CSU, Chico Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Prerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher
EECE343, EECE344, and either EECE316 or EECE444. EECE316 or EECE444 may be taken concurrently.
Catalog Description: Students prepare, plan, design and document a senior project. The complete design and documentation process must include the project concept with ethical, environmental, and social impact; project requirements; full and complete design; work schedule. Requirements and design shall address human factors, safety, reliability, maintainability, and customer cost. In addition to serving to communicate and document the project, the oral and written reports are required in order to meet the University’s ‘Writing Proficiency Requirement’, and to provide materials for evaluating several ABET outcomes assessment criteria. This is a writing proficiency, WP, course; a grade of C- or better certifies writing proficiency for majors. 1.0 hour lecture, 4.0 hours activity. Formerly ECE 290A.
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EECE 490A Topics and Deliverables |
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#1 |
Course requirements and deliverables: Review of Project Concept and Oral Status Report templates; Project Teams formation and in-class working section. |
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One–on-One Project Concept Brainstorming with Instructor[ 10 minutes Per Student] |
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Project Concept due ; Review Tech. Requirements Template; In-class Working Session |
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One-on-One review/brainstorming on Tech. Requirements; [ 10 minutes per student] |
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Review of Design Template; Oral Presentation of Proj. Concept |
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One-on-One Review of preliminary Design ( Detailed Block Diagram, major components) |
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Review of Test Plan template; |
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#8 |
Review of Status Report template; One-on-One review of design progress |
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#9 |
Project Requirements Document due ; In-class working session |
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Review of Project Schedule template; Key design portions and parts list due; In-class working session and design review. |
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Oral Project Status due ; Class oral presentations by students. |
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Detailed project design due( schematics, timing diagrams, flow charts, pseudocode, design calculations) |
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Project Schedule due; One-on-One review and discussion of design details [ 10 minutes per student] |
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Design Documents due. Block Diagram, Schematics, Bill of materials, Timing Diagrams, Flow Diagrams, Pseudocode, Partial applications software. Project Description. |
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#15
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Attend EECE490B Project
Presentations. |
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#16
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The following applies to each of the documents that must be submitted for this course. The term "final submission" means the last submission that can be made for credit.
Must attend all oral presentations and EECE 490B Project Presentations
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Assignment |
Percentage of Grade |
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Participation |
10% |
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Project Concept |
10% |
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Technical Requirements |
15% |
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Design Quality, Complexity, Documentation |
40% |
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Project Schedule |
5% |
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Status Reports |
5% |
| Project Documentation Binder |
5% |
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Project presentation |
10% |
Required for EE and CMPE majors
ABET Embedded Assessment Components for this course:
Metric: The measure of student proficiency (e.g., a quantitative or qualitative measure of achievement on an assignment or test question which emphasizes the target outcome)
Rubric: Evaluative conclusions versus corresponding descriptions of achievement level (e.g., highest score represents mastery)
Standard: Evaluative result that represents minimally acceptable achievement of proficiency
The following table describes the course embedded assessment components for this course.
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Outcome e: An ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems |
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Course |
Description |
Metric |
Rubric |
Standard |
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EECE 490A EECE 490 B |
In a continuation of EECE 490A, the student constructs, tests, and demonstrates his or her senior design project. Formal oral and written reports documenting the project are required.
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Assessment will be based on the documentation produced for the two-semester senior project classes, EECE 490A and 490B.
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A student will demonstrate successful completion of this outcome by achieving a score of 16 of 22 (based on the assessment rubric shown in the attached table) on the project concept, requirements, and design documents.
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16 The project concept, technical requirements, and design documents are evaluated to determine whether or not the student has met outcome e).
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Outcome g: An ability to communicate effectively |
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Course |
Description |
Metric |
Rubric |
Standard |
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EECE 490A |
Under faculty supervision, each student prepares a plan for his or her senior engineering project. This plan includes project definition, project requirements, preliminary design, and work schedule. Requirements and design shall address human factors, safety, reliability, maintainability, and customer cost. Oral and written reports are required. This is a writing proficiency (WP) course; a grade of C- or better certifies writing proficiency for majors.
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Assessment will be based on an evaluation of oral status report assignments and written requirements and design documents for each student in EECE 490A.
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A student will demonstrate successful completion of this outcome by achieving a score of 10 of 14 (based on the assessment rubric shown in the attached table) on the oral presentation and a scores of 13 of 18 (based on the assessment rubric shown in the attached table) on the concept and requirements documents.
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1, 13, 13 |