ENGR 005, 2008 - Final Project

Guidelines

The final project for ENGR 005 is self-defined. The guidelines are as follows:

The project may be a group or individual project
You may do a project or research report (I prefer project)
Groups can be up to 4 people – not necessarily from your lab section
Project can be anything you think you can do in 2-3 weeks (6-10 hours).
If you need extra supplies (up to about $40) let me know by Monday (11/17) so we can order.
Research project is OK, but some of your references have to be print-based (i.e., not just URL’s)

Oral proposal during lab Thursday, November 20th
- by the morning of Wednesday, November 19th, let me know in which lab period (A 11:20; B 1:15; C 2:40) you prefer to give your presentation. If possible, also give me an alternate (in case everybody chooses period A).
I would like you to give me a paper with name of project, and name of group member(s) on 11/20.
Presentation is 3-5 minutes by anybody in group (I realize that all group members may not be able to attend due to class conflicts).
- Include:
- Motivation for project
- Description of project, including block diagram with major components (software and/or hardware)
- Time line
- Any equipment required
- Members of group

Projects will be on Wiki, started by 11/24
Project Wiki completed by 12/10
Oral Project Presentation on 12/9 during lab period (5-10 minutes). If it is a group project, presentation must be by somebody other than the person who did the proposal presentation.

The oral project proposal should be from 5-8 minutes in length.
A practice presentation will be given on Thursday 12/4 in Hicks 213 (schedule is below). After the practice you will get some immediate feedback that you should use to improve your final presentation.
The final project presentation will be given on Tuesday 12/9 in Hicks 213 (same schedule).
Include:
- Description of the proposed project
- Theory (if any)
- Procedure (including difficulties)
- Results (I realize this may not be complete by 12/4)