EE 499 - ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN
SECTION 002 - Autonomous Vehicle Design
Fall Semester, 1997

1997-98 CATALOG DATA:

EE 499: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN. Credit 3. A course for senior students in electrical engineering with an emphasis on the engineering design processes, requiring the creative involvement of students in open-ended problems relating to actual designs that are appropriate to the profession of electrical engineering. Prerequisites: Senior standing in electrical engineering and consent of the course coordinator.

TEXTBOOK: Industrial Control Electronics, 2nd edition, Webb and Greshock, Prentice-Hall 1993.

REFERENCE: World Wide Web Pages from NC State, VPI, and Central Florida

COORDINATOR: Dr. Bruce L. Walcott, Associate Professor Electrical Engineering

GOALS: This course will give seniors in electrical engineering the ability to use basic and engineering sciences in developing designs for systems, components or processes to meet a desired need. In particular, the students will
(a) Develop Rules and Regulations for 1999 SoutheastCON Hardware design contest
(b) Design and build the electronics and scoring for two working tracks
(c) Design and maintain Web page for the contest
(d) Design and build a working prototype for the contest.

PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC:

1. Fundamental mathematical concepts

2. Engineering sciences; electrical and electronics or allied fields

3. Communication skills; computer aids, written documentation and oral presentations.

4. IEEE Student Member

TOPICS:

1. Design problem: (initial meeting) The problem is to Hardware design contest rules, playing surface, and working prototype for use at 1999 IEEE SoutheastCON.

2. Contest theme: (1 week)
a. Evaluate prior contests
b. Propose UK contest (2 page report and presentation)

3. Design phases: (13 weeks)
a. Select a design contest proposal
b. Select design teams and responsibilities
c. Design and build playing surface, scoring electronics, computer interface, computer scoring software, web page, working prototype.
d. Thoroughly document rules and building procedure

4. Final design presentation deliverables:
a. Formal written proposal to IEEE Hardware Review Committee
b. Rules and Design Specifications in locked form (including detailed documentation on building track)
c. Two (2) robust working tracks complete with electronics/computer scoring software
d. SoutheastCON ’99 Web Page complete with design rules
e. 24 new IEEE underclassman recruits
f. Working prototype

GRADING:

Initial Proposal................................5 pts.
Final Proposal............................... 10 pts.
Rules and Track Design Specs........10 pts.
Web Page........................................15 pts.
Functioning Track and Electronics..40 pts.
Prototype.........................................10 pts.
Instructor's Discretion.....................10 pts
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Total..............................................100 pts.

TESTS:

This is the a senior design capstone course. Your performance in this course is a function of how well the final deliverables are satisfied. Hence, no formal tests

CLASS ATTENDANCE:

You, the student, are responsible for ALL business conducted during scheduled class periods, including any announcements which might be made. Since this is a design oriented course, you will have to meet many many hours outside of the scheduled class period