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Create@UH Program — Capstone Design Partnerships

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering students are equipped with a variety of skills in both hardware and software that they apply to their capstone/senior design projects. These projects focus on developing solutions to complex engineering design problems using their skills and knowledge.

FALL PROJECT START INTAKE FORM

SPRING PROJECT START INTAKE FORM

Student Skills:
  1. Design and Analysis of Electronic Systems: Ability to design and build discrete electronic circuits and digital logic circuits, and analyze them using circuit laws, simulation, and signal analysis.
  2. Computing and Embedded Systems: Understanding of how to use MATLAB and C coding to program sophisticated microprocessors.
  3. Electrical Systems: Knowledge about electromagnetics, power and renewable energy, signals and controls, and nano systems.
  4. Software Systems: Knowledge about software engineering, data structures, digital electronics, and hardware-software interfacing.
  5. Verification and Validation: For both hardware and software systems.
  6. Project Management: Examination of customer requirements and engineering specifications and constraints with respect to risk management and safety assessment.
  7. Additional Skills:
    • Consideration of ethical, global, and cultural implications of design projects
    • Dissemination of results through oral presentations
    • Documentation including written reports, operating manuals, and test plans

 

Previous Projects:

Electrical Engineering
  • Ferguson Control Systems: Constructed a semiautonomous robot that interacts with spectators at sporting venues and provides information based on a voice-activated input.
  • Omron: Built a “pick-and-place” system controlled by Omron Programmable Logic Control (PLC) devices. This system was used to build a robot that autonomously builds an electric circuit and another that sorts parts based on color and shape.
  • Other: Built a working, home-made version of a Segway with a variety of safety features.
Computer Engineering
  • Williams: Designed a user-friendly computer interface for a program used to size and characterize gas compressors.
  • UH BRAIN Center: Involved in several projects designed to help children with neuro-muscular disabilities by modeling and building exoskeleton systems.
  • Farmers in Nicaragua: Built a computer-automated drip irrigation system used by farmers in Nicaragua.