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 2023
Power Thyristor Controller for Speed Control of DC Motor, Alejandra Zapata, Morgan Erich Boehme, Abdullah Mohammed Awidah, and Payton Robert Chalstrom
Senior Projects from 2022
Controlling Temperature of DC-DC Converter Using Switching Frequency Adjustment, Sajjad Ahsan, Arsalan Mughal, and Mark Rapiz
Integrating Fire Responses to Combat Wildfires, Jonathan Leonard Badal
SunSation’s Solar Powered Picnic Table, Michelle M. Barnett, Christopher Barber, Casey Durham, and David Mason
Reverse Engineering and Enhancement of Automobile Infotainment System, Cole Brinsfield
Carrier Card for Nvidia Jetson AGX Xavier, Kyle Chang
Maximum Trapping Focal Length in Photophoretic Trap for 3D Imaging Systems, Jason M. Childers
Smartphone Detector, Ryan Coldiron
Electricity Pricing Prediction Using Computational Intelligence, Clay Corippo, Akimmi Navarro, and Jarryd Elias
Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Robot Path Planning with AFX-10, Audrey Cummings, Roshan Dominic, and Andrew Laurin
Smartphone Control of RC Cars, Weston R. Fitzgerald
Signal ADC Converter Simulation on Cadence Virtuoso for Audio Applications, Maxwell Kazuki Fukada
Behind The Ear (BTE) Hearing Aid, Marco Gaitan, Jaclyn Kimoto, Lawrence Lai, and Billy Pho
Bicep Muscle Rep Counter with SEMG, Matthew Max Garcia
Battery Energy Storage System, Carlos Gonzalez, Philip Tafoya, Mariely Caraballo, and William Hoang
Potassium and Sodium Sensing ISFET Device and Array, Liam Stephen Hayes
Load Slammer Design for DC-DC Converter Testing, Jonathan Hidalgo and Quinton LaComb
Guitar Note Analyzer - Picking Patterns & Scales, Tamara Lynn Houalla
DIY Cell Incubator, Hayden James Jeanor
Standalone Wireless Humming Music Synthesizer, Elizaveta Viktorovna Koush, Conrad Kinsey, and Alberto Munoz
Smart USB-C Wall Plug for the DC House Project, Ridge Lahti and Dino Maslic
Microgrid Energy Storage Branch, Evan Luu and Jeffrey Shieh
Multi-Effect Guitar Pedal, Ryan K. Madden
Cable Transit De-icing Project, Brooke Marvin, Christian DeGrood, James Lavelle, and Shanna Plouff
Hybrid AC/DC House: The Road to a Sustainable Future, Nicholas McAdams and Luis Rodriguez