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Apr 30 The College of Engineering Senior Capstone Innovation Day will be on Friday May 6, 2016 from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm, at Lawlor Center, Silver and Blue room. You are welcome to invite your family, friends, colleagues and collaborators to attend this event.
Apr 30 The Setup for the Senior Projects Innovation Day will be on Thursday May 5, between 2:00 pm and 3:30 pm at Lawlor Center, Silver and Blue room. Each team should have at least a representative to help with the setup.
Apr 26 The handout for Project Part 5 is available in Section Homework below. Deadline for electronic deliverables is Wednesday May 4 at 8:00 pm.
Mar 31 The handout for Project Poster is available in section Homework below. Deadline is Friday April 15 at 8:00 pm. Deadline for the revised poster is Saturday April 30 anytime.
Mar 31 The handout for Project Video is available in session Homework below. Deadline is Monday May 2, at 8:00 pm.

Textbook

[Arlow and Neustadt 2005] Jim Arlow and Ila Neustadt, UML and the Unified Process: Practical Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, Addison Wesley, 2nd Edition, 2005.

Teaching team

Instructor: Dr. Sergiu Dascalu

Teaching Assistant: Ben Brown, MS student

Lectures

Lecture 01 (Jan 19): Course syllabus [pptx]

Lecture 02 (Jan 21): Chapters 1 and 2: What is UML? and What is UP?

Lectures 03-06 (Jan 26 - Feb 03): Project meetings with instructors (in SEM-236).

  • Tue Jan 26: 9:00 Team 03, 9:30 Team 02, 10:00 Team 06, 10:30 Team 12
  • Wed Jan 27: 3:00 Team 10, 4:00 Team 01
  • Thu Jan 28: 9:00 Team 11, 9:30 Team 20, 10:00 Team 17, 10:30 Team 18, 12:00 Team 04
  • Mon Feb 01: 2:30 Team 14
  • Tue Feb 02: 9:00 Team 16, 9:30 Team 13, 10:00 Team 09, 10:30 Team 08, 11:00 Team 07, 11:30 Team 19
  • Wed Feb 03 9:30 Team 05

    Lecture 07 (Feb 09): On Project Part 1; and Chapter 2: What is UP? [continued]

    Lecture 08 (Feb 11): Chapter 3 Requirements and Chapter 4 UC Modeling Lecture 09 (Feb 16): Chapter 5 Advanced UC Modeling

    Lecture 10 (Feb 18): Chapter 9 Relationships and Chapter 10 Inheritance and Polymorphism

    Lecture 11 (Feb 23): On Midterm; on Project part 2, and Chapter 11 Analysis Packages

    Lecture 12 (Feb 25): Chapter 11 (continued) and On UML Tools (presented by Ben Brown)

    Lecture 13 (Mar 01): Chapter 14 Activity Diagrams and Chapters 16 Design Workflow and 17 Design Classes

    Lecture 14 (Mar 03): Chapter 17 (continued) and Chapter 19 Interfaces and Components

    Lecture 15 (Mar 08): Chapter 18 Refining Analysis Relationships and On Project part 3.

    Lecture 16 (Mar 10): Midterm test

    Lecture 17 (Mar 15): Individual project work

    Lecture 18 (Mar 17): Individual project work

    Lecture 19 (Mar 29): Lecture in DMS-104: On Project Part 4, Project Poster, and Project Class Presentations

    Lecture 20 (Mar 31): Lecture in DMS-104: On Project Class Presentations [continued] and Project Video; From 10:15 am: Graduation Photo.

    Lectures 21-22 (Apr 05-08): Project progress demos (P4) to the instructors:

  • TUE April 05: 8:45 am ---; 9:30 am Team 03; 10:15 am Team 11; 11:00 am ---; 11:45 am Team 19; 2:30 pm Team 01; 3:15 pm ---; 4:00 pm Team 18;
  • WED April 06: 9:30 am ---; 10:15 am ---; 11:00 am ---; 11:45 am ---; 2:30 pm Team 10; 3:15 pm Team 09; 4:00pm Team 06;
  • THU April 07: 8:45 am Team 08; 9:30 am Team 13; 10:15 am Team 05; 11:00 am ---; 2:30 pm Team 04; 3:15 pm Team 15; 4:00 pm Team 17;
  • FRI April 08: 9:30 am Team 07; 10:15 am Team 16; 11:00 am Team 02; 2:30 pm Team 12; 3:15 pm Team 14; 4:00 pm Team 20.

    Lecture 23 (Apr 12): Project presentations: Team 14, Team 09, Team 03, Team 05. Peer evaluation form is available [here] Please return it to Ben Brown at abenyoucantrust AT gmail.com by April 15.

    Lecture 24 (Apr 14): Project presentations: Team 07, Team 06, Team 20, Team 12. Peer evaluation form is available [here] Please return it to Ben Brown at abenyoucantrust AT gmail.com by April 18.

    Lecture 25 (Apr 19): Project presentations: Team 10, Team 01, Team 11, Team 19. Peer evaluation form is available [here] Please return it to Ben Brown at abenyoucantrust AT gmail.com by April 22.

    Lecture 26 (Apr 21): Project presentations: Team 15, Team 13, Team 08, Team 04. Peer evaluation form is available [here] Please return it to Ben Brown at abenyoucantrust AT gmail.com by April 25.

    Lecture 27 (Apr 26): Project presentations: Team 02, Team 17, Team 18, Team 16. Peer evaluation form is available [here] Please return it to Ben Brown at abenyoucantrust AT gmail.com by April 29.

    Lectures 28-29 (Apr 26-29): Final project demos to the instructors (P5)

  • TUE April 26: 11:00 am ---; 11:45 pm Team 13; 12:30 pm Team 01;
  • WED April 27: 9:30 am ---; 10:15 am Team 03; 11:00 am ---; 11:45 pm Team 10; 1:00 pm ---; 1:45 pm ---; 4:30pm Team 12; 5:15 pm ---;
  • THU April 28: 9:30 am Team 11; 10:15 am Team 09; 11:00 am ---; 2:30 pm Team 04; 3:15 pm ---; 4:00 pm Team 17; 4:45 pm Team 18;
  • FRI April 29: 9:30 am ---; 10:15 am Team 08; 11:00 am Team 16; 11:45 am Team 05; 2:00 pm Team 02; 2:45 pm Team 14; 3:30 pm Team 06; 4:15 pm Team 07; 5:00 pm Team 20.

    Lectures 30-31 (May 05-06): Setup Sr Projects Workshop (Thursday, May 5th, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, Lawlor Center) and Senior Projects Innovation Day Workshop (Friday May 6th from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm, Lawlor Center)

    Homework

    Project video: [pdf]. Due date is Monday May 2, at 8:00 pm. Sample videos from the past are available [here].
    Project poster: [pdf]. Due date is Friday April 15, at 8:00 pm. Due date for the revised poster is Saturday April 30 anytime. Sample posters from past years: [one], [two], [three], [four], [five], [six], [seven], [eight], [nine], and [ten].
    Project part 5: [pdf]. Due date for deliverables is Wednesday May 4, at 8:00 pm.
    Project part 4: [pdf]. Demos between April 5 and 8, short write-up due two days after your demo.
    Project part 3: [pdf]. Due date (extended) is Friday March 18 at 8:00 pm.
    Project part 2: [pdf]. Due Friday March 4 at 8:00 pm.
    Project part 1: [pdf]. Due Friday February 19 at 8:00 pm.
    Project website: [pdf]. Due Friday February 5 at 8:00 pm.

    Tests

    Midterm exam: Thursday March 10, from 9:30 am (regular class time and room). Study required is indicated here. A sample test from the past (2014) can be found here.

    Project Teams

    Team 01:
  • Students: Wesley, Renee, Ernest, Kyle
  • Advisor: Dr. Fred Harris (CSE UNR)
  • Project: ARIA

    Team 02:
  • Students: Spencer, Brian H, Molly
  • Advisor: Mr. Brian Auclair
  • Project: 3BDB-FR

    Team 03:
  • Students: Britanny, Camille, Zeph
  • Advisor: Dr. Richard Kelley (CSE UNR)
  • Project: NASA U2TM: Unmanned Aerial System Traffic Management

    Team 04:
  • Students: Josh, Will, Shubham
  • Advisor: Dr. Richard Kelley (UNR) and Mr. Jake H Mestre (UNR)
  • Project: MachineView

    Team 05:
  • Students: Ryan, Brian G, Nick S, Tarrayna
  • Advisor: Mr. Trevor Kavanaugh (GE)
  • Project: Serial Logger for Offshore Data Collection

    Team 06:
  • Students: Aaron A, Bradley, Conor, Peter
  • Advisor: Mr. Rob Armstrong (Bombora), and Dr. Michael Leverington (CSE UNR)
  • Project: Big Data Analysis with Bombora

    Team 07:
  • Students: Richard F, Richard L, Alex W, Jeff B
  • Advisor: Mr. MacCallister Higgins, Mr. Erik Edgington, and Mr. Roy Francis
  • Project: Nevada Dynamics Drone Streaming

    Team 08:
  • Students: Jeff S, Miguel, Truman, Douglas
  • Advisor: Dr. Eelke Folmer (CSE UNR)
  • Project: CHYS_Arcade

    Team 09:
  • Students: Pearson W, Ben W, Andy, Daniel S
  • Advisor: Dr. Daniel Spogen, Dr. Kacey Durant (Med School UNR)
  • Project: Women Health Mobile Application

    Team 10 :
  • Students: Zeeshan, Cristian, Marco
  • Advisor: Dr. Shamik Sengupta (CSE UNR)
  • Project: NetCity 3D

    Team 11 :
  • Students: Samantha, Hannah, Matt S
  • Advisor: Mr. Royal Stewart, Mr. Eric Fritzinger, Mr. Vinh Le (CSE UNR)
  • Project: NRDC QA Android App

    Team 12 :
  • Students: Duncan, Thomas, Marty
  • Advisors: Dr. Fred Harris and Dr. Richard Kelley (CSE UNR)
  • Project: relEvent

    Team 13 :
  • Students: Alex L, Connor, Tyler, Robert M
  • Advisors: Dr. Michael Leverington (CSE UNR), Mr. Greg Howard (Trenlot)
  • Project: TrenLotAR

    Team 14 :
  • Students: Aaron W, Brandon, Ed M, Shawn
  • Advisor: Dr. David Feil-Seifer (CSE UNR)
  • Project: PR2 Robotic Hand and Syntouch Sensor Real-Time Interface

    Team 15 :
  • Students: Derek D, Frank, Moez
  • Advisor: Mr. Benjamin Willis (GE), Dr. Dwight Egbert (CSE UNR)
  • Project: 3500 Test Signal Generator

    Team 16 :
  • Students: Garrett, Evan, Jordan
  • Advisor: Mr. Joshua Otten (Prohbtd)
  • Project: Content Media Application

    Team 17 :
  • Students: Jennifer, Ricky, Derek M
  • Advisor: Mr. Ryan Costella (Click Bond)
  • Project: On Point

    Team 18 :
  • Students: Ed D, Andrew, Dat
  • Advisor: Mr. MacCallister Higgins (Nevada Dynamics)
  • Project: ADS-B Drone Collision Avoidance

    Team 19 :
  • Students: Charles, Adam, Walker
  • Advisor: Dr. Michael Leverington (CSE UNR), Mr. Rob Rodriguez (Qwasi, Inc.)
  • Project: Emergency Need Transmission Network

    Team 20 :
  • Students: Brian Z, Joshua, Daniel G
  • Advisor: Mr. Brian Takemoto (Washoe County Technology Services)
  • Project: Textbook Wizard