CETA Design Expo - fall 2015

CETA Design Expo

Friday, December 11, 2015

A wonderful day of exhibition, poster competition & celebration in the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture.  Freshmen & seniors – sharing knowledge & experience. 

ES 143 - Boe-Bot Design Challenge

ES 143: Engineering and Design - Introduction to the fundamentals of engineering, the engineering profession and engineering design with emphasis on guided design and problem-solving methodologies. Students will undertake practice-oriented group design projects.

Design Challenge—Each team must propose, build and demonstrate a final Boe-Bot project that shows new knowledge and skills pertaining to the Boe-Bot.  New knowledge and skills may be in for form of

· Implementation of a new sensor

· Novel application of an existing sensor

· Advanced programming techniques beyond the code given in the manual

* Design Evaluation Criteria:

The following criteria will be used by judges to evaluate the final product and to choose the winning designs/products.

1. Performance (Does the Boe-Bot work, and perform the intended tasks?)

2. Creativity (How creative is the final product?)

3. Level of Difficulty (How complex is the new sensor/coding/knowledge?)

4. Presentation: Poster (Does the poster clearly illustrate the goal of the project?)

5. Presentation: Oral (Are the students well-prepared and rehearsed?)

ECT 110 - Final Projects

ECT 110: Practical Projects— Introduction to the fundamentals of electronics & computer engineering technology with emphasis on skills that are needed for the major. Students undertake practice-oriented group lessons in topics such as soldering, printed circuit board and electronic/computers troubleshooting skills. Students are guided to apply the skills they gained from the above lessons to build electronic gadgets, and to use robotic kits to perform specific tasks through team projects. Statistical analysis is covered in this course. Students work on several projects including a final project in a team setting.

Final Project - Each team must choose an electronics kit that they must construct, troubleshoot, and demonstrate as a working final product.  Teams were asked to consider several factors in choosing the kit, including components in the kit, tasks involved in construction, ability to customize, and evaluation of its performance.

* Project Evaluation Criteria:
The following criteria will be used by judges to evaluate the final product and choose the winning project.

1. Performance (Does the final product work as intended?)

2. Level of Difficulty (How complex was the kit to construct and troubleshoot?)

3. Experimental Verification (Was the product performance evaluated according to a set of criteria?)

4. Presentation - Poster (Does the poster clearly illustrate the goal of the project?)

5. Presentation - Oral (Are the students well-prepared and rehearsed?)

 

Senior Capstone Projects:
Students work on projects in their field of study with faculty mentors or external project sponsors to design,  fabricate, and/or test a device, process, or system.  This is a major design experience based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work, and incorporating industry appropriate standards and realistic constraints.  Students participating are enrolled in

· AUD 471: Senior Project

· CE 460:  Civil Engineering Design Project

· ECE 483: Capstone Design II

· ME 473: Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design II

Project Based Courses:
Students work on projects in their field of study with faculty mentors or external project sponsors to design, fabricate, and/or test a device, process, or system.  

 · BE 480: Biomedical Engineering Practicum

    · CE 420: Water Quality Engineering

 · ES 493: Engineering Research

 * Poster Evaluation Criteria:

The following criteria will be used by judges to evaluate the projects and posters and to choose the winning designs/posters.

1.   Clarity of the poster and oral presentations,

2.   Student’s overall responses to the questions of the judges.

3.   The completeness of the work.

4.   Quality of the project.

Course Instructors:

Earl Hasselmark             
Patricia Mellodge, Ph.D.
Allan Penda
David Pines, Ph.D.         
Theodore (Ted) Sussmann, Ph.D.            

Michael Nowak, Ph.D.

David Pines, Ph.D.
Eoin King, Ph.D.

Please join us and see all the happenings in CETA.  For schedule of events, please click: http://unotes.hartford.edu/announcements/2015/12/2015-12-02-ceta-design-expo-to-showcase-student-projects-and-achievements.aspx

For questions, please contact us at: cetainfo@hartford.edu