EE492: Electrical Engineering Design II - Robert Maher, Ph.D. | Montana State University

Topics and Notes Summary (Last update 12/16/2006):

DATE	COMMENT
December 16	Course grades have been posted to the MSU My Info system. Please see your project advisor if you would like to keep your project notebook or other materials. Best wishes to everyone for a wonderful 2007.
December 7 Thursday Week 15	DESIGN FAIR! (no class meeting this day)
November 30 Thursday Week 14	Course Wrap-Up. Final instructions and deadlines for the Design Fair and project documentation packages.
November 23 Thursday Week 13	NO CLASSES (Thanksgiving Holiday). Here is some information about the history of Thanksgiving in the U.S.
November 16 Thursday Week 12	NO SEMINAR MEETING this week. DUE: Submit your Design Journal to the box outside Maher's office (529 Cobleigh) before the end of the day. Also, each group needs to submit a one-page project summary sheet (one per group), either hardcopy or via email, including: Project Title Team Members; Advisor; Sponsor One paragraph summary of the project, including the specific objectives (e.g., use your proposal from EE391) Task assignments/responsibilities for each team member (summarize: just a few sentences per team member)
November 9 Thursday Week 11	Entrepreneurial opportunities: start your own business?? Yes you can!!! Here are the faculty design review instructions. This is what the faculty review teams will be looking for during the morning sessions on December 7.
November 2 Thursday Week 10	Professional Oral Presentations [oral presentations (.pdf)] Updated Project Web Pages due
October 26 Thursday Week 9	NO SEMINAR MEETING this week. DUE: Mid-term self/peer review. Please print out a copy of the review form and return to me before the end of the day.
October 19 Thursday Week 8	Intellectual Property Considerations DUE: Submit your Design Journal to the box outside Maher's office (529 Cobleigh) before the end of the day.
October 12 Thursday Week 7	Prototypes and packaging
October 5 Thursday Week 6	NO SEMINAR MEETING this week. DUE: Draft project web pages.
September 28 Thursday Week 5	Prototypes and PCB issues Engineering Standards papers returned to each group.
September 21 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 outside Maher's office (529 Cobleigh) before the end of the day.
September 14 Thursday Week 3	Written communication and engineering journals discussion. Assignments: Complete Engineering Standards and Constraints paper (due 9/21/2006)
September 7 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 10/5/2006. 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 21.
August 31 Thursday Week 1	First class meeting: Course overview; discussion of project procedures and management guidelines. Assignments: Check in with your sponsor and/or faculty advisor. Obtain the 521 Cobleigh lab door combination from Sharon in the ECE Office. Sign up for a locker (if necessary). One per project. Each student must decide upon two Tracking Milestones. On or before September 7, 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.