ECE-391 INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING

DESIGN METHODS
Drexel University
Winter20142015
Instructor:

Dr. Leonid Hrebien

310 Bossone Building
215-895-6755
lhrebien@coe.drexel.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Teaching Assistant:

Mr. Cole Gindhart

ctg28@drexel.edu
Office Hours: TBA
Course description: This course will prepare junior-level students for the Senior Design
Process taken during the Senior year.
Textbook: Practical Engineering Design, M. Bystrom & B. Eisenstein, CRC Press,
2005.
Selected Course Topics (order to be determined)
Senior Project Design: Selecting a project and an advisor; forming a team; what
makes a good proposal (Reading: Chapter 1 The Design Process)
Optimizing Your Time and Project Planning (Reading: Chapter 3 Project
Management)
Budgeting, Marketing, and Economic Analysis of Engineering Projects (Reading:
Chapter 5 Are We in Business Yet?)
Research and Library Resources
Graduate Studies A path to a better career
Written and Oral Presentations (Reading: Chapter 6 Documenting Your Project)
Engineering Ethics and Professionalism (Reading: Chapter 2 Ethics and the
Social Impacts of Design Projects)
Using Engineering Standards
Patents, Copyrights, and Intellectual Property (Reading: Chapter 8 Intellectual
Property)
Entrepreneurial Activity (Reading: Chapter 9 Planning Your Business)
Grading

Attendance at lectures: 40%

Projects and Homework: 40%
Attendance and critique of Winter Term Senior Design Presentations: 20%