The Electrical Engineering Department offers a Bachelor of Science (BS) and Master of Science (MS) Degree in Electrical Engineering and a BS degree in Computer Engineering. The Electrical Engineering Department jointly sponsors the Computer Engineering Program with Computer Science. The department is distinguished for its laboratory-intensive curriculum, faculty-student interaction, and innovative hands-on educational methods. The department offers 35,000 square feet of well-equipped undergraduate laboratory space, unparalleled among other universities. It makes contributions to contemporary applied research, collaborates with industrial partners, sponsors award-winning student projects, and provides extensive outreach efforts with elementary and secondary schools.
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Senior Projects from 2026
Maximum Power Point Tracker and DC/DC Converter, Isabel Aguas, Madeline Steiner, Haley Blouin, Tristan Asquith, and Ellijah Garcia
Vision-Based Autonomous Tracking Rover, Alejandro Ahumada, Erick Ayala, and Jonathan Chavez
Elevate Grill, Brady Alexander
Archimedean Spiral Antenna Array with Klopfenstein and Exponential Tapered Balun Feeds, Leo Joseph Alvelais IV, Paul Obrecht, Naguib Abdulla, Preston Mavady, and Collin Fan
A Broadband, Dual Polarized Antenna For The Radio Neutrino Observatory In Greenland, Laken Baker
Wireless Communication in Autonomous Vehicles, Kaylie Bao, Nicholas Andrews, and Mark Negus
Autonomous Vision-Based Litter Collection Rover, Dante Michael Benedetti, Benjamin Scott Tavares, and Nathan Heil
Test Bench PCB Design for a VLSI Grid Cell Chip, Nicholas Bruk and Jason Alexandar
PV Performance Evaluation Study at Cal Poly Solar Farm, Eva Paola D. Calderon
DC/DC Converter for a Solar Module, Francine Therese A. Canal, Jesus Cruz, and Juan Jose Gonzalez
LoRa Radio Propagation & Antenna Design for Freight Trains, Cesar Chavez and Marlon Jennson Hernandez
Leader Election System for an Unmanned Ground Vehicle Swarm, Milan Chhetri, Brendan Beas, and Paul Levin
Estimation and Control for Physical-AI Aerial Robots, Joshua S. Crain
Stationary Bike Power/Efficiency Monitor, Paula J. Diaz, Pilar M. Cook, and Danielle Rhind
Sunshine Pump: A Trailer-Mounted Solar Powered Water Pump System, Dylan Quan Dinh and Duncan Campbell
Computational Analysis of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces, Antoni Gonzalez
Vision-Guided Motion Planning for Autonomous Catch with a Robotic Arm, Kayla Go-Oco, Ashik K. Islam, and Raegan Gritzmacher
2D Planar Movement Device, Jesus Eduardo Grado Loya and Edgar Rojas
Foundation for a Digital Beamforming System Using Software Defined Radio, Daniel Cruz Guerrero, Shiron Bendrihem, and Benjamin Tucker
Performance Evaluation of Roadside Unit-Assisted Wireless Communication for Connected Vehicles, Keyrollos A. Hanna and Ethan M. Nguyen
Develop & Test Radar Assignments for Future Graduate Curriculum, Thomas Ky Hong and Christopher William Hoferer
Improving the Hybrid AC/DC House for Future Net Zero Energy Homes, Connor Hurban, Jacob P. Larson, and Zachary Lee
Simulation of Silicon Neurons with Memristive Synapses for AI Accelerators, Marcus Ivey and Kelvin Shi
Autonomous Terrain-Mapping Robot for Search and Rescue, Soumil Joshi and Seann Calub
Central Pattern Generator Test Bench Report, Stephanie Wing-Yee Lee, Dustin Wong, and Joseph Hernandez