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Final Report

Final Report. Be sure to include a title page with names of team members, advisor, and any outside sponsors. The Executive Summary is not an introduction. It needs to include technical detail – Design objective What was done How well objectives were met Remaining problems of issues

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Final Report

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  1. Final Report Be sure to include a title page with names of team members, advisor, and any outside sponsors. The Executive Summary is not an introduction. It needs to include technical detail – Design objective What was done How well objectives were met Remaining problems of issues No more than a sentence or two to set up the problem. Reports should make project look like it was planned and executed perfectly. Anything else is hard to understand. Discuss at the end problems that were encountered and whether they were solved.

  2. Hints on Writing Reports(The reader is not your friend.) • Grammar is important for clarity. • Organization is also important for clarity. • Short sentences and paragraphs are monotonous and confusing. • Long sentences and paragraphs are hard to follow. • Section headings remind the reader that there is light at the end of the tunnel. • Proofread (and re-proofread) your reports. • Read report aloud. • Remember Murphy’s Law for writing reports: • If it can possibly be mis-interrpreted, it will be!

  3. Don’t use second person • “The design shows 110 volts being supplied . . .” • instead of “Looking at the design, you can see that we have 110 volts being supplied . . .” • This is your project. Keep me out of it. • Watch verb tense and structure • “The design will be affordable” • not “The design is going to be affordable” • The design is or isn’t. It is not going anywhere. • If words aren’t necessary, don’t use them • “. . . [lack of an account] . . . is thought of as a possible cause of our problem . . .” • It isn’t actually a possible cause? • Don’t add unintentional humor with typos. • “The . . . design modifications have had productive meetings and . . .” • Did the modifications have doughnuts at the meeting? Wording

  4. Final Report(suggested) Executive summary (one page) A. Statement of the problem B. Background (see proposal description) C. Design approach 1. Alternatives considered 2. Milestones and schedule D. Description of design 1. Use sufficient detail to allow someone to build and/or use the design 2. Describe testing procedures and results 3. Use appendices E. Critical evaluation of design 1. Benefits and limitations of design 2. Work to be completed / issues not resolved 3. Manufacturing / distribution issues F. Discussion (big picture issues) 1. What has been learned / what is next 2. Potential problems 3. Intellectual property issues 4. Non-technical issues Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering Senior Design Project

  5. Background Commercial State-of-the-Art Research (Literature Review) IEEE Sources Spectrum, Potentials and Proceedings of the IEEE IEEE Specialized Publications Total of 126 titles in technical areas ranging from computer engineering, biomedical technology and telecommunications, to electric power, aerospace and wireless technology: Magazines Technical papers Conference Proceedings Books Go to http://ieee.org/web/publications/home/index.html

  6. Discussion 1: Evaluation Evaluation of Design What has been learned Strong points of design Limitations Potential problems You can include the evaluation in the Discussion or keep it separate. Just be sure to cover evaluation.

  7. Discussion 2: Manufacturability Development costs What will (did) it cost to design and build a prototype? Parts needed Availability and sources Funding Production costs What would it cost to produce the product in market-sized quantities for sale? Any special components that might pose manufacturing or reliability issues

  8. Outcome 4 Exemplary 3 Proficient 2 Apprentice 1 Deficient Rating 3c. Graduates will be able to design a system, component or process to meet specified project requirements by: i. identify specific project objectives based on general project and client requirements . ii. gather and use relevant information iii. generate and analyze alternative by synthesizing and applying approriate engineering knowledge iv. consider all relevant constraints if applicable. Economic Environmental/sustainability Manufacturability Ethical/health and safety Social/political v. choose the best solution based on technical and economic criteria and considering relevant constraints 3.g. Graduates will demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively – written, oral and presentation skills. ii. oral presentation 3.b. an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data i. experimentation if applicable ii. data analysis Discussion 3: Issues

  9. Discussion 4: What’s next? Improvements or fatal flaws Marketability Implementation

  10. Final Oral Presentation 10 minutes About 1 slide per minute Be selective - you can’t explain everything Title slide should include team members, advisor, and acknowledgement of any outside groups you are working with.

  11. Posters Senior Design Expo is from 1:00 to 3:00 pm on December 11 (last Friday of classes) Posters will be printed out by the Department. Give Angela or Michele updates on titles, teams, etc. You will be assigned space, computer, etc. Maximum width on printer is 42” Other faculty will be reviewing posters Posters are like a magazine advertisement Present material in “layers” Be selective - you can’t explain everything Include team members, advisor, and acknowledgement of any outside groups on poster.

  12. “Minimalist” example Wireless (Bluetooth) Helmet Communication System Team Members: Wen-Chieh Yu Matthew Schapiro Adam Andrews Steve Caplan Vivek Pinto Jarred Musser Sang-Yaw Liou Helmet Communication System Before Modification Wireless Helmet Communication System Advisor: Dr. Marlin Mickle Current Clear Command Helmet Communication System Wireless Helmet Microphone Amplifier Circuit Clear Command Helmet Communication System Schematic Connect Bluetooth Into PTT For Testing Amplifier Schematic Wireless PTT With Added Receiver And Battery

  13. “Maximalist” example Coverage Area (Professional): Coverage Area (Kit): Advisor: Dr. Steven Jacobs Senior Design Students: Mark Perry, Dan Shero, Abbie Shoemaker Independent Study Students: Christopher Church, Mike McElhinny, Amal Zenati Objectives: The Saturday Light Brigade is a weekly radio program produced by the Children’s Museum which is broadcast over FM radio on Saturday mornings. The objective of this project was to design, build and implement an educational, interactive radio exhibit to allow children to tune into a looped broadcast transmitted within the museum throughout the week while learning about radio. Receiver Design Transmitter Design Design Considerations Interactive Radio Station Exhibit for the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh A handheld, cost effective, educational receiver was designed. The RF, IF, and detection stages were placed within a closed box which plugs into a base box containing the power supply. To incorporate a hands-on educational aspect, the audio amplifier was designed to be constructed by children A RadioSign FM Transmitter was selected because of its compliance with FCC Part 15 power regulations. Upon testing, it was determined that the FM transmitter from the radio station to the desired area of coverage was too weak; therefore, a UHF link was implemented • Transmitter • FCC Part 15 Compliance • AM vs. FM transmission • Propagation Method • Receiver • Interactive • Educational Value • Cost • Sustainability Basemap Adapted from Drawings Courtesy of Perkins Eastman Architects PC 2002 and the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh on a breadboard. All sections of the receiver are hard-wired to each other within the base box. Educational Design Testing and Results A PowerPoint presentation was created to explain the basics of radio and FM to children. The educational material will be used in conjunction with the receiver kits by museum staff to teach the children. Commercial professional and educational kits were tested with the transmission system described. The professional radio significantly outperformed the radio kit in terms of audio quality and coverage. The receiver design includes the use of a high performance stereo FM chip used in consumer products such as mobile phones and MP3 and CD players. Because of its excellent performance characteristics, it is expected that the receiver will perform more similarly to the professional receiver. Basemap Adapted from Drawings Courtesy of Perkins Eastman Architects PC 2002 and the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh 1st Floor of Museum Professional (Grundig) Educational Kit

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