Senior Design

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Senior Design At Washington State
University   Robert G. Olsen School of
Electrical Engineering Computer
Science Washington State University Pullman, WA
99164-2752 Phone [phone] e-mail
olsen_at_eecs.wsu.edu
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Two course sequence EE 415 (Design Project
Management) - 2 semester credits EE 416
(Electrical Engineering Design) 3 semester
credits required of all students in Electrical
or Computer Engineering 54 students enrolled
in Fall of 2002 Approximately 100students per
year Of these, 25 30 had a power emphasis
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• EE 415 (Electrical Engineering Design)
• Two Simultaneous Parts
• Part I
• lectures to prepare students for work on
  multidisciplinary teams in an industrial
  environment.       
• Introduction to Total Quality Management
• Tour of Schweitzer Engr. Labs Manufacturing
  Facility
• Understanding Your Customer
• Team member characteristics, problems and
  communication
• Team Building lecture/exercise
• Project Scheduling

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• EE 415 lecture topics (continued)
• Developing Product Solutions
•         Engineering without complete information
•         Engineering Economics
•         The Impact of Standards
•         Job search and interviewing skills
•         Intellectual Property and Employment
  Issues
•         Power point for presentations and posters
•         Continuing Education Opportunities
•         On Giving Effective Presentations

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Part II Assignment of and initial work on senior
projects. The instructor finds projects
(mostly from industry). Industrial mentor
interest and commitment is essential Teams of 3
5 students are assigned based on interest.
Team members are also chosen so that there is a
range of backgrounds and achievement on the
team. Students work to prepare project proposals
Proposals are formally presented at the end of
the semester and evaluated by a panel from
industry.
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• Projects - 2002-2003
• 1. Instrumentation, monitoring, and data
  collection for refining and improving the
  manufacturing process of Vanadate Crystals
• Sponsored by WSU Material Science Program.
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• 2. Measurement of Paint Thickness on Composite
  Materials.
• Sponsored by Boeing Manufacturing RD
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• 3. An Educational Tool for Understanding
  Symmetrical
• Components in 3 Phase Power Systems
• Sponsored by the Bonneville Power
  Administration.
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• 4. Software Wireless Modem
• Sponsored by Advanced Hardware Architecture and
  WSU.

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5. Effect of Product Packaging on
Electromagnetic Susceptibility Sponsored
by Schweitzer Engineering Labs.   6. ATP
Modeling of the Northwest Transmission Network
Sponsored by Schweitzer Engineering Labs   7.
Analog Circuit for Ratio Measurements
Sponsored by Pacific Northwest laboratories   8.
Video Functional Tester Sponsored by
Agilent Technologies, Spokane 9. Sigma Delta
Analog-to-Digital Converter Circuit Design
Sponsored by Boeing,
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10. Wireless LAN Interference Sponsored by
Boeing Connexions   11. Bi-directional Computer
Modem Sponsored by Tektronix,   12. Maze
Following Robot Sponsored by
Digilent   13. Performance Evaluation of PC
Servers Sponsored by Hewlett Packard   14.
Undervoltage Load Shedding Scheme Sponsored
by PGE
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• EE416 (Electrical Engineering Design)
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• Students complete the project that is proposed in
  EE415.
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• written weekly progress reports to the EE 416
  instructor
• a formal oral midterm presentation of progress
  the project
• was required
• each group was required to present a final
  report on the project
• a poster session with industry attendees
• a formal oral presentation with industry and
  faculty evaluators
• a written report.