. Jimmy Eggerton
• Schools
• Companies
• Types of Work
• 1st Class ECE 203 Fall 2000
• TA Mike Phillips
• Background Work/School
• Interests

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Senior Design Last Year

• Some Projects Great
• Chuck Kandra Baha Car
• Mike Phillips Wireless Commun. Of Auto
  Engine Data
• Some Projects Bad
• Hurts Reputation of Our Department
• Agilent Camera
• Nothing
• Came Back as Sponsor
• Good Team This Time

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Last Year Contd

• ESI
• Saying Now Project Incomplete
• Want a Free Project
• FEI
• Students Burned up 700 Worth of Op Amps
• Company Not Sponsoring Will Mentor

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Expectations This Year

• Fall Term
• Assigned to Group Today
• Project Defined by 9 Oct
• Project Description Sheet
• Journal Diary of Decisions, Mtgs, Research
• Web Page

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Expectations Contd

• Fall Term Contd
• White Paper
• Schedule
• Poster
• Presentation on Status/Schedule

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Expectations Contd

• Winter Term
• Few Class Meetings
• Work on Project in Lab/Home
• Working Breadboard Prototype by End of Term
• Presentation Demo Breadboard

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Expectations Contd

• Spring Term
• ECE Open House (May) Poster and Working
  Prototype
• Formal Documentation Complete on Table at Open
  House
• Course Complete at Open House

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Grading Criteria

• Sources of Grade
• 50 Team, 50 Individual
• Mentors, Peers, Instructors
• Activities Graded Fall Term
• Project Description Sheet 5
• Journal 5
• Web Page 20
• White Paper 20

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Grading Contd

• Activities Graded Contd
• Schedule 15
• Poster IEEE Dinner 10
• Monthly Progress Reports 5
• Presentation 20
• Total 100

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Schedule

• 16 Oct Web Page up and PDS Posted on Web
• 22 Oct IEEE Dinner Poster
• 31 Oct, 30 Nov Monthly Progress Report Posted
  on Web ( None in Dec)
• 6 Nov First Grading of Web Page 10
• 20 Nov White Paper Due

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Schedule Contd

• Dead Week
• Journal
• Web Page 10
• Schedule
• Presentation

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Prospective Sponsored Projects

• Mike Phillips

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Selection of Teams/Projects

• Instructors