Engineering Systems - Telecommunications, Electronics and Computers

Code:

EEC0140

Acronym:

SETEC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Electronics and Digital Systems
OFICIAL	Telecommunications
OFICIAL	Other Technical Areas

Instance: 2019/2020 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Electrical and Computers Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEEC	42	Syllabus	5	-	9	84	243

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

This curricular unit aims to give the students the opportunity to develop and integrate a complex system in an environment that closely resembles what they will find in real-life business. The system must comply with the engineering requirements that are extracted from the end user functional requirements for the application.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of this unit the the following learning outcomes are expected:

• development of skills that enable establishing engineering requirements and specifications from the desired functional description

• perform a market survey of products that meet the functional description and look for innovations that may differentiate the proposed solution

• teamwork participation

• auto-evaluation as a member of a tem.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Each year a system is chosen and developed with the integration of several sub-systems.

Students are organized in groups that contribute for the development of the system prototype. Each group as a designated tutor.

Relevant technical areas for the system development are covered in tutorial theoretical sessions.

Project requirements and specifications, project management, project evaluation and quality control are other subjects related to teamwork skills that are also treated in theoretical sessions.

Mandatory literature

Docentes da UC; Apontamentos fornecidos pelos docentes.

Comments from the literature

Handouts from the teachers.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes are used, in accordance to an established plan, for tutorial presentations of global relevance (topics on technical areas important to the project and topics related to teamwork and project management skills).

Lab sessions are used for project development work and also for meetings within the group and with the group tutor. This last meeting should occur once a week in order to keep track of the work done and identify possible difficulties.

Each group must have a place (preferably a site) with a repository of all group documents, that should include at least the following: meeting agendas and meeting minutes with the decisions taken and work distribution amongst the group; all documents produced during the project indicating the date and version).

keywords

Technological sciences > Engineering > Communication engineering > Telecommunications engineering
Technological sciences > Technology > Telecommunications technology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	40,00
Trabalho laboratorial	60,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	204,00
Frequência das aulas	39,00
Total:	243,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Students evaluation will take both the classification in the theoretical quiz and his/her performance and contribution to the success of the laboratorial work into account, according to the weigthed sum with the indicated coefficients. It is required to obtain positive classification (50%) in each component in order to obtain global approval.

The individual classification associated to the performance and contribution for the success of the laboratorial work results from:

A - General laboratorial evaluation: the performance and quality of the resulting work as a whole, verified in the demonstration of the developed prototype leads to a reference classification for the laboratorial work.

B -  Each work group will attributed a delta classification value relative to the the reference classification. The sum of the group deltas will be null or almost null. The group delta evaluation will take the reports, th two presentations and the teacher evaluation of the group relative to the other groups into account. The result of suming the group delta to the reference classification results in the group classification.

C - Each student will be attributed an individual delta relative to the group classification. The sum of the group deltas within each group will be null or almost null. The value of this individual delta results from a process of self and cross evaluation of the students, and takes also the evaluation of the teachers in aspects concerning performance and leadership. The sum of this individual delta with the group classification results in the individual classification associated to the performance and contribution for the success of the laboratorial work.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

All students must participate but some flexibility is possible regarding the meetings schedule.

Classification improvement

No mechanism is foreseen to improve the final grade.

Observations

Due to the learning methodology, there are no special exams for this course.
Students must be aproved in both components (project development and team working).