School of Electrical Engineering

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School of Electrical Engineering Computer
Science Final Year Projects
Abbas Kouzani Garry Yee
Final Year Project Coordinator Newcastle Final
Year Project Coordinator Singapore
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Importance of Final Year Project

• Culmination of your degree
• Opportunity to demonstrate knowledge skills you
  have acquired
• Project Time Management. Student responsibility
  to progress project. Not supervisors
• Analytical Skills taking a complex problem and
  devising a practical solution. Asking questions
• Communication Skills preparation of web sites,
  reports and a presentation
• Research
• Opportunity to demonstrate the qualities of a
  degree qualified Engineer
• Should not attempt other courses while taking
  Final Year Project

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Final Year Project Course Structure

• Two Course Coordinators - one in Singapore one
  in Newcastle
• Two supervisors one in Singapore one in
  Newcastle
• Work on a Major Project from problem definition
  to conclusion self directed
• Group or Individual projects
• Risk Assessment of Project
• Lecture series
• Assessment
• Part A 10 credit points (NA or criterion
  fail)
• Part B 20 credit points

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Course Coordinators

• PSB Coordinator Garry Yee
• Contact Details garry.yee_at_psbcorp.com
• For Enrollment / Timetabling /Special
  Considerations etc.
• University of Newcastle Coordinator Abbas
  Kouzani
• Contact Details abbas.kouzani_at_newcastle.edu.au
• For Academic Issues allocation, supervision .

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Supervision

• You will be allocated 2 supervisors
• Your Singapore (local) supervisor will provide
  the day to day management of your project and
  therefore will provide you with the technical
  support you need for your project.
• Your Newcastle supervisor is allocated to approve
  the academic content and scope of the project and
  then to support the local supervisors with
  management and technical issues.
• NOTE Your first contact point for your project
  is therefore your local supervisor.

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Supervision continues..

• Local Supervisor Day-to-day technical
  management. MEET weekly.
• Newcastle Supervisor Approval and Assessment.
  CONTACT monthly.
• Additionally
• Engineering or Technical Support PSB Technical
  Lab Support Team
• Note Your first point of call for technical
  questions is your local supervisor. Your local
  supervisor will contact the Newcastle supervisor
  on a regular basis.

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How to find a project

• Since the kind of project undertaken is very
  diverse, there are a number of ways to find a
  suitable project including
• Approaching your employer with an idea related to
  an aspect of your own work or their operations in
  general. Write a project proposal. Attach your
  supervisors CV.
• In consultation with PSB and University staff,
  developing an idea based upon an interest of your
  own. Write a project proposal.
• Consulting the list of Final Year Projects
  provided by the Newcastle Course Coordinator.
• Projects have been developed for groups
  consisting of up to 2 people
• Assessment will reflect the difficulty of the
  Project
• Submission of Project Preferences minimum of 3
  options, and courses completed with grades

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Group Projects

• Each student should have a clear role and area of
  responsibility that leads to a definable
  contribution to the project outcomes and project
  report.
• Record keeping by individual students in a
  Professional Journal needs to be of a high
  standard
• Each student whether in a group or not is to hand
  in their own report.
• NOTE Individuals will be marked rather than
  groups

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Assessment
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Key Dates
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Plagiarism

• Please be warned, we will be thoroughly checking
  submitted work for Plagiarism.
• How will we do this?
• eg. for work submitted as part of a project we
  will
• Upload all code and digital designs from
  hardware,
• Compile all code and digital designs that are
  submitted for marking,
• Compared Uploaded code to Compiled
• Compare submitted work to work submitted by other
  groups
• Compare submitted work to information available
  on internet.
• If you use someone elses work then please
  reference it in your report.

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Some Advise on Design

• Take sometime to develop a project plan and
  discuss this with your supervisor.
• Break the project and individual tasks into
  manageable parts.
• Make sure you test each new addition to your
  project thoroughly.
• Dont test everything at once.

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Good Luck

• Make an appointment with Abbas or myself if you
  want to talk more about Projects this week.
• Final Year Project Web Site http//www.eng.newcas
  tle.edu.au/eecs/fyweb/4thyearprojects/index.html
• We hope you enjoy your Final Year Project

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Laboratory Technical Issues

• Steve Mitchell