FALL SEMESTER OVERVIEW (To Be Updated)

SEMESTER OVERVIEW & ESSENTIALS

Welcome to the ELECOMP Capstone Program! This section contains essential information about the semester, grading, and important roadmaps.

ENROLLMENT FORM

ENROLLMENT FORM

Access all the necessary enrollment information and administrative forms for the ELECOMP Capstone Program.

Permission Number Requirements

In order to enroll in ELE480, Capstone Design, you will need a Permission Number from Professor Sunak. This will be sent to you on satisfactory completion of the Enrollment Form, which can be downloaded from the link below. Provide full details to all the questions posed in the Form. Take your time to study carefully the Symposium results of the 19 teams during the 2024-2025 academic year; links are provided in the Form. You are asked to select the top 3 projects, to give us more details of your expertise and passion areas in your major. Some projects may be continued during the 2025-2026 academic year; many new ones will be added.

SUPPORTING FORMS

SUPPORTING FORMS & DOCUMENTS

Important forms and guidelines required throughout the capstone program.

TECHNICAL TRAINING

TECHNICAL TRAINING & COURSE MATERIALS

Access technical resources and training materials to help with the hands-on aspects of your capstone project.

DIGITAL LOGBOOK & PROJECT MANAGEMENT

To help you stay organized and streamline the documentation process throughout the year, we have implemented a dedicated digital management system using Google Drive. This guide will explain how it works.

How It Works:

1. Your Project Folder: Your team will be given a dedicated, shared Google Drive folder. This is your team’s central hub. You will have access to this folder when the teams have been decided.
2. Your Personal Sub-Folder: Inside your team’s folder, you will find a personal sub-folder with your name on it. This is your private workspace.
3. Your Logbook & Timesheet: Inside your personal folder, you will find two pre-configured files waiting for you:
   • Student Logbook (Google Doc): This document is your comprehensive digital record for the project. It should contain detailed, long-form entries about your technical progress, challenges, and design decisions. You are encouraged to embed a wide range of media to fully document your work, including figures, photos, tables, equations, and links to your code repositories on platforms like GitHub.
   • Automated Timesheet (Google Sheet): A spreadsheet to log your work hours. You only need to enter the Date, Start Time, and End Time. The sheet will automatically calculate the day of the week, your weekly hours, and your cumulative total for the semester.

The final column, Logbook Document Link, connects your timesheet entry to your detailed notes. Instead of just linking to the main Google Doc, you can link to the specific section for that day’s work. To do this, simply use “Bookmarks” in your Google Doc to mark where a new entry begins (e.g., “October 7th – PCB Design”). You can then copy the direct link to that heading and paste it into the timesheet. This method turns your timesheet into an interactive table of contents for your logbook, making it easy for you and your professor to jump directly from a time entry to the detailed notes about the work accomplished, like going straight to “pages 5-10.”

Your Responsibilities:

• Save individual work (logbook, timesheet, capstone files, etc) in your personal sub-folder
• Save group work (reports – Weekly Progress Reports and Major Progress Reports) in the main team folder
• Keep your timesheet and logbook updated on a weekly basis – crucial part of your grade and project success

This structured approach ensures all your work is organized, easily accessible for grading, and creates a professional record of your capstone journey.

HOMEWORKS

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

Access all homework assignments for the semester. Assignments should be submitted through the capstone course portal by their respective due dates.

PROGRESS REPORTS/FORMATS (TO BE UPDATED)

PROGRESS REPORTING TEMPLATES/FORMATS

Templates and formats for weekly Progress Reports, Technical Progress Summaries, and Major Progress Reports.

FALL SYMPOSIUM

FALL SYMPOSIUM RESOURCES

Everything you need to prepare for the Fall Symposium, including templates, submission guidelines, and examples for posters and presentations.