EE/CprE/SE 491 Tentative Weekly Schedule

Weekly Topic Tuesday
(1210 LeBaron)		 Individual Assignments Other Team Deliverables
Week 1
8/20 - 8/24		 Course overview;
Project descriptions (link)		 Project preferences form (link);
Assignments (link)
Week 2
8/27 - 8/31		 Thinking about Graduate School? (Vicky Thorland-Oster, ECpE Student Services)
Working with Clients (Carey Novak, CIRAS)		 Reflection: Team Expectations and Setting Roles
Week 3
9/3 - 9/7		 Building Empathy with Users (Nicholas Fila, College of Design)
Tech Talk: Modern HW/SW Project Management (Brendan Bartels, Workiva)		 Weekly Status Report-01
Week 4
9/10 - 9/14		 Lightning Talks: Elevator Pitches Reflection: Design Thinking Pre-Workshop Weekly Status Report-02
Week 5
9/17 - 9/21		 No class - Career Fair Project Plan (v1)
Team Web Site (v1)
Week 6
9/24 - 9/28		 No class - Career Fair II Weekly Status Report-03
Week 7
10/1 - 10/5		 Design Thinking Workshop (Nicholas Fila, College of Design) Reflection: Design Thinking Post-Workshop Weekly Status Report-04
Week 8
10/8 - 10/12		 Lightning Talks: Project Plans Design Document (v1)
Week 9
10/15 - 10/19		 Tech Talk: Fabrication Facilities at ISU (Lee Harker, ECpE ETG)
Tech Talk: Designing Printed Circuit Boards (Gary Tuttle, ECpE)		 Reflection: Areas of Professional Responsibility Weekly Status Report-05
Week 10
10/22 - 10/26		 Tech Talk: Real-World Signal Acquisition and Analysis (Nathan Neihart, ECpE)
Tech Talk: Machine Learning Primer (Benjamin Blakely, Argonne National Laboratory)		 Project Plan (v2)
Weekly Status Report-06
Week 11
10/29 - 11/2		 Lightning Talks: Technical Challenges Weekly Status Report-07
Week 12
11/5 - 11/9		 Lightning Talks: Technical Challenges (cont.) Reflection: Engineering Standards Weekly Status Report-08
Week 13
11/12 - 11/16		 Team Work Session #1 Weekly Status Report-09
Thanksgiving Break
11/19 - 11/23
Week 14
11/26 - 11/30		 Finishing up the Semester;
Team Work Session #2		 Reflection: Peer Team Evaluation Project plan (final)
Weekly Status Report-10
Week 15
12/3 - 12/7		 Final presentations to panel (Mon-Wed) - (signup), (schedule);
Final report / presentation to client		 Design document (v2)
Team Web Site (v2)
Week 16
12/10 - 12/14		 Finals week - no class Reflection: Client / Panel Feedback

EE/CprE/SE 492 Tentative Weekly Schedule

Weekly Topic Scheduled Events
 Other Team Deliverables
Week 1
8/20 - 8/24		 Preliminary discussions (1352 Gilman)
Weeks 2-5
8/27 - 9/21		 Individual meetings with each group
Weeks 6-9
9/24 - 10/19		 Biweekly status reports
Week 10
10/22 - 10/26		 Townhall meeting (1352 Gilman)
Weeks 11-14
10/29 - 11/30		 Individual meetings with each group Project poster due
Week 15
12/3 - 12/7		 Final IRP presentation and demos (Thu-Fri) ;
Final report/presentation to client		 Design document (final)
Team Web Site (final)