BISON ACADEMY

Courses taught in the

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Dakota State University

ECE 403: Senior Design II

Syllabus Spring 2025

Updated 02/14/2025

Syllabus - Resources - ECE Parts Inventory - Comments

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Instructor: Jeff Erikson, Jake Glower

Office: ECE 209 (Erickson), ECE 201 (Glower)

Office Hours: Mo-Th 9-10am

Class Times: Friday 3pm, Offerdahl West 123 (ECE 123) & Zoom

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Fr	Lecture	Videos YouTube Playlist	Homework
Jan 17 Week 1	1: Syllabus & Project Selection Week #1 Slides Sponsor Info Info for Project Sponsors IP Agreement Form IP Agreement for Students Form NDA Form Project Proposal Form	1: Syllabus - HW1 Description	Project List - HW1: Project Selection (5%) Rank you top three projects Due Week #2
Jan 24 Week 2	2: Standards, Project Management, & OneNote Week #2 Slides Sample OneNote Document Assign Students to Projects Project Number, Project Title 3 students per team Lab Station Location	2: Standards & Project Management - HW2 Description	HW2: Standards, Project Charter, & OneNote (10%) Project Charter Work Breakdown Structure Relevant Standards OneNote Document Due Week #3
Jan 31 Week 3	3: Tasks and Apply Knowledge of ECE Week #3 Slides Work Breakdown Structure Major Activities (Technical Challenges) Tasks (To-Do List) Gantt Chart for ECE 403	3: Tasks & ECE Knowledge - HW3 Description	HW3: Tasks & ECE Concepts (10%) Major Activities List of tasks to complete Gantt Chart Due Week #4
Feb 7 Week 4	4: ECE Tools & Breadboards Week #4 Slides Oscilloscopes (almost mandatory) Multimeters Other	4. ECE Tools - HW4 Description - Oscopes (ElectroBoom)	HW4 Tasks & Apply Knowledge of ECE (1/4) (10%) Work on tasks #1 Update OneNote Can revise and will be regraded
Feb 14 Week 5	5: Test Equipment Meet at your lab station
Feb 21 Week 6	Test Equipment (redo) Meet at your lab station Optional if you need to redo		HW5 Tasks & Apply Knowledge of ECE (2/4) (10%) Work on tasks #2 Update OneNote Can revise and will be regraded
Feb 28 Week 7	Work on your project & Meet with Sponsor (no class)
Mar 7 Week 8	Work on your project & Meet with Sponsor (no class)		HW6 Tasks & Apply Knowledge of ECE (3/4) (10%) Work on tasks #3 Update OneNote Can revise and will be regraded
Mar 14 Week 9	Spring Break -
Mar 21 Week 10	Work on your project & Meet with Sponsor (no class)
Mar 28 Week 11	Work on your project (no class)		HW7 Tasks & Apply Knowledge of ECE (4/4) (10%) Work on tasks #4 Update OneNote Can revise and will be regraded
Apr 4 Week 12	Work on your project & Meet with Sponsor (no class)
Apr 11 Week 13	Work on your project (no class)	HW8 Description	HW8 ECE Tools (10%) Use 2+ ECE tools while validating tasks
Apr 18 Week 14	Holiday
Apr 25 Week 15	Work on your project (no class)		HW9: Test Equipment (10%)
May 2 Week 16	Work on your project Attend ECE 405 Demonstrations		HW10 ECE 405 Demos (5%) - Biweekly Meetings (10%) Throughout the semester
May 9 Week 16	Sr. Design Expo - Thursday, May 8^th - Noon-3pm (setup 11am) - Memorial Union