Individuals
must turn in their own written final report. Final reports from members of the
same team are expected to be similar though they do not have to be exactly the
same since some people will have understood the design issues better than
others. Required Capstone Design Report Format and required sections.
1. Introduction
(Problem identification and impact on society)
Suggested content:
(Motivation) In this section
identify the problem to be addressed and explain why it is important.
(Impact) Explain the
potential impact of the solution to other technologies and society.
(History of Similar
Solutions) Present examples of similar/existing designs and solutions. Discuss differences between the proposed
design and its approach to that which already exists.
2. Problem
Statement (Solution formulation and design criteria):
Suggested content:
(Top-Level Solution) In this
section describe the main function of the design and break it down into
sub-functions/parts. A top-level diagram
should be used to help explain the relation between the sub-functions and the
complete design with a team effort.
(Criteria) Present/derive
specific criteria for the overall design and each block in the top level. The specifications must be tied to the
original problem. Experiments or other
research may be needed before determining the specifications. An explanation of how these specification
were determined must be included. The
design criteria must incorporate realistic design constraints that include most
of the following considerations: economic; environmental; sustainability;
manufacturability; ethical; health and safety; social; and political.
(Testing) Procedures for how the final design/solution
will be tested to verify it meets the design specifications.
3. Team and
Work Organization (Teamwork and Timeline)
(Milestones) Describe main tasks that must be performed in
order to complete the design. Present a timeline of completing the milestones.
(Team Issues) Describe the
main responsibilities of each team member in completing the task.
(Peer Evaluations) Describe
how the team members will evaluate each other (what are the criteria by which
they will judge each other).
Sections 1, 2, and 3 should be complete by
mid-semester, reviewed by faculty coordinator and industrial advisor and
returned to student teams with comments.
Comments must be responded to and the edited versions of these sections
must appear in the final report. A tentative
grade can be assigned at this point and either averaged with or replaced by the
grade of these sections in the final report.
4. Solution (Design Process)
Suggested Content:
Describe the design process
for each element in top-level proposal.
(optimization/design
alternative resolution) Describe how parameters were optimized relative to the
specifications/performance, and/or how decisions between design alternatives
were made. If equations exist between
performance specification and parameters, they should be presented in this
section. If simulations were used, the
simulation procedure must be described and critical results presented. If changes were made iteratively between
design testing and design modification, this must also be explained.
It is important to
demonstrate your thinking or processes used to decide between design
alternatives relative to your proposed criteria.
Final schematics, drawings,
program flowcharts, and photographs of final device are presented in this
section.
5. Design
Verification
Results of the testing
procedure are presented in this section to show to what degree the design meets
the original specifications. Use tables,
charts, graphs, and statistics to effectively demonstrate performance. All must be explained clearly so reader can
understand to what degree your design function and meets specifications.
6. Conclusions
Suggested content:
Summarize the performance of
your design, the effectiveness of the design process, and indicate what you
would have done differently at the start of this design process knowing what
you know now. If you did not meet the
criteria this is a good section to describe how future work you could do the
criteria given more time.
Appendix
Must include engineering
notebooks! Optional: programs, detailed
schematics, preliminary/alternative designs
Additional
Final report guidance (General)
·
Summary of the design.
·
Demonstrate that you understand the design issues.
·
Alternatives considered, final choices made, reasons for choices.
·
You want to answer the question why, for each choice you have made.
· Design calculations and/or simulation results that demonstrate the design meets its requirements.
· Experimental results that demonstrate the design meets its requirements.
· Experimental results that verify that your design calculations and simulation results are correct.
·
You want to demonstrate to the reader that your design meets its
requirements and performs its desired function.
·
Be generous with explanatory text, schematics, tables of results, drawings,
waveforms etc. You want to make it easy for the reader to understand your
design and to conclude that it works.
·
Summarize where the design meets its requirement, where it does not,
and what you would do differently if you were starting again.
Guide for EE499 Final Report Presentation
· Present the information in
the final report. Use Power Point.
· Each team will speak for 20
minutes. This means each team should have about 10 to 20 slides.
· Slides should include
schematics, tables of results, drawings, waveforms etc.
· Slides should have few
words, the speaker provides the words, explains the schematics, gives the
significance of the numbers in tables, and gives the significance of waveforms.
· Slides should have few
equations, only the most important if needed to explain an important point.
· You want to demonstrate to
the audience that your design meets its requirements and performs its desired
function. This means experimental results.
· Correlate your test data
with design calculations and simulation results. You must choose what is most
important to show.
· The last speaker for a team
must summarize the results. This means summarizing where the design meets its
requirement, where it does not, and what you would do differently if you were
starting again.
· Be prepared to answer
questions. Any member of the class as well as the instructor may ask questions
during your presentation.