List of Senior Design Projects

CURRENT Senior design Project 

Spring 2026 to Fall 2026

• Automated Chromate Conversion System for Aluminum Alloys, ECE Advisor: Dr. Yanfei Liu, 3 ECE Students
• Portable Automation Training/Demo Platform for Industrial Control Technologies, ECE Advisor: Dr. Todor Cooklev, Wilson Mendez + 2 other ECE Students
• Lunabotics   sponsor: ECE Department, 3 ECE Students, Advisor: Guoping Wang

Fall 2025 to Spring 2026

• Automated Controls of an Emergency Evacuation System,ECE Advisor: Dr. Guoping Wang, CME: Dr. Zhuming Bi, Students: Alex Askren (EE/CPE), Manaal Shamsi (EE), Srikar Lanka (EE)
• Real-Time Embedded Motor Control System for BLDC Fuel Transfer Pump,ECE Advisors: Drs. Antian Wang & David Cochran, Students: Alex Evans (EE), Jake Wallace (EE), Jesus Lopez (EE), Saideep (Deep) Kotasthane (CPE/EE)
• Battery Powered Wet Floor Sensor – Round 2,ECE Advisor:Dr. Elizabeth Thompson, Students: Kaden Downes (EE/CPE), Carlos Acevedo (CPE), Mary Catherine Landrigan (EE)
• Power Line Carrier (PLC) Prototype,ECE Advisor: Dr. Yanfei Liu, Students: Kevin Partington (CPE/EE), Sankalp Sinha (CPE/EE)
• Crane Low Profile Vessle 2025-2026 ,ECE Advisor: Drs. Guoping Wang, Bin Chen, Students: Dylan Quinn (EE), Dominik Shramek (CPE/EE), Wyatt Shepherd (EE/CPE), Brock Fuller (CPE/EE)

Previous Senior Design Projects

Spring 2025 to Fall 2025

• Air Quality Control,  Advisor: Dr. Guoping Wang, Student: Tanaka Muchipisi

Fall 2024 to Spring 2025

• Passivation Immersion Tester, Additional Information of this project, Advisor: Drs. Yanfei Liu & Guoping Wang, Students: Chad Beck(EE), Seth Glasscock (EE/CPE), Emerson Stobbe(EE), Weiqi Wu (EE/CPE).
• Project Dream Big, Advisor: Dr. Chao Chen, Students: Marcelo F. Maldonado(EE),Dale Milijkovic(EE/CPE), David Shaw(CPE),Ivan Shouldice(EE).
• Crane LPV 2024-2025, Advisors: Drs. Guoping Wang & Bin Chen, Students:Drew Faulstich(CPE),Tyler Gerben (CPE),Jared Guminski (EE),Ethan Kurtzweg(EE), Samiya Qasmi(CPE).
• Battery Powered Wet Floor Sensor, Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Thompson, Students: Drew Clem(EE), Kyler Kellogg(EE/CPE),Jadon Wallace(CPE).
• CO2 Incubator for Cell Culture, Advisor: Drs. David Cochran and Antian Wang, Students: Luke Edwards Auslender (EE/CPE),Evan Bishop (EE), Gage Howard(EE), Tino Pacheco(CPE).

Spring 2024 to Fall 2024

• Microprocessor in Loop Test Setup, Advisor: Dr. Chao Chen, Students: David Nelson (EE/CPE), Austin DeLieto (EE), Delbert Mulholland (EE/CPE)
• Pump Dynamometer Electrical Redesign, Advisor: Dr. Yanfei Liu, Students: Josiah Beck (EE), Steven Cook (EE), Navkaran Singh (CPE)

Fall 2023 to Spring 2024

• F-15 Missile Status Indicator Test Fixture Rebuild, Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Thompson, Students: Braydon Perez (EE); Andrew Williamson (EE/CPE); Nicholas Castator (EE)
• Crane LPV 2023-2024, advisors: Drs. Bin Chen and Guoping Wang, Students: Olive Bartz (EE/CPE); Benjamin Thompson (CPE); Connor Fort (EE); Balraj Minhas (CPE)
• GNU Radio Simulator, advisor: Bruce Reidenbach, Students: Joseph Havens (EE/CPE); Jacob Lister (EE/CPE); Cole Christian (EE)
• UTEC WIP , Advisor: Dr. Yanfei Liu, Students: Zachary Harris (EE); Rachel Oak (EE/CPE); Kaleb Chantelois (EE)

Spring 2023 to Fall 2023

• Multi Stationed Dunk Testing Unit, Advisor: Dr. Yanfei Liu; Students: Raja Singh (CPE); Samel Muslic (CPE); Nick Olaya-Rojas (EE)
• RF ID Mapping, Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Thompson; Students: Deen Crandall (EE/CPE); Ethan Skye (EE); Cameron Lawless (EE)

Fall 2022 to Spring 2023

• Network-based, time-synchronous, audio interface board
• Implementation of a vibration condition-based monitoring on a strander  
• Redhawk Waveform Component Deployment on Distributed Processing Node
• Environmental Chamber Independent Chamber Monitor
• Franklin Electric IoT Gateway

Spring 2022 to Fall 2022

• Software, PLC programming, and hardware to provide automated water meter readings to HMI on water meter test stand
• EMI Filter Block  

FALL 2021 AND SPRING 2022

• Electrical Design and installation for the Ipelce Community Center in Burkina Faso, Africa
• Test Engineering Benchtop Test System
• IoT Gateway
• Easy Install Slip Rings
• Power Usage Monitoring and Reporting
• Collaborative Robot for Cooking

SPRING 2021 AND FALL 2021

• Control and Monitoring in Plastics Welding Sponsor: Trelleborg Sealing Solutions
• Upgrade Shock Dynamometer Software Sponsor: DMR Performance Suspension

FALL 2020 AND SPRING 2021

• 5HP Line Voltage Dynamometer Retrofit Sponsor: Nidec Drive Systems
• Robotic Teaching System – Design and Programming of Experimental Modules Sponsor: Trelleborg Sealing Solutions
• Pump Performance Test Stand Controls and Data Acquisition Sponsor: Tuthill

SPRING 2020 AND FALL 2020

• HVAC Control Board Sponsor: Water Furnace
• Voice Signal Processing System Sponsor: ECE Department
• RF data and metadata generation by spectrum monitoring Sponsor: Purdue Fort Wayne Wireless Technology Center

FALL 2019 AND SPRING 2020

• Nitinol Fatigue Tester, Sponsor: Fort Wayne Metals
• Upgrade Shock Dynamometer Software, Sponsor: DMr Performance Suspension
• Robotic Teaching System, Sponsor: Trelleborg Sealing Solutions
• Force and Distance Monitoring and Control in Plastics Welding, Sponsor: Trelleborg Sealing Solutions
• Remote Trouble Shooting Tool to Reduce MTTR & MTBF, Sponsor: General Motors
• Tempus Credit Card Terminal, Sponsor: Tempus Technologies
• Pump Performance Test Stand, Sponsor: Tuthill

SPRING 2019 AND FALL 2019

• Mobile Agronomic Data-logging Architecture (MADA)
• Automatic Sound Level Control System

FALL 2018 AND SPRING 2019

• Spring Rate Test Machine, sponsor: DMr Performance Suspension
• Trim Shop Skillet Muting, sponsor: GM
• Redesign the Part Eject System of Robert Bosch LLC End Line Performance Testers, sponsor: Robert Bosch LLC
• An IoT Prognostic System for ECMs, sponsor: Regal Beloit
• Networked audio device interfaces, sponsor: Attero Tech

SPRING 2018 AND FALL 2018

• Plastic Extrusion Die Heating Element Analysis and Design
• Lighting of a Historic Building
• Air Rotational Unit 

FALL 2017 AND SPRING 2018

• Kiosk Water Pump System 
• Universal Amplifier 
• Data Collection Vision System
• Automatic Sound System

SPRING 2017 AND FALL 2017

• IoT Smart Home
• Software-Defined Radio Implementation
• Class E Amplifier

FALL 2016 AND SPRING 2017

• Integration of Wireless Technology for Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)
• Helicons for Gas-Discharge Lighting
• Automated Frame Spinner/Pin Removal
• Force Sensor for “Grippers”
• Rolling Drum
• Prototype Cell Wash Base Unit

SPRING 2016 AND FALL 2016

• Classroom Robotic Development Platform
• Autonomous Self-Reconfigurable Modular Robots
• Electric Vehicle Project - Phase II
• Intraoperative Red Blood Cell Warmer

FALL 2015 AND SPRING 2016

• Sensor Systems for Cranes
• Spectrum Monitoring
• Use of Stereoscopic Imaging for Distance Determination