Course: EW309 Guided Design Experience

2 Credits – 0 Recitation Hours – 4 Laboratory Hours


Course Description:

Students pursue a semester-long structured and guided engineering design project, starting from a problem statement and carrying through to a final prototype design. Working in small groups, students participate in a project-based-learning exercise through which they develop the breadth of technical experience required for open-ended design on the large scale.


Pre-requisites:

EW305/EW305H, EW301, and SM316

Course Coordinator:

CAPT Severson

Textbook:

None

Course Objectives:

  1. Develop and execute a formal test plan to acquire experimental data.

  2. Apply appropriate analysis techniques for interpretation of measured data.

  3. Perform appropriate research on components to span a design space.

  4. Make informed decisions for parts selection.

  5. Analyze and design a control system to meet the needs of a project.

  6. Apply basic computer vision methods through MATLAB.

  7. Foster a preliminary understanding of and appreciation for the engineering design process.

  8. Provide a framework for exercise and integration of the components of the robotics and control engineering curriculum into a complete project.

  9. Enhance hands-on skills.

Topics:

  1. Problem Statement and Background Research

  2. Computer Vision

  3. Circuit Development

  4. System Modeling

  5. System Control

  6. Ballistics Analysis

  7. System Integration

  8. System Test