Group Assignments - Electrical/Computer Engineering Senior Projects for 2002-2003

 

Please note the change in Project numbers

 

1. Instrumentation, monitoring, and data collection for refining and improving the manufacturing process of Vanadate Crystals

 

Sponsored by WSU Material Science Program.  Contact: Robert Novotney, 335-1131, novotney@wsu.edu

 

Students: Jason Merrick, Jana Long, Young Tark Jung, Thuydiem Nguyen

 

2. Measurement of Paint Thickness on Composite Materials. 

 

Sponsored by Boeing Manufacturing R&D. contact Ed Sergoyan, 425-717-3559, edward.sergoyan@pss.boeing.com

 

Students: Chad Edinger, Viet Tran, Samson Bedane, Vuong Vinh Luu

 

3. An Educational Tool for Understanding Symmetrical Components in 3 Phase Power Systems

 

Sponsored by the Bonneville Power Administration. Contact Karl Mitsch, 360-619-6092,

kamitsch@bpa.gov

 

Students: Jeff McDougle, Phuoc Tran, Hung Nguyen, Vu-Phuc Nguyen

 

4. Software Wireless Modem

 

Sponsored by AHA and WSU.  Contact Prof. Ben Belzer of WSU, 335-4970, belzer@eecs.wsu.edu

 

Students: Mohamed El-aarg, Jon Campbell, Girish Faldu, Nhan Nguyen

 

5. Effect of Product Packaging on Electromagnetic Susceptibility

 

Sponsored by Schweitzer Engineering Labs.  Contact Don MacArthur at SEL, 332-1890, don_macarthur@selinc.com or Robert Olsen at WSU, 335-4950, olsen@eecs.wsu.edu

 

Students: Ryan Dirks, Tia Sherrill, Khanh Siu, Chad Marlow

 

6. ATP Modeling of the Northwest Transmission Network

 

Sponsored by Schweitzer Engineering Labs.  Contacts: Armando Guzman and Luis Perez, 332-1890, armando@selinc.com

 

Students: Mohamed Arteh, Mengstab Gebremicael, Vicky Bajwa, Ngoc Son Huynh

 

7. Analog Circuit for Ratio Measurements

 

Sponsored by Pacific Northwest laboratories, Contact: Richard Pratt, (509) 375-3820, rmpratt@pnl.gov

 

Students: Irwin Horowitx, Ly Dam, Chun Kit Ho, Brian Cousineau

 

8. Video Functional Tester or Duplex Voice Coder (Group will decide which project) 

 

Sponsored by Agilent Technologies, Spokane, Contact Jim McClelland  (509) 921-3774, Jim_McClelland@agilent.com

 

Students: Nathan Kipp, Patrick Njeim, Angela Bartholomaus, Masaaki Komatsu

 

9.  Sigma Delta Analog-to-Digital Converter Circuit Design

 

Sponsored by Boeing, Contact T.H. Friddel, (253) 773-9277, thomas.h.friddell@boeing.com

 

Students: James Leby, Jason Hanks, Hai Tran, Duc Nguyen

 

10. Wireless LAN Interference

 

Sponsored by Boeing Connexions, Contact Jim Handy, (949)-790-1556.

 

Students: Kishan Mistry, Kim Hensley, Hieu Trong Pham, Adam Moll

 

11. Bi-directional Computer Modem

 

Sponsored by Tektronix, Contact  Jeff Earls, (503) 627-4127 jeff.earls@tek.com

 

Students: Brian Baker, Pak Chun Leung, Matthew McLin, Kanolaewat Sirirat

 

12. Maze Following Robot

 

Sponsored by Digilent, Contact Clint Cole, 335-1448, ccole@eecs.wsu.edu

 

Students: Mirza Sabanovic, Daniel Schwartz, Chad Meyer, Keith Bolster

 

13.  Performance Evaluation of PC’s

 

Sponsored by Hewlett Packard, contact Rick Hoover,  (208) 396-7457, rick_hoover@hp.com

 

Students: Laurie Hickey, Lee Verbane, Amy Robison, Richard Fuentes

 

14. Sub-Station control room replacement - Yakima

 

Sponsored by: PacifiCorp, contact Jim Flood, 503-813-6949,

Jim.Flood@Pacificorp.com

 

Students: Todd Aquino, Heather Cook, Jon Young, Fred Henderson