EECS 4010 - Senior Design I Course Syllabus
Credits/Contact Hours
1 credit hour & 1 Contact hours per week.
Course Information
Student teams select and research a design project and propose a design. Topics covered
include entrepreneurship, business plan, technical communications, design process,
design teams, standards, ethics, safety and environment, and intellectual property.
A fully developed senior design project proposal is required.
Prerequisites: Senior standing and EECS 3100
Required course.
Specific Goals - Student Learning Objectives (SLOs)
The students will be able to:
1. Write an effective technical correspondence (i.e. abstract, letter, requirements
document, project proposal etc.) and give an effective oral presentation.
2. Identify the stages of team development and give examples of team behaviors that
are characteristic of each stage.
3. Summarize effective strategies for dealing with a variety of interpersonal and
communication problems that commonly arise in teamwork, choose the best of several
given strategies for a specified problem, and justify the choice.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of professional responsibility and ethical obligations
as engineers, which aims to safeguard life, and health and property; to promote the
public welfare; and to establish and maintain a high standard of integrity and practice.
5. Recognize the rapidly evolving nature of technological landscape in engineering
(for both EE majors and CSE majors) and computer science (only for CSE majors) and
resulting need for continuous learning.
6. Identify important contemporary regional, national, or global socio-economic problems
(such as global warming, over population, depletion of natural resources, energy and
water supplied, nuclear waste, environmental pollution, trade, human rights, etc.)
that involve engineering.
7. Propose a solution or critique a proposed solution to an engineering problem, identifying
possible global, societal, economic and environmental consequences and recommending
ways to minimize or avoid them.
8. Propose and discuss ways engineers are contributing or might contribute to the
solution of specified regional, national, and global socio-economic problems (such
as global warming, over population, depletion of natural resources, energy and water
supplied, nuclear waste, environmental pollution, trade, human rights, etc.).
9. Develop an appreciation of the relevance and the significance of "standards" for
engineering design.
10. Understand the effects of multiple realistic constraints that are applicable (such
as time, budget, environmental context and concerns, standards, ethics, morality,
culture, professional responsibilities, resources etc.) on the engineering system
or software being designed and the process of design.
11. Understand the skills needed to commercialize a new product.
Specific Goals - EAC Criterion 3 Outcomes Supported
- Outcome #2: supported by SLOs 6, 7, and 8.
- Outcome #3: supported by SLOs 1 and 3.
- Outcome #4: supported by SLOs 4, 6, 7, and 8.
- Outcome #5: supported by SLOs 2 and 3.
- Outcome #7: supported by SLO 5.
CAC Criterion 3 Outcomes Supported
- Outcome #2: supported by SLOs 6, 7, and 8.
- Outcome #3: supported by SLOs 1 and 3.
- Outcome #4: supported by SLOs 4, 6, 7, and 8.
- Outcome #5: supported by SLOs 2, and 3.
Topics
- Nature of Senior Design Project
- Design Process
- Design Teams and Team Dynamics
- Literature Search and Project Selection
- Technical Writing and Communications
- Engineering and Business Standards (IEEE, ANSI, ISO9002 etc.)
- Professional and Engineering Ethics
- Safety and Environment
- Intellectual Property
- Entrepreneurship and Business Plan