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 2011
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