2018

Senior Design AY 2017-2018

Senior Design Instructor: Dr. Vance McCollough

ECE 457/458 Design Project I/II is the capstone design experience where students expand their abilities and develop important real world engineering problem solving skills. The students were divided into twelve groups. The details are given below.

*Indicates Team Leader

Student Members

  • Matthew Edward Duncan*
  • David Michael Austin
  • Michael Scott Dugas

Project Title

Short Circuit Finder

Project Description

Continued work on short circuit finder to identify faults in armored cable remotely

Faculty Advisor

Mr. Donald Foster, UMass Dartmouth MNE Department

Customer

Dr. Michael Vertente, AFC Cable

Student Members

  • Brent Rubell*
  • Chandler Mitchell
  • Matthew B. Rapoza
  • Fabio M. Sousa

Project Title

Precision Positioner

Project Description

Finished the design and calibration of a precision positioning system to support optical medical research

Faculty Advisor

Mr. Donald Foster, UMass Dartmouth MNE Department

Customer

Dr. Kameran Lashkari, Eye Research Institute

Student Members

  • Yuriy Sokayev*
  • Joseph Frank Costa
  • Alex William Louis
  • Tanner J. Studley

Project Title

Durfee Chime Controller

Project Description

Continued the development of the remote interfaces to the chimes at Durfee HS Fall River, MA

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Ben Viall

Customer

Dr. Lester W. Cory,
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty Emeritus

Student Members

  • Edward Gerard Purtell*
  • Victoria Lynn Hathaway
  • Jose J. Junior
  • Paul A. Shipley

Project Title

Dot Drill Training System

Project Description

Design an improved Dot Drill evaluation system for athletic training. Improvements included lighter weight, a wireless interface, and improved user interface.

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Lance Fiondella

Customer

Gregory Homol,
UMASS Dartmouth Fitness Center

Student Members

  • Lucas De Lima Dos Santos*
  • Niko Fabian
  • G Malek Marcus Smith

Project Title

Portable Grill

Project Description

Developed a Portable Grill for marine use that does not use compressed gas

Faculty Advisor

Dr. David Brown

Customer

Gregory Homol,
UMASS Dartmouth Fitness Center

Student Members

  • Jacob George Duarte*
  • Matthew Bessette, Anthony Michael Ciotti
  • Kyle Lee Page

Project Title

SkyWarn Portable Station and SW Enhancement

Project Description

Extended an earlier project- developed a remote collection platform to complement the web-based collection system and database to collect and disseminate observations from weather spotters

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Hong Liu

Customer

Robert Macedo, Skywarn Amateur Radio

Student Members

  • Riordan Thomas McCole*
  • Matthew Irving Sherman
  • Jarred Trottier

Project Title

Cooktop Alarm

Project Description

Designed an alarm system to detect a cooktop that has been left on

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Karen Payton

Customer

Christopher Granata,
Granata Electrical Consulting

Student Members

  • Michael Anthony Florio*
  • Aruedy Alexandre Andrade Teixeira Dias
  • Richard Lee Harrison
  • Rache T. Yaeger

Project Title

Refrigerator Door Alarm

Project Description

Designed an alarm system to detect a refrigerator door left open

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Karen Payton

Customer

Christopher Granata,
Granata Electrical Consulting

Student Members

  • Eric Pires*
  • Kevin Francois
  • Jeffrey Michael Kobza II
  • Tobias A. Young

Project Title

COMET (Multimedia Communications Testbed)

Project Description

Designed a testbed to support the test of multimedia communications systems

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Liudong Xing

Customer

Dr. Honggang Wang,
UMass Dartmouth ECE Department

Student Members

  • Patrick Oluremi Oyede*
  • Usman A. Afzal
  • Fabio G. Araujo
  • Chamberlin Egbunike
  • Rebecca Elizabeth Field

Project Title

Robot Hand and Controller

Project Description

Built a prototype controller for a robot hand

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Paul Fortier

Customer

Dr. Howard E. Michel, UBTECH Education

Student Members

  • Brandon Langton*
  • Colby Evan Anderson
  • John Lamanuzzi
  • Nathaniel D. Nasman

Project Title

Honeybee Monitoring System

Project Description

Developed a system to monitor the environment in the vicinity of beehives to identify and alert beekeepers to environmental conditions that could affect the hives.

Faculty Advisor

Professor Philip Viall

Customer

Dr. Paul Fortier, UMASS Dartmouth ECE Department

Student Members

  • Brandon Langton*
  • Colby Evan Anderson
  • John Lamanuzzi
  • Nathaniel D. Nasman

Project Title

Audubon Land Survey

Project Description

Developed a system that enables the Audubon Society of RI to monitor land condition and use for their 100+ properties

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Paul Gendron

Customer

Mr. Don Heitzmann and Ms. Terry Meyer,
Audubon Society of Rhode Island