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Introduction to Senior DesignBy: Wilmer Arellano

1OverviewSyllabusGetting started

The Three most important things at the beginning 1. Form a team 2. Find a Team Leader 3. Find Three Potential Topics 4. Find a Mentor 5. Select a Topic

The objectivesCourse Objectives:Develop the ability to outline and plan an engineering project with several phases and participants from distinct disciplinesConduct a team-based projectPerfect communication and analysis of technical concepts and alternativesGlobal Learning Objective:Use a Global Perspective to achieve a design that will have Global Acceptance and minimal barriers to trade.

The objectivesThe main objective of the course is to prepare students for the realization of a Capstone Project. Emphasis is placed on Successful Design, an idea that involves Local and Global acceptance. Students engage in a close to real life project design and management experience.

Course EvaluationContact information and Grading

Team FormationIt is crucial that the students form in teams early in the semesterThere are only two requirements, the teams must be multidiscipline and must have at least three membersBy multidiscipline we understand having members of both, electrical and computer engineeringThe optimal number of members is 4 as it will protect against a team of 3 disappearing in case of losing a team memberEach team selects a team leader and finds 3 potential topics of interest

Mentors and Topicsonce you have the 3 topics the team needs to find a Mentor and negotiates the topic of the design.This process is very important and has to be taking seriously in order to be successful. Your goal is to convince a potential mentor in a single sessionAs a continuation the team has to clarify the need including the mentor (The Client) point of view, the results from a survey (The Users), and the brainstorming of the team (The Designers).

The proposalThe Proposal you need to write encompasses many different aspects of the project among them:Feasibility and Risk Analysis, Will the team succeedGlobalization issues and Standards.Will the project succeed in other culturesA survey of related projects and patents The state of artTheory Model Analysis of potential Ethical Dilemmas on the project, Health, Safety, Sustainability, Topic Covered:Please read carefully these next two slides as they includes the topics to be covered.Some of them have already been mentionedSome of them are new likeTeamworkThe foundation of successIntellectual PropertyProtect your inventionIntended user(s) and intended use(s)You usually design for othersTopic Covered (continuation):Manufacturability ConsiderationsMake it easy for your companyEnvironmental ConsiderationsSave the planetSOW/GANTT CHARTSPlan your project like businessmenElectric GroundsPower Supplies

Contribution of course to meeting the professional component:Working as multi-disciplinary teams to design a current engineering system, component, or process according to desired needs in an ethical framework

Relationship of course objectives to Global Learning outcomesThe main objective is that teams engage in actions towards a global, international, and intercultural successful design. Showing global awareness and conducting analysis to understand global cultures

Required ReadingGlobalization and Standardshttp://web.eng.fiu.edu/~arellano/4010/F2007/Globalization_and_Standards.pptRecommended readingThe WTO In brief:http://wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/inbrief_e/inbr00_e.htmUNDERSTANDING THE WTOhttp://wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/what_stand_for_e.htmStandards Educationhttp://www.ieee.org/education_careers/education/standards/index.htmlIEC Lecture series I (2005)http://www.iec.ch/about/globalreach/academia/lecture_2005.htmUNIDO Role of Standardshttp://www.unido.org/fileadmin/media/documents/pdf/tcb_role_standards.pdf

Department regulations concerning incomplete grades: Please read this slide carefullyIncomplete grades apply only under circumstances beyond your control and strict regulations apply regarding notification to the instructor, how to complete the missed work and eligibility

Learning Activities:

Project Conception and ManagementStudents form in multidiscipline teamsMembers of each team select a team leaderTeams find 3 potential topics of interestTeams negotiate with potential mentors their mentorship and the topic. Mentor and topic are selected.CommunicationTeams prepare a Project Proposal with two partial deliveries with revisions.Teams present to the class their project in two deliveries.Teams specifically present why their team is multidiscipline and their understanding of global issuesGlobal PositioningYour team will need to upload in a video to youtube a presentation on their project where they introduce their team and provide demonstrations and explanations about the starting project.These videos must hav open access to the general public.You can google: youtube FIU senior design projects

Examination Policy: This is different from incomplete regulationsPlease read carefully as it explains the eligibility criteria for make-up evaluations including oral presentationsPresentation Rubrics

&QuestionsAnswers24EEL 4920 Senior Design ISchedule TBA

SectionsRoom: TBA

Instructor: Professor Wilmer ArellanoOffice: EC 3834

e-mail: arellano@fiu.eduPhone: (305) 348-4905 Fax: (305) 348-3707

Office Hours: TBA

Grading Policy:

QuantityDescriptionValueTotalA95-100C73-75

2Research Projects &Presentations20%40%A-90-94C-70-72

B+86-89D+66-69

2Test10%20%B83-85D63-65

1Final Demonstration15%15%B-80-82D-60-62

14921C Proposal*10%10%C+76-79F0-59

1Class Participation15%15%

Instructor reserves the right to use a curve for grading. Such curve might lower the grading thresholds but would leave the original grades unchanged.

*A signed EEL 4921C proposal is required to passNo Late AssignmentsAll notifications or changes will be emailed only to your FIU email address and or will be posted in the Course Web Site. Please make sure that instructor has your correct email address and check the Website frequently.

Date

Topic

Team

Deductions

MembersTeam Member 1Team Member 2Team Member 3Team Member 4Team Member 5

Problem Background25%

Command of Subject Matter20%

Command of Language30%

Visuals15%

Equal Participation by each member5%

Appropriateness of Dress5%

TOTAL90%

Grading: 4=Excellent, 3=Good, 2=Fair, 1=Poor, 0=Noncompliance

Global awareness: Was the team able to identify, analyze and integrate international standards effects in multiple markets and cultures?10%

Global perspective: Did the team demonstrate an ability to conduct a Global Perspective analysis leading to understand the needs of local, global, international, and intercultural markets

Global engagement: Were the students able to demonstrate Global Engagement by taking actions towards a global, international, and intercultural successful design.

COMMENTS:

Project Summary1. This is a one to two page project description of your project. Most of the content in this summary is preliminary and will change in the future into the Executive Summary. 2. Teams are required to start their Senior Design Project while taking Senior Design I. As this represents an important 15% of the final grade, students must understand:a. That there has to be a hardware component in this option.b. That the functions to be implemented must be enumerated in the section Senior I Hardware Project.c. That the hardware component should be no less than 20% of the total project.3. At the end of the semester there will be a demonstration day to evaluate the projects.4. In the demonstration day the students will turn in Progress Report 0 which will constitute part of the evaluation.

Project Title

Team Number:

Team Member NameSignatureDate

Team Leader:

Mentor:

Summarized Problem StatementWrite a brief version of your problem statement:Objectives and ConstraintsWrite the main objectives here. No need to write the secondary objectives.Easy to use (Main objective)Easy to use set-up (Secondary Objective)Easy to configure (Secondary Objective)

Project DescriptionGive a brief description of your project. Try to use simple language avoiding complex explanations. A picture, diagram or any other graphic element is used to help the description. Only team generated images please. More images could be used if necessary.

End Product DescriptionProvide a brief description of how you envision your project would look like from the engineering point of view. Please include diagrams of the system

Senior I Hardware ProjectLeave this section Blank for the momentWhat Hardware is to be built during Senior Design I. (Describe an provide what percentage of the total project is to be accomplished in Senior Design I)Functions that are expected to be operational by the end of Senior Design I. (Enumerate)Specifications to be met by the end of Senior Design I. (Enumerate and provide figures)Potential Mentor Interview Evaluation ChecklistTeam Number:

Team Member NameSignatureDate

Team Leader:

1. Prepare three Project Summaries in order to provide different alternatives to potential mentors.2. Contact the individual mentors and schedule appointments3. Attend to the appointment in the scheduled dates (All Team Members Must be Present)4. Let the mentor sign and fill the blanks corresponding to his/her interview5. You must turn in all evaluations including those of potential mentors that did not take your team6. After a mentor is found stop the mentor search (you must cancel pending interviews) and turn in this form. 7. After a mentor is found and the topic is selected you will be requested to write and updated project summary.8. Include more copies of the second page if needed

Potential Mentor Evaluation

Interview Checklist ItemsYesNoComments

Date of first contact with potential mentor

Date of interview with potential mentor

Was the appointment rescheduled?

How many times was the appointment rescheduled?

Were all team members present?|_||_|

Did the team arrive on time?|_||_|

Did the team make an effective presentation of topics?|_||_|

How many topics did the team present?

Potential Mentor Name

Potential Mentor Signature

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