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2014-2015 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Undergraduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ET 4021 - Senior Project I

0 lecture hours 2 lab hours 1 credits
Course Description
This is the first course in the three-course senior project sequence, ET-4021, ET-4022, and ET-4023, which is required for the BS-EET degree. Students form three- or four-person teams and define a technological problem. Detailed problem specifications are formed. Each project team develops a formal project proposal and delivers a formal presentation. Each student maintains a bounded engineering log notebook. (prereq: Senior standing) (coreq: MS 4801  )
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
• Define the difference between problem specifications and problem solutions.
• Form a team to define an open ended problem.
• Write a clear and concise problem statement.
• Define detailed project specifications.
• Make an oral project proposal presentation to an audience.
Prerequisites by Topic
• No prerequisites by topic appended.
Course Topics
• Introduction to capstone project sequence and requirements. (1 week)
• Team formation and team dynamics ( 1 week)
• Problems specifications versus solutions (1 week)
• Vertical and Horizontal Integration (1 week)
• Build versus Buy Decisions (1 week)
• Problem Statements (1 week)
• Problem Specifications (1 week)
• Technical Presentations - Do’s and Don’ts (1 week)
• Project Proposal Presentation (2 weeks)
Laboratory Topics
None appended
Coordinator
Robert Strangeway



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