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

Topics and Notes Summary (Last update 4/10/2008):

DATE	COMMENT
April 17 Thursday	No seminar this week (work on project)
April 10 Thursday	No seminar this week (work on project and research poster) DUE: Submit your Design Journal to the box in the ECE office (610 Cobleigh) before the end of the day.
April 3 Thursday	Starting a business
March 27 Thursday	Professional Oral Presentations DUE: Midterm Self/Peer reviews due before the end of the day.
March 20 Thursday	Intellectual Property DUE: Submit your Design Journal to the box in the ECE office (610 Cobleigh) before the end of the day.
March 13 Thursday	SPRING BREAK (no seminar meeting this week)
March 6 Thursday Week 8	Packaging and Power
February 28 Thursday Week 7	Prototyping Methods
February 21 Thursday Week 6	NO SEMINAR MEETING THIS DAY DUE: Engineering Standards and Constraints paper due at class time. Submit your Design Journal to the box in the ECE office (610 Cobleigh) before the end of the day. Draft Project Web Pages
February 14 Thursday Week 5	Career Services Assignments: Draft Project Web Pages due next week
February 7 Thursday Week 4	NO SEMINAR MEETING THIS DAY Assignments: 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, February 21.
January 31 Thursday Week 3	Written communication and technical writing. DUE: Milestone specifications and dates (each student) memo report. Assignments: 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, February 21.
January 24 Thursday Week 2	Engineering design considerations; written communication hints. [Tech Writing Hints (pdf)] [Lab Journal Hints (pdf)] Assignments: Try out the project file folders and web page folders (instructions). The first draft web pages are due 2/21/2008. 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, February 14.
January 17 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. Determine workspace assignments. Sign up for a locker (if necessary). One per project. Each student must decide upon two Tracking Milestones. On or before January 24, you must submit a memo report via email to rob.maher@montana.edu giving the subsystem to be accomplished and the due date for each of the two Milestones.