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
Independent Moisture-Sensitive Automatic Watering System, Jessica Sherbon
Control System for Glucose Detector System, David Smith
Day/Night Band Imager for a CubeSat, Eric Stanton
Residential Grid-Tied with Battery Backup Photovoltaic System, Thomas Stobuagh
Energy harvesting from multiple sources for Battery charging, John John Therampilly
Radio Link Analysis and Characterization of Past and Future Cal Poly CubeSats, Brian Gilbert Tubb
12 Volt Wall Outlet for The DC House Project, Dylan Van Lant and Chenxi Zhang
Human Powered Generation - Seesaw: A DC House Project, William Varsh and Jeffrey Healy
An Overview of Binary Arithmetic Architectures & Their Implementation in DSP Systems, Joseph Waddell
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