ENPH 454 Advanced Engineering Physics Design Project Units: 4.50
This course provides engineering physics students with a complete experience in advanced design and implementation. Working in groups, students undertake a large design project of their choice that reflects and further develops their knowledge of physics and engineering design. The students then build a prototype of their design to demonstrate the feasibility of project within the design constraints.
K4.5(Lec: No, Lab: No, Tut: No)
K4.5(Lec: No, Lab: No, Tut: No)
Requirements: Prerequisites: ENPH 354
Corequisites:
Exclusions:
Offering Term: F
CEAB Units:
Mathematics 0
Natural Sciences 0
Complementary Studies 10
Engineering Science 0
Engineering Design 44
Offering Faculty: Smith Engineering
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Work effectively as a team, Students should delegate tasks, manage their time, work with formal project planning, work as effective team leaders and members, support and learn from each other.; please refer to your course syllabus in the meantime.
- Develop an engineering design project that meets a need for (a) stakeholder(s) This project should attempt to solve problems for a client (real or hypothetical), for the inventors, as an entrepreneur, or for society/the planet.
- Use engineering and scientific/physics knowledge to quantitatively specify and design a device, process or system to solve the desired problem.
- Give supportive, constructive and considerate feedback to teammates and peers through project review and teamwork.
- Effectively document project progress through working documents and meetings (lab notebook, progress reports, team meetings).
- Communicate project goals, design, results and prospects in formal written reports, visual and oral presentations.
- Research background, alternatives, safety protocols, government regulations, and industry standards so that the chosen project meets needs, works effectively, and can be deployed.
- Use technical, scientific and engineering tools (hardware, software) to draw, calculate, model, design, simulate, fabricate, modify, characterize and/or test the desired process/device/system.
- Independently or as a team acquire new knowledge and skills to support the goals of the team and project.
- Assess on an ongoing basis the trajectory/development of the project and to re-evaluate and iterate the design and techniques to achieve their originally desired outcome.
- Adhere to all appropriate health and safety protocols. This includes those personal requirements in any lab/work environment as well as appropriate safety assessment and mitigation within the design project.
- Consider and incorporate economic, ethical, equity and environmental issues through the whole design process. Demonstrate knowledge of professional accountability in engineering.
- Carry out the construction/programming and/or prototyping of your system, device or process using or developing tools, expertise and supplies as required.
- Critically evaluate and quantitatively test the success or failure of your project, and correct as necessary.