EE411 Syllabus

 

F&C:  Design for Electrical and Computer Engineers, by Ford and Coulston

F: Pocket Book of Technical Writing for Engineers and Scientists, 3rd Ed., by Finkelstein

 

Week

Date

Topic

Reading

Assignments Due

1

Mon, 19 Aug

Lesson 0:  Capstone Overview, Engineering Design Process, Technical Teaming

F&C: Chapt. 1 & 9

 

Tues, 20 Aug

Project Work

Project Assignment 0 Due:  The Basics

Wed, 21 Aug

Lesson 1: Identifying Needs and Objectives

F&C: Chapt. 2

Key Points Review #1

2

Mon, 26 Aug

Lesson 2: Design Requirements

HoQ Template

F&C: Chapt. 3

Key Points Review #2

Tues, 27 Aug

Project Work

Project Assignment 1 Due: Needs & Objectives, Background, Objective Tree

Wed, 28 Aug

Lesson 3: Concept Generation and Evaluation

F&C: Chapt. 4

Key Points Review #3

3

Mon, 2 Sep

Labor Day (No Class)

Tues, 3 Sep  (Mon.  schedule)

Lesson 4: Design Modeling, Estimation & Analysis

Streetfighting Math Text

No KPR due

Wed, 4 Sep

Project Work

Project Assignment 2 Due: Engineering Requirements

4

Mon, 9 Sep

Lesson 5: Functional Decomposition

F&C: Chapt. 5

Key Points Review #5

Tues, 10 Sep

Project Work

   

Project Assignment 3 Due: Design Alternatives

Wed, 11 Sep

Lesson 6: Behavior Models

F&C: Chapt. 6

Key Points Review #6

5

Mon, 16 Sep

Preliminary Design Review

Schedule

Project Assignment 4 Due: Preliminary Design Review  

PDR Example

Tues, 17 Sep

Preliminary Design Review

 

Wed, 18 Sep

Preliminary Design Review

    

6

Mon, 23 Sep

Lesson 7: Testing

F&C: Chapt 7,

F: Chapt 1

Key Points Review #7

Tues, 24 Sep

Project Work

  

 Project Assignment 5 Due:

Test Plan

Notebook Check

Wed, 25 Sep

Lesson 8: Project Management

MS Project Tutorial

F&C: Chapt. 10,

F: Chapt. 3

Key Points Review #8

7

Mon, 30 Sep

Lesson 9: Project Management

F&C: Chapt. 10

F: Chapt. 4 &5

Key Points Review #9

Tues, 1 Oct

Project Work

  

Project Assignment 6 Due: Work Breakdown Structure & Budget 

Wed, 2 Oct

Lesson 10: Technical Writing

F: Chapt. 6, 12, 13

Key Points Review #10

8

Mon, 7 Oct

Lesson 11: Engineering Ethics (IEEE Code)

F&C: Chapt. 11

Key Points Review #11 

Tues, 8 Oct

Project Work

   

Project Assignment 7 Due: Ethical, Global and Societal Context

Wed, 9 Oct

Lesson 12: Engineering Ethics (Incident at Morales)

F&C: Chapt. 11

Key Points Review #12

9

Mon, 14 Oct

Columbus Day

Tues, 15 Oct

Project Work

Project Assignment 8 Due: Proposal Draft

Sample Proposal

Wed, 16 Oct

Lesson 13: Engineering Ethics (ESIT Exam)

Key Points Review #13

10

Mon, 21 Oct

Lesson 14: Communicating with Visuals

F: Chapt. 15

Key Points Review #14

Tues, 22 Oct

Project Work

Peer-Edited Proposals Due

Wed, 23 Oct

Lesson 15: Manufacturing Methods

   

    

11

Mon, 28 Oct

Lesson 16: SolidWorks Intro

 

 

Tues, 29 Oct

Project Work & EE Machine Shop Tour

 

Notebook Check

Wed, 30 Oct

Project work

 

Final Proposal Due

12

Mon, 4 Nov

Capstone Concept Exam

   

  

Tues, 5 Nov

Project Work

   

    

Wed, 6 Nov

Project Work

   

 

13

Mon, 11 Nov

Veteran’s Day

Tues, 12 Nov

Project Work

  

  

Wed, 13 Nov

Project Work

     

   

14

Mon, 18 Nov

Project Work

   

  

Tues, 19 Nov

Project Work

   

   

Wed, 20 Nov

Project Work

   

   

15

Mon, 25 Nov

Project Work

   

 

Tues, 26 Nov

Project Work

    

   

Wed, 27 Nov

Project Work

    

   

16

Mon, 2 Dec

Critical Design Reviews

 

 

Tues, 3 Dec

Critical Design Reviews

 

 

Wed, 4 Dec

Critical Design Reviews

 

Notebook Check