Course Descriptions

CPE 350: This course requires the definition, specification and preliminary design of a system to be constructed in CPE 450. Topics include requirements elicitation techniques, research and data gathering methods; project planning, time and budget estimating; project team organization. Ethics and professionalism.  

CPE 450: Team-based design, construction and deployment of an embedded system. Technical management of product development teams. Technical documentation, configuration management, quality assurance, integration and systems testing. Professionalism.

After successful completion of the Capstone, students should be able to:

1. Articulate design specifications and criteria by which they are to be measured
2. Design and defend a solution to a real-world problem
3. Verify that a design implementation to solve a real-world problem satisfies all specified project requirements, such as marketing, engineering, and constraints
4. Evaluate the effectiveness of one's own team and other teams' designs
5. Effectively contribute one's own disciplinary knowledge on a team as well as locate and evaluate new information
6. Contribute to effective project management (e.g., through the use of Gantt charts)
7. Effectively communicate with others in a team, fulfilling one's individual role in the project and in interfacing with customers
8. Employ principles of effective communication
9. Employ ethical practices in all aspects of the design process
10. Reflect on aspects of design and the design process

NEWS

March 13, 2008
CPE 450 classes will participate in the Design Expo poster session in Bonderson, 4-7pm.

January 29, 2008
The Green Technology Park Team travels to Salinas, CA to meet client and survey vacant lot for project.