Each 400-level ECE professional elective with laboratory component includes a design project that has the following characteristics.
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The project is major in scope, requiring four or more laboratory sessions of effort.
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The project requires design based on fundamental engineering principles learned in the first three years of the program and also advanced concepts used in the course itself.
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The design incorporates technical constraints and also multiple realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
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The design incorporates appropriate engineering standards.
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The design requires student input to define the design methodologies, to achieve the design goals, and to develop testing methodologies to verify achievement of the goals.
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The project requires a written report that clearly describes the design process, the procedures used to measure performance, and the design results and their interpretation. The report must be a stand-alone document that is readable by an informed person without reference to other materials (including but not limited to the document that defines the project assignment and the course's laboratory manual).
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The project requires a presentation or demonstration of the project results. (This is an oral communication component to the project assignment.)
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The project grade must include a component evaluating performance on the written and oral communication aspects.
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