Senior Project. 3 credits, 4 contact hours

Catalog description

Prerequisites: ECET 305 and ECET 344 and ECET 411 and COM 313 and MNET 414 and PHIL 334 and ( MATH 305 or MNET 315 ). Capstone project course for the ECET program. Students work as a group to design and develop a product. Students must study project management, concurrent engineering, proposal development, research, societal impact, market research, prototyping and testing. Students develop a formal project proposal, Gantt chart and design specifications for their project. Students apply technical knowledge to build and test their project. Documentation and demonstration of formal testing procedures, computer analysis, simulation, time and cost estimates and compliance with specifications is required. Students present a functioning prototype of the project to a design review board and other students enrolled in the course.