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EET480: Senior Project

The following guidelines provide information from a typical course syllabus for EET 480W and detailed requirements of what you should include in the portfolio. Students who have been approved to complete EET 480W via portfolio should contact their faculty assessor to review the portfolio expectations.

Course Description

Individual projects performed under the direction of a sponsoring faculty member. Projects may involve analytical and/or experimental results. Formal written reports will be required.

Course Objectives

To show your ability to create and complete an Electrical Engineering Technology design project. In the portfolio, you will provide a sample of previous project work in the Electrical Engineering Technology field.

Course Syllabus

Course syllabus can be found on course site.

Portfolio Guidelines

  • Describe your organization
  • Your job title and description
  • Identify project - give problem description and your role in the design project
  • Documents to persuade/with abstract/explain
  • Narrative
    • Description of problem
    • A description/sample of proposal
    • Your timeline
    • Progress reports/description of progress/problems/solutions
    • Written summary
    • Video presentation of project
  • Supporting documentation
    • Engineering notes
    • Calculations
    • Data sheets
    • Sketches
    • Project schematics
  • Resume
  • Letters from employers/supervisors verifying your job and role in the project