CPE/EE 423-424
Engineering Design VII and VIII
Lecture-Lab-Study: 1-7-4
Credits: 3
Meeting Time: Tuesday and Thursday 2:30 PM to 4:20 PM
Classroom Location: Gateway South GS-122
Lab Location: ECE Teaching Labs at Library B12
Instructor: Dr. Kevin Lu, Teaching Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 12:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Corequisite: IDE 400/401/402 Senior Innovation I (Project Planning), II (Value Proposition), and III (Venture Planning and Pitch)
Cross-listed with: None
Useful Links
ECE Senior Design Video
Innovation Expo: Friday, April 26, 2024
Senior Project Showcase: 10:30 AM -1:00 PM
Ansary Entrepreneurship Competition Awards: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Schedule
2023 Fall Semester
2023-09-05 Senior Design Overview
2023-09-07 Prof. Matt Wade, Contaxt | Krishna Murti and Charles Foster (Rapid Wireless Access)
2023-09-12
2023-09-14
2023-09-19 Prof. Dustin Richmond, UC Santa Cruz
2023-09-21 Courtney Walsh, Research Guide
2023-09-26
2023-09-27 (8 AM) Project Site
2023-09-28
2023-10-03
2023-10-05
2023-10-10 No Class (Monday Class Schedule)
2023-10-11 (8 AM) Milestone 1: Customers, Needs, Requirements, Needs-Requirements Mapping
2023-10-12
2023-10-17
2023-10-19
2023-10-24
2023-10-26
2023-10-31
2023-11-02
2023-11-07
2023-11-09
2023-11-14
2023-11-16
2023-11-21
2023-11-23 No Class (Thanksgiving Recess)
2023-11-28
2023-11-29 (8 AM) Milestone 2: Project Plan, Concepts, Concept Selection, Design, Analysis, and Testing Plan
2023-11-30
2023-12-05 No Class (IEEE Standards Association Meetings)
2023-12-06 (8 AM) Team Responsibilities and Assessments
2023-12-07
2023-12-12
2023-12-13 (8 AM) Presentation
2023-12-14
2024 Spring Semester
2024-01-18 Important due dates
2024-01-23
2024-01-25
2024-01-30
2024-02-01
2024-02-06
2024-02-08
2024-02-13 Snow Day
2024-02-14 (8 AM) Download Stevens Ducks App and create a Guidebook profile
2024-02-15
2024-02-20
2024-02-22
2024-02-27
2024-02-28 (8 AM) Milestone 3: Design Performance and Cost Review with Alpha Prototype Demonstration
2024-02-29
2024-03-05
2024-03-07
2024-03-12 No Class (Spring Recess)
2024-03-14 No Class (Spring Recess)
2024-03-19
2024-03-20 (8AM) First date to submit poster
2024-03-21
2024-03-26
2024-03-28
2024-04-02
2024-04-04
2024-04-09
2024-04-10 (8 AM) Last date to submit poster
2024-04-11
2024-04-16
2024-04-18
2024-04-23
2024-04-24 (8 AM) Milestone 4: Beta Demonstration of Optimized Design
2024-04-25
2024-04-26 (Friday) Innovation Expo
Outcomes
14 Specific Goals for Engineering Design VII
Program Outcome 1: Complex Problem Solving
1.1 The student will understand fundamental engineering principles of electronics and computing systems, and will demonstrate their ability to apply the principles to the design of their senior design project.
Program Outcome 2: Design
2.1 The student will complete a design that incorporates and identifies all design criteria, relevant codes, and standards and includes technical drawings and specifications.
2.2 The student will demonstrate the ability to design, implement, test, and present a senior design project of a significant level of complexity.
2.3 The student will investigate several design alternatives before choosing one for their design project by the end of the Fall semester. Their selection of the final approach to be pursued during the Spring semester will demonstrate that they have considered system performance design trade-offs, design features, and the practicality of their approach and non-technical issues.
2.4 The student will be able to assess the impact of the design in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.
Program Outcome 3: Communications
3.1 The student will demonstrate the ability to effectively present their project ideas through verbal presentation, written reports, and poster presentations of their design project.
3.2 The student will be able to deliver presentations appropriate to audience and task.
3.4 The student will be able to write a technical report and prepare professional quality presentations of the design in a clear and concise manner.
Program Outcome 4: Ethical and Professional Conduct
4.1 The student will acquire knowledge of the professional practices and ethical responsibilities related to design.
Program Outcome 5: Teaming and Leadership
3.3 The student will be able to take the lead in suggesting, soliciting, and developing alternative designs and approaches to the problem.
3.5 The student will learn to function as an effective part of a multidisciplinary team, be accountable to others involved in the project, perform individual tasks, and resolve conflicts diplomatically and professionally.
5.1 The student will be able to contribute effectively in a team-based project with adequate distribution of tasks to team members and coordination of the collective outcome. Every team member will be fully engaged in the project as possible. The students will demonstrate coordination of their teamwork through regular discussions and written team assessments.
5.2 The student will be able to develop and maintain a project plan and task breakdown, and will be able to adapt their plan to changing requirements and understanding of the technical problems. They will demonstrate this ability through standard project management tools and timely completion of their senior design project.
Program Outcome 6: Experimentation
1.2 The student will be able to test the design and/or prototype using appropriate materials, systems, and software.
7 Specific Goals for Engineering Design VIII
Program Outcome 1: Complex Problem Solving
1.1 The student will understand fundamental engineering principles of electronics and computing systems, and will demonstrate their ability to apply the principles to the design of their senior design project.
Program Outcome 2: Design
2.1 The student will demonstrate the ability to design, implement, test, and present a senior design project of a significant level of complexity.
2.2 The student will demonstrate that they have considered system performance design trade-offs, design features, and the practicality of their approach and nontechnical issues.
Program Outcome 3: Communications
3.1 The student will demonstrate the ability to effectively present their project ideas through verbal presentation, written reports, and poster presentations of their design project.
Program Outcome 5: Teaming and Leadership
5.1 The student will be able to contribute effectively in a team-based project with adequate distribution of tasks to team members and coordination of the collective outcome. Every team member will be fully engaged in the project as possible. The students will demonstrate coordination of their teamwork through regular discussions and written team assessments.
5.2 The student will be able to develop and maintain a project plan and task breakdown, and will be able to adapt their plan to changing requirements and understanding of the technical problems. They will demonstrate this ability through standard project management tools and timely completion of their senior design project.
Program Outcome 6: Experimentation
6.1 The student will be able to define operational and performance tests to evaluate the operation of their senior design project. They will demonstrate the ability to perform these tests, adapt their design based on the results, and present the outcome in their Innovation Expo poster session and the Spring final report.