ECE 443- 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 442

Courses that require this as a prerequisite: None

Credits: 2 Terms Offered: Spring

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. Record technical results and measure progress. (ABET outcomes d, g)
2. Complete (from design to at least the breadboard stage) a significant ECE project. (ABET outcomes a, b, c, d, e, g, k, m)
3. Generate Operational and Technical Documentation for an ECE project. (ABET outcomes a, c, g)
4. 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: 4/01
Revised: 9/01