ECE 4542: CPE SENIOR DESIGN II
Professor Joseph Picone
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mississippi State University

email: picone@cavs.msstate.edu
phone/fax: 662-325-3149; office: 413 Simrall
URL: http://www.cavs.msstate.edu/resources/courses/ece_4542

CPE Senior Design II is a continuation of the capstone design experience for undergraduate computer engineers. In this portion of the course, students will be expected to fabricate their design, test and evaluate the design against their design specifications, and demonstrate a fully functional project to their design review committee.

The course objectives are as follows:

1. explain the difference between a team and a workgroup
   
   
2. list characteristics of successful teams
   
   
3. distinguish five modes of handling team conflicts and how they may be useful or harmful
   
   
4. list characteristics of effective leaders
   
   
5. identity key reasons why projects fail or succeed
   
   
6. write a team charter
   
   
7. implement ground rules for effective meetings and demonstrate their use
   
   
8. explain the motivation for using standards
   
   
9. classify the cost components in a design and project a realistic price to the customer
   
   
10. optimize a design for sustainability
    
    
11. present a professional presentation with strong technical content and audience interaction
    
    
12. execute efficient and effective team meeting and maintain meeting minutes
    
    
13. interact efficiently and effectively with faculty advisor
    
    
14. formulate a defensible design approach
    
    
15. evaluate, design, and optimize custom hardware and software individually and as a team
    
    
16. create an objective, testable design specification
    
    
17. create and follow a test plan leading to a functional design
    
    
18. write a professional project report
    
    
19. design and create a project poster
    
    
20. create a professional team Web site
    
    
21. apply critical path scheduling
    
    
22. apply entrepreneurial thinking in the context of a design project
    
    
23. create a business plan
    
    
24. apply ethical reasoning Questions or comments about the material presented here can be directed to ies_help@cavs.msstate.edu.