ECE445 emulates the day-to-day life of a practical engineering design environment, helping students bridge the gap between the classroom and industry with self-chosen team projects.
Written by Joseph Park and Julia Sullivan, ECE ILLINOIS
For many undergraduates, the ECE445: Senior Design Laboratory awards ceremony is a much-anticipated celebration. The course helps seniors bridge their knowledge from the classroom to industry with self-chosen team projects. The course emulates the day-to-day life of a practical engineering design environment, and students are guided by faculty and TAs. This fall, Professors Can Bayram, Xiaogang Chen, Arne Woolsey Fliflet, Michael L Oelze, and Karl Edward Reinhard led the course.
Several area awards were presented, along with the Michelle and Alex Bratton Senior Design Awards and the "Best Use of Texas Instruments Hardware Award" sponsored by Texas Instruments.
'RC Boat Power and Signal Level Indicator' won the Recreation and Entertainment Area Award. The team includes Sanchit Anand, Sho Harisawa, and Vaibhav Mittal. Professor Oelze and TA Yamuna Phal are also pictured.
'Autonomous Motorized Mount for PATHS Sensor' won the Research Area Award. Team members include Brandon Bogue, Marvin Hernandez, and Quoc Pham. TA Yamuna Phal and Professor Reinhard are pictured as well.
'Low Cost Solution of Thermal Cycler for LifeFoundry, Inc.,' was presented the Area Award for Interdisciplinary Work. The team includes Pei Liu, Shaoyu Meng, and Yuanjiu Hu, who are pictured with TA Xinrui Zhu and Professor Reinhard.
'Bicycle Street Notification System' received the Area Award for Transportation. Team members are Anant Jani, Savannah Russell, and Stephanie Wong. Also pictured are TA Channing Philbrick and Professor Reinhard.
'Cell Phone Transmission Detector' won the Courage Area Award. The team includes Anish Bhattacharya, Anthony Schroeder, and Shandilya Pachgade, pictured with TA Yamuna Phal and Professors Bayram and Reinhard.
'Recovery-Monitoring Knee Brace' won The Lextech Senior Design Most Marketable Project Award. The team includes Dennis Ryu, Dong Hyun Lee, and Jong Yoon Lee, pictured with Professors Bayram and Reinhard and TA Dongwei Shi.
The Lextech Senior Design Best Engineered Project Award was presented to 'Prosthetic Control Board,' including team members Caleb Albers and Daniel Lee who are pictured with ECE alumnus and PSYONIC CEO Aadeel Akhtar, TA Yamuna Phal, and Professor Reinhard.
The Lextech Senior Design Best Engineered Project Award was also presented to 'RFI Detector.' The team includes Jamie Brunskill, Kyle Stevens, and Tyler Shaw, pictured with TA Zipeng Wang, and Professors Fliflet and Reinhard.
Texas Instruments' Best Use of Texas Instruments Hardware Award was awarded to 'I/O System Design for the PSYONIC Advanced Bionic Hand.' The team includes Byron Hopps and Wenjun Sun, pictured with ECE alumnus and PSYONIC CEO Aadeel Akhtar, TA Zipeng Wang, and Professor Reinhard.
'Assistive Chessboard' won The Michelle and Alex Bratton Senior Design Instructor's Award. The team includes Robert Kaufman, Rushi Patel, and William Sun, who are pictured with TA John Capozzo and Professors Chen and Reinhard.