ECE 442- 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: ECE 441

Courses that require this as a prerequisite: ECE 443

Credits: 2 Terms Offered: Winter

Instructors:

Primary: T. Plant
Secondary: D. Hackleman

Textbook: Subscription to EE Times

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. Record technical results and measure progress. (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: 1/01
Revised: 9/01