Topics and Notes Summary (Last update 11/30/2007):

DATE COMMENT

November 29
Thursday
Week 14

Course wrap-up meeting:  end of semester reminders.

NOTE:  the Design Fair is next week!  No seminar meeting that day, of course.

 

Course/Instructor evaluation forms distributed and filled out.

November 22
Thursday
Week 13

Thanksgiving Holiday (no classes)

November 15
Thursday
Week 12

Professional poster presentations

 

DUE:
Please submit your Design Journal to the box in the ECE office (610 Cobleigh) before the end of the day.

November 8
Thursday
Week 11

NO SEMINAR MEETING this week.

 

November 1
Thursday
Week 10

Starting a Business
[notes (pdf)]

DUE:  Updated Project Web Pages due

Reminder:  no seminar meeting next week (Nov. 8).  Design journals will be evaluated one more time on November 15.

 

October 25
Thursday
Week 9

Intellectual Property (cont.)
Professional Oral Presentations
[notes (pdf)]

DUE:

"Personnel reviews are a part of project management responsibilities. You will be having regular reviews with your boss and will need to provide reviews of those you supervise. This is often a difficult--but necessary--thing to do. To give you some practice we are asking you to complete an evaluation form for yourself and your project partners. The letter grades you give to yourself and your project partners will be confidential and used solely by the course instructor."

Midterm self/peer reviews are due (hardcopy) at the start of the seminar.

 

October 18
Thursday
Week 8

Intellectual Property

DUE:

Submit your Design Journal to the box in the ECE office (610 Cobleigh) before the end of the day.

Note:  next week the midterm self/peer reviews are due.

October 11
Thursday
Week 7

Prototypes and packaging

October 4
Thursday
Week 6

NO SEMINAR MEETING this week.

DUE:

September 27
Thursday
Week 5

Prototypes and PCB issues

Engineering Standards papers returned to each group.

September 20
Thursday
Week 4

Presentation by Carina Beck of MSU Career Services

DUE:

  • Engineering Standards and Constraints paper due at class time.

  • Submit your Design Journal to the box in the ECE office (610 Cobleigh) before the end of the day.

September 13
Thursday
Week 3

Written communication and engineering journals discussion.

Assignments:

  • Complete Engineering Standards and Constraints paper (due 9/20/2006).  Here is an example of a constraints paper from a previous semester.

  • Verify web folders and update your project web page

September 6
Thursday
Week 2

Engineering design considerations; written communication hints.

[Tech Writing Hints (pdf)]  [Tech Writing Hints (html)]

[Lab Journal Hints (pdf)]  [Lab Journal Hints (html)]

DUE:  Milestone specifications and dates (each student) memo report.

Assignments:

Try out the project file folders and web page folders (instructions).  The first draft web pages are due 9/27/2007.

Work on Engineering Standards and Constraints paper (group assignment). Follow the format and grading description from the syllabus.  The papers are due at class time on Thursday, September 20.

August 30
Thursday
Week 1

First class meeting:  Course overview; discussion of project procedures and management guidelines.

Assignments:

  1. Check in with your sponsor and/or faculty advisor.

  2. Determine workspace assignments.

  3. Sign up for a locker (if necessary).  One per project.

  4. Each student must decide upon two Tracking Milestones.  On or before September 6, you must submit a memo report via email to [email protected] giving the subsystem to be accomplished and the due date for each of the two Milestones.

September 21
Thursday
Week 4

Presentation by Corina Beck of MSU Career Services

DUE:

  • Engineering Standards and Constraints paper due at class time.

  • Submit your Design Journal to the box outside Maher's office (529 Cobleigh) before the end of the day.