Project Course CDIO, 12 credits

Main field of study

Course level

Advancement level

Course offered for

• Electronics Design Engineering, M Sc in Engineering

Specific information

Exchange students may apply for the course after arrival to the university but before it starts. The international officer for exchange studies must be contacted before applying.

Entry requirements

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Prerequisites

Intended learning outcomes

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 projects will be closely linked to the ED- or WNE-program profiles: communications electronics, solar cells and printed electronics, wireless networks, or to companies operating in these areas. Projects can vary from year to year. Here are some examples of possible projects.
  
  Within Power electronics (solar cell application): Automatic power control unit for recycling of the braking energy in the form of re-charging the battery in electric vehicles, Current, voltage control units in electric cars, power inverters, etc.
  
  Within Printed electronics: Develop an organic display, design and develop control unit for an organic display by using conventional electronics, control device for smart windows, window glass is more or less transparent depending on the light intensity of outdoor / indoor ...
  
  Within communication electronics: radio front, Developing a transmitter / receiver module according to IEEE 80215.4 standard, design, manufacturing and configuration of a Zigbee module.
  
  Within wireless networks: Design, implementation, verification and validation of simulation models for analyzing various communication networks.
  
  Within the smart homes: Climate Control Indoor, fire / burglary alarm with web monitoring, automated vacuum cleaning, operation of home care services via mobile phone (light, heat, garage door ...).

  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 runs over the entire autumn semester.

  Examination

  UPG1	Assignments on entrepreneurship, report	3 credits	U, G
  PRA1	Project	9 credits	U, G

  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, U, G

  Department

  Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskap

  Director of Studies or equivalent

  Adriana Serban

  Examiner

  Ole Pedersen

  Course website and other links

  http://www2.itn.liu.se/utbildning/kurs/

  Education components

  Preliminary scheduled hours: 34 h
  Recommended self-study hours: 286 h

  Course literature

  Additional literature

  Compendia

  Other