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 2025
High-Frequency Current and Voltage Sensing Buck Converter Compatible with Model Predictive Control, Cathy G. Chen and Lani K. Nguyen
Leader-Follower Platooning with Turtlebot3: A Low-Cost ROS Test-Bed Using Vision-LiDAR Fusion, Patrick Kelly Crandall and Kalon Ma Bienz
A TurtleBot3 Hardware Testbed for Distributed Kalman Filter Localization, Dmitri Dobrynin and Indigo T. Garcia
Direction Finding from Aerial Platforms with Amateur Radio Arrays, Ben Duval III and Esteban Perez
DC to AC Voltage Source Converter Control System, Mohummad Tark Elgassier, Jordan M. Reichhardt, and Brayden Richard Young
Expeditionary Ocean Power Generator, Ethan Gossard, Julian Steele, Alex Gray, and Hunter Herring-Alderete
Mesh-Networked UAV Swarm: Experimental Leader-Follower Formation Control, Toma Grundler and Jack Ryan
Piezoelectric Actuator Driver System, Daniel Hoefer
Autonomous Mapping Rover, Garrett Jones, Timothy Kyle Chu, and Eugenio Caruso Pasos
Compact Modular Photovoltaic System with MPPT Controller, Alain Ardash Kanadjian, Alex Aarnio, and Christopher Arango
Development of a Modular Dual-Phase and Single-Phase Buck Converter Laboratory Module, Maxwell John Kreizinger and Ethan David Robson
Electrocardiogram Signal Modeling and Classification Using Machine Learning, Emerald Leslie and Jesus Loza
ExOPG Maturation and OWL Interface, Duncan Michael Louden
Marine Energy Collegiate Competition - PolyWave Energy, Beneda Loya, Isaiah Martinez, Emily Nicoletta, and Michael Weber
Improvements to Cal Poly's Hybrid AC/DC House, Brandon Ng, Andrew Nguyen, and Logan Tom
Single-Sided Hearing Assistance Application, Harryson Nguyen and JP Haratani
Advanced Light Dimming Power Converter, Jaden Nguyen, Edwin Lin, and Alan Thai
Framework for Multi-Agent Coordination and Distributed Localization in Micro-UAVs, Minwoo Park and Nikolas Tambornini
Restoration of 6-Axis Industrial-Grade Robotic Arms, Bryce Andrew Paulson and Warren Douglas Howard
2024 – 2025 Cal Poly Wind Power AC-DC Rectification Subsystem for Collegiate Wind Competition 2025, Ryan Rayos, Annabella Piercey, and Alex Liu
Test Equipment Automation and Remote Operation Curriculum Senior Project, Raheel Rehmatullah
A Battery Charging System from a Spinning DC Generator, William L. Robey, Darcy A. Eliasi, Kalel Gadduang, and Ella Blecher
Wireless Communication in Autonomous Vehicles, Ethan Paul Spalard, Alan Rubalcava, and Jarnail Singh Sanghera
Synthetic Aperture Radar Processing for Increased Resolution of Englacial Strata, Ava Stockman