School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Final Year Projects

1. School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Final Year Projects Gunilla Burrowes: Peter Turner: Final Year Project Coordinator – Newcastle Laboratory Manager - Newcastle

2. Importance of Final Year Project • Culmination of your degree • Opportunity to demonstrate knowledge & skills you have acquired • Project Management • Analytical Skills – taking a complex problem and devising a practical solution • Communication Skills – preparation of web sites, reports and a presentation • Opportunity to demonstrate the qualities of a degree qualified Engineer • Should not attempt other courses while taking Final Year Project

3. Final Year Project Support Structure • PSB Coordinator: Garry Yee • Contact Details: garry.yee@psbcorp.com • For Enrollment / Assessment / Timetabling etc. • University of Newcastle Coordinator: Gunilla Burrowes • Contact Details: gunilla@ee.newcastle.edu.au • For Academic allocation at UoN.

4. Final Year Project Support Structure • Industry Sponsored/Based Projects • Local Supervisor: Day-to-day technical management. MEET weekly. • Newcastle Supervisor: Approval and Assessment. CONTACT monthly. • UoN/PSB Projects Additionally: • Engineering or Technical Support: UoN Technical Support Team Note: Your first point of call for technical questions is your local supervisor. Your local supervisor will contact the Newcastle supervisor on a regular basis.

5. How to find a project • Since the kind of project undertaken is very diverse, there are a number of ways to find a suitable project including: • Approaching your employer with an idea related to an aspect of your own work or their operations in general. Write a project proposal. • In consultation with PSB and University staff, developing an idea based upon an interest of your own. Write a project proposal. • Consulting the list of Final Year Projects provided by the Newcastle Course Coordinator. • Assessment will reflect the difficulty of the Project

6. Group Projects • Each student should have a clear role and area of responsibility that leads to a definable contribution to the project outcomes and project report. • Record keeping by individual students in a Professional Journal needs to be of a high standard • Groups can hand in one report HOWEVER it is required that each member of the groups writes up their section of the work. NOTE: Individuals will be marked rather than groups

7. Supervision • You will be allocated 2 supervisors • Your Singapore (local) supervisor will provide the day to day management of your project and therefore will provide you with the technical support you need for your project. • Your Newcastle supervisor is allocated to approve the academic content and scope of the project and then to support the local supervisors with management and technical issues. NOTE: Yourfirst contact point for your project is therefore your local supervisor.

8. Final Year Project Course Structure • Work on a Major Project – from problem definition to conclusion • Group or Individual projects. • Two supervisors – one in Singapore & one in Newcastle • Self directed – Time and Project Management • Risk Management of Project • Formal lecture series • Part A – 10 credit points Part B – 20 credit points

9. Final Year Project: Assessment

10. Semester 2 2004 – Key Dates

11. Focus on Projects • Industry Sponsored Projects • Preferred Option – because being Industry based they maybe more relevant to your current job • If you have a project you would like to do then need to submit a project proposal. • UoN/PSB offered Projects • Projects have been developed for groups consisting of: Of up to 3 people • Refer to Final Year Project Proposal List

12. UoN/PSB offered Projects(continued) • We have developed 7 projects covering a wide range of technologies within Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications. • Teleconferencing Phone • Wireless Data Acquisition System • Bluetooth Enabled Web Cam • Robot Dog Soccer • Walking Humaniod Robot • Weather Station • USB Wireless Communications Module • Peter will give you a brief presentation on each of these. • ALL Equipment that is issued must be returned in working order. Failure to do so will result in your grade being withheld.

13. 1. Teleconferencing Phone

14. 2. Wireless Data Acquisition System

15. 3. Bluetooth-enabled Web Camera

16. 4. Robot Dog Soccer

17. 4. Robot Dog Soccer (continued)

18. 5. Walking Humanoid Robot

19. 5. Walking Humanoid Robot (continued)

20. 6. Remote Weather Station

21. 7.USB Wireless Communications Module

22. Design Considerations • Please be careful with equipment. • For some designs you will need to implement bi-directional buses. • If 2 devices are connected together and both are configured as outputs then 1 device will be destroyed. Please simulate and check designs before testing. • If you are unsure please see your supervisor.

23. Some Advise on Design • Take sometime to develop a project plan and discuss this with your supervisor. • Break the project and individual tasks into manageable parts. • Make sure you test each new addition to your project thoroughly. • Don’t test everything at once.

24. Plagiarism • Please be warned, we will be thoroughly checking submitted work for Plagiarism. • How will we do this? • eg. for work submitted as part of a project we will: • Upload all code and digital designs from hardware, • Compile all code and digital designs that are submitted for marking, • Compared Uploaded code to Compiled • Compare submitted work to work submitted by other groups • Compare submitted work to information available on internet. • If you use someone else’s work then please reference it in your report.

25. Good Luck • Make an appointment with Peter or myself if you want to talk more about Projects this week. • Final Year Project Web Site: http://murray.newcastle.edu.au/users/staff/fyweb/4thyearprojects/index.html We hope you enjoy your Final Year Project