Design Project Experience: Goals
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The goal is to provide our students with a significant
design experience which incorporates several
technical subject areas and which provides
experience in working as part of a design team.
The project should follow all phases from
conceptualization, to design specifications, project
planning with milestones and manpower assignment,
project work with appropriate progress tracking,
design testing, final reporting and presentation of the
results.
This design project is also intended to fulfil the CEAB
design experience requirement
CEAB Requirements:
(Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board Accreditation Criteria and Procedures,
1998, Section 2.2.4)
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“The engineering curriculum must culminate in a
significant design experience which is based on the
knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work
and which preferably gives students an exposure to
the concepts of team work. A research project may
be interpreted as engineering design provided it can
be clearly shown that the elements of design, as
noted in the definition, are fulfilled in the completion
of the project.”
Design Project Experience:
Requirements
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Design teams of 4 students.
A full course load of 10 hours per week in 4A.
(about 480 person hours)
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A challenging design that focuses on more than one
technical area.
The resulting design must be testable against design
specifications.
Design project management is an important element.
The design work must be presented in an open
forum.
Design Project Experience:
Implementation
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A three course sequence from 3B to 4B
(details to follow)
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Project sources:
– faculty
– students
– industry
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Project support:
– faculty consultants (technical support)
– design project coordinator (administrative support)
– lab and computer facilities
Design Project Experience:
Courses
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E&CE 391, "Engineering Design Concepts”
This course is being introduced in 3BE and 3BQ
beginning in the fall term, 1999. It will be a half
course with a 0.25weight, and a credit/no-credit
evaluation. The course will provide background
instruction for design project work, facilitate the
formation of project groups and selection projects,
and will require the students to prepare and present
their design project proposals.
Design Project Experience:
Courses
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E&CE 492A, "Engineering Design Project”
This course represents the main project work to be
completed in 4A and will be introduced for the first
time in the spring term 2000. This is also the first
term when the 4A streams will be merged. The
course represents a full course load which replaces
on technical elective course, although a 0.15
weighting will assigned to reflect the 30% of the mark
that will be evaluated in this 4A term. The mark will
be based on an interim project report.
Design Project Experience:
Courses
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E&CE 492B, "Engineering Design Symposium”
This course represents the presentation of the results
of the design projects in an open symposium format
and will be held for the first time in the winter term
2001. The formal presentation, along with a poster
presentation, will make up 20% of the total mark for
the design project. The final project report will also
be evaluated in this term and will account for 50% of
the mark. This means that a 0.35 weight will be
assigned to the course to reflect 70% of the mark,
although the student load will be much lighter for this
portion of the design project.
Design Project Experience:
Course Calendar Descriptions
391
(F, W)
E&CE 391
3B
Engineering Design Concepts
2S* 0.25**
February 1999
Calendar Description:
Seminar preparing students for the engineering design project done in E&CE 492A/B. Discussion of
the requirements and available resources. Brief examination of design approaches, projectmanagement issues, and illustrative case studies. Students form a four-person project group,
determine a project topic, present/discuss it in class, and complete a project-approval process.
Prerequisites: Registration in the 3B term of either Electrical Engineering or Computer
Engineering.
* Nine selected weeks.
** Graded as CR/NOCR
Design Project Experience:
Course Calendar Descriptions
492A
(S)
E&CE 492A
4A
Engineering Design Project
10P 0.15*
February 1999
Calendar Description:
Individual and group work comprising the design activity and report-preparation phases of the
engineering design project. The team-oriented project is to comprise a significant design experience
based on the knowledge and skills acquired by students in previous courses and on cooperative work
terms. Project groups reconfirm project approval, establish and maintain progress monitoring through
a faculty consultant, complete the design work, and submit a written interim report. Groups also
prepare the written final report and presentations delivered in E&CE 492B.
Prerequisites: E&CE 391 and registration in the 4A term of either Electrical Engineering or
Computer Engineering.
* An additional 0.35 credit for the project work is associated with E&CE 492B.
Design Project Experience:
Course Calendar Descriptions
492B
(W)
E&CE 492B
4B
Engineering Design Symposium
wkshp 0.35*
February 1999
Calendar Description:
Communication component of the engineering design project. Submission of a written final report
for the project work done in E&CE 492A. Lecture-style technical presentation by group members
in a one-half-hour time slot. Poster-style technical presentation with group members available to
discuss the project.
Prerequisites: E&CE 391, E&CE 492A, and registration in the 4B term of either Electrical
Engineering or Computer Engineering.
* Includes credit for project work completed in E&CE 492A.