1. Wilmer Arellano FIU

2.  If you are using acronyms for your project title include also a description.  PAM  (Pulse Amplitude Modulation)

3.  Make sure that every team member reads the proposal before submitting it  Be smart and save time in the future, write in the convenient verb tenses  Use: This project is aimed to the design of an autonomous car. As opposed to:  This project will be about an autonomous car.

4.  An ABSTRACT can be the most difficult part of the research report to write because in it you must:  introduce your subject matter,  tell what was done,  and present selected results,  all in one short (about 150 words) paragraph.  The most common type of ABSTRACT is the informative abstract. A good way to develop an informative abstract is to devote a sentence or two to each of the major parts of the report.  ¾ Page

5.  An Executive Summary is an accurate representation of the contents of a document in an abbreviated form.  Executive Summaries are summaries provided for readers who do not have time to read the entire document.  The Executive Summary must be a self standing document, sufficient in content to ensure that the reader can completely understand the contents of the Project.  One to two pages  Follow this link for Executive Summary Format Follow this link for Executive Summary Format

6.  You need to explain how your results will be evaluated at the end of Senior Design II  This semester you are promising  Objectives to be met  Constraints to be satisfied  Standards to comply with  Patents not to infringe  Next semester you will compare your results to each of the individual promises but you need to tell now how you are planning to do it.

7.  This is a very important Section and of high interest for ABET  Write a ¾ page essay about what would be required to get your project into production and make it an activity to continue into the future.  What would you require to do to keep yourself current in the topics  What actions should be taken in order to keep your project in the market  Indicate what Technical Societies, magazines or activities of lifelong learning you are engaged  If you are not members of IEEE it would be a great moment as you are still students and it would be very inexpensive  Being an IEEE member is something good to show in your Resume as well

8.  In this very important ¾ page section you will mention:  How the whole idea started  What the main objectives are and how they evolved (interview, Survey, Brainstorming)  What were the activities involved in completing this proposal  Summarize your Results Evaluation procedure  How the project is a contribution to society  How the project has contributed to your formation and your lifelong learning

9. 1. Download the form at:  http://web.eng.fiu.edu/~arellano/4010/Senior-design-II-Procedures-summary-form.doc http://web.eng.fiu.edu/~arellano/4010/Senior-design-II-Procedures-summary-form.doc 2. Fill the form electronically and print it 3. Make sure all team members and the mentor signs it (This is imperative to pass the course no exceptions) 4. Include it in the corresponding section

10.  Create 2 CDs with:  Identifying labels: Year, semester, proposal, project title, team members, mentor, etc  An electronic version of your report  The PowerPoints that you used in your presentations  Any electronic documents,such as programs, related to your project, unless otherwise instructed by your mentor due to copyright reasons  Permanently attach one CD envelope to the inner side of the back cover  Place one CD in the envelope and the other in a separate CD envelope

11.  Final Version must include all sections  All signatures must be present (Team Members and Mentor)  Permanent Binding (No Three Ring Binders)  Spiral binding recommended

12.  Submit The Proposal according to the previous slide  Include the previous reports with the grading documents and my notes  Organize the previous reports in a single document (staples or small three ring binder)

13.  Submit The Proposal according to the previous slide  Include the previous reports with the grading documents and my notes  Organize the previous reports in a single document (staples or small three ring binder)

14.  For each note requiring you to change part of your document create a pair of tabs with the same unique number  Place one tab where the note requiring the change is located  Place the second tab in the new page in the final version containing the changes  See example next slide

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17.  Final version contains all sections and it is permanently bound by means of a spiral