Student defined development project

The students apply their knowledge in Electronic System Design and Innovation to develop solutions for an organization or company which undertakes to ensure the quality of the process. The course gives an academic foundation for the development project.

Knowledge:

The student will have knowledge of methods and tools to carry out a concrete development project within Electronic System Design.

Skills:

The student shall have skills in

• evaluating realistic performance requirements for an electronic system.
• designing and making a functional electronic system.
• documenting an implemented system.
• assess the solution regarding sustainability.

General competence:

Based on his/her expertise in Electronic System Design and Innovation, the student shall gain experience in

• solving a problem for a demanding customer.
• communicating with the organization and others involved.
• presenting the solution for peers.
• documenting the solution in an engineering way such that it may be maintained and furter developed by others.

To enrol for this course the student must find an academic supervisor at the Department of Electronic systems. The supervisor decides whether the project fits to the course. This must be agreed upon before the course may be selected at Student Web.

Individual work with supervision, with mandatory participation. The academic supervisor is responsible for following up mandatory activities in the course.

Course activities:

• Problem definition
• Status reports - oral or written
• Demonstration and presentation of the product
• Documentation of the product - report