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2019

Senior Design AY 2018-2019

Senior Design Instructor: Dr. Paul Fortier

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 eleven groups. The details are given below.

*Indicates Team Leader

Student Members

  • Christopher Lunn*
  • Saulo Gomes
  • Sherry Xu

Project Title

Image Processing for Surgical Monitoring

Project Description

Video-based computer monitoring of surgical procedures.

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Vance McCollough

Customer

Mr. Tom Calef, Activ Surgical

Student Members

  • Tyler Arruda*
  • Jordon Borges
  • Han Jie Deng
  • Khang Nguyen

Project Title

Wind Turbine Generator

Project Description

Analysis of Wind Turbine Generator

Faculty Advisor

Dr. David Rancour

Customer

Mr. David Allard, Allard Engineering

Student Members

  • Alex Scott Theg*
  • Nick Walter Caswell
  • Devaj Ramsamooj

Project Title

RFID Asset Management System

Project Description

Automate asset tracking in a  manufacturing company

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Paul Fortier

Customer

Mr. Nathan Bales & Mr. Joe Santos, General Dynamics Mission Systems

Student Members

  • Michael Benson
  • Diamantino Spinola Depina
  • Brad Joseph Varnum

Project Title

Honey Bee Hive Wireless Environment Monitoring

Project Description

Monitor environmental parameters that affect beehive health

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Benjamin Viall

Customer

Dr. Paul Fortier, UMass Dartmouth ECE Department

Student Members

  • Aiden K. Gula*
  • Ashley Dauphinee
  • Adam Ronald Francoeur
  • Dylan Anthony Souza
  • Shaqueir Parker Tardiff

Project Title

Brain Computer Interface Control of IoT Devices

Project Description

IoT based control of devices using using brain electrical signals

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Benjamin Viall

Customer

Dr. Lance Fiondella, UMass Dartmouth ECE Department

Student Members

  • Luis Pinto
  • Jason Sayde
  • Austin Richard Urban

Project Title

3D First Responders Target Localization System

Project Description

Enhance geolocation of first responders using cell phone technology

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Dayalan Kasilingam

Customer

Dr. Paul Fortier, UMass Dartmouth ECE Department

 

Student Members

  • Michael St. Pierre*
  • Brian Andrew Dougenik
  • Travis Morazzini
  • Matthew James Sylvia

Project Title

DSP-Based Underwater Acoustic Modem (UAM)

Project Description

Develop low power platform that can transmit and receive underwater acoustic communications

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Paul Gendron

Customer

Dr. Corey Bachand (Bachand Engineering) & Dr. David Brown (BTech Acoustics, LLC)

Student Members

  • Ebuka Chuba Chibueze
  • Abraham Sabeh

Project Title

Securing IoT Devices

Project Description

Assess impact of boot sequences on internet enabled systems

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Benjamin Viall

Customer

Dr. Ruolin Zhou, UMass Dartmouth ECE Department

Student Members

  • Kyle Jasson Roderiques*
  • Anthony James Mitchell
  • Abe K. Moore
  • Seth Cameron Stark

Project Title

AUV Imaging System

Project Description

Upgrade an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) by adding a camera system

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Paul Gendron

Customer

Dr. Miles Sundermeyer & Dr. Brian Howes, UMass Dartmouth SMAST

Student Members

  • Kevin Michael Costello
  • Matthew Joseph Eires
  • Jesse Childs Kanaley
  • Yegor Dennis Shea

Project Title

Acoustic Calibration System for Underwater Transducers

Project Description

Develop an acoustic calibration system for underwater transducers

Faculty Advisor

Dr. David Brown

Customer

Dr. Corey Bachand, Bachand Engineering & BTech Acoustics, LLC

Student Members

  • Clayton Karl Golz*
  • Matthew Cabral
  • Samjat Chan
  • Michael James Ferreira

Project Title

Electronics for a Side Scan Sonar (SSS) Transducer

Project Description

Develop High Frequency electronics for SSS Transducers

Faculty Advisor

Dr. David Brown

Customer

Dr. Corey Bachand, Bachand Engineering & BTech Acoustics, LLC

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