1. College of Engineering ECE Curriculum Enhancements: Senior Design Experiences Professor David G. Meyer School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

2. Outline  Design Context  Senior Design Options  Sample Projects  Self-Evaluation  Panel Discussion

3. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Definition – Senior Design Course A Senior Design Course must provide students with a major multi-disciplinary design experience based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work. The design project must be team-based and must incorporate engineering design standards and realistic constraints that include most of the following considerations: economic; environmental; sustainability; manufacturability; ethical; health and safety; social; and political. The experience must also reinforce the students’ understanding of ethical and professional responsibility and their ability to communicate effectively.

4. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Definition – Major Design Experience A major design experience is one that involves at least three (3) credit hours of coursework with 100% engineering design content and involves most of the following elements of the design process:  the establishment of objectives and criteria  synthesis  analysis  construction  testing  evaluation

5. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Senior Design Learning Outcomes A student who successfully fulfills the course requirements will have demonstrated: 1.an ability to apply knowledge obtained in earlier coursework and to obtain new knowledge necessary to design and test a system, component, or process to meet desired needs. 2.an understanding of the engineering design process. 3.an ability to function on an interdisciplinary team. 4.an awareness of professional and ethical responsibility. 5.effective communication skills, both oral and written. Successful demonstration of all five learning outcomes is required to receive a passing grade.

6. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Senior Design Reports  Summary of the project, including customer, purpose, specifications, and a summary of the approach.  Description of how the project built upon the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier ECE coursework (include course numbers).  Description of what new technical knowledge and skills were acquired in doing the project.  Description of how the engineering design process was incorporated, with reference to: establishment of objectives and criteria, synthesis, analysis, construction, testing, and evaluation.  Summary of how realistic design constraints ( economic, environmental, ethical, health and safety, social, political, sustainability, and manufacturability ) were incorporated.  Description of the multidisciplinary nature of the project.  Description of the project deliverables.

7. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering ECE Senior Design Advisory Committee  Review ECE senior design course certification requests  Review ECE senior design semester reports  Make recommendations to ECE Curriculum Committee regarding reviews

8. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Current ECE Senior Design Options  ECE 402 ECE Design Projects  EPCS 402 Senior Participation in EPICS  ECE 477 Digital Systems Senior Project

9. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering ECE 402 – EE Design Projects Each student shall:  Develop ownership in a sub-system (or two)  Design, build, and test to meet specifications  Interface with the team system  Cause team success—by contributing technically  Cause team success—by leading and following  Get somewhere with something real

10. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering ECE 402 – EE Design Projects ›Main Features: – One semester design / build / test / demonstrate – Teams of four (ECE and some CmpE students) – Concepts: block and flow diagrams, schematics, printed circuit board design, programming, packaging, RF and Optical signal transmission, imaging, actuators, motors, sensors, physics, and chemistry. (Not all at once) – Design considerations: reliability, safety factors, cost, etc. – Individual laboratory notebooks – Two Design Reviews, Two Individual Oral Progress Reports, One Demo – Opportunities for teams to do special projects as feasible.

11. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering ECE 402 – Sample Project

12. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering EPCS 401/2 – Senior Participation in EPICS ›Description: Uses service-learning to teach design within vertically integrated and multidisciplinary teams that design, develop, deploy and support projects that meet the needs of their local community partners. ›Objective: To provide long-term, authentic design experiences that exposes students to the entire design process from problem identification to support and retirement/disposal within a community/human context. ›Senior Design: Senior design students are distributed on EPICS teams with appropriate project potential and fulfill additional requirements to verify outcomes.

13. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering EPCS 401/2 – Senior Participation in EPICS ›Main Features: – Service-Learning Model Real projects for real people – Experience the entire design cycle – Multi-semester projects Senior design is a two semester experience for 3 credits with individual documentation and presentation requirements – Large (~15 students) and diverse teams with 3-5 active projects – Professional development: Leadership; Project management; Personnel and placement; Customer relations; Budgets; Technical reviews and Delivery Extensive communication requirements Ethics and social context Entrepreneurship and innovation – Formative and summative assessments of teams and individuals

14. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering EPCS 401/2 – Sample Projects ›EPICS Projects are done in four broad community areas – Human Services Information management, improved services – Access and Abilities Technology for adults and children with disabilities – Environmental Remediation designs, community education – Education and outreach Designs for schools, local museums and zoos

15. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering EPCS 402 – Sample Project Sensor network for Imagination Station Museum

16. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering ECE 477 – Digital Systems Design Project ›Description: A structured approach to the development and integration of embedded microcontroller hardware and software that provides senior-level students with significant design experience applying microcontrollers to a wide range of embedded systems. ›Objective: To provide practical experience developing integrated hardware and software for an embedded microcontroller system in an environment that models one which students will most likely encounter in industry.

17. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering ECE 477 – Digital Systems Design Project ›Main Features: – One semester design / fabricate / test / demonstrate – Students pick own project (subject to constraints) and define own project-specific success criteria – Work in teams of four (mixture of ECE and CmpE students) – Design components include: packaging design, schematic design, printed circuit board design, and software design – Professional components include: design constraint analysis, reliability and safety analysis, patent liability analysis, and ethical and environmental impact analysis – Individual (on-line) laboratory notebooks – Extensive reporting/presentation requirements – Technical communication skills development activities – Quantitative assessment of all five course outcomes

18. Some BSCmpE Senior Design Projects... Demo Video

19. Some BSCmpE Senior Design Projects...

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23. Some BSCmpE Senior Design Projects...

25. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering DSDP Outcomes and Assessment 1.An ability to apply knowledge obtained in earlier coursework and to obtain new knowledge necessary to design and test a system, component, or process to meet desired needs – design component report 2.An understanding of the engineering design process – individual lab notebook 3.An ability to function on a multidisciplinary team – project specific success criteria (functionality) 4.An awareness of professional and ethical responsibility – professional component report 5.An ability to communicate effectively, in both oral and written form – formal design review, final written report, and final presentation

26. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Outcome Tracking Results for Digital Systems Design Project Outcome 1 – design component report Outcome 2 – individual lab notebook Outcome 3 – project specific success criteria Outcome 4 – professional component report Outcome 5 – technical communication skills 2 Tablet PCs per team 1 Tablet PC per team TCSP sessions initiated HTML notebooks initiated

27. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Self-Evaluation ›Strengths – Good diversity of design experiences afforded by current options available to students – Research/publications on outcome assessment ›Areas for Improvement – Ability to handle the projected enrollment increases in ECE 402 and ECE 477 – More consistency in outcome assessment among the various senior design options – More consistency in project deliverables and their evaluation

28. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Opportunities for Input/Involvement ›Opportunities for input – How well are the various ECE senior design options preparing students for the future? – What are (other) potential areas for improvement? ›Opportunities for involvement – Crafting ideas for senior design projects – Participating in the formal evaluation process – Supporting parts acquisition and PCB fabrication