Fall 2009 Awards (Selected from 21 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. | Arthur Pang and Nilay Patel (Remote Acoustic Wildlife Monitoring System) |
| Best Engineered Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. | Stanton Terry Cady and Gerald Nilles (Power Monitoring System for Measuring Consumption in Multiple Remote Modules) |
| Designer's Award - This award goes to the project that exemplifies the engineering design process. | Ariel Moctezuma, Katie Snell, and Steve Granda (The Power of Control: Energy Efficient Buildings) |
| Research Award - This award goes to the project contributing most to research at the University of Illinois. | Tamer Rousan, Scott Pecucci, and Michael Pingsterhaus (Storm Restoration Predictive Model) |
| Area Award: Digital Signal Processing | Ian Cottle and Vasile Bora (SAIC Proposal: Detecting Keystrokes) |
| Area Award: Sensors | Brian Whalen, Jacob Black, and Winston Huang (Automated Trailer Stabilization) |
| Area Award: Power | Jarod Delhotal, Michael Tucker, and Joshua Parkin (New ECE Building: LED lighting system) |
Summer 2009 Awards (Selected from 4 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. | Saad Baig and Arturo Guillen (Outdoor Power Supply) |
Spring 2009 Awards (Selected from 33 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. | David VerLee, James Pessin, and Nick Donaldson (Low-Latency MIDI Capability for Standard Electric Guitar) |
| Best Engineered Award (and Teamwork) - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. | Sinan Farmaka and Rade Kuljic (Intelligent Desk Lamp) |
| Designer's Award - This award goes to the project that exemplifies the engineering design process. | Chris Trott, Austin Kim, and Corey Immke (Digitally Controlled Audio Patchbay ) |
| Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day. | Scott Wakefield and Lucas Sturnfield (Wireless Ice Fishing) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Area Award: Controls | Kwin Xie, Praveen Pradeep, and Tianyu Qi (Full Color and Brightness Adjustable Lamp ) |
| Area Award: DSP | Austin Ouyang and Xin (Voice, Speech, Face Recognition) |
| Area Award: Sensors and Teamwork | Zhen Hao Chng and Mavis Rodrigues (Automated Car for Door Entry) |
| Area Award: Communications | Ryan Shi, Justin Beam, and Yang Gu (Compass and Cell Signal Direction Indicator) |
Fall 2008 Awards (Selected from 17 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. | Joseph Galambos, Mark Sangern, Derek Wojtowicz (Stirling Heat Engine Generator) |
| Best Engineered Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. | Kieran Levin, Aleks Rozman (Universal electronic credit card) |
| Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day. | Kieran Levin, Aleks Rozman (Universal electronic credit card) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Area Award: Controls | Michael Stephens, Brett Robbins, James Lange (Wii Robotic Camera) |
| Area Award: RFID | Rahul Peravali, Chris Williams (RFID TreadSmart) |
| Area Award: Green | Michael Halverson, Sang Hyun Han (Power from Stray Light) |
Summer 2008 Awards (Selected from 3 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Honorable Mention | Vadim Olen, Jared Cartee (Solar Powered Wireless GPS Power Recorder) |
Spring 2008 Awards (Selected from 32 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. | Steven Ward, Udit Jalan (Musical Instrument Amplifier) |
| Best Engineered Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. | Yutun Tseng, Tony Song, Wei-Ting Liu (RFID Smart Room) Chris Giovingo (Dual-Axis Magnetic Ring Cannon) |
| Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day. | Andrew Ofisher, Brittney Campbell (Green Thermostat) |
| Teamwork - This award goes to the team that displayed the greatest ability to work together and perform well during the engineering process. | Rob Jacobson, Nathan Stevens, Erik Johnson (Automated Object Finding Car) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Area Award: Power | Andrew O'Connell, Jerry Klosek (Low-Cost Off-Grid Solar Panel/Battery Inverter with MPPT) |
| Area Award: Controls | Chris Giovingo (Dual-Axis Magnetic Ring Cannon) |
| Area Award: RFID | Aly Elayat,Frank Styzek,Brock Donovan (RFID Smart Key) |
| Area Award: Green | Andrew Ofisher, Brittney Campbell (Green Thermostat) |
| Area Award: Sensing and Control | Scott Kammlade, Nathaniel Toca, Jacob Huh (Eye-Controlled Wii Sensor Bar Replacement) |
| Area Award: Robotics | Rob Jacobson, Nathan Stevens, Erik Johnson (Automated Object Finding Car) |
| Area Award: DSP | Alexander Joo, Frank Lam, Ryo Kondo (Voice-Isolating Wireless Communicator) |
Fall 2007 Awards (Selected from 22 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. | Bill Samore, Brian Elies,Mike Arthur (Combination Lock Opener) |
| Engineer's Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. | Thomas Galvin and David Hruska (Inexpensive Michelson Interferometer for Sub-micron Distance Measurement) |
| Designer's Award - This award goes to the project that exemplifies the engineering design process. | Michael E. Bentz II & Frederick L. Engstrom (Remote Acoustical Analysis Device) |
| Research Award - This award goes to the project contributing most to research at the University of Illinois. | Sukru Yemenicioglu (Circuit Modeling of Silicon Nitride Membranes for Nanopore Applications) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Area Award: Sensors | Terry Chen, Ben Schlarman,Mauricio Herrera (Capacitive Sensing 3D Musical Instrument) |
| Area Award: Controls | Min Lwin, Nehal Shah, Gregory Eakins (Electric Vehicle Transmission Control ) |
| Area Award: Optics | Edgar Xie & Jekwon Yoon (Planar Microplasma Static Display Devices) |
| Area Award: Art and Music | Ryan Freeberg, Darren Pocci, Tiffany Kasettratut (Automatic Guitar Tuner) |
Spring 2007 Awards (Selected from 42 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. | Howard Luo, James Lin, Samir Desai (Laser Guided Mouse) |
| Engineer's Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. | David Dralle and Jeewan S Ghuman (Human Energy Harvesting Using the Oscillatory Motion of a Backpack) |
| Research Award - This award goes to the project contributing most to research at the University of Illinois. | Ben Olsen (Spectrally agile MAC protocol with SDR) |
| Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day. | Srivatsan Jayaraman, Amitvikram Das, Sairaj Dhople (Power Monitor Circuit) David Jun, Yitao Liu, Robert Chen (Virtual Boxing) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Area Award: Power | Srivatsan Jayaraman, Amitvikram Das, Sairaj Dhople (Power Monitor Circuit) |
| Area Award: Controls | Roger Serwy, Sundeep Kartan, Lawrence Han (Automatic Automotive Vehicle Speed Management System) Patrick Goh and Hamed Asghari (Wireless Elevator Remote Control) |
| Area Award: Entertainment | David Jun, Yitao Liu, Robert Chen (Virtual Boxing) |
| Area Award: Green | Eric Yen and Piyush Goel (Preheating the Catalytic Converter to reduce emissions) |
| Area Award: Communications | Ben Olsen (Spectrally agile MAC protocol with SDR) |
Fall 2006 Awards (Selected from 23 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. | Michael Kelley and Brent Dutkiewicz (Wireless Power Detection System for Home Use) |
| Engineer's Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. | Mark Jiang and Hieu Huynh (Cell Phone-Controlled House Automation) |
| Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day. | Darryl Ma and Kevin He (Football Wristband to Measure Throwing Speed) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Area Award: Sensors | Chintan Patel, Robert Herzog, Brian Mitterero (Rain Detection System for Power Windows in Automobiles) |
| Area Award: Teamwork | William Allen and Silpa Nannapaneni (Stop and Go Driving System) |
Summer 2006 Awards (Selected from 8 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Engineer's Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. | Philip Makotyn and Oliver Jan (Single Photon Avalanche Diode Module) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Area Award: Power | I-Chan Yang and Xi Liao (Micro Fuel Cell Power Converter) |
Spring 2006 Awards (Selected from 46 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. | Luke Lempart, Paul Ferrara, Abraham Rozental (PC-Based Digital Oscilloscope) |
| Research Award - This award goes to the project contributing most to research at the University of Illinois. | Robert Koch, Victor Lu, Thomas Shen (LED Array Project with Adam Zysk) |
| Research Award - This award goes to the project contributing most to research at the University of Illinois. | Amanda Chang and Leo Hua (UV Sterilization Using Microplasma Arrays : Portable Water Purifier) |
| Engineer's Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. | Joseph Sukk.ar and Peter Hans Hirschboeck (Wireless Power Adapter for Rechargeable Devices) |
| Designer's Award - This award goes to the project that exemplifies the engineering design process. |
Rob Tupuritis, Jonathan Michaels, Nicholas Modrzejewski (iTunes Remote Control) |
| Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day. |
Sean Liu and Steve Lee (Equipment Availability Detector) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Area Award: Bio-Engineering | Alexander Rush, Ryan Kroeze, Jaymit Desai (Prosthetic Hand Control) |
| Area Award: Controls | David Grunschel and Niket Nathani (INHS Biological Tracking Radar) |
| Area Award: Sensors | Andrew Bean, Gary Yen, Praveen Bommannavar (Sensor Network To Determine Sound Origin ) |
| Area Award: Wireless | Dustin Selvey and Joel Ingram (Restaurant Point of Sales) |
Fall 2005 Awards (Selected from 24 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. | Chris Hansen and Mark Inderhees (GPS Guided Autonomous Photography Airplane) |
| Research Award - This award goes to the project contributing most to research at the University of Illinois. | Jason Readle and Katelyn Tobin (Flexible Microplasma Devices: Phototherapeutic Bandages) |
| Research Award - This award goes to the project contributing most to research at the University of Illinois. | Justin Koepke and Peter Ong (Ultra-thin oxide growth and characterization) |
| Best Engineered - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. | Al Rhee, Ben Niemoeller, Larry Dietrick (Radio Jammer) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Area Award: Bio-Engineering | Tanvi Patel and Brett Duncan (Biomagnetic Field Generation) |
| Area Award: Power | Alexander Gray and Shaurya Mehta (DC motor driver for robotics) |
| Area Award: Semiconductors | Dominic Siriani (Characterization and Simulation Analysis of Holey VCSELs) |
Summer 2005 Awards (Selected from 11 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Engineering Excellence Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. |
Joe Kunst and Adam Reinke (Power Line Communications) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Area Award: Digital Signal Processing |
Daniel Yao (Piano Synthesis by Digital Waveguides) |
Spring 2005 Awards (Selected from 44 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. |
Shivani Jain and Jason Skowronski (Ultra Power Glove 3000) |
| Research Award - This award goes to the project contributing most to research at the University of Illinois. |
Jessica Asinugo and Tushar Mehrotra (Prototype for a micro plasma unit) |
| Engineer's Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. |
Rachel Adaniya, Kristin Jones, and Jason Witek (Thrill Ride Enhancement: Seat Sensors) |
| Designer's Award - This award goes to the project that exemplifies the engineering design process. |
Farsheed Hamidi-Toosi, Anthony Mangognia, and Alex Spektor (Touchpad-Controlled Parametric Equalizer) |
| Most Innovative - This award goes to the project that successfully implements a unique solution. |
Kyle Cline, Wes McClain, and Rich Walther (RFID-based parking meter system) |
| Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day. |
Hyun Jeong and Jason Mitchell (Disturbance detection system) Adam Ariffin, Alvaro Gutierrez, and Nija Joshi (Weatherized Coats) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Area Award: Art + Music |
Andy Latham, Omar Khan, and Daniel Pfeiffer (Continuous-frequency Synthesizer) |
| Area Award: Bioengineering |
Robert Slavicek and Andrew Wassef (EOG for REM sleep detection) |
| Area Award: Controls |
Grace Chi, Joshua A. Hausbach, and Brian Hunter (Segbot) |
| Area Award: Embedded Systems |
Sung Taek Kim and David Werner (Consumer-Oriented ECM scanner) |
| Area Award: Radio Frequency |
Ryan Hubbard and David Ng (Portable NMR magnet) |
| Area Award: Robotics |
Allan Rudwick, David Schmitz, and Robert Tao (Controller for PaintBOT) Tao Shen and Aurthur Tang (CheckerBot) |
| Area Award: Sensors |
Jerome Kao and Bryan Ko (Data Recorder for SIDS Research) |
| Area Award: Wireless |
Christos Bais, Mike Cristiano, and Tim Eggerding (Point-to-Point RF Communication for Wildlife Project) |
Fall 2004 Awards Selected from 41 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. |
Mert Dikmen, Seb Neumayer, and Brian Shirley (Bird Accelerometer II) |
| Engineer's Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. |
Kuangwei Hwang, Diane Limsui, and Lianhan Zhao (Wireless Heart Attack Detector with GPS) |
| Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day. |
Stuart Chen and Matthew Gore (Intelligent Thermostat) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Area Award: Bioengineering |
Nick Chang and Vikas Gupta (PS/2 mouse control using EOG/EMG signals) |
| Area Award: Digital Signal Processing |
Tejash Patel and Nishad Soni (Motion detection using a camera) Geoffrey Herman, Thomas A Miller, and Stephen Stetak (Monophonic music to midi/sheet music) |
| Area Award: Electromagnetics |
Joe Banasiak and Jeremy Seuring (Car rooftop antenna) |
| Area Award: Embedded Systems |
Ishaan Gupta and Akhilesh Khanna (Image compression on FPGA) |
| Area Award: Power |
Atiya Ismail and Punam Mahajan (Developing a low cost charge controller) |
| Area Award: Teamwork |
Jonathan F. Bean, Gregory P. Hudson, and Ryan P. Marry (The Freedom Chair) |
Spring 2004 Awards (Selected from 44 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. |
Michelle Graden and Edgar Roman (Demonstration Circuit for Blackout Mitigation) |
| Research Award - This award goes to the project contributing most to research at the University of Illinois. |
Uppiliappan Krishnamachari (Vertical Cavity Laser with Top Dielectric Mirror Stack) |
| Engineer's Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. |
Michael Hoffmann, Karen Wang, and Chun-Yi Wei (CD Controller/Playing Device for the Handicapped) |
| Most Innovative - This award goes to the project that successfully implements a unique solution. |
Jon Donenberg and Barry Horwitz (Electronic Weightlifting Spotter) |
| Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day. |
Robert Schoonover, Ryan Simpson, and Hans Voigt (Active Car Seat Baby Protection) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Area Award: Digital Signal Processing |
Margaret Hsu and Arjun Kulothungun (MIDI FM Synthesizer) |
| Area Award: Power |
David Maggio, Laurel Bolhouse, and Natalie Robles (A Power Budget for Field Gear) |
| Area Award: Robotics |
Jason Ching, Michael Mar, and Clayton Chan (Acoustical Beam Forming Car) Michael Hendrickson, Nick Keating, and Greg McRobbie (Autonomous Vehicle System) |
| Area Award: Semiconductors |
Forest Dixon and Kurt Cimino (Low Temperature Characterization of Sub-micron Transistors) |
| Area Award: Sensors |
Joseph Beard and Michael Caro (Cell Culture Monitor) |
Fall 2003 Awards (Selected from 36 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. |
Antonios Giannopoulos (Photonic Crystal Waveguides) |
| Engineer's Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. |
Suneil Hosmane, Ethan Byrd (IR LED Matrix Controller) Graham Alvey, Noah Hughes, Yi Zhang (Narrowband RF Receiver) |
| Best Designer - This award goes to the person that exemplifies the engineering design process. |
Rodrigo Martinez Duarte (Photometer for the TEST nanosat) |
| Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day. |
Richard Cantzler, Grant Farrand (Wireless KAVM Switch) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Area Award: Communications |
Greg Sorenson, Robert McKenzie, John Flink (Bird Accelerameter) |
| Area Award: Digital Signal Processing |
Patrick Aucher, Mark Paul (DSP Pulse Detection System) |
| Area Award: Robotics |
Matt Pennell, William Jonatan, Hubert Hu (Glove-Controller Lunar Construction Robot) |
| Area Award: Sensors |
Keith Thompson (Liquid Li Level Monitor) |
Spring 2003 Awards (Selected from 42 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. |
Emily Wu and Sri Parvathaneni (Smart Parking) |
| Engineer's Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. |
Kevin Meneou (Antimonide Materials) |
| Most Innovative - This award goes to the project that successfully implements a unique solution to an old problem. |
Tyrus DeJarnett and Mark Griffith (Positionally "A Wearable" System) |
| Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day. |
Jon Boley, John Horstman and Paul Carlson (Audio Spatializer) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Area Award: Controls |
Michael Frutiger and Charles Kim (Digital Autopilot Test Platform) |
| Area Award: Digital Signal Processing |
John Bang and Michael Kelly (Vocal Pitch Correction) |
| Area Award: Electromagnetics |
Xiaobo Zhao, Peter Chen and Jiajun Wang (Robotic Tracker) |
| Area Award: Power |
Brett Nee, Paulus Yulianto and Dane Barhoover (F.E.C. 500 Watt, 3-Phase Inverter) Mark Wu and Matt Pagendarm (F.E.C. PF Corrected Input Boost Rectifier) |
| Area Award: RF |
Paul Lee and Garvin Cung (RF/Microwave Circuit for Phase Shifting in Phased Antenna Arrays) |
| Area Award: Robotics |
Niraj Nayak and David Yang (Robotic Maze Solver) |
| Area Award: Semiconductors |
Nick McDonnell and Jay Pasquesi (Growth of Carbon Nanotubes Using Cobalt) |
| Area Award: Teamwork |
Jeffrey Cheng, Chris Chang and Jeff Bruggemann (Parking Meter Enforcer) |
Fall 2002 Awards (Selected from 26 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. |
Joon Hyung Chung (Differential Pair Crosstalk Study) |
| Engineer's Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. |
Joseph Rutherford and John Bertram (Underground Utility Detection) |
| Most Innovative - This award goes to the project that successfully implements a unique solution to an old problem. |
Girish Mulye, Kevin Changela and Hamza Rampurawala (Wireless Glove Commander) |
| Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day. |
Jeffrey Rodenkirch (Battery Charge Limiter and Calibration/Test Fixture) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Area Award: Communications |
Jason Mariquina, Siev Ty Ear and Ross Sayre (Estimated Time of Arrival System for Campus Buses) |
| Area Award: Power |
Jeffrey Rodenkirch (Battery Charge Limiter and Calibration/Test Fixture) |
| Area Award: Remote Sensing |
Jason T. Bryan and Andrew M. McAllister (Autonomous Sensor Platform) |
Spring 2002 Awards (Selected from 42 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. |
Steve Lapen, Nithin Cherian and Nick Sears (High Power Bass Amplifier) |
| Engineer's Award - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. |
Philip King, Suketu Kamdar and Ryan Wang (Portable Function Generator and Power Supply) Patrick Toops, Micheal Roessler and Owen Doyle (Active Battery Life Test System) |
| Designer's Award - This award goes to the project that exemplifies the engineering design process. |
Stephan Nalywajko and Brian York (Non-lethal Electrical Defense) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Area Award: Communications |
Samit Patel, Jerry Kao and Nick Bafaloukos (Relative Localization of GPS Tracked Vehicles Communicating Through a Wireless LAN) |
| Area Award: Controls |
Wojciech Indyk and Slawomir Kielian (Electromagnetic X-Y Coordinate Programmable Positioning System) |
| Area Award: Digital Signal Processing |
Joseph Wicks and Benjamin Etling (Digital Pitch Harmonizer) |
| Area Award: Electromagnetics |
Meghan Bradley (Magnetic Field Imaging System for ICs) |
| Area Award: Power |
Darnell Smith, Shaun Anders, Ryan Niemerg (Low Voltage Fuel Cell Converter Group A) Jennifer Urbance and Sheila Ray (Low Voltage Fuel Cell Converter Group B) |
| Area Award: Semiconductors |
Kirk Price and Ann Lehman (Simulation and Design of GaN-based Schottky Junctions) |
Fall 2001 Awards (Selected from 26 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. |
Piortr Kondratko (Scanning Optical Microscope for VCSEL Characterization) |
| Best Engineered - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. |
Grant Hamada and Shailesh Ingale (PC/Caller ID Convergence) |
| Most Innovative - This award goes to the project that successfully implements a unique solution to an old problem. |
John Hebda, Bill Ho and Jeff Vyduna (Mobile Choons) |
| Best Teamwork - This award goes to the group that exemplified team effort. |
John Hebda, Bill Ho and Jeff Vyduna (Mobile Choons) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Area Award: Controls |
Anand Babu, Jim Gill and Esther Yow (Fuel-efficient Cruise Control) |
| Area Award: Digital Signal Processing |
Brad Griffis, Sung Kim and Ron Roth (Voice Activated Switch) |
| Area Award: Sensors |
Scott Oetke and Alan Wu (Intelligent Autonomous Vehicle with Ultrasound Remote Sensing) |
| Area Award: Semiconductors |
Timothy Day and Tyrone Hill (Feasibility of Carbon Nanotube Circuits) |
Spring 2001 Awards (Selected from 50 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. |
Nam Cho and Jinwoo Kim (3-D Interactive Exercise / Game Hardware) Kin Ma and Joseph Lee (3-D Interactive Exercise / Game Hardware) |
| Best Engineered - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. |
Todd Michael Konecny, Insoo Shin and Jay Michael Burgett (Digital Audio Controller 2302) |
| Most Innovative - This award goes to the project that successfully implements a unique solution to an old problem. |
Brian Kominiarek and Dima Moussa (Wireless Handshaker) |
| Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day. |
Sean Davis and Kevin McMahon (Surround Sound Decoder) Preston White, Viron Soni and Chris Shank (Automobile Performance Meter) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Area Award: Communications |
Courtney Koberg and Mazen Ghalayini (Ethernet to Optical Link) |
| Area Award: Controls |
John Szwast, Marci Meingast and Lillian Chan (Bench Top Unwind) |
| Area Award: Digital Signal Processing |
Erik Stauffer, Dhaval Patel and Joseph Golat (BPSK RF Transmitter) |
| Area Award: Optics |
Michael Bastin and Patrick Cox (Compact Semiconductor Laser Microphone and RF Transmitter) |
| Area Award: Power |
Todd Grotbeck and Paul T. Kim (Automotive Electrical System) |
| Area Award: RF |
Judy Feng, Varun Juneja and Lawrence Elugbadebo (Low-noise Dielectric Resonator Oscillator) |
| Area Award: Semiconductors |
Curry Taylor and Michael McCoy (Design and Fabrication of GaP / Al-oxide DBRs for use in RCLEDs and VCSELs) |
Fall 2000 Awards (Selected from 41 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. |
Jason LaPenta and Jason Moschella (Vision controlled R/C car and motorcycle) |
| Best Engineered - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. |
Graham Field and Ben Voegeli (Optical data link) |
| Most Innovative - This award goes to the project that successfully implements a unique solution to an old problem. |
Eric Levene and Matthew Lieber (GPS range finder) |
| Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day. |
Cary Radebaugh, Sarah Stuckey and Nikhil Tilwalli (MP3 to wave decoder) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Area Award: Education and Teamwork |
Amy Devine, Catherine Harkwicke and Brian Pearson (Instrument games) |
| Area Award: Communications |
Nicholas Wang, Michael Reddick and William Chung (Digital transmitter/receiver pair using CDMA) |
| Area Award: Controls |
Nathan Schneider and Justin Fleming (Phone operated home control system) |
| Area Award: Robotics |
Ryan Goedken and David Llorens (Jerry Sanders Design Competition) |
Spring 2000 Awards (Selected from 65 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. |
Mike Burns, Eric Harter, and Mark Rovedo (Analog/digital guitar multi-effects device) |
| Best Engineered - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. |
John Liaw and Wojciech Magda (Electronic fight judge) |
| Most Innovative - This award goes to the project that successfully implements a unique solution to an old problem. |
Jayesh Shah, Neil Shah, and Punyabrata Ray (Talking GPS locator) |
| Most Marketable Hardware - This award goes to the hardware project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day. |
Tom Mathew, Dawnell Williams, and Andrew Whiting (Telemonitoring unit) |
| Most Marketable Software - This award goes to the software project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day. |
Tom Mathew, Dawnell Williams, and Andrew Whiting (Web based ICQ client) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Area Award: Communications |
Ben Wild and Josh Reynolds (Two-way radios for the hearing impaired) |
| Area Award: Digital Signal Processing |
Peter Shargo and Greg Bishop (MIDI synthesizer) |
| Area Award: Education |
Jesse Chen and Yang Zheng (ECE210 in Labview) |
| Area Award: Optics |
Falgun Kotadia and Allen Biros (CD emitter/detector) |
| Area Award: Power |
Andy Vancourt, Brian Westendorf, and Christy Westendorf (Variable input, multiple output AC-DC power supply) |
| Area Award: Semiconductors |
Jerry Hitchcock, Jack Huynh, and Newton Cheng (GaN wet etching optimization) |
| Area Award: Web |
Dan Chen and Jeff Feng (Web locker) |
Fall 1999 Awards (Selected from 30 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. |
Christine Woo and Salizah Abdul-Aziz (Laser Diode Fabrication and Testing) |
| Best Engineered - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. |
Joey R. Guerra, Juan M. Herrera, and George Valdovinos (Micropatch Antenna Array) |
| Most Innovative - This award goes to the project that successfully implements a unique solution to an old problem. |
Gary Chen and Otto Lee (Web Based Student Registration) |
| Most Marketable Hardware - This award goes to the hardware project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day. |
Kevin Duda and Brian C. Huang (CD based MP3 Player) |
| Most Marketable Software - This award goes to the software project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day. |
Aron Fay and Robert Waldrop (Worklite Collaborative Word Processor) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Teamwork Award |
Chanda D. Allen, Seung Han, and Daniel Moges (Motorcyclist Safety Helmet) Grace Yan, Jeff Farris, and Takwah Tsang (Intelligent Group Management Website) |
Summer 1999 Awards (Selected from 13 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Best Engineered - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. |
Bill Leece and Sofoklis Nikiforos (Heart Rate Monitor and Data Aquisition System)) |
| Most Innovative - This award goes to the project that successfully implements a unique solution to an old problem. |
Brian Krejcark and Marcelo Saraiva (N/A) |
| Most Marketable - This award goes to the project with the most commercial potential as demonstrated on Demo Day. |
Matthew Hinterscher, Ari Pernick, and Michael Upham (Home of the Future - Network/PC) |
Spring 1999 Awards (Selected from 62 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Instructor's Award - This award goes to the best overall project of the semester in the Instructor's opinion. |
Stefan Mahlknecht and Michael Brown (Laser Modem) |
| Best Engineered - This award goes to the project that was planned and implemented in the most professional manner. |
Han Wui Then and Boon Wah Kwan (GPS-guided Directional Antenna) |
| Most Innovative - This award goes to the project that successfully implements a unique solution to an old problem. |
Alex Chu and Everest Chiu (Mouse Controlled by Eye) Chris Hawk, Shawn Purnell, and Danielle Smith (Electronic Guitar Tuner) |
| Teamwork Award - This award go to the teams that worked with others extraordinarily well in the opinion of their Teaching Assistant. |
Tim Conrad and Kevin Fuller (Dream Machine: An Enhanced Alarm Clock) Choong W. Lee, Qinyi Mary Jiang, and James H. Lee (Wireless Remote Control Camera) |
Area Awards |
Recipients |
| Area Award: Communications |
Jon Spychalski, Sara Carroll, and Marc Gibbert (Home Phone Network) |
| Area Award: Digital Signal Processing |
Erik Wise and Yiftach Eisenberg (Voice Activated Speed Dial) |
| Area Award: Microelectronics |
Heng Jiunn Benjamin and Choon Beng Ang (Passivation of III-V Compounds) |
| Area Award: Wireless |
Karel Vlasak and Michael Burton (Radio Receiver) |
| Area Award: Power |
Syed Abdul and David Urbasic (Universal Power Converter) |
| Area Award: Special |
Ashish Pandya and Justin Guinney (Call Alert) |
Fall 1998 Awards (Selected from 46 Projects)
Special Awards |
Recipients |
| Ernst Award - This award is given out by the ECE department to a student who has performed exceptional experimental work in one of our instructional lab courses. |
Joe Willenborg ("Moon Shade") |