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