The School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

EE 415: Design Project Management

Catalog Information
Course Number: 
415
Credits: 
2
Offered: 
Spring
Offered: 
Fall
Pre-Requisites

Senior standing; completion of all required 300-level EE and CptS classes.

Class Information
Structure: 

One 110-minute class per week. Grade based on the following:

  • Class attendance
  • In-class activities
  • Homework assignments
  • Laboratory notebook 
  • Peer and Mentor Evaluations
  • Design Project Proposal
  • Final Presentation of the Design Project Proposal
Topics: 
  • introduction to Total Quality management (1)
  • guest speaker on understanding your customer (2)
  • assignment of teams and projects (1)
  • guest speaker on successful entrepreneurship (1)
  • team building exercise (1)
  • product design specifications (2)
  • concept selection (1)
  • engineering economics (2)
  • guest speaker on project scheduling (1)
  • guest speaker on codes and standards (1)
  • guest speaker on business plan development (1)
  • guest speaker on intellectual property issues (1.5)
  • guest speaker on engineering presentations (4)
  • group project proposal presentations to instructor and faculty/industry mentors (1)
Requirements
Textbooks/References: 

Karl T. Ulrich and Steven D. Eppinger, Product Design and Development, third edition, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2004.

Professor/Coordinator: 
Primary: Patrick Pedrow Secondary: Bob Olsen
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