BE 497 Senior Design
Approximate Syllabus*, Fall Semester, 2001
| DAY | DATE | LECTURE |
ASSIGNMENTS/MISC. |
| Monday | August 27 | Class overview/expectations | |
| Wednesday | August 29 | The design process: an overall view | |
| Monday | September 3 | Labor Day, No Class | |
| Wednesday | September 5 | The design process applied | Teams announced & project selection deadline |
| Monday | September 10 | Communication skills, presentation skills, and teamwork | |
| Wednesday | September 12 | Technical and grant writing, funding agencies | |
| Monday | September 17 | Trademarks, trade secrets and copyrights | |
| Wednesday | September 19 | Product Liability and Safety | |
| Monday | September 24 | Initial project presentations | |
| Wednesday | September 26 | ... | Initial project report Web page for project needs to be posted |
| Monday | October 1 | Economics of design | |
| Wednesday | October 3 | FDA overview | |
| Monday | October 8 | Columbus Day, No Class | |
| Wednesday | October 10 | Patents | Progress report 1 posted to web |
| Monday | October 15 | Bio-Ethics | |
| Wednesday | October 17 | Design wrap-up, discussion of projects | End of lectures |
| Monday | October 22 | Weekly meetings with instructor or project advisor | |
| Wednesday | October 24 | ... | Progress report 2 posted to web |
| Monday | October 29 | ... | |
| Wednesday | October 31 | ... | |
| Monday | November 5 | ... | |
| Wednesday | November 7 | ... | Project report 3 posted to web |
| Monday | November 12 | ... | |
| Wednesday | November 14 | ... | |
| Monday | November 19 | ... | |
| Wednesday | November 21 | ... | Project report 4 posted to web |
| Monday | November 26 | ... | |
| Wednesday | November 28 | ... | Project report 5 posted to web |
| Monday | December 3 | ... | |
| Wednesday | December 5 | Final presentations | |
| Wednesday | December 12 | Final Written Reports and Notebooks Due |
* Note: The following schedule is tentative.