Course Objectives – ECE Senior Design (2006 – 2007)

ECE 156 – Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering Capstone Project Lab I

1. Understand the constraints placed on the selection and definition of engineering projects (e.g., limited time, money, staff expertise, resources, etc.), and incorporate these constraints into the selection of your own project.

2. Understand basic issues, concepts and procedures in engineering practice including basic graphical representations of design such as the various types of electrical schematic diagrams, mechanical drawings, context diagrams, requirements and specifications, cost estimation, cost and time tracking, etc. Introduce Microsoft Project and AutoCAD.

3. Select a senior project that meets the above constraints; conceive of a preliminary design for that project; perform suitable proof-of-principle demonstrations.

4. Prepare the Preliminary Design Review, the traditional first formal step in a new engineering project.

ECE 157 – Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering Capstone Project Lab II

1. Understand more advanced concepts and procedures in engineering design including the large variety of graphical and other representations needed to fully convey a design, design vs. implementation, logical vs. physical decomposition, functional vs physical decomposition, etc.

3. Convey the importance of performing (a) order-of-magnitude calculations of expected noise and signal levels; (b) appropriate design verification procedures (e.g., simulations such as Spice); and (c) appropriate test procedures for the system as a whole, as well as testing individual modules.

4. Prepare and deliver the traditional documentation and oral presentations for the middle of an engineering project (e.g., Critical & Final Design Reviews).

5. Complete the design of your senior project.

ECE 158– Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering Capstone Project Lab III

1. Submit a viable implementation plan which includes items such as a Bill of Materials, PCB layout files and AutoCAD or other mechanical drawings...

2. Design and execute test procedures appropriate to your particular project.

3. Integrate the various major systems comprising their project, e.g., electrical, mechanical, optical, chemical, etc.

4. Prepare and deliver the traditional documentation and oral presentations for the post-design phase of an engineering project (e.g., BFD (and BOM), Progress Reports, Engineering Change Notices, and Final Product Review) utilizing the tools and procedures described above as applied to their own project