Information sheet for the Faculty Advisors of EE Design Capstone Classes: EE481 and EE481

Information sheet for the Faculty Advisors of EE Design Capstone Classes: EE 481 (3.0) and EE 482 (3.0)

Introduction

Objectives: Through an individualized design project, a group of students will have a complete experience in project specification development, engineering design, implementation/simulation, testing and evaluation. Students will be able to utilize the knowledge learned in one or more of the major electrical engineering disciplines such as integrated electronics, control, communication, signal processing, and electromagnetism. In EE481, each project group should have achieved the following measurable results: 1) Proposal, organization, planning and budget report; 2) Design specifications; 3) Design review report; 4) Development and implementation progress report. At the end of EE481, each group shall have their initial implementation/simulation completed or at least have all the parts acquired ready for assembly. The same project will be carried over into EE482. At the end EE482, each group will demonstrate a working product outlined in their project goal.

Class structure: This is a project oriented class. Normally, students will work as groups of three members. Each group of students will select a project based on their interests, needs, and knowledge base. Based on the selected project, the student group must find a faculty advisor for the project. In addition, it may also invite an engineering mentor if the project is sponsored by a company. Each student group must have a project leader who can be appointed by the faculty advisor or elected by the group. The project leader will act as the project manager responsible for scheduling meetings, organizing documentation, watching for deadlines, executing project schedule, managing resources (budget and man power), etc.

Important Dates and Events:

EE481:

1. Design project abstract report and group composition are due on the 2^nd week to the class instructor and your faculty advisor.

2. Design project kickoff presentation is on the 3^rd week.

3. Project design specifications are due in the 4^th week to your faculty advisor.

4. Design review document is due in the 6^th week.

5. Design review presentation is on the 7^th week.

6. Apply for graduation (8^th week)

7. Progress report is due in the 10^th week.

8. Portfolio is reviewed by your faculty advisor in the 10^th week.

9. Progress presentation is scheduled in the final examination (11^th) week

EE482:

1. A brief project meeting is scheduled in the 1^st week.

2. Prototype Product Testing Report is due in the 3^rd week to your faculty advisor.

3. Midterm Project Presentation and Demonstration is in the 4^th week.

4. Progress report is due in the 8^th week to your faculty advisor.

5. Project Poster presentation (IEEE Poster Contest in May) is scheduled in the 8^th week at Joshi Center Atrium 2:00pm to 5:00pm. Sample Poster and IEEE instructions for poster presentation

6. EE program review essay is due in the 8^th week to EE department Chair. Setup graduation exit interview with EE Department Chair.

7. Portfolio is reviewed by your faculty advisor in the 10^th week.

8. Final report is due to your faculty advisor in the 10^th week.

9. Final Project presentation and Demonstration is scheduled in the final examination (11^th) week.

Grade Sheet:

Both EE481 and EE482 are writing intensive classes. Faculty will advise and help their design team to prepare presentation materials and reports. The grades assigned to the presentation and reports by the faculty advisor carry significant weight in the final letter grades. The faculty advisors need to present in the presentation meetings to assign the presentation grades to their students in the group. Please plan to come to the presentation meetings (highlighted in red in the schedule). All the grades are in a scale of 10 and shall be assigned within a week of the events taking place or of the due day. The students can get timely feedback such as to subsequently improve their next presentations or reports. The blank and sample grade sheets can be found at http://www.cs.wright.edu/~kxue/designcap.htm

The project leader will be responsible to talk their faculty advisor, to get the grades soon after the events or due day to insure his/her team get the timely feedback from their advisor. Please assign the grades in a timely fashion.

Work Load:

It is approved by the EE department faculty that serving as the faculty advisor on three design project teams will be equivalent to the work load of teaching one regular course. The course instructor will document the work load for the faculty advisors and report to the EE department office. Department Office will keep tracking of your credits and give you course release accordingly at your request. Each faculty can accumulate maximum of 6 senior design project credits.