x96 Syllabus

SCEL is a great place to learn/apply concepts and technical skills. x96 students who do a project with SCEL are expected to strive to achieve excellence in the following areas:

• Communication
• Teamwork
• Documentation
• Learning

• Communication
  • Email
    • Students are required to respond to lab emails within 24 hours
    • When sending lab related emails, cc [email protected]
  • Google Calendar Invitations
    • Students are required to accept or decline calendar events emailed to them
    • Attendance to events will be tracked through this tool
• Weekly team updates
  • Each team will log their progress weekly through the lab Wiki
  • Students will post their weekly accomplishments, issues, and goals for the following week
• Oral Presentations
  • See links to oral presentation guidelines in the “meetings” section
  • Teams will present four times during the semester:
    • A 15 minute proposal presentation in February/September
    • A 15 minute preliminary design review presentation in March/October
    • A 15 minute critical design review presentation in April/November
    • A 15 minute final presentation at the end of the semester
• Written Reports
  • Students will submit a written report to Dr. Kuh ([email protected]) by the Friday of finals week, December 18, via email
  • Students may be asked to edit reports after they have been reviewed by Dr. Kuh

EE 496 students can see this PDF for more details: http://ee.hawaii.edu/gfx/content/ee496_2014-02-07_r1.pdf

• Orientation Meeting
  • Students are required to attend an orientation for the lab at the beginning of the semester
  • It will be held on January 16 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
  • Basic lab information will be presented and sub team planning and organization will occur
• Sub Team Meetings
  • Each sub team will meet weekly
  • Notes will be taken and stored on the wiki
• Sub Team Lead Meetings
  • If you are a sub team lead, you will meet with the leadership team once a week
• All Hands Meetings
  • These meetings are held twice a month
    • Group presentations will be held each month
      • February 6, 2016- Proposal Presentation
        
      • March 5, 2016- Preliminary Design Review (PDR)
        
      • April 2, 2016- Critical Design Review (CDR)
        
      • May 5 and 6, 2016- Final Presentation
        
    • Please refer to the Presentation Guidelines when making your presentations.
  • Attendance is mandatory for all lab members
    • Students who cannot attend will need to email the project manager ahead of time with their reasoning for not being able to attend

• Google Calendar
  • Students will receive access to the SCEL Google Calendar before the semester starts
  • Students are responsible for any meetings, events, goals, or deadlines posted on this calendar
  • Students must accept or decline event invitations sent to them
  • Meetings, events, goals and deadlines will be posted on this calendar
• Wiki
  • Students can use this resource to find information about the lab, procedures and rules, the syllabus, meeting notes, and much more
  • Documents will be posted on the wiki
• Slack
  • Students can use this for real-time collaboration and event streaming
  • Students should log into the chatroom when they are working on lab projects
• Dropbox
  • Students will receive access to the Dropbox at the beginning of the semester
  • Students can save all lab related files to the Dropbox