ELEN4206/4207 Senior Projects Design
Project Ideas List
This list contains project ideas that students taking Senior Projects Design are welcome to use. These projects meet the EE Content prerequisite and fall into one of three sponsorship categories: department, team, external. Also, these projects are pre-classified as competition(C), organization(O) or product(P).
| Project Title | Date Posted | Description | Sponsorship | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
IEEE Robotics Competition |
<ongoing annual project> |
Design,
build and compete with a robot built to the specifications of the IEEE
Region V robotics competition held in April each year. |
Department |
C |
Green Car |
<ongoing annual project> |
Fuel-cell powered electric car. |
Green Foundation
|
O |
Tactile Compass Headband |
May 2007 |
Recreate the Feelspace project, but do it with a headband instead of a belt. Read this document for more information. |
Dr. Myler |
P |
Voice-Selective
Noise Reduction |
April 2006 |
Design, build and demonstrate a DSP-based headset microphone system that learns the users voice and then filters all other sound out. All team members must take DSP during the fall semester. |
Team
|
P |
"Ambilight" Retrofit |
October 2005 |
Design and build a retrofit TV lighting system with qualities similar to the Philips "Ambilight" for any television with a video output port. |
Team
|
P |
Portrait Robot |
September 2002 |
Design
and build a system to interpret an electronic camera image and command
a robot arm to paint a portrait/sketch. |
Department |
P |
Autopan Camera |
September 2004 |
Design
and build an automatic panoramic camera system. |
Department |
P |
Software
Radio |
September
2004 |
Implement
a software radio. |
Team |
P/C |
Energy Conversion |
September 2004 |
Demonstrate
storage of excess energy as electrolyzed water to hydrogen and oxygen,
with fuel cell reuse. |
Team |
P |
Distribution Fault Locating System |
September 2004 |
Design
a system that can be used by electrical power distribution utilities
to locate faults. This system would help the utility respond to outages
and locate intermittent faults more quickly. |
Team |
P |
RFI Locating System |
September 2004 |
Design
a computerized radio frequency interference locating device to be used
by utility companies and radio operators to find the sources of noise. |
Team |
P |
Active Automobile Road Noise Suppression System |
September 2004 |
Design
an electronic or DSP-based noise cancellation/suppression system to
reduce road noise inside the cabin of a vehicle. |
Team |
P |