ECE 441- Engineering Design Project

Catalog Description: An extended team design project to expose students to problem situations and issues in engineering design similar to those encountered in industry.

Prerequisites:

Senior standing in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Must be taken in sequence.

Courses that require this as a prerequisite: ECE 442

Credits: 2 Terms Offered: Fall

Instructors:

Primary: T. Plant
Secondary: D. Hackleman

Textbook: Elements of Style by Strunk and White

References: A Guide to the Project Management Literature.

Course Learning Objectives:
Students are expected to demonstrate the ability to:

1. Write a concise project description stemming from an identified objective.
   (ABET outcomes e, f, g)
2. Collect and review technical information on a project from relevant external resources. (ABET outcomes e, j)
3. Project the impact constraints for projects (Resources, Time, Finances)
   (ABET outcomes d, f)
4. Identify project milestones (ABET outcomes d, g)
5. Acquire tooling and hardware (components) for a breadboard / prototype. (ABET outcome k)
6. Present project information succinctly to a technically aware audience.
   (ABET outcomes a, f, g)

Topics

• Project Management Fundamentals
• Workplace behavior & Ethics
• Project Information Communication
• Total Quality Improvement, cycles

Laboratory Projects

Majority of course is actually individual laboratory work.

Structure: One 110 minute lecture every week.

Original: 9/00
Revised: 9/01