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ECE 2804 - Integrated Design Project (2C)

Course Description

Effective Fall 2025. Review of circuit design and measurement techniques. Design, implementation, testing, and validation of a hardware and software solution to an open-ended engineering problem integrating both analog and digital components. Technical documentation and oral presentation of the design process and solution. Introduction to topics in engineering professionalism, career development, and industrial perspectives.

Why take this course?

While students solve highly structured design problems in their lecture classes, there is a need for students to gain experience with solving more open-ended engineering design problems. Such problems require integrating knowledge across multiple courses, and are thus more suited to a separate laboratory course. In addition, this course will prepare students for the much more challenging design problems in their senior-level major design experience.

Learning Objectives

  • Solve open-ended design problems (i.e. problems with many possible solutions), involving both analog and digital hardware.
  • Prepare a well-written technical report that clearly explains the problem being solved, the solution, and the validation of the solution.
  • Prepare and effectively deliver a well-designed oral presentation that clearly explains the problem being solved, the solution, and the validation of the solution.