Class Project:
Description:
An engineering design project
incorporating concepts related to power systems will be developed by all
students of ECE 4501. The project will
represent 10% of the course grade and should be sized accordingly (not too
grand, but not trivial). Design teams of
from 2 to 4 students will work
together to develop a topic, determine the project scope and divide the work as
they see fit. A formal paper will be
written to describe the project.
Deliverables:
1. A working
prototype that demonstrates project goals.
2. A written
paper describing the project and incorporating engineering calculations and
design parameters.
3. (Optional) An oral
presentation of the project may be given in a public forum. Students who present orally and deliver an
acceptable paper will be exempt from the
final exam with a base grade of B for the exam. (Exceptional oral
presentations and/or papers may earn a higher equivalent exam grade)
Teams and Topics:
Design teams must be a
minimum of two students and a maximum of four students.
Teams and Topics must be
formed by
Paper Requirements:
The paper describing your
project should be a minimum of 4 pages in length, typewritten. It should include all design calculations
used in developing the project. Graphs,
charts, pictures and other media are also useful in producing a meaningful
document. The paper should have a cover page with a title
and the names of all team members. It must
also include references, appended to the body of the paper.
The paper should be organized
in a manner which best conveys the information learned. If no particular method of organization comes
to mind, the following outline may be used:
1.0
Abstract (brief summary of the entire paper)
2.0
Project
Description (including the reasons
for choosing the project, and detailing its major components)
3.0
Design
Procedures (describe the process by
which the project went from idea to working prototype)
4.0
Testing and
Results (describe how the prototype
was examined to determine that it did indeed perform as desired)
5.0
Conclusions (summarize
what you’ve learned and what could be done to improve future prototypes)
APP References
The paper is due April
22 for review and comment by your Instructor. Revised papers will be due 1 week after receiving
comments.
Oral Presentation
(Optional):
If a presentation is planned,
it must be scheduled for the last week of the Semester. It can be presented during the normal lecture
period for Power Systems or by taking a time slot on the Senior Design Presentation
Schedule. Oral presentations should last
approximately 15 minutes and are expected to be of professional quality,
incorporating state of the art resources.