Lectures :: ECE 445 - Senior Design Laboratory

Lectures

Spring 2023 Lecture Material:

 

Lecture #1:

(February 17, 2023)

 

 

Getting Started

  • Welcome to the class! (pptx, pdf)

 

 

Pre-Lecture #2:

(before February 24, 2023)

 

 

Beyond Ideation

 

 

Lecture #2:


(February 24, 2023)

 

 

Moving Forward

  • RFA, Proposal, High-Level Requirements, R&V Tables, and Block Diagram details (Slides)

 

Pre-Lecture #3:


(before March 3, 2023)

 

 

Design and Writing Tips

 

 

Lecture #3:


(March 3, 2023)

 

 

Last stop before the Proposal

  • Introduction (pptx)
  • Proposal Details (pptx)
  • Proposal Logistics (pptx)
  • Lab Notebooks (pptx)

 

Pre-Lecture #4:


(before March 10, 2023)

 

 

PCB Exercise Tips

  • Modular Design & Circuit Debugging (pdf)
  • Why PCB Exercise? (pptx)

 

Lecture #4:


(March 10, 2023)

 

 

Intellectual Property

  • Patents - Henry Wang, President IPwe
  • Weekly Meetings Info (pptx)
  • Proposal Q&A

Spring 2020 Video Lectures:

Brainstorming

Finding a Problem (Video)
Generating Solutions (Video)
Diving Deeper (Video)
Voting (Video)
Reverse Brainstorming (Video)
Homework for Everyone (Video)

Important Information

Using the ECE 445 Website (Video)
Lab Notebook (Video , Slides)
Modular Design (Video, Slides)
Circuit Tips and Debugging (Video , Slides)
Spring 2018 IEEE Soldering Workshop (Slides)

Major Assignments and Milestones

Request for Approval (Video, Slides)
Project Proposal (Video, slides)
Design Document (Video, slides)
Design Review (Video, slides)
Writing Tips (Video, slides)

Environmental Sensing for Firefighters

Featured Project

Hyun Yi, Lauren White, and Andri Teneqexhi earned the Instructor's Award in the Fall of 2013 for their work on the Environmental Sensing for Firefighters.

"Engineering is all about solving real life problems and using the solutions to improve the lives of others. ECE 445 allows you to actually delve deeper into what this really means by providing students the chance to undergo the engineering design process. This requires taking all of the theoretical knowledge, lab experiences, and ultimately, everything that you have ever learned in life, and applying it to your project. Though, there is structure to the course and deadlines in place to measure your team's progress, the actual design, implementation, and success of your project is all determined by you. Unlike any other course that I have taken, I've gained an appreciation for the utilization and benefits of external resources, unforeseen scheduling delays, delegating tasks, and most importantly, teamwork. I consider ECE 445 to be a crash course into real life engineering and a guide to become a successful engineer." -- Lauren White