1 Senior Design Projects Angela Rasmussen ECE 4900/4910 1
2 Writing Assignments <30 hours of requirements left ECE 3030 and ECE 3900 Teams (2 or more) Clinic Teams Faculty Teams Individual Projects 2 Requirements
3 Writing Assignments Significant Engineering Project Communication Skills Project Planning Milestone-driven Work on a team 3 Goals
4 Writing Assignments Dr. Rasmussen Presentation Feedback Written Work Organization/Admini stration 4 Two Instructors Technical Advisor Milestone Completions Project Progress Aid Organization 30% of grade technical open house Faculty Judges and Industry Judges
5 Course Workload – Fall/Spring 5
6 Writing Assignments Written Project Overview Milestones (~100 hrs per milestone) High Level Block Diagram Project Division 2 presentations Milestone #1 Complete 6 Fall
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11 Writing Assignments Milestone #2 and #3 Complete Practice and Final Presentations Final Report Technical Open House 11 Spring
12 Writing Assignments Clinic Project: Company Liaison, Goal Defined Larger scopes (larger teams) Faculty Project: Graduate/Research Groups Defined Projects Independent Project: Full Independence 12 Projects
13 Writing Assignments L3 Communications Sandia National Labs 3M Sorenson Moxtek Power Consortium (Reliable Controls, others) 13 Clinic Projects
14 Writing Assignments Earthquake Prediction (FDTD) Optimal Electrode Placement for Artificial Neural Chips 3D Lithography More Efficient Solar Cells Cooling Technology (IC Metastructures) 14 Faculty Projects
15 Writing Assignments Night Fury Parking Lot Monitor Structural Damage Detector Surgical Centers Electrical Design Electronically Controlled Morphing Wing Smart Car Battery Storage to the Grid Others 15 Independent Projects
16 Writing Assignments Have a backup plan Start thinking about ideas now! What interests do you have? Cool ideas? 16 Project Ideas
17 Writing Assignments Define a Need Background Research Design Criteria Preliminary Designs Prototype Iterate 17 Project Startup
18 Writing Assignments Investigate Existing Solutions Reverse Engineer Read books, articles, etc Online research through Marriot Library IEEE Explore Scopus Browse Ask Questions to Guide Research 18 Background Research
19 Writing Assignments Define a Need Background Research Design Criteria Preliminary Designs Prototype Iterate 19 Background Research
20 Writing Assignments Gather Ideas ~ 400 hours/person on team Get approval Start Working on Project (Summer) Clinics and Faculty Projects Known– April Talk to Professors 20 Schedule
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