Senior Design At Washington State University Robert G. Olsen School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science W

1. Senior Design At Washington State University Robert G. Olsen School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-2752 Phone: (509) 335-4950 e-mail: olsen@eecs.wsu.edu

2. Two course sequence EE 415 (Design Project Management) - 2 semester credits EE 416 (Electrical Engineering Design) – 3 semester credits required of all students in Electrical or Computer Engineering 54 students enrolled in Fall of 2002 Approximately 100students per year Of these, 25 – 30% had a power emphasis

3. EE 415 (Electrical Engineering Design) • Two Simultaneous Parts • Part I • lectures to prepare students for work on multidisciplinary teams in an industrial environment. • Introduction to Total Quality Management • Tour of Schweitzer Engr. Labs Manufacturing Facility • Understanding Your Customer • Team member characteristics, problems and communication • Team Building – lecture/exercise • Project Scheduling

4. EE 415 lecture topics (continued) • Developing Product Solutions •         Engineering without complete information •         Engineering Economics •         The Impact of Standards •         Job search and interviewing skills •         Intellectual Property and Employment Issues •         Power point for presentations and posters •         Continuing Education Opportunities •         On Giving Effective Presentations

5. Part II Assignment of and initial work on senior projects. The instructor finds projects (mostly from industry). Industrial mentor interest and commitment is essential Teams of 3 – 5 students are assigned based on interest. Team members are also chosen so that there is a range of backgrounds and achievement on the team. Students work to prepare project proposals Proposals are formally presented at the end of the semester and evaluated by a panel from industry.

6. Projects - 2002-2003 • 1. Instrumentation, monitoring, and data collection for refining and improving the manufacturing process of Vanadate Crystals • Sponsored by WSU Material Science Program. • 2. Measurement of Paint Thickness on Composite Materials. • Sponsored by Boeing Manufacturing R&D • 3. An Educational Tool for Understanding Symmetrical • Components in 3 Phase Power Systems • Sponsored by the Bonneville Power Administration. • 4. Software Wireless Modem • Sponsored by Advanced Hardware Architecture and WSU.

7. 5. Effect of Product Packaging on Electromagnetic Susceptibility Sponsored by Schweitzer Engineering Labs. 6. ATP Modeling of the Northwest Transmission Network Sponsored by Schweitzer Engineering Labs 7. Analog Circuit for Ratio Measurements Sponsored by Pacific Northwest laboratories 8. Video Functional Tester Sponsored by Agilent Technologies, Spokane 9. Sigma Delta Analog-to-Digital Converter Circuit Design Sponsored by Boeing,

8. 10. Wireless LAN Interference Sponsored by Boeing Connexions 11. Bi-directional Computer Modem Sponsored by Tektronix, 12. Maze Following Robot Sponsored by Digilent 13. Performance Evaluation of PC Servers Sponsored by Hewlett Packard 14. Undervoltage Load Shedding Scheme Sponsored by: PG&E

9. EE416 (Electrical Engineering Design) • Students complete the project that is proposed in EE415. • written weekly progress reports to the EE 416 instructor • a formal oral midterm presentation of progress the project • was required • each group was required to present a final report on the project • a poster session with industry attendees • a formal oral presentation with industry and faculty evaluators • a written report.