CS/ECE 4710
CE Senior Project
Syllabus
 
Fall 2009
General Information

Course Information

This year there are 4 project teams.  The key is to implement the proposal that was completed in CS/ECE 3992.  Over the summer you undoubtedly changed a few things so check the following schedule to see when things are due.  In particular, you will have an early chance to submit a revised schedule of milestone completion.  Since the project final report has typically been too hastily done in the past, you will be required to do a preliminary report just before the Thanksgiving break so that you can get some feedback on what is missing.  You will need to demo a successful project on Dec. 11 which is the last day of classes.  

Special Needs

The University of Utah seeks to provide equal access to its programs, services, and activities for people with disabilities.  If you will need accommodations in the class, reasonable prior notice needs to be given to the Center for Disability Services, 162 Olpin Union Building, 581-5020 (V/TDD).  CDS will work with you and the instructor to make arrangements for accomodations.  All written information in this course can be made available in alternative format with prior notification to the Center for Disability Services. 

College of Engineering Add/Drop Policy

This is cast in concrete by the College, so make sure you know the deadlines.

Grading Policy

Your grade will depend on 3 things: timely completion of your self-selected schedule, quality of the completed project on demonstration day, your ability to demo and present your project, the quality of your demo day poster, and your final report.
Each aspect is worth 100 points and is weighted as follows:

10% for hitting your scheduled milestones
60% for the quality of the completed project
20% for the final report (refer to 3992 web page for examples of high quality reports - look for *)
5% on the quality of your demo day performance
5% on the quality of your team's website

Note that this roughly corresponds to 70% of the value being based on your engineering skills, and 30% based on your ability to communicate to others what you have done.  In the workforce both are extremely important so you might as well start now.   
 Fall 2009 Meeting Schedule

Tuesday   noon - noon:30 -  E-Sunglasses (Dan Parker, Dana Pashley, Torrey Atcitty, Jason Hansen)
Thursday  noon - noon:30 - Bit_Shifters (Jake and Paul Willoughby, Colby Litnak, Jordan Squire)
                1:30 - 2:00 - Finance Management (Michael, Jesse, and Joseph Kingston, Steven Miller)
                5:00 - 5:30 - Shutter 3D glasses (Lorenzo Swank, Cory Klein, William Lee, Michael Yang)

All meetings will take place in the Sr. HW Lab.
 
 Course Schedule

Aug. 26 - Due - via email have weekly team meeting scheduled with Al, and send Al your UiD card number so you can be added to the Sr. HW Lab door lock.  Meetings will start next week and all meetings will be in the Sr. HW Lab.  

Week of Aug. 28 - Sept 4: First meeting, have revised schedule submitted prior to the meeting so it can be discussed, and be ready to describe progress that you've made over the summer on your project.  Also make sure you have selected your teams workspace in the Sr. HW Lab.  Due prior to first meeting: revised project schedule for the term - email .pdf file to Al, and make sure your project website is up to date concerning your summer progress.

Subsequent meetings: Present progress made since the last meeting, present any problems that you may have unexpectedly encountered.  For scheduled milestones, you will demonstrate completion of the milestone.  Due: A synopsis of what will be discussed also needs to be posted on your team's website prior to the meeting.  

Oct. 12-16 -  No team meetings - FALL BREAK 

Tu Nov. 17 - Due: draft of your final project report.  Granted it won't likely be completed by this time but you will need to provide a framework in which more details such as text, schematics, photographs will be placed.  Submit via email to Al a .pdf file of the report. 

Th Nov. 26 - No Class - THANKSGIVING BREAK 

Week of Nov. 23 - Dec. 4  -  You will receive feedback on your preliminary project report during this weeks meeting, as well as the usual project progress report.  You will also need to present your ideas for how to demonstrate your project and have a rough draft of the poster that you will create to accompany your demo day presentation. 


Will be made available at some point.

Tu Dec. 8 -  Due - pdf file of your poster due to Al  (check 3992 web page 2008 projects for examples)
Make sure the paper size for your .pdf is 36" x 48".  Al will deal with getting it printed and ready for Demo Day.

Fri. Dec. 11 - Demo Day - TBD based on when all of the teams can be present for a 2 hour block of time.