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Week 0: Thursday, August 24

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

Week 1: Wednesday, September 6

  • Faculty decisions on project proposals

Week 1: Friday, September 8

  • First day & project selection (slides)

    BME 400: Room: 1003 ECB (Seating will tight with standing room)
    BME 200/300:TBA(See Canvas)
  • 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 14, 5:00 pm

  • 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 15

  • BSAC Meeting: 11:00 am - 2305 E-hall
  • Have held and documented the first client meeting

Week 3: Friday, September 22

  • Product Design Specification (PDS) draft due
    • Use a meaningful file name (i.e. team_catchphrase-PDS-version1)
    • BWIG: post to website and Canvas
    • Communicator: Email the file website link to your advisor and client, cc your team

Week 4: Friday, September 29

  • BSAC Meeting with Faculty: 11:00 am - 2305 E-hall
  • BPAG Meeting: 12:05 pm - 12:30 pm
  • 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 6

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

Week 6: Wednesday, October 11

  • PRELIMINARY DELIVERABLES DUE
  • Follow these directions for naming files in a meaningful way:
    • "team_catchphrase-Preliminary_Report.pdf"
    • "team_catchphrase-Preliminary_Notebook.pdf"
  • Preliminary deliverables due by 11:59 pm
    • BWIG: upload preliminary report to the website and Canvas (and notebook to canvas)
    • Communicator: email the link (from the website) to preliminary report (with PDS) to your client and cc your team
    • Individually: complete a peer and self evaluation using these instructions and Feedback Fruits found in canvas

Week 6: Friday, October 13

  • BSAC Meeting: 11:00 am - 2305 E-hall
  • Decide on final design

Week 7: Friday, October 20

  • Preliminary deliverable feedback

Week 8: Friday, October 27

  • BSAC Meeting with Faculty: 11:00 am - 2305 E-hall
  • Continue working the project

Week 9: Friday, November 3

  • 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 10

  • BSAC Meeting: 11:00 am - 2305 E-hall

Week 11: Friday, November 17

Week 12: Friday, November 24

  • Thanksgiving break
  • Continue working the project

Week 13: Friday, December 1

  • BSAC Meeting with Faculty: 11:00 am - 2305 E-hall

Week 14: Friday, December 8

  • FINAL POSTER PRESENTATIONS
  • All students are required to attend for the full class period 12:00 - 2:15 pm
  • Engineering Centers Building Atrium
  • Login at the top of the presentation schedule page for more information
  • Presentations due on website by 10:00 am
    • BWIG: upload PDF file of poster to website and Canvas

Week 15: Wednesday, December 13

  • FINAL DELIVERABLES
  • Follow these directions for naming files in a meaningful way:
    • "team_catchphrase-Final_Report"
    • "team_catchphrase-Final_Notebook.pdf"
    • "team_catchphrase-Client_Evaluation"
  • 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
    • 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 15 +

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