ECE 480 – Fall 2014

Project/Team Preference Ranking

Name (please print) ______PID______Major (EE or CPE) ______

Rank the project titles below in the order of your preference to work on them (1 = highest, 9 = lowest).

______Team 1: Bottle Orientation System

Sponsor: Bekum America

______Team 2: Dispenser Cup Contents Detection

Sponsor: Whirlpool

______Team 3: Screw Machine Condition Monitoring

Sponsor: Great lakes Controls & Engineering

______Team4: Accessible Insulin Pump Design

Sponsor: Asante Solutions MSU Resources Center for Persons with Disabilities

Note: This project will likely require you to sign a non-disclosure agreement and an intellectual property agreement. (Do not select this project if you prefer to avoid such agreements.)

______Team 5: Smart Camera to Measure Coil Diameter

Sponsor: Arcelor-Mittal

______Team 6: Point of Sale Grocery Cart Based Retail Merchandizing System

Sponsor: MSU Project

______Team 7: Little Box Challenge

Sponsor: IEEE-Google National Competition

_____ Team 8: Solar Array Maximum Powerpoint Tracker

Sponsor: MSU Solar Car

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Other Important Information:

(Highly optional – use with care): If there are any students with whom you have worked before as a partner, and with whom you do NOT want to be teamed with again, indicate their names below. This information will be kept confidential.

Former Team Member to Avoid: 1.______2. ______

______Ranking of Non-Technical Roles on Team (1=most preferred, 5=least preferred):

Management_____ Webmaster______Document Prep______Presentation Prep____ Lab Coordinator______

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Check the following courses taken (or concurrent) and skills: ___ECE 313 ___ECE 320 ___ECE 366 ___ECE 405 ___ECE 416 ___ECE 420 ___ECE 474 ___ CSE 232 ___ CSE 355 ___ CSE 450 ___ Linux(sys builds) ___JAVA

______I cannot guarantee that you will be assigned to work with the team members you designate (if any), nor on the projects you ranked at or near the top, nor in the roles/technical activities you ranked highest. Many of you will pick the same attractive projects as your top ranked ones, and only a few can be assigned to them! I will try to accommodate your preferences as well as I can, while assuring that all students have a project and that all teams are balanced as well as I can.

Return this form to Prof. Grotjohn, in person, in mailbox, or electronically, by Friday, Aug. 29, 2014 at 5:00PM, or your participation on a 480 team is in jeopardy.