EE411 Electrical and Computer Engineering Design I
Catalog Data & Credits (Recitation-Lab-Total)
EE411 Electrical and Computer Engineering Design I (2-2-3): A series of design problems are presented to take the student through the total design process from specification to verification of performance. In addition to technical design, factors such as safety, economics, and ethical and societal implications are considered. A small project is executed and evaluated. Each student chooses a capstone project and develops and submits a proposed design to be completed in EE414 (for electrical engineers) or EE415 (for computer engineers). The proposal is presented to the student's peers and project advisors in lieu of a final exam.
Pre-requisites
1/C standing in EEE major or ECE major or approval of department chair.
Course Objectives
- Starting from an open problem statement, formulate design objectives and then engineering requirements.
- Generate and evaluate alternative solutions in order to select the best reasoned approach for solving a technical problem.
- Formulate a project plan, including the work breakdown structure and budget.
- Prepare a well-written project proposal that explains the project and lays the foundation for its pursuit.
- Begin the proposed project by prototyping, testing, characterizing, modeling and/or simulating some portion of the final design.
- Properly record and report project work in a lab notebook.
- Apply ethical theory to analyze ethical problems related to engineering in order to arrive at the best solution.
- Function effectively in the professional engineering environment.
