SUNY New Paltz
Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering
EE40409 Senior
Design 2 (3 credits)
Course
Syllabus
Professors:
Ghader Eftekhari, x3722, eftekhar@engr.newpaltz.edu
Julio González, x3724, gonzalj@engr.newpaltz.edu
Baback Izadi, x3823, bai@engr.newpaltz.edu
Yaser Khalifa, x3764, yaserma@engr.newpaltz.edu
Hassan Kalhor, x3721, kalhorh@engr.newpaltz.edu
Michael Otis, x3827, otism@engr.newpaltz.edu
Damodaran Radhakrishnan, x3772, damu@engr.newpaltz.edu
Faramarz Vaziri, x3811, vazirif@engr.newpaltz.edu
Mohammad Zunoubi, x3932, zunoubm@engr.newpaltz.edu
Literature:
Library of Senior Design Projects, to be found in the Senior Design Project
Database.
Duration: One semester, extendable to two semesters at most. To learn
about the relationship between this extension and your grade, see the Grading
Policy section.
This course is a culmination of knowledge
and skills acquired in previous courses. Its objectives are the following:
(i)
To
apply the theoretical knowledge obtained in previous courses to the
implementation/development of an engineering product.
(ii)
To
apply the simulation skills and/or hardware expertise acquired in previous
laboratory courses to the implementation/development of an engineering product.
(iii)
To
apply the trial and error design experience utilized in design projects
performed in previous courses
(iv)
To
apply the teamwork experience carried on previously on design projects and
laboratories
(v)
To
apply the acquired writing skills for writing a final design report
NOTE: At the end of the course, student will
evaluate to what degree the course objectives have been met.
3. Course Outcomes
Students will perform the following activities:
(i)
Complete
the work proposed and planned in Senior Design 1.
(ii)
Give
an oral presentation in which they will explain the design process and
demonstrate the project’s final product.
(iii)
Keep
and “electronic” logbook. Use all the recorded data to submit a final written
project report.
4.1 Oral Presentation
The project work will end with an oral presentation
of which every team member will undertake approximately an equal portion. This
portion should agree with the part of the project for which each student is
responsible. The following two-day periods will be assigned for the students’
oral presentation of Senior Design Projects: one at the end of the spring
semester, one at the beginning of the fall semester, and one at the end of the
fall semester. The specific time assigned will ensure full participation of all
students making their presentations, the project faculty supervisors, as well
as any industry supervisor and team members. Appropriate members of the
Advisory Board, the Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Dean
of the School of Sciences and Engineering will also participate in the
presentations. In order to provide an evaluation perspective that is objective
and consistent for all our students, the following aspects of each presentation
will be evaluated by all present:
a)
Incorporation
of relevant engineering standards;
b)
Appropriate
inclusion of the ABET engineering constraints as introduced in the Senior
Design Proposal;
c)
Discussion
of the design process (i.e., preliminary and improved designs);
d)
The
overall oral quality of the presentation and the students’ ability to
communicate verbally and respond to appropriate and specific questions from the
audience.
The project assessment by the audience will become
part of the total grade as explained in the Grading Policy section.
4.2 Logbook
and Final Project Report
After the oral presentation,
each team must submit a project report within a two-week time interval. This
project report will be created from notes written in an “electronic” logbook
kept by the student team throughout the project. This logbook will contain
minutes of meeting with the faculty advisor, project advances, literature, etc.
Final written reports must be organized using the template in Senior Design
Logbook and Report Form. This template, whose aim is to standardize all
project reports, consists of the following sections: Abstract, Introduction,
Preliminary Designs, Modified Designs, Discussion of engineering Constraints,
Results, Conclusions and Appendix. The project logbook, as well as the progress
report written at the end of Senior Design 1, will become part of the Appendix.
As explained in the Senior Design Logbook and Report Form, each student
in the team must identify the portion of the report that he or she has written,
which, to the best possible, should be in agreement with the part of the
project for which each student is responsible. The professor of Technical
Communications will grade the student’s ability to organize and convey ideas in
writing shown in the report, as explained in the Grading Policy section. To
learn about the expected quality of written reports, students will have the
opportunity to look at reports on similar topics in the Senior Design
Project Database.
The project will be graded as explained in the next
table.
Grader
|
Item
|
Weight
|
|
Presentation
Audience (40%) (This
audience will grade the team, not individuals within the team) |
Incorporation
of adequate use of engineering standards |
5% |
|
Appropriate
inclusion of the ABET engineering constraints as introduced in the Senior
Design Proposal (*) |
5% |
|
|
Discussion
of the design process (i.e., preliminary and improved designs) |
5% |
|
|
The
overall oral quality of the presentation and the students’ ability to
communicate verbally and respond to appropriate and specific questions from
the audience. |
25% |
|
|
Project
advisor (50%) (The
advisor is the only grader who will grade team members individually) |
Overall
quality of work |
35% |
|
Ability
to work in a team |
15% |
|
|
Professor
of Technical Communications (10%) (This professor will grade the team, not individuals
within the team) |
Ability
to organize and convey ideas in writing |
10% |
Total: 100%
(*) Failing to actually incorporate in the
project all the engineering constraints submitted in the Senior Design Proposal
will
signify failing Senior Design 2.
Note 1: In the event that, in the advisor’s opinion, the
project’s objectives are not close to being achieved by the end of the first
Senior Design 2 semester, all team students will be assigned a temporary grade
of “I” (incomplete). In this case, the students will be granted a maximum
extension of one semester, at the end of which they must make a presentation
regardless of the project’s status, or else the grade will be changed from an
“I” into an “F” (fail).
Note 2: There will be a two-week time interval after the
oral presentation for final submission of the project report. Failing to submit
the project report within this time interval will signify failing Senior Design
2.
6. RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN COURSE OBJECTIVES AND PROGRAM’S OBJECTIVES
This section is of an informative character. First, it states the common educational objectives of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Programs. Second, for the sake of clarity, it restates the course objectives of section 2, and third, it establishes the connection between program and course objectives.
6.1. Program’s Educational
Objectives:
I) Fundamental Knowledge: The Electrical and Computer
Engineering Programs will provide students with fundamental knowledge of
mathematics, Sciences and engineering, in order for them to apply this
knowledge to the solution of electrical engineering problems.
II) Design and Practical
Skills: The
Electrical and Computer Engineering Programs will enable students to perform
engineering design subject to engineering standards and constrains. In
addition, the program will provide students with hands-on experience for
implementing such designs.
This course is a culmination of knowledge and skills
acquired in previous courses. Its objectives are the following:
(i)
To
apply the theoretical knowledge obtained in previous courses to the
implementation/development of an engineering product.
(ii)
To
apply the simulation skills and/or hardware expertise acquired in previous
laboratory courses to the implementation/development of an engineering product.
(iii)
To
apply the trial and error design experience utilized in design projects
performed in previous courses
(iv)
To
apply the teamwork experience carried on previously on design projects and
laboratories
(v)
To
apply the acquired writing skills for writing a final design report
6.3.
Link between Course Objectives and Program Objectives
Course Objective
|
Contributes
to |
Program Objective
|
|
(i) |
à |
I |
|
(ii) |
à |
II |
|
(iii) |
à |
II |
|
(iv) |
à |
III |
|
(v) |
à |
III |