Design Project Grading and Format
EE 4900: Fundamentals of Sensor Design
This document describes the guidelines for grading and the format for your design
project reports (slides).
Design Project Grading
(1) Grades are based on 100 points which are distributed over the 5 categories
shown below in the checklist and teamwork summary.
(2) Quality of each section of your report will factor into your grade.
Report formatting –did you follow the specified format?
English –spelling, sentence structure, etc.
General quality: report text, figures, schematics, etc. should look professional,
thoroughness of each report section.
Project Report (Slides) Format (you must follow the following format):
Slide 1: Title
EE 4900 Fundamentals of Sensor Design
Design Project: Title of your project
Team Members: Your names
Date: Today’s date
Slide 2: Project Checklist (You must have all the items below in order to receive the
final grade)
Design Step
Completed Date
Comments
(1) Proposal (5%)
(2) Calculations (10%)
(3) Simulations (25%)
(4) Experiments (40%)
(5) Presentation (15%)
(6) Teamwork (5%)
Slide 3: (take the proposal and summarize it as bullets or block diagram)
Application:
What would be the application of your sensor system? Where/how can it be used?
Sensor System:
Which circuit components (think in terms of block diagram) make the sensor systems
work? Itemize sensors and circuits and any other parts.
You can also include a block diagram which show the flow of the signal. Do not put
detailed schematic here.
Slide 4-5: (calculations)
Provide the calculations you did on paper using references, formulas in the book,
intuition etc.
Can you explain the key parameters in your entire circuit and how your circuit
works?
Slide 6-?: (Simulations)
Similarly, include the simulation results from LTSpice or Multisim.
Did you make any modifications from earlier version and improve it based on
simulations if necessary? Include those…
Slide ?-?: (Experiments)
Provide all the measurements that you made in forms of plots, tables, and/or written
statements.
Remember that the experimental results determine the final performance of your
circuit.
Second-to-Last Slide : (Discussion)
Use bullets (do not write extensive texts or long sentences)
-Here you are going to convey your thoughts about the results in a concise manner to
the audiance
- Mention any design issues, choices, difficulties and critical relationships/tradeoffs of
the circuit, especially as they relate to tuning the circuit during simulations and
experiments to meet design goals.
-Discuss any failures or successes.
-Can you suggest improvements?
Last Slide: (Summary and Team Work)
Summary
-This slide would be the “bottom line” of your project.
- A table of calculated, simulated and measured values is a great way to convey the
summary.
- You should provide a very brief summary of circuit function, comparison of
simulation results to design specifications, statement of how well the circuit met the
design goals.
-Any of your personal comments on the value, difficulty, etc. of the project.
Team Work
-Summary statement of how you worked as a team
-comments about partners’ contributions to the project
E.g. Charlie mainly worked on the following: circuit simulations and design specs.
Morrison mainly worked on the experiments and documentation.
Good luck!