DigitalCommons at Cal Poly

Senior Projects from 2012

OPTICAL MODE PATTERN STUDY OF GAN BASED LEDS WITH AND WITHOUT NANOSCALE TOP GRATING, Gregory Chavoor

Senior Projects from 2011

Design and Simulation of V2G Bidirectional Inverter and DC-DC Converter, Allan Agatep and Mason Ung

Android Application Controlled Surge Protector, Lok An

Digital Modulations Using the Universal Software Radio Peripheral, Daniel Keith Artis

Low-Power Self-Sustaining Schedule Display, Samuel (Sam) August

Bicycle-Powered AC Generator, Andrew Austin

RFID Techniques For Passive Electronics, Ryan Behr and David Cobos

Current Tracking Power Supply for Sensor Calibration, Joshua Brookley

AETHER, Thomas Cameron, Kristine Colton, and Daren Childers

Programmable Solid State 12AX7 Triode Gain Stage, Ian Campbell

Solar Instrumentation Lab, Rene Canedo III and Rong Gui Chen

DC House Modeling and System Design, Jessica E. Chaidez

IMU Integration to the Cal Poly Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics Simulator Power System, Wayland Chan

Auto-Tuning Antenna, John Chen and Jennifer Tighe

RFID Home and Office Automation System: Based on Localized Room Entry, Nolan Clark

Brushless DC Motor Design and Build, Justin Damele

Variable DC Voltage Wall Outlet for The DC House Project, Michael Detmers and Tyler J. Blauvelt

60 Watt Embedded Solar Cell Umbrella, Matthew DeVoss

Micro-Forest Fire Detection (MFFD) LWIR detector and Principle Component Analysis for Fire Detection, Bryce Du

SICK Laser Scanner Power Supply For Use with a Yamaha RMAX UAV, Elliot Due

Off-Grid Photovoltaic System Design Project, Brian Duffy

An Investigation into Ultrasonic Communication for Near-Body Networks, Eric Joshua Escudero Jr. and Gursewak Singh Rai

Autonomous Golf Cart Vision Using HSV Image Processing and Commercial Webcam, John D. Fulton

Poly Canyon Cogeneration System, Jaideep Gill

Smooth Ternary Signaling For Deep-Submicron(DSM) Buses, Robert Endicott Hanson and Ryan Ian Fullerton

Elliptical Machine DC-DC Converter for the Energy Harvesting From Exercise Machines Project, Greg Hollister

Energy Harvesting Bicycle, Michael Hui

Multiple-View Planetary Photogrammetry and its Visualization, Kyle D. Husmann

REM Sleep Alarm, Shaun Kelsey and Brendon Soltis

Early Forest Fire Detection in the Spectral Domain, Dennis Keyes

Hydro-Electric Generation System for the DC House Project, Dennis Kwan and Mitchell Krug

Wildlife Deterrent System: The "SCARE WAVE" Audio Deterrent System, Ferdd Mari C. Lansang and Kevin Wong

Active Noise Cancellation, Sihyung Lee

Laser Cursor, Michael Liman

Wind Power Generator Design for the DC House Project, Evan Lim and Samson Liu

Programmable Household LED Light Fixture, Jordan Locano

Wirelessly Operated PA Loudspeaker System for RMAX Search-and-Rescue UAV: A Preliminary Design, Travis Luke and Nolan Uchizono

Solar Powered Electric Clothes Dryer, Roger Mai and Alan Swe

10-Band Graphic Equalizer, Sean William Michel

Discrete Alarm Clock, Travis Moore and Collin Barth

Audio-to-Optical Conversion and Transmission, Jason Moritz

Design Strategy for a 3-Phase Variable Frequency Drive (VFD), Omar David Munoz

FOCE Medium Voltage Load Switcher, Eric Nelson and Sean Tolibas

Microcontroller Based Inductance Meter, David Nguyen

Heart-Rate Monitoring Control System Using Photoplethysmography (PPG), Wesley Nguyen and Ryan Horjus

Audio-Triggered EL Wire Sequencer, Benjamin (Ben) Paik

Human Detection, Jong Park

Cal Poly Power System Design & Analysis, Minesh D. Patel

Dyl-Light: An ACN Controlled, RGBW LED Light Fixture, Dylan Pavelko

Photovoltaic System Design for DC House, Luis B. Perez and Hao Ming Mai

One-Pin 32 kHz Low-Power Crystal Oscillator, Aaron Plata-Ruiz

Wireless Sensor Network for Energy and Environmental Monitoring: Helping Old Buildings Go Green, Jacob Power

Automatic Clownfish Hatchery, Laura Quesada

Exercise Bicycle DC-DC Converter for the Energy Harvesting from Exercise Machines Project, Ryan Rickard and Logan Stowe

Solar Powered Backpack, Saagar Sabharwal and Tom Poonsopin

Portable Solar Desalination System, Genaro Sanchez, Alan Galarza, and Erick Del Real

Wireless Energy Transfer, Ryan Sasur

Formula Hybrid Primary Electrical Systems Senior Project Report, Gregg Schultz and Matthew (Matt) Tolman

140 New Montgomery Power Distribution Design, Stephen Shaffer

Constant Conduction Angle Experimental Generation for RF Power Amplifiers, Michael Spahn

Controller Board Prototype Development for the Cal Poly SuPER Project, Clifford Susa

Multicore, Multithreaded, Phase-Synchronous FM Sound Synthesizer, Justin Tomlin

LED Spotlight, Eric Toussaint

A Self-Oscillating Parallel Audio Amplifier, Max Ullrich

Air Scratch: An Innovative Touch-Free DJ Controller, Nixon Vandel

Terrain Classification for Autonomous RMAX Helicopter Search and Rescue, Erin West

MP3 Player System Design, Eric Wu

Development of Wind Tunnel for Laboratory Wind Turbine Testing, Danny Alexander Zepeda

Wireless Passive Power Transfer Using Wire Antennas, Sheng Da Zhang

Senior Projects from 2010

Energy Harvesting From Exercise Machines Cal Poly Recreation Center Implementation, Justin Arakaki, Praveen Lawrence, and Audrey Nakamura

Wireless Sensing of Epileptiform Activity, Wade Barnes

PolyEnvi, Stephen Beard, Josh Engel, Paul Fake, Diego Flores, Alvaro Nunez, and Miguel Wong

Intelligent Irrigation Zone Splitter, David Boeck

Sign Language Glove, Nicholas Born

High Voltage Switched-Mode Power Supply for Three-Phase AC Aircraft Systems, John Brewer Jr. and Kamaljit Bagha

Magnetic Design Web Application, Michael Brim

Equatorial Mount Modification Enabling Automatic Setup and Motorized Star Tracking, John William Burkett

Cal Poly Wind Turbine Speed Controller, Kent Burnett

FM Radio Receiver with Digital Demodulation, Nicholas Burnett

Micro Forest Fire Detection, John Cape

Electric Bicycle System, Robert Cong, Rodney Martinez, Mark Casilang, and Peter Vong

UAV Pirates and SilenTrack Integration, Travis Dean, Hushnak Singh, Ashley Wager, and Matthew (Matt) Woolridge

Energy Harvesting from Exercise Machines: Bike Buck-Boost Converter, Monroe Diamond and Brian Vuong

Design of a Passive RFID System for Asset Tracking, Kyle James Dodson

Touch Screen Sound Controller, James Fenley and Jonathan Law

Ultrasonic Listener: Microcontroller Based Frequency Shifter, Troy Fredriks

Transmission Line Forecast Study, Ryan Garoogian

Wi-Fi Evapotranspiration Irrigation Controller, Ryan Goodman

Designing a Photovoltaic System Hybrid for a Health Clinic In Camilo Ortega, Nicaragua, Jeremy Holliman

XINS, Kyle Howen

Solar Panel Tracker, Andrew Hsing

Pre-amp Equalizer and Distortion Control, Brian Jackson

Analog Electric Guitar Distortion Effects and Headphone Amplification, Michael Alexander Jenkins

Simulation of Cal Poly SuPER System SimuLink Model using Insolation Variation, Jacob Kory

Design of a High-Low Unipolar Pulse Width Modulated Inverter, Danny Li and Christian Ramos

Auto Dialer Wireless Smoke Detector/Alarm System, Manny Linhares

Single-Ended Tube-Based Guitar Amplifier, Joseph (Joe) Linn

OFDM SIMULATION in MATLAB, PAUL GUANMING LIN

Class-D Power Amplifier, Joseph Maldonado and Jeovany Vega

Modular Electronic Load, Jason March