GUIDELINES FOR ECE 122 PROJECT PRESENTATION

This is a guideline to the students for formal project reports. It has been devised to help the student determine which areas of their presentation receive the closest scrutiny.

A note of caution to the student reading this --- the notes herein are meant as guidelines and not as absolute evaluation criteria.

  1. Does the student demonstrate understanding and comprehension of the circuit design being presented?
  2. Is the design complete?
  3. Does the student recognize potential problem areas in the design?
  4. Is the student aware of solutions for the problems?
  5. Is the student able to present and defend their design before reviewers?
  6. Are the slides easy to read and understand?
  7. Is the presentation complete?
  8. Does the student respond professionally to reviewer’s questions?
  9. Was the presentation interesting?
  10. Was the presentation and material prepared in a professional manner, i.e. no spelling or grammatical errors, business-like dress, etc.?
  11. Has the student submitted all required material on time?

In summation, the presentation is to be provided in a competent, clear, and well thought out manner. The material presented will address and solve the issues relating to the project.

IMPORTANT NOTE: You must SUBMIT a printed copy of your presentation to the reviewers before giving your presentation.
TIPS FOR AN EFFECTIVE ORAL PRESENTATION

1)Prepare an outline of your talk.

2)Follow your outline step by step.

3)Make sure to explain the objective of your talk in a simple and effective manner.

4)Speaker should present a clean and tidy appearance.

5)View-graphs containing pictures, block-diagrams, and graphs should be properly labeled.

6)Speak loudly and clearly.

7)Practice! Practice! Practice!

8)Observe time limit of your presentation.

Example outline:

  1. Introduction
  2. Purpose of work
  3. System specification
  1. System implementation
  1. Performance and results
  2. Conclusion

PRESENTATION TIMELINE

15 Minutes.

Extra time may be allowed on the discretion of the instructor.

Please arrive for class on time and attend all talks by your classmates. Your presentation grade will be lowered by 10% if you fail to respect this.

ECE 122 – FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATION FORMAT

1)PROJECT INTRODUCTION

i) PROJECT REQUIREMENTS AND BASIC GOALS

ii) TOP LEVEL DESIGN & INPUT/OUTPUT RELATIONSHIP

iii) DESIGN PROCEDURE WITH BLOCK DIAGRAMS TO GET

INPUT/OUTPUT RELATIONSHIP

iv) IMPLEMENTATION OF DESIGN USING EDA TOOLS

2)PROJECT BREAKDOWN & CHARACTERIZATION OF EACH SUB-MODULE

i) PARTITIONING OF PROJECT INTO SMALLER AND MANAGEABLE SUB-MODULES

ii) CHARACTERIZATION AND TESTING OF EACH SUB-MODULE

iii) SIMULATION AND LAYOUT RESULTS OF EACH SUB-MODULE

3)BOTTOM UP APPROACH

i) COMBINING SUB-MODULES TO GET THE TOP-LEVEL DESIGN

ii) CHARACTERIZATION AND TESTING OF TOP-LEVEL DESIGN

iii) SIMULATION AND LAYOUT RESULTS OF TOP-LEVEL DESIGN

4) CONCLUSIONS

i) OVERVIEW OF WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED

ii) VLSI DESIGN CONCEPTS AND METHODS LEARNED

iii) ASSESMENT OF PROJECT RESULTS

ECE 122 – FINAL REPORT FORMAT

PageTitle

i TITLE/COVER PAGE

ii ABSTRACT (1 PARAGRAPH SUMMARY)

iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

iv TABLE OF CONTENTS

v LIST OF TABLES

vii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Sect.Title

1)PROJECT INTRODUCTION

i) PROJECT REQUIREMENTS AND BASIC GOALS

ii) TOP LEVEL DESIGN & INPUT/OUTPUT RELATIONSHIP

iii) DESIGN PROCEDURE WITH BLOCK DIAGRAMS TO GET

INPUT/OUTPUT RELATIONSHIPS

iv) IMPLEMENTATION OF DESIGN USING EDA TOOLS

2)PROJECT BREAKDOWN & CHARACTERIZATION OF EACH SUB-MODULE

i) PARTITIONING OF PROJECT INTO SMALLER AND MANAGEABLE SUB-MODULES

ii) CHARACTERIZATION AND TESTING OF EACH SUB-MODULE

iii) SIMULATION AND LAYOUT RESULTS OF EACH SUB-MODULE

3)BOTTOM UP APPROACH

i)COMBINING SUB-MODULES TO GET THE TOP-LEVEL DESIGN

ii)CHARACTERIZATION AND TESTING OF TOP-LEVEL DESIGN

iii) SIMULATION AND LAYOUT RESULTS OF TOP-LEVEL DESIGN

4)CONCLUSIONS

i) OVERVIEW OF WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED

ii) VLSI DESIGN CONCEPTS AND METHODS LEARNED

iii) ASSESMENT OF PROJECT RESULTS

5)REFERENCES

6)APPENDICES

ALL PAGES SHOULD BE NUMBERED.
LABEL ALL FIGURES, TABLES, CIRCUITS AND DIAGRAMS WITH PROPER CAPTIONS.
NO HAND WRITING IS ALLOWED IN YOUR REPORT.

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Prepared by: Faisal Mohd Yasin, Muhammad Y. Afridi, Ritabrata Roy & Can E. Korman - 10/04/01

Source:1)Faisal Mohd Yasin & John J. Petrella – Grading Structure for ECE163, December 2000

2)Muhammad Y. Afridi & Can E. Korman – ECE122 Guideline For Project Documentation, Fall 2000