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Senior Design or Enterprise?

Published March 6, 2023

Senior Design Requirements

Part of being a nationally accredited degree program, includes the application of your major skills and knowledge in engineering design.
BS-RE, BS-EE and BS-CpE Engineering Design requirements may be fulfilled by one of the following options:

1) Senior Design – the Year-long engineering design-focused project team. Real-life engineering problem, typically sponsored by a company that loves to recruit Tech engineers!

EE4901 + EE4910 or MEEM4901 + MEEM4911 or BE4901 and BE4910.

2) Enterprise: Students may use four semesters of enterprise project work, beginning with junior year or at that point when you have 4 semesters left until graduation: ENT3950, ENT3960, ENT4950 and ENT4960.
(ENT1950, ENT1960, ENT2950, ENT2960, and ENT3980 may not be applied to engineering design requirements) Add business and leadership skills to your resume, along with practicing your major skills in engineering design.

3) EPS – European Project Semester: be a part of a team overseas and fulfill your design requirements in one semester, working on a project with students from other countries. Look for details on the Study abroad website and attend Study Abroad 101. Your project must be approved by the ECE Department beforehand, to satisfy EE3901(4900), EE4901, EE4910. Provide detailed project description to your academic advisor. Some HASS credits may be possible. Senior Class standing at time of project, and EE3131 and EE3171 for EE’s, or EE3173 for CpE’s must be complete prior to EPS.

4) Other – occasionally another team project experience may apply. If you find another opportunity where you can apply your major design skills on a team project (such as with another engineering department), you may bring your project course syllabus to the Undergraduate Program Committee for review and possible approval. (see your academic advisor first)

Engineering Design Prerequisites must be complete, so that you are “Senior Design Ready”.

Engineering Design outcomes:

Ability to design a system, component or process- CpE’s: including an integrated hardware/software system to meet desired needs; EE: using EE skills and modern EE tools; RE using RE skills and modern RE tools.
Function on multi-disciplinary team(s) as demonstrated by the execution of a team project that is too large, complex, or diverse for a single person
Identify, formulate and solve engineering problems, including the ability to evaluate hardware/software trade-offs (CpE’s).
Understand professional and ethical responsibility
communicate effectively in IEEE-compatible written and oral presentation styles
use relevant techniques, skills and modern EE, RE, and/or computer-engineering tools, including methods and tools for modeling and simulation of digital system performance and dependability
ability to function in a major design experience incorporating most of economic, environmental, sustainability, manufacturability, ethical, health and safety, social and political considerations

approved Enterprise Modules/ 3 semester option

Published December 19, 2022

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List of Enterprise Modules (classes) which are approved for the 3-semester enterprise for design option, in place of ENT3950. Be sure to check the schedule of classes for offerings and plan in advance. Begin the 3-semester enterprise sequence in ENT3960, Project Work IV.

Fall approved modules:

ENT3959 Fundamentals of Six Sigma I
ENT2961 Teaming in Enterprise
ENT3982 Continuous Improvement Using Lean Principles

Spring approved modules:

ENT3963 Explore, Develop, Execute!
ENT3966 Design for Manufacturing
ENT3967 Design for Six Sigma
ENT3971 Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
ENT2962 Communication Contexts

The 3 – semester enterprise project work option is ENT3960, ENT4950, and ENT4960 plus one Approved Enterprise Module from above list. ENT3950 does not apply. ENT3958 and ENT3964 may not be taken due to similarity with EE3901.

Engineering Design Prerequisites

Published January 18, 2021

By Judy Burl

Whether you are doing Enterprise or Senior Design, you will need to meet the same requirements before enrolling. Be “Senior Design Ready” before registration in ENT 4950 or EE 4901 or MEEM 4901 or BE 4901.

CpE’s: Complete EE3901 and EE3131. EE3173 must be taken before or with EE4901 or ENT4950.

EE’s: Complete EE3901 and EE3131. EE3171 must be taken before or with EE4901 or ENT4950.
Photonics majors – see Judy for prerequisite waiver of EE3171.

RE’s: Complete EE3901 and EE3280. EE3261 must be taken prior to or along with EE4901, MEEM4901 or ENT4950.

EE3901 (Design Fundamentals) is required for all ECE students.

EE3171 (EE’s) or EE3173(CpE’s) or EE3261 (RE’s) is a prerequisite for the second half of your final design path (EE4910, MEEM4911 or ENT4960) and must be completed successfully before you enroll in those courses.

As a reminder, your Engineering Design requirements may be completed with a one-year senior design project in EE4901-4910, MEEM4901-4911 or by completing Enterprise project work using ENT3950, ENT3960, ENT4950, and ENT4960. Plan on having two semesters remaining after completion of prerequisite courses to complete engineering design at the senior level.

Enterprise students who have completed ENT3950 and ENT3960, but are not ready to take ENT4950 may enroll in ENT3980 if you want to stay in your enterprise while you’re completing your design prerequisites. ENT3980 does not apply to your Engineering Design Requirements.

Registration- Senior Design or ENT4950

Published March 14, 2018

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“I am starting my final semester of capstone project work… what do I do?”

Firstly, make sure your prerequisites are complete for senior-level capstone work. The prereqs are the same for either Senior Design or Enterprise. For ENT4950, ENT3960 is also a prerequsite.

CpE: EE3901 and EE3131 are pre-req; EE3173 can be taken as a co-req or pre-req with EE4901/ENT4950
EE: EE3901 and EE3131 are pre-req; EE 3171 can be taken as a co-req or pre-req with EE4901/ENT4950 (if not photonics concentration)
RE: EE3901 and EE3280; and (EE3261 or MEEM3750) is a required coreq or prereq for EE4901/ENT4950.

Senior Design

To schedule ECE Design Project 1 in Fall (EE 4901), register for section 0A and section L01. Your section will be adjusted to match your team during the second week of classes, after teams are formed.

Design Project 2 is required in Spring (EE4910). Schedule section L01 and the RXX section that matches your team section number from EE4901.

Enterprise

Scheduling ENT4950 requires a slightly different process than the normal Enterprise waiver form.

Start by completing Part A, online form found under the tab “Enterprise Student Resources” (requires ISO login). Expand “Forms” and choose ‘ENT4950 Registration Forms (Electrical, Robotics and Computer Engineering)’

Part A is used to verify your are “Senior Design Ready”, have met the prerequisites. Part A must be satisfactorily completed prior to completion of Part B. Emails will be sent to you from enterprisereg@mtu.edu regarding this process.
Part B is used to document your project and obtain approval from your Enterprise Advisor. (try to complete by first week of classes)
Once complete and approved, Judy or Liz will register you in ENT4950, 2 credits.
Late-add form is required after 1st week of classes, in addition to Part B. Late fee may apply.

Alternate Options Info

To schedule MEEM4901 (or MEEM4911), contact Ryan (ratowles@mtu.edu) or Tricia (pmstein@mtu.edu) in MEEM204/205. Senior Design in MEEM4901 can begin in Fall or Spring. EE majors, please copy Judy when you contact the MEEM advisors; CpE majors copy Liz on that email.

Those doing their design work via European Project Semester (EPS), start here. Let the advisors know if this is an option you want to pursue so that we can help you make a plan!

EE3901 substitutions

Published October 6, 2015

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Courses which may substitute for EE3901 – Design Fundamentals, 2 credits.
1. ENT 3964(1) Project Management AND ENT3958(1) Engineering Ethics.
Usually offered:
ENT3964 – online in summers; spring (JR or SR standing)
and ENT3958 – fall
Prereqs: ENG1101 or (ENT1001 and ENG1100) (JR or SR standing)

Must take both courses. Take ENT3964 BEFORE EE4901 or ENT4950. May take ENT3958 with or before EE4901 or ENT4950.

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2. ENG4300 (3) or SSE 4300 (3) – Project Planning and Management for Engineering
Usually offered:
Summer online; fall
Prereqs: MA2710 or MA2720 or MA3710 or BUS2100 or BA2100
Instructor permission required to request EE3180 as prereq.
NOTE: Course number changed from SSE4300 to ENG4300 – fall 2016.

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3. OSM3200(3) – Project Management
Usually offered:
Summer online; fall; spring
Prereqs: MA2710 or MA2720 or MA3710 or EET2010 or BUS2100 or BA2100
Instructor permission required to request EE3180 as prereq.

You will need a pre-requisite waiver entered to register for ENT4950 or EE4901. See your advisor for this.

Your academic advisor will need to adjust your online degree audit for this substitution.
Email them when you are enrolled or complete the course(s).

Category: Senior Design Requirements

Senior Design or Enterprise?

approved Enterprise Modules/ 3 semester option

Engineering Design Prerequisites

Registration- Senior Design or ENT4950

EE3901 substitutions