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Course

General Information
Engineering Design is a sequence of two design project courses that must be taken in two consecutive semesters. The two courses replace traditional departmental Senior Project 1 and 2 and are administered by coordinating faculty from various College of Engineering & Computer Science departments.

Multidisciplinary Conscious
The goal of these joint engineering multidisciplinary design projects is to foster creative thinking, diversified background exposure, teamwork, communication, and collaboration skills. Therefore students are normally required to form teams of four members from different departments to enhance inter-disciplinary interaction. Special cases must be approved by the coordinators.

Forming Teams and Projects
Students are encouraged to form their own teams, or consult with the coordinators to join other forming teams. Students may mutually develop their own project, adopt one from a list suggested by engineering faculty, or sponsored by local industry. Once teams are formed, students are mandated to continue the teamwork to complete the project over a 2-semester sequence.

Course Coordinators and Project Advisors
Course Coordinators are the faculty members who teach the Engineering Design 1 and 2 courses. They coordinate the team formation, the project selection, and approval. Students must communicate with the Course Coordinators. The Coordinators will not interact with students on their project details.

Project Advisors are the faculty members who work with the teams until completion; they assign grades to team members and report the grades to the Course Coordinators. Students who formed their own team must secure Project Advisors for their projects. Students who solicit a listed project must work with the Project Advisors already appointed to the project. It is the students' responsibility to contact and convey the progress of the project to their Project Advisors and the Course Coordinators. Project Advisors and Course Coordinators WILL NOT contact students to follow up on any projects.

Lab Space and Instrument Usage
Several labs within the Engineering Departments (CSE, EE and ME) are available for student teams to work on their projects. Assigned workspace may be shared by more than one project as needed. If special hardware setups are required, students must arrange with the Course Coordinators. General lab and computer issues must be forwarded to the lab contact person.

Passing and Incomplete (I) Grades
Passing grade for each of the courses is "C". An Incomplete (I) will only be given for serious personal reasons. If an "I" is received, it must be completed no later than a date mutually agreed upon by the Project Advisors and the Course Coordinators. Normally, this period shall not extend beyond the end of the following semester. Any "I" grade remaining past the end of the following term will automatically be changed to the grade of "F".

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