ECE 496
ECE 496 - Senior Research Project
Fall 2024
Title | Rubric | Section | CRN | Type | Hours | Times | Days | Location | Instructor |
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Senior Research Project | ECE496 | &SG | 67625 | IND | 2 | - | Saurabh Gupta | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | &SM | 71179 | IND | 2 | - | Sasa Misailovic | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | &SR | 76581 | IND | 2 | - | Shaloo Rakheja | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | 0 | 58246 | IND | 2 | - | |||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | AB | 60807 | IND | 2 | - | Arijit Banerjee | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | ACS | 58011 | IND | 2 | - | Andrew Singer | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | ADG | 57898 | IND | 2 | - | Alejandro Dominguez-Garcia | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | AGS | 57881 | IND | 2 | - | Alexander Schwing | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | ALV | 57993 | IND | 2 | - | Juan Alvarez | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | AM | 67621 | IND | 2 | - | Andrew Miller | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | AS | 72437 | IND | 2 | - | Ashlynn Stillwell | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | AU | 57914 | IND | 2 | - | Abhishek K. Umrawal | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | BC | 57896 | IND | 2 | - | Brian T Cunningham | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | BH | 57906 | IND | 2 | - | Bruce Hajek | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | BL | 57912 | IND | 2 | - | Bo Li | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | BRJ | 57895 | IND | 2 | - | Robert J Brunner | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | BS | 57917 | IND | 2 | - | Subhonmesh Bose | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | CB | 64303 | IND | 2 | - | Can Bayram | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | CR | 65962 | IND | 2 | - | Chandrasekhar Radhakrishnan | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | CS | 58772 | IND | 2 | - | Christopher Schmitz | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | DC | 57891 | IND | 2 | - | Deming Chen | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | DF | 67053 | IND | 2 | - | David Forsyth | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | DH | 57937 | IND | 2 | - | Derek W Hoiem | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | DK | 71306 | IND | 2 | - | Dimitrios Katselis | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | DL | 57935 | IND | 2 | - | Daniel M Liberzon | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | DMN | 57997 | IND | 2 | - | David M. Nicol | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | DNR | 57878 | IND | 2 | - | David N Ruzic | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | DV | 58020 | IND | 2 | - | Deepak Vasisht | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | EC | 72704 | IND | 2 | - | Eric Chitambar | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | EH | 57928 | IND | 2 | - | Erhan Kudeki | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | ER | 58006 | IND | 2 | - | Elyse Rosenbaum | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | FK | 57924 | IND | 2 | - | Farzad Kamalabadi | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | GC | 72809 | IND | 2 | - | Girish Chowdhary | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | GG | 57904 | IND | 2 | - | George Gross | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | GLL | 57936 | IND | 2 | - | Gang Logan Liu | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | GS | 62529 | IND | 2 | - | Gary R Swenson | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | HZ | 63364 | IND | 2 | - | Hao Zhu | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | IG | 61992 | IND | 2 | - | Indranil Gupta | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | IOA | 62622 | IND | 2 | - | Idoia Ochoa | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | IR | 57991 | IND | 2 | - | Raluca Ilie | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | IS | 58015 | IND | 2 | - | Ilan Shomorony | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | JA | 57876 | IND | 2 | - | Jont Allen | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | JB | 57880 | IND | 2 | - | Jennifer Bernhard | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | JD | 59772 | IND | 2 | - | John Dallesasse | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | JES | 58009 | IND | 2 | - | Jose E Schutt-Aine | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | JGE | 57899 | IND | 2 | - | J. Gary Eden | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | JH | 71274 | IND | 2 | - | Jian Huang | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | JJ | 57922 | IND | 2 | - | Jianming Jin | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | JJM | 57992 | IND | 2 | - | Jonathan Makela | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | JK | 57926 | IND | 2 | - | Joohyung Kim | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | JPL | 57931 | IND | 2 | - | Jean-Pierre Leburton | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | JR | 59334 | IND | 2 | - | Joao Ramos | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | JWL | 57990 | IND | 2 | - | Joseph W Lyding | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | JYB | 64249 | IND | 2 | - | Yuliy Baryshnikov | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | JZ | 61257 | IND | 2 | - | Jin Zhou | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | KC | 57892 | IND | 2 | - | Kent D Choquette | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | KCC | 58002 | IND | 2 | - | Kevin Chenchuan Chang | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | KDC | 72723 | IND | 2 | - | Katie Driggs-Campbell | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | KF | 77941 | IND | 2 | - | Kejie Fang | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | KH | 58021 | IND | 2 | - | Kiruba Sivasubramaniam Haran | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | KH2 | 78007 | IND | 2 | - | Kris K Hauser | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | KK | 57925 | IND | 2 | - | Kyekyoon Kim | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | KL | 72818 | IND | 2 | - | Kirill Levchenko | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | KN | 65915 | IND | 2 | - | Klara Nahrstedt | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | KT | 58865 | IND | 2 | - | Kimani C Toussaint | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | KUM | 66018 | IND | 2 | - | Ranjitha Kumar | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | LG | 57903 | IND | 2 | - | Lynford L Goddard | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | LH | 59352 | IND | 2 | - | Lippold Haken | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | LL | 71215 | IND | 2 | - | Minjoo Lawrence Lee | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | LRS | 60958 | IND | 2 | - | Lui Sha | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | LS | 70816 | IND | 2 | - | Stephen E Levinson | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | LV | 63363 | IND | 2 | - | Lav Varshney | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | LW | 64302 | IND | 2 | - | Lara Waldrop | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | MA | 57901 | IND | 2 | - | Mark Anastasio | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | MAB | 57894 | IND | 2 | - | Mohamed Ali Belabbas | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | MC | 59325 | IND | 2 | - | Matthew Caesar | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | MD | 57897 | IND | 2 | - | Minh N Do | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | MF | 57900 | IND | 2 | - | Milton Feng | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | MG | 57902 | IND | 2 | - | Matthew Gilbert | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | MGA | 72805 | IND | 2 | - | Mostafa Gamal Ahmed | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | MHJ | 57910 | IND | 2 | - | Mark Hasegawa-Johnson | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | MLO | 57999 | IND | 2 | - | Michael L Oelze | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | MR | 67577 | IND | 2 | - | Maxim Raginsky | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | MTB | 57877 | IND | 2 | - | Tamer Basar | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | MZ | 57923 | IND | 2 | - | Minjia Zhang | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | NA | 57875 | IND | 2 | - | Narendra Ahuja | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | NB | 57884 | IND | 2 | - | Nikita Borisov | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | NHK | 57885 | IND | 2 | - | Naira Hovakimyan | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | NK | 57988 | IND | 2 | - | Nickvash Kani | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | NRS | 58010 | IND | 2 | - | Naresh R Shanbhag | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | NSK | 65943 | IND | 2 | - | Nam Sung Kim | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | OM | 57994 | IND | 2 | - | Olgica Milenkovic | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | PD | 58854 | IND | 2 | - | Peter D Dragic | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | PGK | 67515 | IND | 2 | - | Paul G Kwiat | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | PKH | 57893 | IND | 2 | - | Pavan Kumar Hanumolu | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | PM | 57996 | IND | 2 | - | Pierre Moulin | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | PRK | 57929 | IND | 2 | - | Panganamala R Kumar | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | PS | 58012 | IND | 2 | - | Paris Smaragdis | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | PWS | 58008 | IND | 2 | - | |||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | RK | 57930 | IND | 2 | - | Rakesh Kumar | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | RKI | 57916 | IND | 2 | - | Ravishankar K Iyer | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | RPP | 59769 | IND | 2 | - | Robert Pilawa-Podgurski | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | RRC | 58003 | IND | 2 | - | Romit Roy Choudhury | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | RS | 58014 | IND | 2 | - | Rayadurgam Srikant | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | RVB | 57879 | IND | 2 | - | Rashid Bashir | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | SB | 57883 | IND | 2 | - | Stephen Boppart | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | SEL | 57932 | IND | 2 | - | Stephen E Levinson | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | SG | 57874 | IND | 2 | - | Songbin Gong | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | SG2 | 60302 | IND | 2 | - | Saugata Ghose | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | SJP | 58001 | IND | 2 | - | Sanjay Patel | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | SL | 67626 | IND | 2 | - | Svetlana Lazebnik | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | SM | 57995 | IND | 2 | - | Sayan Mitra | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | SML | 71256 | IND | 2 | - | Steven M. LaValle | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | SMM | 72655 | IND | 2 | - | Sibin Mohan | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | SP | 59302 | IND | 2 | - | Sung-Jin Park | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | SSB | 57888 | IND | 2 | - | Simeon Bogdanov | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | SSL | 57989 | IND | 2 | - | Steven Lumetta | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | SV | 58016 | IND | 2 | - | Shobha Vasudevan | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | SW | 62565 | IND | 2 | - | Shenlong Wang | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | TA | 65971 | IND | 2 | - | Tarek Abdelzaher | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | TJO | 58000 | IND | 2 | - | Thomas J Overbye | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | TK | 76603 | IND | 2 | - | T Kesavadas | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | TM | 77913 | IND | 2 | - | Thomas Moon | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | TWB | 59449 | IND | 2 | - | Timothy Bretl | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | UR | 58005 | IND | 2 | - | Umberto Ravaioli | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | VG | 67620 | IND | 2 | - | Viktor Gruev | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | VK | 67527 | IND | 2 | - | Volodymyr Kindratenko | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | VVV | 58018 | IND | 2 | - | Venugopal V. Veeravalli | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | WC | 60335 | IND | 2 | - | Weng Chew | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | WDO | 57998 | IND | 2 | - | Bill O'Brien, Jr. | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | WHS | 58007 | IND | 2 | - | William H Sanders | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | WK | 59770 | IND | 2 | - | Bill King | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | WMH | 57915 | IND | 2 | - | Wen-mei Hwu | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | WY | 57886 | IND | 2 | - | Wenzhen Yuan | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | WZ | 64301 | IND | 2 | - | Wenjuan Zhu | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | XC | 64304 | IND | 2 | - | Xu Chen | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | XL | 57933 | IND | 2 | - | Xiuling Li | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | YCH | 57911 | IND | 2 | - | Yih-Chun Hu | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | YSC | 58004 | IND | 2 | - | Yun-Sheng Chen | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | YV | 77939 | IND | 2 | - | Yogatheesan Varatharajah | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | YVL | 58022 | IND | 2 | - | Yurii Vlasov | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | YZ | 73927 | IND | 2 | - | Yang Zhao | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | YZ2 | 78032 | IND | 2 | - | Y Z Zhang | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | ZC | 67550 | IND | 2 | - | Zuofu Cheng | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | ZJ1 | 78056 | IND | 2 | - | Pavan Kumar Hanumolu | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | ZK | 66042 | IND | 2 | - | Zbigniew T Kalbarczyk | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | ZPL | 57934 | IND | 2 | - | Zhi-Pei Liang | ||
Senior Research Project | ECE496 | ZZ | 67623 | IND | 2 | - | Zhizhen Jane Zhao |
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Official Description
Subject Area
- Undergraduate Project, Seminar, and Thesis
Course Director
Description
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The grade for ECE 496 will be assigned upon completion of ECE 499. No graduate credit for this course.
Detailed Description and Outline
The grade for ECE 496 will be assigned upon completion of ECE 499. No graduate credit for this course.
Course Goals
ECE 496 is the first course of a two course sequence of Senior Project + Senior Thesis (ECE 499) taken by high-achieving EE and CE majors as an alternative to ECE 445 - Senior Design.
The purpose of ECE 496 is to begin and substantially complete an individual research project, under the supervision of a faculty advisor and in collaboration with research group members, that contributes significantly to the field of electrical and computer engineering. Since this is a capstone course (in tandem with ECE 499, Senior Thesis) bringing to bear all the skills and knowledge gained in the student's undergraduate career, it satisfies all the Student Outcomes 1-7 specified by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET):
ABET Programs Outcomes and Assessment. ECE 496 and 499 address the following:
1. Principles: an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics (1)
This is an important attribute of successful senior thesis projects undertaken in ECE496 and ECE 499. Senior theses developed under ECE 496/499 span the full breadth of EE and CE disciplines and focus on research problems closely related to the research activities of ECE faculty who advise the students taking ECE 496/499. Projects include varying mixes of modeling studies and simulations, laboratory work and/or device fabrication, and analyses of laboratory and/or simulation data using state-of-the-art methodologies and tools.
2. Design: an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors (2)
The major focus of the senior project is to have the student explore complex problems in branches of electrical and computer engineering and provide innovative solutions that require consideration of realistic constraints and engineering standards and build upon knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work. Both laboratory work and measurements undertaken as a part of senior thesis projects, as well as associated modeling and simulation work and coding, involve the use of and comparisons of competing techniques and approaches, and the identification of best fitting solutions for problems under study.
3. Communication: an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences (3)
ECE 496 students complete three progress reports in weeks 9, 12, and 15, while ECE 499 students complete two additional progress reports before submitting a thesis at the end of the semester. The thesis draft completed by week 14 is checked by ECE Editorial Services for grammar, style, and format, and students make their final submission by week 16. Students present their research at the Undergraduate Research Symposium in the final weeks of the semester. ECE 496/499 meets the campus Advanced Composition (Comp II) requirement.
4. Professionalism: an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts (4)
Teamwork and professionalism are natural components of ECE 496/499 as the students interact with graduate students in research groups of faculty advisors who oversee the Senior Thesis projects. Group meetings attended by the students expose them to the dynamics of advanced engineering research environments where many issues related to ethics and professionalism come up.
5. Teamwork: an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives (5)
Again, students taking ECE 496/499 work within the research group environment of the advising faculty and work very closely with graduate students who guide them through their projects.
6. Analysis: an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions (6)
Analysis of complex engineering problems is an essential aspect of all ECE 496/499 thesis projects. This includes problem analysis prior to proposing solutions and designs to address the main thesis questions as well as the analysis of data and measurements used in testing the proposed designs and solutions.
7. Learning: an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies (7)
ECE 496/499 projects provide an opportunity for the students to learn advanced research concepts and tools which build upon the knowledge acquired in earlier courses taken in related areas of ECE. Beyond the application of knowledge acquired in courses, the Senior Thesis requires a student to acquire and apply new knowledge in their chosen research area, as needed, using appropriate learning strategies. The job of a thesis advisor includes the task of guiding a student in the search for new knowledge in the research literature, and in the learning and application of the knowledge necessary for completion of the Senior Thesis. Additionally, the student appreciates the role research in the production of new knowledge.
Instructional Objectives
By the time the student submits the topic proposal (week 3) they should:
- Understand the adviser's research group and where the project fits within it (3,4,5,7)
- Be able to offer a coherent idea of the need for and motivation behind the project (1,3,4,5,7)
- Be able to roughly outline a realistic timeline for the project including necessary contributors and facilities (1,2,3,4,5,7)
By the time the student conducts the literature search (week 6) they should:
- Have strong command of the need for and motivation behind the project (1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
- Be thoroughly conversant in the published literature impinging on the project (1,3,4,7)
- Have an enhanced appreciation for research ethics and for good scholarly habits such as writing well, presenting data effectively, and using sources properly (3,4,7)
By the time the student completes the three progress reports required in weeks 9, 12, and 15 they should have:
- Completely or substantially finished the research work (1,2,4,5,7)
- Effectively reported results, challenges, and future work to adviser and other research group members (3,4,5)
- Clarified for themselves and others the significance of the project and its results such that the senior thesis (ECE 499) is ready to be written (1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
- Developed both their technical/scientific and their scholarly/writing skills to a high level (1,2,3,4,5,6,7)