School of Electrical Engineering

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School of Electrical Engineering Computer
Science Final Year Projects
Gunilla Burrowes Peter Turner
Final Year Project Coordinator
Newcastle Laboratory Manager - Newcastle
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Importance of Final Year Project

• Culmination of your degree
• Opportunity to demonstrate knowledge skills you
  have acquired
• Project Management
• Analytical Skills taking a complex problem and
  devising a practical solution
• Communication Skills preparation of web sites,
  reports and a presentation
• Opportunity to demonstrate the qualities of a
  degree qualified Engineer
• Should not attempt other courses while taking
  Final Year Project

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Final Year Project Support Structure

• PSB Coordinator Garry Yee
• Contact Details garry.yee_at_psbcorp.com
• For Enrollment / Assessment / Timetabling etc.
• University of Newcastle Coordinator Gunilla
  Burrowes
• Contact Details gunilla_at_ee.newcastle.edu.au
• For Academic allocation at UoN.

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Final Year Project Support Structure

• Industry Sponsored/Based Projects
• Local Supervisor Day-to-day technical
  management. MEET weekly.
• Newcastle Supervisor Approval and Assessment.
  CONTACT monthly.
• UoN/PSB Projects
• Additionally
• Engineering or Technical Support UoN Technical
  Support Team
• Note Your first point of call for technical
  questions is your local supervisor. Your local
  supervisor will contact the Newcastle supervisor
  on a regular basis.

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How to find a project

• Since the kind of project undertaken is very
  diverse, there are a number of ways to find a
  suitable project including
•  Approaching your employer with an idea related
  to an aspect of your own work or their operations
  in general. Write a project proposal.
•  In consultation with PSB and University staff,
  developing an idea based upon an interest of your
  own. Write a project proposal.
• Consulting the list of Final Year Projects
  provided by the Newcastle Course Coordinator.
• Assessment will reflect the difficulty of the
  Project

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Group Projects

• Each student should have a clear role and area of
  responsibility that leads to a definable
  contribution to the project outcomes and project
  report.
• Record keeping by individual students in a
  Professional Journal needs to be of a high
  standard
• Groups can hand in one report HOWEVER it is
  required that each member of the groups writes up
  their section of the work.
• NOTE Individuals will be marked rather than
  groups

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Supervision

• You will be allocated 2 supervisors
• Your Singapore (local) supervisor will provide
  the day to day management of your project and
  therefore will provide you with the technical
  support you need for your project.
• Your Newcastle supervisor is allocated to approve
  the academic content and scope of the project and
  then to support the local supervisors with
  management and technical issues.
• NOTE Your first contact point for your project
  is therefore your local supervisor.

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Final Year Project Course Structure

• Work on a Major Project from problem definition
  to conclusion
• Group or Individual projects.
• Two supervisors one in Singapore one in
  Newcastle
• Self directed Time and Project Management
• Risk Management of Project
• Formal lecture series
• Part A 10 credit points
  Part B 20 credit points

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Final Year Project Assessment
Assessment Component Assessment via Weighting
1. Interim (Part A) Technical Content OHS requirements, Progress reports journal Group interview presentation 14
Presentation Quality Interim web site Interim report interview 6
2. Interim Technical Content Interim report 20
3. Final Technical Content Final web site report Journal Presentation 42
Presentation Quality Final Web site report Presentation 18
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Semester 2 2004 Key Dates
Date Event
19 June Submission of project preferences and proposals
10 July Approval of projects and allocation of student groups and supervisors
7 August Progress report
28 August Interim report web site
6 19 Sept Interviews and Presentation
2 October Progress report
30 October Interim report
31 December Final web site
7 January (05) Final report
9 11 Feb (05) Project final presentation
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Focus on Projects

• Industry Sponsored Projects
• Preferred Option because being Industry based
  they maybe more relevant to your current job
• If you have a project you would like to do then
  need to submit a project proposal.
• UoN/PSB offered Projects
• Projects have been developed for groups
  consisting of Of up to 3 people
• Refer to Final Year Project Proposal List

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UoN/PSB offered Projects (continued)

• We have developed 7 projects covering a wide
  range of technologies within Electrical
  Engineering and Telecommunications.
• Teleconferencing Phone
• Wireless Data Acquisition System
• Bluetooth Enabled Web Cam
• Robot Dog Soccer
• Walking Humaniod Robot
• Weather Station
• USB Wireless Communications Module
• Peter will give you a brief presentation on each
  of these.
• ALL Equipment that is issued must be returned in
  working order.
• Failure to do so will result in your grade being
  withheld.

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1. Teleconferencing Phone
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2. Wireless Data Acquisition System
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3. Bluetooth-enabled Web Camera
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4. Robot Dog Soccer
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4. Robot Dog Soccer (continued)
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5. Walking Humanoid Robot
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5. Walking Humanoid Robot (continued)
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6. Remote Weather Station
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7.USB Wireless Communications Module
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Design Considerations

• Please be careful with equipment.
• For some designs you will need to implement
  bi-directional buses.
• If 2 devices are connected together and both are
  configured as outputs then 1 device will be
  destroyed. Please simulate and check designs
  before testing.
• If you are unsure please see your supervisor.

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Some Advise on Design

• Take sometime to develop a project plan and
  discuss this with your supervisor.
• Break the project and individual tasks into
  manageable parts.
• Make sure you test each new addition to your
  project thoroughly.
• Dont test everything at once.

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Plagiarism

• Please be warned, we will be thoroughly checking
  submitted work for Plagiarism.
• How will we do this?
• eg. for work submitted as part of a project we
  will
• Upload all code and digital designs from
  hardware,
• Compile all code and digital designs that are
  submitted for marking,
• Compared Uploaded code to Compiled
• Compare submitted work to work submitted by other
  groups
• Compare submitted work to information available
  on internet.
• If you use someone elses work then please
  reference it in your report.

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Good Luck

• Make an appointment with Peter or myself if you
  want to talk more about Projects this week.
• Final Year Project Web Site http//murray.newcast
  le.edu.au/users/staff/fyweb/4thyearprojects/index.
  html
• We hope you enjoy your Final Year Project