Project Title (as descriptive as possible)

Project Title(as descriptive as possible) Group Members CPE495-01 Computer Engineering Design I Electrical and Computer Engineering The University of Alabama in Huntsville email: e.mail@uah.edu

The Team • List all team members, their interests, expertise and role in the proposed project. CPE496 Project proposal template, Group 0x, UAHuntsville

The Need • Describe the need or opportunity • Lack of the proposed device/software, or • New enabling technology that can make existing devices smaller, lighter, faster, more power efficient, less obtrusive, better user interface, … • Who is affected and who will benefit? • Slide title should describe “the need” CPE496 Project proposal template, Group 0x, UAHuntsville

BIG PICTURE • A picture worth of thousand words that explains the whole project • Slide title should be also descriptive, not “big picture” ? CPE496 Project proposal template, Group 0x, UAHuntsville

Marketing Requirements • Describe (as precisely as possible) marketing requirements from your sponsor • If you don’t have a sponsor, provide marketing requirements by conducting interviews with possible customers CPE496 Project proposal template, Group 0x, UAHuntsville

Engineering Requirements • Describe (as precisely as possible) engineering requirements and associate them with marketing requirements from previous slide as described in class and in your textbook CPE496 Project proposal template, Group 0x, UAHuntsville

Survey: Market & Competition • Describe state of the market • List the main players in the field and competitors • Compare and contrast value propositions of each product (high performance, low price, specific features, etc.) • What is comparative advantage of your product? CPE496 Project proposal template, Group 0x, UAHuntsville

Survey: Existing Projects • Describe briefly existing research projects relevant to your research • University, student, and other projects • For each project describe the relevance CPE496 Project proposal template, Group 0x, UAHuntsville

Survey: Journal Papers • Describe briefly the most important journal papers in the field of your project • For each paper describe briefly the main accomplishments and the relevance to your project • Provide full reference in IEEE format • F. Author, S. Author, “Paper Title,” IEEE Trans. on Senior Design, Vol. 1, No. 1, October 2009, pp. 15-20. • Sources: IEEE Explore, Google Scholar, Scientific Databases CPE496 Project proposal template, Group 0x, UAHuntsville

Survey: Conference Papers • Describe briefly the most important conference papers in the field of your project • For each paper describe briefly the main accomplishments and the relevance to your project • Provide full reference in IEEE format • F. Author, S. Author, “Paper Title,” Proc. 1st Annual Conf. on Senior Design, October 2009, pp. 950-953. • Sources: IEEE Explore, Google Scholar, Scientific Databases CPE496 Project proposal template, Group 0x, UAHuntsville

Survey: Patents • Describe briefly the most important patents in the field of your project • For each patent describe briefly the main accomplishments and the relevance to your project • Provide full reference: • F. Author, S. Author, Patent Title, Patent Number, October 2009. • Sources: US PTO web site, Google Patent, … CPE496 Project proposal template, Group 0x, UAHuntsville

Proposed approach • Describe briefly the solution and the proposed approach CPE496 Project proposal template, Group 0x, UAHuntsville

Innovation • What is innovative in your approach? CPE496 Project proposal template, Group 0x, UAHuntsville

Alternative approaches • Describe briefly alternative approaches to implementation • Compare and analyze alternative approaches • The Engineering Tradeoff Analysis • Use “The House of Quality” approach as described in your textbook CPE496 Project proposal template, Group 0x, UAHuntsville

Project Summary • Slides 3-13 in a single-paragraph summary • Present the slide but describe it only with one sentence during presentation (already described) CPE496 Project proposal template, Group 0x, UAHuntsville

System Design: Functional Decomposition • Describe the functionality of all system components as described in class • Chapter 5 of the Textbook CPE496 Project proposal template, Group 0x, UAHuntsville

System Design: Behavior Model • Describe system behavior • Chapter 6 of the Textbook CPE496 Project proposal template, Group 0x, UAHuntsville

Testing • Describe in detail how do you plan to test the system • Chapter 7 of the Textbook CPE496 Project proposal template, Group 0x, UAHuntsville

The Work Breakdown Structure • Provide a hierarchical breakdown of the tasks and deliverables • Chapter 10 of the Textbook CPE496 Project proposal template, Group 0x, UAHuntsville

The Project Timeline • Gantt Chart • Chapter 10 of the Textbook • Network Diagram • Could be a part of Gantt chart • Determine the critical path and its duration CPE496 Project proposal template, Group 0x, UAHuntsville

Cost Estimation • What hardware, software, services, and other material do you need for your project? • Itemized price and expenses • Development effort (Labor) expressed in worker-hours CPE496 Project proposal template, Group 0x, UAHuntsville

Deliverables • Provide deliverables of your project, for example • hardware, • software, • report, etc. CPE496 Project proposal template, Group 0x, UAHuntsville

Project Title (as descriptive as possible)