Project Course CDIO

Aim

The purpose of this course is that students should work with a major project, from feasibility studies to finished prototype. The "CDIO syllabus" serves as governing policy on the learning goals. The student selects a project within electronics design or data/telecommunication, applying previously acquired knowledge, and acquires new knowledge when necessary to conduct the project. The project work should be conducted in a professional manner, and student should develop and consolidate skills according to "CDIO Syllabus", by:

• Applying knowledge and methods from previous courses, especially analog and digital electronics, microcomputers, programming, wireless communication systems, mobile communications and networks etc.
• Acquiring new knowledge when necessary.
• Combining knowledge from different disciplines, such as communication electronics, power electronics, microcomputers, programming, wireless communication systems and networks etc. and applying them in new contexts.
• Formulating a set of requirements for the project based on a project charter, and thereby assess the project's feasibility in terms of technology and available resources
• Presenting the project results both for the client and also for other students, who cannot be presumed to be specialists in the technical areas covered by the project.
• Demonstrating the ability to independently manage project work with the support of a project model and with limited resources in terms of personnel, equipment and time.
• Planning, implementing and monitoring a project.
• Analyzing and structuring problems, and analyzing and drawing conclusions from the results.
• Taking the initiative in finding creative solutions.
• Actively contributing to the project to run smoothly through good team work and social skills. The results of the project should:
• Hold high technical quality and must be based on up-to-date knowledge and methods in electronic design or communication systems/networks.
• Be documented in the form of project plan and project timetable, and in the form of a technical report.
• Be presented orally and in the form of a demonstration of a prototype (design).
• Be of such good quality (in terms of documents and construction wise) that can be followed by future students. The course aims also that students assimilate knowledge and entrepreneurial skills, with an emphasis on business planning for new activities. After the course the student should also:
• Be able describing requirements for new enterprises.
• Be able describing the information and analysis needed to evaluate a development project from a commercial perspective, and have the ability to collect and analyze relevant information for this purpose. Course content The idea is that this should be a larger final project in electronic design closely related to various electronic courses in later years of the program. The projects may vary from year to year and, if requested, may be carried out on behalf of a company.The course includes a section on entrepreneurship that is jointly taught with project courses at Campus Valla. Teaching and working methods The course consists of a few introductory lectures, the rest is self-study. Each project team, composed of 5-8 students (depending on the total number of students in the course, will be assigned a mentor who supports the group in its work. There is also a limited access to technical experts. For each project there is a client, with whom the project team negotiates the terms, conditions and specifications.Before the project work begins the team should prepare a project timetable. Projects must be conducted according to the LIPS model. Requirements, specifications, milestones and timetable and other project documents should follow the templates that are included in LIPS. The course includes a section on entrepreneurship that is jointly taught with project courses at Campus Valla.The course runs over the entire autumn semester. Examination UPG1Assignments on entrepreneurship, report3 creditsU, GPRA1Project9 creditsU, GPRA2Project international, part 16 creditsU, GPRA3Project international, part 23 creditsU, GWithin the course, the project work can be carried out in its entirety at LiU (PRA1) alternatively in collaboration with INSA Toulouse (PRA2+PRA3).The project work will be examined against the learning goals mentioned in the CDIO Syllabus. Especially the following aspects of the project will be examined.The quality of all supplied documents (according to the LIPS project model).The quality of the oral presentation and the subsequent (public) demonstration.The quality of the technical approach / design. To pass the project, all the above parts are to be approved. In addition, a report on entrepreneurship to be accepted and approved. Grades Two grade scale, older version, U, G Other information About teaching and examination languageThe teaching language is presented in the Overview tab for each course. The examination language relates to the teaching language as follows: If teaching language is “Swedish”, the course as a whole could be given in Swedish, or partly in English. Examination language is Swedish, but parts of the examination can be in English.If teaching language is “English”, the course as a whole is taught in English. Examination language is English.If teaching language is “Swedish/English”, the course as a whole will be taught in English if students without prior knowledge of the Swedish language participate. Examination language is Swedish or English depending on teaching language.OtherThe course is conducted in such a way that there are equal opportunities with regard to sex, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability, sexual orientation and age.The planning and implementation of a course should correspond to the course syllabus. The course evaluation should therefore be conducted with the course syllabus as a starting point. The course is campus-based at the location specified for the course, unless otherwise stated under “Teaching and working methods”. Please note, in a campus-based course occasional remote sessions could be included. Department Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskap Course literature CompendiaOther

Content

The idea is that this should be a larger final project in electronic design closely related to various electronic courses in later years of the program. The projects may vary from year to year and, if requested, may be carried out on behalf of a company.

The course includes a section on entrepreneurship that is jointly taught with project courses at Campus Valla.