List of Senior Design Projects

CURRENT Senior design Project 

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, 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)

Previous Senior Design Projects

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