EE/CprE/SE 491 Tentative Weekly Schedule
| Weekly Topic | Tuesday (2245 Coover) |
Individual Assignments | Other Team Deliverables |
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| Week 1 1/8 - 1/12 |
Course overview; Project descriptions (link) |
Project preferences form (link); Assignments (link) |
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| Week 2 1/15 - 1/19 |
Thinking about Graduate School? (Vicky Thorland-Oster, ECpE Student Services); Working with Clients (Carey Novak, CIRAS) |
Reflection: Team Expectations and Setting Roles | |
| Week 3 1/22 - 1/26 |
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 1/29 - 2/2 |
Lightning Talks: Elevator Pitches | Reflection: Design Thinking Pre-Workshop | Weekly Status Report-02 |
| Week 5 2/5 - 2/9 |
No class - Career Fair | Project Plan (v1) Team Web Site (v1) |
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| Week 6 2/12 - 2/16 |
Design Thinking Workshop (Nicholas Fila, College of Design) | Reflection: Design Thinking Post-Workshop | Weekly Status Report-03 |
| Week 7 2/19 - 2/23 |
Lightning Talks: Project Plans | Weekly Status Report-04 | |
| Week 8 2/26 - 3/2 |
Tech Talk: Fabrication Facilities at ISU (Lee Harker, ECpE ETG) Tech Talk: Designing Printed Circuit Boards (Gary Tuttle, ECpE) |
Reflection: Areas of Professional Responsibility | Design Document (v1) |
| Week 9 3/5 - 3/9 |
Team Work Session #1 | Weekly Status Report-05 | |
| Spring Break 3/12 - 3/16 |
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| Week 10 3/19 - 3/23 |
Tech Talk: Real-World Signal Acquisition and Analysis (Phillip Jones, ECpE and Nathan Neihart, ECpE) | Reflection: Engineering Standards | Project Plan (v2) Weekly Status Report-06 |
| Week 11 3/26 - 3/30 |
Lightning Talks: Technical Challenges | Weekly Status Report-07 | |
| Week 12 4/2 - 4/6 |
Lightning Talks: Technical Challenges (cont.) | Weekly Status Report-08 | |
| Week 13 4/9 - 4/13 |
Team Work Session #2 | Reflection: Peer Team Evaluation | Weekly Status Report-09 |
| Week 14 4/16 - 4/20 |
Finishing up the Semester | Project plan (final) Weekly Status Report-10 |
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| Week 15 4/23 - 4/27 |
Final presentations to panel (Mon-Tue) - (signup), (schedule); Final report / presentation to client |
Design document (v2) Team Web Site (v2) |
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| Week 16 4/30 - 5/4 |
Finals week - no class | Reflection: Client / Panel Feedback |