Effective Communication in ECE 445 Project Amr Martini

Communication is the key to success External Parties Your team Sponsors Machine shop Vendors Open Lab Classmates (shared lab equipment and space) Teammates TA’s and Instructors

Tips for effective communication Respectful Show general respect to your team mates, TA’s, instructors and all the people you may interact during this course Responsible Be on time for meetings (e.g. weekly TA meeting) Make contribution that you promise Understand your teammate’s work Try to keep on track at each milestone Honest Report issues/mistakes that you can not resolve immediately and seek for help is the fastest way to find a solution Open mind

Bad examples Fail to find out teammate’s misconduct led to fail the course Stuck with one’s own idea without listening to other’s suggestion and instruction Not participating to the team’s effort resulted in dropping the course

What you can achieve in 3 months: Assistive Chessboard The Michelle and Alex Bratton Senior Design Instructor’s Award https://www.youtube.com/embed/PPFTSypu6X8 Recovery-Monitoring Knee Brace The Lextech Senior Design Most Marketable Project Award http://www.youtube.com/embed/v2JsNdGUrsM

Good Luck in ECE 445 and Enjoy the experience!