Michelle Armitage - 1

Technical ProjectTI Design Contest: Wireless Headphones Purpose: To create wireless headphones so that four or

more people can listen to a laptop movie or MP3 Player at once

Tools: Need to use at least 3 different TI ICsConvert output signal into a wireless signalReceive an amplify signalUse a power system (battery/battery charger) to power the headphones

Michelle Armitage - 2

Background or Qualifications:� Courses Taken

� ECE 447, ECE 561, ECE567, ECE 600, ECE 609, ECE 620, ECE 643, ECE 721, ECE 740

� Job Experience� Debugging Systems� Drawing schematics and laying out boards with

programs such as PCBExpress� Reading Datasheets� Soldering

David R. Bushman - 1

Power Electronics Design

• Use of basic power electronics schemes to control a variable speed motor (or other device).

• Power electronics is used to convert and control electrical power from one format to a desired format by using electronics means.

• Examples are AC/DC and AC/AC conversion.

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David R. Bushman - 2

Background or Qualifications:

• Currently taking ECE 624 for Power Electronics, and 551 and 557 for Control.

• ECE Classes: 702, 609, 600, 508, 501 (all Comm/DSP classes), 614, as well as all core ECE classes (except 682).

• Work Experience: RoHS intern at Omegadyne Inc (AU 06).• Availablity: -14 credit hours, and flexible work schedule.

-Commuter.

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Ryan D. Griffin - 1

Technical Project

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� Wireless temperature sensor network� To monitor heat put off by a motor and

activate a cooling system if needed� TI design project, will (at least) use

temperature sensor, amplifiers and clocks and timers

� Help to maintain machinery and maximize lifespan

Ryan D. Griffin - 2

Background or Qualifications:

Control classes (so far):ECE 551, ECE 557

Signal Processing classes (so far):ECE 501, ECE 600, ECE 706

Previous Design Projects:FEH Robot Project

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Sureena Gupta - 1ECE 582ECE 582

Technical Project� RF Amplifiers, (operated in 3Hz to 300 GHz),

used to �� Increase sensitivity of a receiver� The output power of a transmitter

� Electronic Switches, used in� Logic gates, RAM, microprocessors and

DSPs� Comparators

Sureena Gupta - 2

Background or Qualifications:

� Course Covered� ECE 710/517, ECE 501/508, ECE 551/557,

ECE 624/722/327� Work Experience

� Research with Prof. Reano� Coop at Rolls-Royce and Lutron Electronics

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Hassan- 1

Technical ProjectClocks and Timers:Clocks are used to time events that occur in an electronic device

such as changing computer times for a computer and Timers are used to register intervals of time for example on a stove.

Applications:� electrocardiogram research � flight simulator � computer systems� Household devices

Hassan- 2

Background or Qualifications:

Circuits: ECE 323,327,620,721Control: ECE 351,352,551,650Communication: ECE 600Hold a Bachelor in Science from France Hold a Windows NT certification

Keon-woo Hong - 1

VLSIVLSI DesignDesign Cells for OSUSCL

- Experience with Cadence- Learn how to design digital cells

Keon-woo Hong - 2

Background or Qualifications:

ECE 710 (3 GHz power divider)ECE 620 � Cadence Project � optimization of RF

oscillator and mixer Planning on taking ECE 720. Interest in Circuits

and Microelectronics

Michael Huddleston - 1

Technical Project

� Chip Design of IBM 8RF CMOS

� Interesting project that will have real world results

� Chance to work with professor with years of experience

� Project is pushing technology farther ahead

� Interested in getting hands dirty with something on the cutting edge that is technical in nature

Michael Huddleston - 2

Background or Qualifications:Coursework:

~ Includes ECE 301, 341, 323, 351, 311, 331, 352, 312, 432

Work Experience:

~ 12 week summer internship assignment with Dow Corning

~ Was a project engineer who worked with different groups of individuals on multiple projects

Other Qualifications:

Hard working and responsible; will do my share of work and not place burden on rest of team; cooperative and willing to make suggestions and take responsibility of project

Marios Iacovou- 1

Wireless Networks

Problem: To enable a better and more effective way to fight fires before they expand and become hard to deal with.

Main Idea: To use smoke detectors in a forest which when activated will send a wireless message to either a close by a computer, or another sensor (domino effect)which in return will notify the local firefighter unit.

Will provide a way to use technology in the sensitive now environmentally community. Would be proven very effective in European countries which

have serious issues with fires every summer.

Implementation: Automated Wireless Network SetupCommunication between wireless devices and a computer

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Marios Iacovou- 2

Background or Qualifications:

! Classes Completed : ECE 323, ECE 561, ECE 567, ECE 351, ECE 352, ECE 311, SC&E 560

! Assembly, C++ , Resolve/C++ and Matlab programming experience

! Internship Experience:" Cyta telecommunications company : applied basic network

design in a telephone/internet/cable provider in Cyprus! Other applicable skills:

" work well in group setting" hard worker

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Pei Chen Kan - 1

Technical Project

� VLSI project1. Abstractions of design:

behavioural, logic, circuit and mask layout. 2. Use of CAD tool. 3. IC design

Pei Chen Kan- 2

Background or Qualifications:� Work Experience

- Worked with silicon wafer by bonding them with glass tubes.

� School Experience-720(Low-Power Mixed-Signal VLSI

Design) -722(Introduction to Analog Integrated

Circuit)

Kenny Kei - 1

Technical Project• Design and construct rocket structures and

components• Learn how to apply control systems• Implementing rocket components via

programming

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Kenny Kei - 2

Background or Qualifications:� Computer Engineering Specialization� CSE 221, 222, 321 (Software Component Engineering)� CSE 560 (Emulator, Assembler, Linking Loader Design)� Programming using C/C++/Resolve, Assembly, VHDL, MATLAB� Worked at ElectroScience Laboratory

� Testing Network Analyzer/Radar Software� Participated in FEH Robot Project� ECE 261, 265, 561, 567, 662 (Currently), 667 � Digital Logic,

Microcontroller, Computer Design and Labs� ECE 351, 352, 551, 557 (Currently) � Control Systems and Signals� ECE 311, 312, 710 (Currently) � Electromagnetics

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Alfred C. Lo - 1

Texas Instrument Analog Design Contest• Basic idea: ADC circuit application

! Temperature/light controlled devices (temperature sensors)! RF communication/ID circuit (RF)! Power efficiency of a device (power management)! All three ideas of the above?

• 3-analog chip requirement! Microcontroller�s ADC capability (MSP430)! Easily met with combination of any 2 ideas above

• Experience! Develop marketable product

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Alfred C. Lo - 2

Background or Qualifications:• Relevant Classes

! ECE501/508 (communications), ECE561 (digital circuits), ECE600 (DSP), ECE265/567 (microprocessor), ECE706 (medical imaging), ECE327 (circuits lab), ECE311/312 (electromagnetism)

• Work Experience! Optical circuits engineering firm! Editted proposals and quarterly reports! Debugged RF circuits! Soldering (surface mounts & others)

• Honors! Won Best CAD Award in Home & Garden competition! 4x Dean�s List (hard worker & persistent)

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Laura C. McCabe - 1

Technical ProjectNew Circuit Breaker Design

# Utilities are currently spending money to update transmission facilities. # As circuit breakers are replaced, the mechanism control cabinet in the

original location will likely not match that of the new design being installed.

# Most circuit breakers have one mechanism/control cabinet that contains the mechanism, the controls and the current transformer connections.

# The idea is to design a circuit breaker where the mechanism cabinet is small and only contains the mechanism and design multiple locations (the other 3 sides of the circuit breaker) where the control cabinet can be located to make retrofit possible with the same electrical control cable location for easy connection as the original circuit breaker being replaced.

Laura C. McCabe - 2

Background or Qualifications:� Work Experience

� American Electric Power (AEP)� Protection and Measurements Engineering Standards� Station Projects Engineering: Design Standards

� School Experience� 327, 447, 620, 624, 643, 740, 741, 747

� Availability� Taking 16 credit hours, UTA, Other

Engineering Related Groups

John McGreevey - 1

Cornhole Scoreboard� Why?

� Popular game on campus� Difficult to keep track while inebriated

� How?� RF transceiver to triangulate position of bags� µcontroller to keep track of score � LED output

John McGreevey - 2

Background:� ECE courses taken

� 551 (Feedback Systems)� 561 (Digital Circuit Design)� 600 (Digital Signal Processing)� 662 (Theory and Design of Digital Computers)� 763 (Intro to Real-Time Robotic Systems)

� Other Relevant Coursework� Programming (C and machine code for both

Motorola and PIC µcontrollers)

Jogender Nagar - 1

Technical Project

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� Electronically Controlled Antenna Design Project� Phased Array� Microstrip Patch Antennas� Electronic Control for

� Direction of beam� Directivity� Frequency range� Gain

� Would need an FPGA and other electronic devices� Could be used for wireless communications� Design with CAD tool, fabricate at ESL

Jogender Nagar - 2

Background or Qualifications:� Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Air Force Research

Laboratory Summer Co-op� Worked extensively with MATLAB and CAD

� CSE 560 Systems Software Project� Documentation and Organization

� FEH Robot Project� Learned how to deal with time and money constraints

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Joel Rakocy - 1

Technical Project

Audio Volume Equalizer� Design a device to accept audio signal inputs and alter the

volume to equalize the output volume.� cable signal into a television with differing volumes

between commercials and television shows� different volume outputs between different channels� Possibly also eliminate any static or interference in the

audio signal

Joel Rakocy - 2

Background or Qualifications:� Educational Experience

� FEH Robot Design competition� ECE Classes

� 311, 323, 561, 567, 662, 765� CSE Classes

� 560� Work Experience

� Internship with Visteon Corporation� Design and alteration of circuit boards to meet customers electromagnetic

compatibility requirements

� Design Experience in CAD tools� Programming Experience in Matlab, C/C++, and others� Technical writing experience

Piyush Sharma - 1

Technical Project Digital Radio and Audio Recorder:• Works like a TVO or a DVR with FM or AM input.

• USB 2.0 slot so you can interface it with the computer.

• Blue-tooth and Wi-Fi enabled so easy data transfer.

• Can also be used as Hard Disk, Audio recorder, MP3 player,

phone conversation recorder.

• Can interface with multiple devices like cell phone, PDA, etc..

• Has a slot for a broad band network card (example sprint).

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Piyush Sharma – 2

Background or Qualifications:• Design Related Programs: C/C++, Xilinks, Matlab, Top

spice, Cadence, Some PLC programming.

• Experience: PCB Layout and design, fabrication of multiple chips on a Si wafer, programming projects in C/C++ like Hospital management and Asset management. I work extensively with computer hardware and networking, VOIP.

� Classes applicable for project: ECE 637(fabrication), ECE 694L (research papers), ECE 776X, ECE 561(equivalent), I have also taken some low level electronics design courses in thepast involving designing, building and testing circuits from scratch.

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Ed Strouse

Technical Project

Model a transmission line� Simulate a transmission line fault� Show how relaying isolates faults� Use microcontroller and current sensors to activate

switches� Switches will act as circuit breakers

Ed Strouse

Background or Qualifications:

Obtained ASEET in 2001Decided to go back to get BSEE in 2003Availability� Non-traditional student� Work full time 7AM-5PM M-F� Employed in the power industry for 6 years� Attend OSU part-time

Marcus Sutton - 1

DARPA Urban Challenge:� Development of an autonomous ground vehicle that

can navigate through traffic (e.g. stop signs, other vehicles, etc.) ‏

� Will require on-board processor integrated with sensors to poll for outside conditions

� Requires extensive programming to deal with any and all environmental conditions relayed through the sensors

� A complex project integrating several specialized engineering areas

Marcus Sutton - 2

Background or Qualifications:� Applications: Autocad, Matlab, Solidworks� Studies in Networking, Algorithms, Software

Engineering, and Operating Systems� C/C++, familiar with Java and Python� CS&E: 221, 222, 321, 560, 660, 680, 741,

757/Current: 677� Studies in Circuit Analysis, Electronics Analysis,

Signals & Systems, Digital Design, and Microprocessor based systems

� ECE: 205, 301, 209, 323, 351, 331, 261, 265, 206, 567, 327/Current: 352, 481, 561

Chia-Ling (Jennifer) Tsai-1

OSU Rocket Team� Scarlet and Grey Project

� Weighs 40lb, 6" in diameter and 10' in height� Carbon fiber Kevlar weave covers the phenolic tube airframe and

forms the fins � propulsion of the rocket is executed by a large motor using

Aluminum powder fuel and ammonium perchlorate oxidiser

� Goal� implement a flight data recorder:

� vertical and lateral acceleration, pitch, roll, and yaw� Peak altitude and chute deployment altitude� Onboard camera and GPS

� control rocket flight path� parachute guidance for precise landings

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Chia-Ling (Jennifer) Tsai-2

Background or Qualifications:� Work Experience

� Interned at the Real-Time System Department for FirstEnergy

� Classes Completed� ECE: CORE + 551, 567, 701

� Availability� Currently taking 14 credit hours� Occasionally work on the weekends (6~10hrs)

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BobbyBobby ValerioValerio -- 11

Technical ProjectTechnical Project•• Wireless Network DesignWireless Network Design

–– Medical field application:Medical field application:•• Monitor patient’s vital signsMonitor patient’s vital signs

–– Body temperatureBody temperature–– Blood PressureBlood Pressure–– Heart rateHeart rate

–– Retrieve information wirelessly and record data Retrieve information wirelessly and record data on a continuous basison a continuous basis

•• Compare trends in vital signs to database which may help Compare trends in vital signs to database which may help diagnose unknown problemsdiagnose unknown problems

–– Provide patient’s information via web to family Provide patient’s information via web to family membersmembers

BobbyBobby ValerioValerio -- 22

BackgroundBackground•• EducationEducation

–– A.A.S. Electrical/Electronics EngineeringA.A.S. Electrical/Electronics Engineering•• Zane State College; Graduated June 2001Zane State College; Graduated June 2001•• Mix of electronic and electrical courseworkMix of electronic and electrical coursework

–– Attending OSU PartAttending OSU Part--timetime•• Concentration in PowerConcentration in Power

•• Work ExperienceWork Experience–– Engineering TechnicianEngineering Technician

•• AEP AEP -- Transmission Planning Transmission Planning •• Work FullWork Full--time; 6 years experiencetime; 6 years experience

Timothy A. Verret - 1

Technical Project

� OSU Rocket Team � Active Guidance System� Autonomous correction of flight path� Use of microcontroller and various sensors� Intention for the rocket to return within a

relatively close distance of launch site

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Timothy A. Verret - 2

Background or Qualifications:

� 2 Internships at Raytheon Technical Services Company� Technical document preparation� Hands-on lab experience designing for B-52 MFCD

� Control Experiment� Lumped parameters model of acoustic duct� Facilitate active noise control studies

� Coursework:� FEH Robot Project� ECE 265, 327, 351, 352, 551, 557, 561, 600� CSE 221, 222, 321?

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Brian Volkerding - 1

Technical Project

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TI Analog Design Contest•Design an analog circuit using three ICs from the website

•Amplifiers, Clocks and Timers, Comparators, etc.•Other chips are permitted although 3 analog ICs must be present in the design

•Project Description•A technical description of the project•Specify each IC chips significance in the overall design

Brian Volkerding - 2

Background or Qualifications:� Current Classes Taken

� ECE600-Digital Processing� ECE561-Digital Design� ECE551-Feedback Systems� ECE501-Communication Theory

� Availability� Currently enrolled in 20 hours of coursework� Member of OSUMountaineers with other clubs possibly on

the way� Volunteer with IKNOWICAN ~7 hours/week

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Tianyi Michael Yao - 1

Technical Project

• OSU Rocket Team Project• Wireless data transmitter & receiver for run

time data logging.• Antenna design for flight tracking.• Feedback control in-flight guidance.

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Tianyi Michael Yao - 2

Background or Qualifications:� Courses:

� EM: ECE 311, 312, 614, 517, 710� Control: ECE 351, 352, 551

� Work/Design Experience:� OSU ESL lab, working with antenna design,

simulation, and testing.� FEH robot project, programming and

testing.

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Samantha Yoder - 1

OSU Rocket Team

Using an electronic guide system to control a rocket. This electronic guide system will be able to control the rocket while in flight by adjusting the wings.

Samantha Yoder- 2

Background or Qualifications:� Work Experience

� Undergrad research with Prof. Ismail in the VLSI lab� Diebold for 2 summers

� Programmed a microcontroller for various functions� Testing and debugging systems

� School experience� Finishing up core classes, taking 600, 624� Majoring in circuits and communications

� Availability� Working 10 hours, taking 15 credit hours