Course:

EE 4103 - Senior Design I

Date:

Fall 2003

Time: Tu 2-4:30 PM

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Prerequisite:

Sr. Standing

Professor:

Dr. Marcus O. Durham, PE

Office Hours:

 TT

Office: U395

Voicemail:x3276

Internet

e-Mail

Website: www.superb.org/tu

Objectives:

The aim of this course is to provide a capstone design of electrical systems.  Students will work on a team to develop a common project  In addition, economics and business aspects will be a topic.

Texts

Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki 

Examinations:

Successful completion of projects, reports, and presentations, and TEAM participation.

Grading: 

Presentations

min - max limits

     Rich Dad, Poor Dad

6 - 7 min

100

     Project Demo - prototype 

3 - 5 min

100

     Project Demo - package

3 - 5 min

100

     Project Demo - marketing

as required

100

Reports

     Rich Dad, Poor Dad

1.5 - 2 pages, double

100

     Final Project Report     

report format

100

     IEEE meeting & Economics 

1 paragraph report format

100

FE Exam - take this semester

1 line note in report format

200

Evaluations of colleagues

presentations & team

100

Project completion

quantum number

100

Class participation, professor judgment

quantum number

100

TOTAL

1200

fyi: 

1. Attendance in class is expected. Points will be taken off final grade for poor attendance, particularly in the form of class participation and evaluation of and by colleagues.

2. There is no such thing as a stupid question, except the one not asked. Chances are others don't understand it either.

3. Students are expected to seek assistance if necessary. The instructor interprets students coming to his office to ask questions as eager beavers worthy of high grades. Students in trouble who don't try to straighten out their problems immediately and then say simply, "I never understood that" are in more trouble than they think.

4. No make up exams or late assignments will be permitted unless arranged in advance.

5. Fallibility of instructors is uncommon. However, in the unlikely event of a difference in opinion on grading, the question must be resolved within three days. Senility is common. Therefore, grades are as-is where-is for time greater than three days after posting.

Your job: 

The professor recognizes that problems of learning, earning, yearning, spurning, squirming and slumbering are unique to student life. Such problems will be treated with civility by a southern gentleman, but not with a great deal of compassion. You are a unique individual, wonderfully made, but the University environment demands your working within the same constraints imposed on others.