CSCI 482R: Interdisciplinary Capstone Instruction

Fall 2015

Date	Lecture Topic	Reading	Graded Events
08.27	Course Introduction
09.03	Potential Partners
09.10	Potential Project Presentations from external stakeholders (PFL, Environmental Analysis Lab, ShareLift)
09.17	All groups must be formed We will meet so that we can all share our projects		Attendance required
09.24
10.01	Writing a Technical Report Writing a Proposal Making a Poster	Writing in Engineering (ppt) CSU Guide An Effective Poster Sample 1 Sample 2
10.08
10.15	PowerPoint Presentations	Presentation Advice
10.22
10.29	Discuss Progress on Proposals
11.05	Proposals		Proposal (70%)
11.12	Proposal Feedback
11.19
11.26	Thanksgiving! (no class)
12.03	Plan on 15 minute presentations. We will meet for 2 hours. Mandatory attendance. Bring your final copy of the proposal		Proposal Presentations (30%) Regular ClassRoom

Pre-Requisite

It is strongly recommended that you have taken ESOF 322 prior to taking this course. In the past students without ESOF 322 have had significant problems. Please arrange to see me if this is the case. At the very least you will be required to do ESOF 322 as a co-requisite. This is an undergraduate course only.

Resources

2015 Projects

---------- Software Factory Projects --------------------------

S2 Corporation --Extreme Bandwidth Analyzer and Correlator. (Gunnar Holwerda, Emily Rohrbough, Angelica Davis, Joshwa Moellenkamp Full -Software Factory)
ShareLift -- App platform for smart decisions about skiing rides. (Nathan Robertus. Karl Ohaus - Full Software Factory)
Printing For Less (Clint Cooper, Jenna Lipscomb, Joshua Behm, Andrew Mueller, Clayton Walker -Software Factory)

---------- Traditional Projects --------------------------

Rebuilding Speech Ability (Genevieve Suwara)

Software to help stroke victims regain speech abilities through a speech therapy process

Rockets with a Genetic Algorithm (Chad Alexander, Ross Wendt)

Develop a 2D game for Android. Complete missions of varying difficulty by improving the rocket's performance over time

Restaurant Business Management (Keara Haley)

A business package to streamline and coordinate separate business processes for restaurants.

Using computer vision and data analysis to determine if a plot of land is a graveyard (David Bell)

This project will attempt to determine if a land in Trenton, Maine is a graveyard from the 18th century.

High Altitude Ballons (David Schwehr, Dustin Spivey, Garrett Cromwell)

App to gather and display high altitude data accessed by the FAA

Conversational Aid for French speakers (Jake Morison)

App to help users gain experience conversing with native speakers of a foreign language

Real time data Dashboard (Miles Sorlie)

Dashboard technology to track data from Pulsara

Meeting Times

Thursdays 2:05 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. in Roberts 312A.
We do not meet every Thursday --please refer to the schedule.

Instructors

Clem Izurieta. EPS 356. 994-3720. Office Hours: MWF from 10 am - 11 am.

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, students should be able to

Understand how to write an effective proposal
Write an effective proposal for an interdisciplinary project
Understand how to make an effective PowerPoint presentation
Make an effective PowerPoint presentation for an interdisciplinary project
Understand how to make an effective poster
Understand how to write an effective report

Grading

70% - submit a well-written technical proposal that describes your intended project. The proposal should contain the following sections:
- Introduction - what problem are you trying to solve?
- Qualifications - include your current resume
- Background - provide any special background knowledge needed to understand your proposal
- Work Schedule - what to expect when from whom
- Proposal Statement - include the following requirements specifications subsections: (1) functional requirements, (2) performance requirements, (3) interface requirements, (4) architectural design requirements specified in UML or some other suitable design language, and (5) development standards
- Methodology - include the following subsections: (1) UML diagrams and any other relevant design diagrams, (2) identify one or more design patterns that will be used in the project and explain their relevance, (3) identify one or more design trade-offs that will be encountered and how the they will be resolved
- Expected Results
30% - demonstrate and submit a well constructed, 10 minute, PowerPoint presentation on your proposed project. Other faculty will be invited to attend.

Last modified: September 17, 2015.