EE796 Engineering Professional Principles

Course Description: Provides background for the capstone design experience (ECE791/792). Topics include creativity, design methodology, specification development, project management, and preparation for oral and written reports. Includes initial capstone project selection. Prerequisites: ECE junior standing, Cr./F., 1 Credit.

Prerequisites: ECE junior standing.

Text: None.

Instructors: W. Thomas Miller, III

Time: EE796 will meet Monday from 4:10 PM to 5:00 PM, in room N111 Kingsbury Hall.

Course Syllabus: Click here to see the course syllabus.

Summer Engineering Positions Available at UNH

The UNH Project54 research group has job openings for ECE students for full-time employment during the summer 2009 and part-time employment during the following academic year. These positions involve various software and hardware aspects of supporting the Project54 mobile computing system in police cruisers. Interested ECE students should contact Dr. Andrew Kun @ andrew.kun@unh.edu.

Special Events for ECE796 Students

• Thursday, April 2, Kingsbury N101, 1:00PM-2:00PM - Dr. Paul Green, Senior Research Scientist in the Human Factors Division at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, will speak on  Human Factors Engineering - Why It Matters and Some Recent Research on Driver Distraction. Attendance at this presentation is not required for ECE796, but is very highly recommended. The normal class the previous Monday (March 30) will be canceled.
• Monday, April 13, Kingsbury N111, 4:10PM-5:00PM - Contrary to the earlier posting, the class will meet this day in the normal classroom.
• Monday, April 20, 4:10PM-5:00PM, Spaulding Room G26 - Dr. Brad Gillespie, industry consultant and UNH ECE Department alum, will speak on entrepreneurship and the intersection of business and technology. Attendance at this presentation is required for ECE796 since it is during the normal class time period. Follow this link to set up your own interview with Dr. Gillespie.
• Wednesday, April 22, Kingsbury Hall hallways, 1:00PM-4:00PM - Current ECE seniors (along with many other UNH seniors) will present the results of their projects as part of the 2009 UNH Undergraduate Research Conference poster sessions. Attendance at this event is not required for ECE796, but is very highly recommended since you will be required to participate in 2010. You can visit the research posters and talk to the students any time between 1:00PM and 4:00PM.

Class Materials

• Some Project Topics Suggested By Faculty

• Project Selection Form - All students must complete and turn in a project selection form, signed by the corresponding ECE faculty project advisor, by Monday, May 11

• Project Selections

Lecture Slides (.pdf format)

• Senior Project Overview

• Preparing For Design Projects - Problem definition and background research

• Preparing For Design Projects - Generate multiple solutions, compare them, and select one

• Preparing For Design Projects - Solution planning, implementation and testing

• Preparing For Design Projects - Final evaluation and reporting

• Timeline For Senior Design Projects - Representative timeline for A.Y. 2009/10 ECE senior projects

• Project Selection Reference - ECE Faculty Advisors and Past Project Titles (updated March 25)

• Team Project Considerations

• Preparing Posters and Short Presentations

• Some Thoughts On Starting Your Own Company - presentation by Dr. Brad Gillespie

• Give us feedback on the presentation

• Engineering Ethics - Short video lectures by Dr. Michael Loui at the University of Illinois iFoundry

  • Dr. Loui on Professionalism
  • Dr. Loui on Responsibility for Safety
  • Dr. Loui on Conflicts of Interest

• Engineering Ethics - Short video lectures by Dr. Michael Loui at the University of Illinois iFoundry

  • Dr. Loui on Confidentiality
  • Dr. Loui on Ethical Decision Making
  • Dr. Loui on Codes of Ethics
  • IEEE Code of Ethics
  • UNH Responsible Research Conduct and Compliance

• Semester Wrap-Up