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Fall 2025 Schedule

BME 300 Lecture Schedule

Important dates, links and topics below for all client-based design courses

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Week 0: Tuesday, August 26

  • BME 300 and 400: Work on a pre-proposal as a small team (recommended)
  • BME 200: Review the project list

Week 1: Wednesday, September 3

  • Faculty decisions on project proposals

Week 1: Friday, September 5

  • First day & project selection (slides)

    BME 400: Room: 1003 ECB (Seating will be tight with standing room)
    BME 200/300: Room: 1100 Grainger Hall (Business school building)
  • Design:
    • Generate and document questions for client
    • Start and document your research - continue all semester
    • Continuing projects, discuss the project status with your new advisor and set goals and expectations for the semester

Week 2: Thursday, September 11

  • First progress report due
    • Use a meaningful file name:
      i.e. team_catchphrase-progress_report-1
    • Team Leader: Prepare the progress report and establish goals with your team
    • BWIG: Post to the website
    • Communicator: Email the file website link to your advisor and client, cc your team

Week 2: Friday, September 12

  • BSAC Meeting: 11:00 am - 2317 E-hall
  • Have held and documented the first client meeting

Week 3: Friday, September 19

  • Product Design Specification (PDS) draft due
    • Use a meaningful file name:
      i.e. team_catchphrase-PDS-version1
    • BWIG: post to website and Canvas
    • Communicator: Include in this week's progress report, email the file website link to your advisor and client, cc your team

Week 4: Friday, September 26

  • BSAC Meeting with Faculty: 11:00 am - 2317 E-hall
  • BPAG Meeting: 12:05 pm - 12:30 pm - 1003 ECB
  • Design matrix criteria and design ideas (at least three) due
    • Include in this week's progress report
    • Review with advisor during weekly meeting

Week 5: Friday, October 3

  • PRELIMINARY ORAL PRESENTATIONS
  • All students are required to attend for the full class period 12:00 pm - 2:05 pm in their assigned classroom.
  • BWIG: Presentation pdf file of slides due on website and Canvas by 10:00 am

Week 6: Wednesday, October 8

  • PRELIMINARY DELIVERABLES DUE
  • Preliminary deliverables due by 11:59 pm
    • BWIG: upload preliminary report to the website and Canvas, use a meaningful file name:
      i.e. team_catchphrase-Preliminary_Report.pdf
    • Communicator: email the link (from the website) to preliminary report (with PDS) to your client and cc your team and advisor
    • Individually: complete a peer and self evaluation using these instructions and Feedback Fruits found in canvas

Week 6: Friday, October 10

  • BSAC Meeting: 11:00 am - 2317 E-hall
  • Continue designing and testing
  • Decide on final design

Week 7: Friday, October 17

  • Preliminary deliverable feedback

Week 8: Friday, October 24

  • BSAC Meeting with Faculty: 11:00 am - 2317 E-hall

Week 9: Friday, October 31

  • Show and Tell
  • All students are required to attend for the full class period 12:00 pm - 2:05 pm.
  • Topic: Show and Tell Instructions

Week 10: Friday, November 7

  • BSAC Meeting: 11:00 am - 2317 E-hall

Week 11: Wednesday, November 12

Week 12: Friday, November 21

  • BSAC Meeting with Faculty: 11:00 am - 2317 E-hall
  • Continue working the project

Week 13: Friday, November 28

  • Thanksgiving - no in person class

Week 14: Friday, December 5

  • FINAL POSTER PRESENTATIONS
  • 11:00 am: Informal poster viewing in atrium (set up and help with the atrium starting at 10 am)
  • 12:00 - 2:15 pm: All students are required to attend for the full class period, Engineering Centers Building Atrium
  • Presentations PDF due on your website and Canvas from your BWIG by 10:00 am

Week 15: Wednesday, December 10

  • FINAL DELIVERABLES
  • Final deliverables due by 11:59 pm
    • BWIG: upload final report and notebook to the website and Canvas
    • Communicator: email links to final report and notebook pdf to your client and cc your team
    • Leader: complete the client eval with your team from Dr. P's email
    • Individually: complete a peer and self evaluation using these instructions and Feedback Fruits found in canvas
  • Senior: Outreach activity guide draft due: Upload at: outreach

Week 15: Friday, December 12 +

  • Final design meeting
  • Schedule the final design meeting with your advisor during finals week
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