EHM4200 Design Project and EHM9000 Capstone Project Schedule (2026–2027)

No.

Last Activity Date

Activity

1

10/05/2026

2026 Fall Semester Design Project – Topic-team pairings for the final project, as well as the lists of advisors and jury members, have been posted on the department’s website and communicated to all advisors and jury members.

2

Weeks 2–5 of the Semester

Project teams must meet with their advisors to determine the specific project topics they wish to work on, provided they fall within the scope of their chosen main topic. The project title will be determined by the project team and the advisor. Project teams will hold regular meetings with their advisors to report on progress and carry out their activities in accordance with their advisors’ opinions, recommendations, and guidance. 

3

Last Business Day of Week 7 of the Term

(November 13, 2026)

By the last business day of the 7th week of the academic term, project teams must submit the documents listed below to their advisors, jury members, and the Graduation Project Committee via email in PDF format.

1. As part of the EHM4200 Design Project and EHM9000 Thesis courses, project teams must prepare a project management plan/interim report related to their topics 

    

2. An originality report for the Design Project’s project management plan and the Thesis’s interim reports, generated on the TURNITIN platform in accordance with the information and recommendations provided in the Appendix 

    

3. The “FR1488—Department of Electrical and Communications Engineering Design Project and Thesis Interim Report Submission Form,” signed in blue ink and submitted in PDF format 

4

Last Business Day of Week 12 of the Semester

(12/18/2026)

Each team prepares a Design Project Final Report for the EHM4200 Design Project course or a Thesis Final Report for the EHM9000 Thesis course. The report is emailed to the EHM Thesis Committee for template verification after receiving the advisor’s approval. 

5

12/24/2026

The Thesis Committee reviews your report for formatting and provides feedback via email regarding compliance with the format, including any necessary corrections. Team members are responsible for making the relevant corrections.

6

First Day of Final Exam Week for the Term

(12/28/2026)

Project teams must submit the documents listed below to their advisors, jury members, and the Thesis Committee via email in PDF format by the first day of the final exam week of the academic term.

1. The Design Project Final Report and the Thesis Final Report, which have been approved by the advisor and revised based on the feedback provided by the Thesis Committee 

    

2. An originality report for the final reports generated on the TURNITIN platform, taking into account the information and recommendations provided in the Appendix 

3. The FR1489-Department of Electrical and Communications Engineering Design Project and Thesis Submission Form, signed in blue ballpoint pen and in PDF format 

7

Within the Second Week of Final Exams

For the EHM4200 Design Project course:

Oral presentations will be held on a date and time to be determined by the Department Chair during the second week of final exams. Reports requiring revisions by the jury members must be revised within 3 business days and submitted via email to the advisor, jury members, and the Thesis Committee. (Reports not requiring revisions do not need to be resubmitted.)

8

During the Second Week of Final Exams

For the EHM900 Thesis Course:

Poster presentations must be prepared by the last business day of the first week of final exams and submitted via email to the advisor, jury members, and the Thesis Committee.

During the second week of final exams, poster presentations and oral presentations are held on the day and at the time to be determined by the Department Chair. During the oral presentations, the necessary corrections to the Thesis booklet must be made in accordance with the feedback provided by all jury members regarding the thesis and submitted via email to the Thesis Committee’s email address. (Resubmission is not required for reports that do not require corrections.)