General Project Info

Note:  Some of this info might be dated.  This is meant to be a rough guideline.  For up-to-date info see   your EE198 A/B course coordinator and your advisor.

Course Requirements From Prof. Ping Hsu's website (Fall 1999)
Signup Form From Prof. Ping Hsu's website (Fall 1999)
Proposal Format From Prof. Ping Hsu's website (Fall 1999)
Presentation Guide Line From Prof. Ping Hsu's website (Fall 1999)
Biweekly Progress Memos Strasilla's Requirements

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San Jose State University
Department of Electrical Engineering

EE198A  SENIOR  PROJECT I   HOME  PAGE

Course Description:

There are two parts to this course: weekly seminar and proposal development:
Proposal development: Each student will work in a group of 2-4 to create an initial design and a written proposal for a project in Electrical Engineering.
Weekly seminar: Students should attend weekly seminar (Tuesday 12:30~2:00) in room E189 (Eng. Auditorium). Two to three written assignments on the seminar topics will be assigned.

Course Requirement:
Attend weekly seminar and bring a scantron form each week and turn it in at the end of the class.
Turn in assigned written homework.
Complete a project sing-up sheet by 9/21/99.
Meet with your advisor regularly as per his or her instructions.
Complete a written proposal by 12/7/99.
Give an oral presentation of the proposal (presentations begin on 11/30/99).

Grading:
15%  Seminar Attendance. You may miss one seminar without affecting your grade. For each additional absence, 5% of your grade will be deducted from this 15%.
20% Written proposal. Your proposal will be judged by your project advisor and one other EE faculty.
15% Homework assignment. There will be 2~3 homework assignments. No late homework accepted.
20% Oral presentation. Your presentation will be judged by your project advisor and one other EE faculty.
30% Advisor evaluation.
 

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SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

EE 198A Project Teams

 

Project Title: ______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Team Members :

1. _____________ ,___________________ _________________ ______________________
   Last Name              First Name                          S. S. Number            email

2. _____________ ,___________________ __________________ _____________________
   Last Name              First Name                          S. S. Number            email

3. _____________ ,___________________ __________________ _____________________
   Last Name              First Name                          S. S. Number            email

4. _____________ ,___________________ __________________ _____________________
   Last Name              First Name                          S. S. Number            email

 

Project Advisor: (Print) ____________________________________________________

Project Advisor : (Signature) ____________________________________________________

 

 

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EE198A Project Proposal Format

 

 

Cover page

Project title
Team members' names and SS No.
Advisor's name
Introduction
Project objectives
Motivation
Background information

Design Overview
Divide this part into sections (hardware, software, theory, design constraints, market analysis, social implications)
Explain the proposed approach in a logical order
Include circuit diagram, flow chart, block diagram.
List major components and explain their functions
Discuss practical design constraints such as: cost, time, availability of components and equipment.
Discuss available products, marketability, manufacturability, reliability, impact to the environment or society.
Design Specifications
Itemize functional and performance specifications.
Cost Analysis
Cost of the project.
Project Schedule
Break down the project into tasks
Indicate a rough division of work among members (This does not mean that you only need to do your part.)
Indicate expected starting and completion date

 

Typical length: 5 ~ 10 pages excluding cover page and figures.


 

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Guidelines on Oral Presentations

Organization
Introduction: Title, names, project objective, motivation, background information.
Presentation outline: Break down the presentation into sections and associate each section with its presenter's name.
Main body of the presentation: Present your approach in a logical order.
Closing remarks: Design specifications, cost analysis, project schedule.

Contents
You have less than 5 minutes! Concentrate on few points which you want the audience to remember.
Don’t lecture.
Your audiences are the students, not your advisor.

 

Delivery

Use at least 18 points font size on all slides.
Avoid detailed schematics and equations.
For each diagram, give an introduction before going into detail.
You may use reminder note but don’t just read it.
Speak loud enough for the audience to hear you clearly.
Establish and maintain eye contact with the audience.
Pace yourself for the allocated time.
PRACTICE, PRACTICE, and PRACTICE.
 

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Strasilla's Progress Report Requirement

In EE198 A/B biweekly progress memos have to be submitted to Prof. Strasilla.  These may be done by email or by handing it in personally.  The first report is due two weeks after the initial signup in EE198A or in the second week of the semester in EE198B.  Students are encouraged to periodically meet with Strasilla during his office hours.  These meetings do not replace the progress memo.

The memos should contain the following info:

Project Title
Date
Names of all group members and their email addresses
Report of what project related work you did since submission of the last report
Report of what you intend to do in the next two weeks
State also any problems, and whether you are in phase with your time-line
It is understood that it is part of your project to do research and/or to study some aspects.  This also should be mentioned in the memo.
It is advisable to make yourself a form with the non-changing items pre-printed, and then to fill out the rest.

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