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[M009] Citation: D. Wilson, B. Hannaford,
'Robust Electronic Design: What's That?,'
Proc. Frontiers in Engineering Education, Reno, NV, Oct 10-13, 2001.
Abstract
This paper presents an overview of a two course sequence
in robust consumer electronic design recently intro-duced in the
senior curriculum in electrical engineering at the University of
Washington. The focus of the course sequence is on the design process
itself, from the creative generation of the consumer product idea to
the redesign of that product to meet the robustness threshold required
for commercial marketability. Student responses to the course sequence
express conflict among their exposure to traditional engineering
topics, their expectations as developed through the sophomore and
junior EE curriculum at UW, their expec-tations of the industry
experience, and their perceptions of the new ABET criteria and
educational goals. Students dem-onstrate significant resistance to the
teaching of soft skills related to design process and principle, yet
respond very well to the opportunity to engage in open-ended design.
Experi-ence from the first offering of this integrated sequence in
robust design for consumer electronics has clearly shown the need to
bridge the gap between what engineering students think they need to
know and what industry would like them to know in order to enable
the effective use of projects that are not pre-cooked by instructors
but rather are student-driven and motivated. We present the framework
and description of the course sequence here, preliminary assess-ment
results from the first sequential offering of the courses, and a
directed path toward improvement in electrical engi-neering robust
design education for consumer electronics in future offerings of the
sequence.
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