1. Happy Halloween! notebooks and task list due today revisit schedule of upcoming assignments –ABET essay –timeline/effort matrix –technical specifications/standards –system requirements specification 5 oral presentations today

2. Fall 2007 Schedule of Due Dates M/F: due at 3pm in ERC 536 W: due at class time

3. ABET Capstone Criteria Students must be prepared for engineering practice through the curriculum culminating in a major design experience based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work and incorporating engineering standards and realistic constraints that include most of the following considerations: –economic; –environmental; –sustainability; –manufacturability; –ethical; –health and safety; –social; and –political. self-assessment essay constraints essay

4. ABET Essay: Wednesday 11/7/07 one essay per project addresses 4 areas that may constrain the possible solutions for your project –economic (everyone does this one) –political –health and safety –social –sustainability –manufacturability –environmental –ethical

5. Timeline/Effort Matrix report weekly activities leading to project demonstration and presentation in May 2008 –use actual dates –show milestones and deliverables associated with tasks –target project completion for 4/30/08 be consistent with project description, diagrams, and all project documentation include tasks: –background research –component selection and/or design –testing and refining –documenting results –presentation and demo

6. System Requirements 1.Scope 2.Project Perspective 3.Project Functions 4.User Characteristics 5.Specific Requirements 6.Definitions, Acronyms and Abbreviations 7.References

7. Specific Requirements Section

8. Technical Specifications and Standards Due Monday 11/19/07 Select relevant categories: programming languages operating systems hardware platforms parts or components processes tools protocols, practices, standards include manufacturer, model, and version where appropriate identify candidate solutions and where decisions still remain to be made identify criteria for pending decisions one way to think of this is a parts list

9. Technical Specifications/Standards