1. ECEN 4517 1 Project Expo and Report ECEN 4517/5517 Expo: This Thursday, May 1, 9:00 am - noon Project report Due Friday May 2 by 3:00 pm, in office of Prof. Erickson or Prof. Maksimovic

2. ECEN 4517 2 Expo schedule Tuesday afternoon section –Demonstrate projects at 9:00 - 10:30 am Wednesday and Thursday afternoon sections –Demonstrate projects at 10:30 - 12:00 If you must also show another project in the ECE Capstone lab: –You may make arrangements by speaking with both course instructors Location: –If your project is intended to be powered by the PV cart then demonstrate your project in the courtyard outside –If your project is powered by the ac line, then you should demonstrate your project in the lab –In the event of bad weather, all projects will be demonstrated inside

3. ECEN 4517 3 Expectations Each group should prepare a posterboard to be used in explaining your project to Expo attendees. This posterboard should include: –Project title and names of all group members, –A high-level statement of the functionality and objectives of the converter system –A block diagram/schematic –Some measured results Each project will be demonstrated to the course instructors –All members of the group must be present at that time –During this demonstration, those projects that are intended to be powered by the output of another group's project should instead be powered by a bench power supply, so that the performance is not dependent on functionality of another group's project –Upon conclusion of these demonstrations, we will attempt to connect projects together on PV carts outside.

4. ECEN 4517 4 Project report Format: same as earlier reports Due Friday May 2, 3:00 pm in office of either Prof. Erickson or Prof. Maksimovic