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The first two weeks of the course are spent defining tasks and , organizing teams, and conducting training sessions. Students participate in problem definition, solution strategy, team formation, and task scheduling. Student teams write a project proposal early in the semester describing their approach to solving the research or design challenge. Teams present progress reports in the form of PowerPoint presentations and wiki-based reports twice per semester.Midterm interviews with each student are required to discuss his/her contribution to the project. Final reports summarizing semester progress will be submitted by teams. The content of the final report is also presented to the class as an oral presentation using PowerPointthat are reviewed and amended and that evolve into the final report. Teams share their knowledge in a project wide symposium at mid semester and at an end of semester final presentation.