1. Junior Class Overview Senior Design
Vito Moreno

2. Moreno Contact Information
UTEB Room 388
office

3. Most Important Course Working a real World Problem (with a Customer)
Your focus for the year
One of the best tools for finding a job
Can affect graduation
Big Time Commitment
hours (each person) on projects
Plus class meetings
“The technical stuff is easy, the people stuff is hard”
Deal with customer/sponsor, team mates, advisors, me

4. 2014-15 SDP Summary 116 students 45 projects 2.5 students/team avg.
25 industry sponsors
UCONN
DOE, NSF, Clean Energy, etc…
3 joint projects
2 EE/CSE
1 MSE

5. Significant Growth Sustaining >40 projects per year 2014-2015
116 students
45 projects
> 25 sponsors

6. Recent Sponsors

7. Broad Connecticut Support
Sponsor Motivation
New Thinking
Hiring
Access to Faculty

8. Two Elements of Senior Design
2 semester course
Sponsored Projects
Class Meetings
Work in Teams
Research
Analysis
Design
Testing
Deliverables
(open ended)
Lectures
Instructor
Guest Speakers
Written Assignments
Assessments
Oral Presentations

9. Senior Design Format
Project Team students/Faculty Advisor

10. ME4972/4973 Classes Resumes Innovation Communication Teamwork
IP, Patents, NDAs
Guest Lecturers…….
Attendance Taken

11. Grading Rubric ME 4972 (Fall) ME 4972 (Spring) Communication 40% 20%
ME 4972 (Spring)
Communication
40%
20%
Written Reports
Oral Presentations
Professional Performance*
Effort/Attendance
Commitments
Technical Performance*
Techncial Performance*
30%
Problem Solving
Creativity
Results
Project Evaluation*
Demo Day
* includes faculty, instructors and sponsor feedback

12. Assessments are Important Components of Grading
Each Semester
Sponsor
Faculty
Students
Identifies
Level of Effort
Critical issues
Action plans

13. Action Items for you Shop Safety Course ENGR 4590
Peter Glaude Instructor
Summer, fall intersession
Need your Clicker 2 system
Check your frequently (Uconn.edu)
Printing Fees -$25
Write stuff down !

14. Read Roles and Responsibilities
Senior Design Program [SDP] Guidelines

15. Project Sign Ups – 1st week

16. Honors Program Accelerated Masters You and the Faculty Advisor
Must declare before we start teams

17. Demo Day May 1!