SYLLABUS
Week of 24 Aug	
1	1. 	Introduction to Design/Resources for Information	FC App. B		
	2.	Needs, Objectives and Requirements	FC 3-62
		LAB: Project Briefs/Discussions
	HW Set 1 (due 31 Aug): FC: 2.4, 2.6, 2.7, 3.1, 3.5, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9	
 
Week of 31 Aug			
2	3.	Concept Generation and Evaluation		FC 65-81	
	4.	Functional Decomposition and Behavior Models	FC 87-130		
		LAB: Electronics Review: Metal Detector		
	Project Assignment #1 Due Thursday, 3 Sep (Team Selection & Preliminary Project Ideas)
	HW Set 2 (due 08 Sep): FC: 4.4 (c,d), 4.9, 5.1, 5.3, 6.4, 6.5
 
Week of 7 Sep	MONDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER IS LABOR DAY; TUESDAY IS MONDAY SCHEDULE
 3	5.  	Testing			FC 135-153		
	6.	Error Analysis			Supplement (Taylor)
		LAB:  Metal Detector, cont.  
	HW Set 3 (due 14 Sep): FC 7.3, 7.8, 7.9; Supplement 2.1, 2.3, 2.7, 2.13, 2.28 
 
Week of 14 Sep
 4	7.	Reliability			FC 155-177
	8.	Teamwork	and Safety		FC 183-194
		LAB:  Metal Detector, cont.; Demonstration due
	Project Assignment # 2 Due Thursday, 17 Sep, (Simple Problem Statement)	
	HW Set 4 (due 21 Sep): FC 8.1, 8.4, 8.8, 8.10, 8.11, 9.4
 
Week of 21 Sep	
 5	9.	Project Management			FC 195-209
	10.	Project Management Exercise		FC 195-209
		LAB:  IED Red Cell War Gaming
	Metal Detector Lab Report Due Monday, 28 Sept.
	Project Assignment #3 Due Thursday, 24 Sept. (Extended Problem Statement)
Week of 28 Sep 	
 6	11.	Exam #1 	(solution)			
	12.	Ethical and Legal Issues			FC 213-233
		LAB:  PIC Programming in C
	IED Red Cell Brainstorming Summaries Due Wednesday, 30 Sept.
	Project Assignment #4 Due Thursday, 1 Oct. (The Requirements Specification)
	HW Set 5 (due 5 Oct): FC 10.3, 10.6, 11.4, 11.7, 11.8, 11.9
		
Week of 5 Oct	 
 7	13.	Engineering Ethics Case Studies		Case study 11.10, 11.11
	14.	Engineering Ethics Case Studies		Case study 11.12
		LAB:  PIC Project, demonstration due
	HW Set 6 (due 14 Oct): FC 11.11, 11.12		
 
Week of 12 Oct	MONDAY, 12 OCT, IS COLUMBUS DAY
 8	15.	Oral Presentations			FC 235-243		
		LAB: Line-following robot
	Project Assignment #5 Due Thursday, 15 Oct. (System Design Architecture)
Week of 19 Oct
9	16.	Line-following robot			
	17	Line-following robot
		LAB:  Line-following robot
	Project Assignment #6 Due Thursday, 22 Oct. (Test Plan)	
 
Week of 26 Oct
10	18.	Line-following robot	
	19.	Line-following robot
		LAB:  Line-following robot, demonstration due.
	Project Assignment #7 Due Thursday, 29 Oct. (Project Plan)
	Line Following Robot Design Report Due Thursday, 5 Nov
 
Week of 2 Nov
11	20.	Senior Design Project		
	21.	Senior Design Project
	LAB:  Senior Design Project
 
Week of 9 Nov 	WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11, IS VETERAN’S DAY
12	22.	Project Plan Defenses
		LAB :  Project Plan Defenses
	Full Project Proposal Due Thursday, Nov. 12	
Week of 16 Nov  	
13	23.	Senior Design Project
	24.	Senior Design Project
		LAB: Senior Design Project
 
Week of 23 Nov	THURSDAY & FRIDAY, 26-27 NOV – THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
14	25.	Senior Design Project		
	26.	Senior Design Project
 
Week of 30 Nov	
15	27. 	Senior Design Project 			
	28.	Senior Design Project		
		LAB: Design Project	
 
Week of 7 Dec	
16	29.	Senior Design Project
	30.	Senior Design Project
		LAB:  Design Project
	Project Assignment #8 Due Thursday, Dec. 10 (The Project Parts List)
	Lab Notebooks Due last day of class