Faci l i tators:Dr. Wanda Zagozdzon-Wosik

Dr. Dr. Jung-Uk L im

ECE 4336: CAPSTONE DESIGN II

THE IDEA…

• Students work on team projects sponsored by UH, industry, and government.

• We cover a variety of professional development topics, including...

• …Communications skills (both written and oral). These are important to the success of any project, and will be emphasized.

ORGANIZATION

• Team: Three or four students. • Cohort: Four to five teams with similar

technical issues.• Guidance: Your project has been assigned to

a • Faculty Advisor: A UH faculty member who will

provide technical assistance.• Facilitator: A course instructor who will provide

administrative assistance and grade your work.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITY

• You and your team are responsible for the success of your project. You are expected to act professionally…• You show up on time for class, and for meetings with faculty and

industry consultants.• You and your team decide what your responsibilities are.

• Team Responsibility• Each team member is assigned specific tasks (project task

analysis)• Team members communicate effectively

• Individual Responsibility• Each team member must make sure they do what they are

assigned, or get the assignment changed

• End of Semester Team Evaluation• Each team member evaluates whether other team members did

what they agreed to.

COURSE WEB SITES

• www.egr.uh.edu/courses/ece/ece4335-3446: Posting of all documents: assignments, instructions, syllabus, schedule…

• Blackboard: Used for e-mail, grade posting, and TurnItIn.com submissions• Be sure your account is set up properly for forwarding

REPORTS AND DELIVERABLES

Overview Report team 5%Progress Reports

Written individual 15%Oral individual 15%

Prototype Demo team 15%Final Report

Written team 10%Oral team 10%Poster team 5%

Project Demo team 25%

Note: Team Evaluations may be used to adjust individual grades

MEETINGS

• Facilitator meetings (with faculty advisors)• Progress check• Administrative issues

• Professional Development• Lecture material, guest lectures• PC board layout; ethics; LabView; engineering

standards…

• Presentations• Individual student presentations• Team presentations