ECE 4522

EE DESIGN II

CATALOG DATA: ECE 4522. EE Design I. (2).

(Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in ECE 4512).

One hour lecture. Three hours laborotory. Students must participate in a team-oriented design project that includes lectures on practical design issues involving real-world constraints, development of a business plan, technical writing and oral presentation.

PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC:

1. Completion of the design, simulation and prototyping phase of the project as required in ECE4512.

TEXTBOOK(S) AND OTHER REQUIRED MATERIAL:

No textbook is required for this course. Students are expected to purchase the necessary hardware for their project either by obtaining sponsorship from an external organization such as a company or a university research activity, or by using personal funds. (The department often assists through the purchase of equipment of general use to the department.)

GENERAL COURSE OBJECTIVES AND RELATIONSHIP TO PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:

1. Continue management and execution of the hardware phase of a large‑scale project.[3,6,7]
2. Plan the project using a contemporary computer-based planning tool such as Microsoft Project. [2,4,9]
3. Construct a packaged version of the previous semester’s prototype that meets the project’s design constraints and demonstrates a reasonable degree of inte­gration and productization.[3,8]
4. Present project to a panel of peers and experts in a concise, informative series of reviews. [3,7,8]
5. Attend a series of lectures on contemporary global issues in engineering.[8]
6. Develop a business plan based on the team project[8].

TOPICS COVERED:

PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN (3 Hours):

1. Design Validation Through Testing and Experimentation[2,4]
2. Economic, Social and Political Implications In Design[5,8]

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (11 Hours):

1. Entrepreneurship[6,8]
2. Business Plans[6,7,8]
3. Career Fair[8,9]
4. Instrumentation and Experimentation[2,4]
5. Program Evaluation and Analysis[6,9]

DESIGN REVIEWS (5 Hours):

1. Presentation Practice [7]
2. Preliminary Design Review[7]
3. Final Design Review [7]

CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT:

1. Engineering Science : 0 hours
2. Engineering Design : 2 hours
3. Basic Math and Science : 0 hours

ASSESSMENT:

1. Design Reviews
2. Hardware Demonstration
3. Project Documentation (written documentation, web site)
4. Cumulative Evaluations (peers, faculty and industrial advisors, course instructor)

SPECIFIC COURSE OBJECTIVES AND RELATIONSHIP TO MEASURABLE OUTCOMES:

Objective 1:

• Conceive and plan a large-scale engineering project to construct an interesting and non-trivial electrical system. (3,5,7,8)
• Develop an extensive hardware testing plan.(4)

Objective 2:

• Implement a system and demonstrate conformance to the design constraints, with emphasis on real-world constraints such as packaging.(2, 5)
• Analyze performance differences with prior simulations and prototypes.(1,5)

Objective 3:

• Demonstrate the ability to execute a large-scale engineering project involving detailed documentation, design reviews, and hardware demonstrations(6,7,8).

PREPARED BY:

Dr. Joseph Picone, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, September 15, 2004.