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 2012
802.15.4 Low Intermediate Frequency Radio Receiver, Sanjay Avasarala
RFID Check-in System for Safe Routes to School at Hawthorne Elementary, Paul Banel
COMPULSATOR DESIGN FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC RAILGUN SYSTEM, Bryan Bennett
iPhone Breathalyzer: Point Oh Wait!, Gurpal Bhoot
Solar Powered LED Lantern for Developing Countries, Lacy Billingsly III
3.5 to 30 MHz Automatic Antenna Impedance Matching System, William Blodgett
Portable Solar Powered Charging Station, Jordan Bonner
Rapid Battery Interchange System, Mason Borda
Ultra-Capacitor Based Electric Bicycle Regenerative Braking System, Alex C. Bronstein
Music Driven Graphical Visualization System, Glenn Bruner
DC House Model Design and Construction, Mark Cabaj
Equating a Car Alternator with the Generated Voltage Equation, Ervin Carrillo
Retrofitting a Car Alternator for Low-Speed Power Generation, Yuri Carrillo
Optical Mode Study Of Galium Nitride Based Laser Diodes, Douglas Cattarusa
OPTICAL MODE PATTERN STUDY OF GAN BASED LEDS WITH AND WITHOUT NANOSCALE TOP GRATING, Gregory Chavoor
Digital Graphic Equalizer Implemented Using an FPGA, Anthony Giardina
Phase Splitter Guitar Effects Pedal, Jerry Gough
Water and Energy Conservation Grow System: Aquaponics and Aeroponics with a Cycle Timer, Roger Hancock
Cell Phone Charger for the DC House Project, Andrew Hefner and Antonio Magdaleno
Spread Spectrum Jamming, Edward Hwang and Karl Sanders
Multiple Input Single Output (MISO) DC-DC Converter for the DC House Project, Owen Jong
APPLICATION OF WIRELESS POWER FOR CHARGING THE BATTERY OF A WIRELESS MOUSE, Jacob Keast and Vincent Jison
All-In-One APRS Transmitter, Justin Kenny
Intelligent Airbag Deployment, Alan Kenyon, Dominic Nicoletti, Lindsay Mosbrucker, Hiram Lew, and Steven Arms
Design and Production Aspects of an Electroluminescent Segment Display, Veronica Kopp and Chris Nixon