Senior Design

Team Members: Allison Howard, Arturo Freydig-Avila, Boskin Erkocevic, Rhett Crismon, Mark Zakhem, Abdullah Alhawaj Project Sponsor: NTIA-ITS Dr. Kenneth Baker ITS does research in the development of modern spectrum sensing systems based on networks of sensors. Their current solution would benefit from a front end preselector to lower the costs...

Team Members: Karros Huang, Brett Milliken, Girish Narayanswamy, Hamilton Nelson, Prerit Oberai, Christopher Quinn Project Sponsor: Creative Peripherals LLC Product​ ​Description: Since 1986, when IBM came out with the Model M, keyboard design has not significantly evolved despite changes in human-computer interaction and advances in technology. Using a keyboard requires...

Team Imposters: Ben Tyler, Chris Morton, Dylan Cassady, Stephen Lauricella, Steven Hoernicke Project Sponsor: Professor Al Gasiewski The main user problem is measuring gain patterns of high frequency antennas within a laboratory environment at high degrees of precision. There are very few systems with the precision necessary to map antenna...

Team​ ​members: Ian Schneier, Linda Palacios, Weikang Zhang, Xucheng You, Jingwen Luo, Alec Motazedi Project​ ​Sponsor: Prof. Alan Mickelson User​ ​Problem: We are addressing the issue of a power grid failure in the case of natural disasters. During these disasters existing communication networks are often among the first pieces of...

Team Members: Robert Davis, Zachary Kaluza, Chengcheng Han, Sean Lambert Mentor/Sponsor: Professor Zoya Popovic and Qorvo, Inc. Microwave oven technology has been a mainstay in nearly every home since its creation decades ago. However, despite the major advances in technology since then these indispensable kitchen aids still operate in nearly...

Team Members: Grant White, Jesse Tao, Miao Huang, Bryan Gonzales, Tyler Aratani There are currently many different ways for the blind to maneuver through the world, but each have drawbacks and limitations. For example, guide dogs can not communicate what type of obstacle the user is facing, only that there...

Thank you to sponsor National Instruments! This product will miniaturize three-phase inverters and increase efficiency, operability, and application versatility using FPGAs. A recent challenge set out by Google and IEEE called The Little Box Challenge points out that “inverters are too big” and “Making them smaller would enable more solar-powered...

Thank you to sponsor Tensentric! One challenge that laparoscopic surgeons face today is a lack of adequate training procedures for minimally invasive surgery. Simple training simulators exist today to help a surgeon improve their dexterity and overall skill with the various tools they use. For example, a surgeon might practice...

Thank you to sponsors Plexus and professors Frank Barnes & Kim Frey! Congestive heart failure is a condition that occurs when the heart does not pump blood as well as it should, leading to further health problems. Once manifested, it becomes difficult for persons with heart failure to manage this...

The Future Weeders of America team. The Power House team with instructor Andrew Femrite. Thank you to our sponsor, Professor Al Gasiewski! Currently, the two approaches to weeding are far short of ideal for the average user. One method involves arduously going through a yard, finding the individual weeds, and...