Course: EW502 Honors Research and Design

2 Credits – 1 Recitation Hours – 2 Laboratory Hours

Course Description:

Engineering design process and project management geared towards advanced projects associated with the Robotics and Control Engineering Honors Major. Includes the composition of the proposal for the honors senior research project.

Pre-requisites:

2/C ERCH major

Course Coordinator:

Prof. Esposito

Textbook:

None

Course Objectives:

The student will learn the following.

1. What constitutes research in robotics and control engineering?

2. How to craft a problem statement.

3. How to perform a critical literature review.

4. How to select among various demonstration techniques.

5. How to plan the logistical components of their project.

6. About the existence of some available institutional resources.

7. Become knowledgeable in a subject area of their choosing through independent reading.

8. Develop a proposal for their 1/C honors capstone activities.

9. Orally present the proposal to the faculty and their peers.

Topics:

1. Problem statement

2. How to read a academic paper

3. Literature search

4. Epistemology consideration

5. Technical presentation and writing skills

6. Timeline and budgeting