Senior Design- Charles J. Kim

Senior Design Class: 2009-2010

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Howard University

Dr. Charles Kim (ckim@howard.edu)

0. About the Course

Syllabus 1 for Senior Design I
: Syllabus 2 for Senior Design II

1. Introduction

Design Process

2. Problem Formulation

Identifying Needs and Defining Problems
: Design Topics (Briefs)
: Design Requirements; Example Design Requirements - Example 1 (pdf format, XLS format), Example 2 (pdf format, XLS format), and Example 3 (pdf format, XLS format)
: **** Visitors to the Class ****

Dr. John Trimble of Systems and Computer Sciences Department discussed about Intel Challenge Design Project of WiMAX on September 30, 2009.

Thomas Hickey from Honeywell presented on a low orbiting lunar satellite and attitude control on September 30, 2009.

Emily Allshouse, the operations manager of Prince George's county teaching fellows, talked about the Teaching Fellows program on October 7, 2009

: Project Success; Teamwork; Project Proposal
: Dr. John Rowe of Honeywell visited the class for his presentation on the background of spacecraft attitude control (Nov 4, 2009)
: Proposal Presentation (Reading Material)

Proposal Panel Review: Public Presentation; November 13, 2009 (1 - 3pm) at 150 Mackey Building
: * Proposal Presentation Program

Team WMX (Intel WiMAX Project) - Presentation File and Proposal
: From left to right: Abeeku Paulos, Jonathan Charlery, and Cesar Gomes.

Team LDW (Lane Departure Warning System Project) - Presentation File and Proposal
: From left to right: Titilope Ogunlaja, Lucky Adike, Funmi Oludaiye, and Marlon McKinnie

Team MGR (San Diego Gas & Electric Microgrid Project) - Presentation File and Proposal
: From left to right: Mulegeta Damamo, D'Angelo Woods, and Christina Cheek

Team DRP (Tacoma Power Demand Response Project) - Presentation File and Proposal
: From left to right: Itotoh Akhigbe and Marc Inniss

Team SAT (Honeywell Lunar Satellite Attitude Project) - Presentation File and Proposal
: From left to right: Yemi Sonoiki, Danah Warren, and Tolu Kupoluyi

Proposal Presentation Judges: Dr. John Rowe (Honeywell), Peter Ramsumair (Credit Suisse), and Clarence Bell (FERC)

From left to right: John Rowe, Peter Ramsumair, and Clarence Bell.

Comment and Discussion Time
: Judges share their opinions and make comments (left), and Marlon McKinnie finds time to chat with John Rowe after the event.

The last guest speaking event of the class:

Clarence Bell of FERC talked about Electricity Transmission and Reliability, Blackout, and FERC's role.

3. Problem Solving ( "It would appear that genius is not at all a divine and rare gift, but it is the destiny of everyone who has not been born a complete idiot" - P. K. Engelmeier, a Russian engineer)

Problem Solving; Progress Reporting
: Guest Speaker: January 27, 2010; Susan Hudson introduced HBCU STEM Fellowship Program.

4. Solution Implementation

Solution Implementation

Guest Speaker: Vera Hendicks from Honeywell lectured on the Project Risk Management (March 10, 2010)

Guest Speaker: Steve Partyka from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of DOE presented on Solar Technologies (March 24, 2010)

ECE Day: W April 14, 2010 (@ Blackburn Center)

20th ECE Day Program

WiMax team explains its project to student attendees.

Luck Adike of LDW team, along with Tolu, Funmi, and Marlon, answers questions from Steve Wachira, Raymond Brown, and Deborah Jackson.

SAT team members (Danah, Yemi, and Tolu) poses after their heavy schedule is finally over.

MGR team (Mulegeta Damamo, D'Angelo Woods, and Christina Cheek) listens to Deborah Jackson's comments.

DRP team (Itotoh Akhgibe, Marc Inniss, and Lloyd Eley) exchanges ideas with Dr. John Anderson and Mr. Clarence Bell

Mr. Thomas Hickey, the guest speaker of the event, entertained the audience with anecdotes, encouraged the students to become the 21st century leaders.

Group Photo (Sorry for low quality)

SPECIAL ACTIVITY
: The WiMax team ( Jonathan, Charlery, Brandon Montgomery, and Cesar Gomes) participated in the 2010 Intel Design Design Challenge competition.

WiMax team's presentation in the Intel Design Challenge event (April 29, 2010)
: They won the challenge and received $10,000 award. Note that the team, last semester, won $500 from IEEE for their work.