Electrical and Computer  Engineering

Computer Science

 

Capstone Design Project Presentation

February 23, 2002

COLLEGE

Program Schedule

 

8:00-8:30 MORNING REFRESHMENTS  



 

OLIN Auditorium

 

8:30-8:45                    William Nikula                                 Computer Science     

Go Game Software

The project objective is a platform independent GO program that can beat beginners and challenge better players.  The goal was met by researching AI and GO strategies and implementing them in java.  It plays well initially but needs end-game improvement and stronger territory control.

                                                                                    Advisor: Prof. Hemmendinger

 

8:45-9:00                    Michael Jessup                                             Computer Science

The Generic Web Site And Email Host

This project's goal was to create an Internet application to assist a user in sharing web pages and sending/receiving email. This project was implemented using the free technologies PHP, mySQL, and JAVA. The end result is an application similar to what one might find at Yahoo!Geocities (R).

                                                                                        Advisor: Prof. Williams

 

9:00-9:15                    Jonathan Rury                                               Computer Science

Psychology Department Preregistration Software

The objective was to design and implement a web-based system for handling student pre-registration and then to distribute those students into classes for the Psychology Department. This was met using PHP, HTML and Javascript with mySQL serving as the DBMS. The system is fully functional and waiting to be deployed.                           

Advisor: Prof. Almstead

 

********                          Atsunobu Kaneko                              Computer Engineering

Psychology Department Preregistration Software

The purpose of this project is to create a Union College Psychology Department pre-registration system that would enable students to sign-up for classes on-line.  The software will help the faculty by streamlining the current manual selection process.

                                                                                          Advisor: Prof. Almstead

 

9:15-9:30                    Daniel Anderson                                Computer Science

Eliphalet Knot: Not a Nott  

Eliphalet Knot: Not a Nott is a computer tool that allows Knot Theory problems to be easily solved.  The project accomplishes this goal by using a Java applet viewable from any Java-enabled Web browser.

                                                                                          Advisor: Prof. Hemmendinger

9:30-9:45                    Robert Kiehl                                       Computer Science

User Interface for Member Care Database 

The project goal was to design a GUI interface for a member care system for non-profit organizations.  The Visual Basic GUI interfaces with an Access database for data entry and report generation. The GUI has met all of its goals and can be easily expanded as needed.

                                                                                          Advisors: Prof. Hannay/Hemmendinger

 

9:45-10:05                  Matthew Hameline,                            Computer Information Systems
Jason Weekes                                                Computer Science/Economics


User Interface for Member Care Database 

The Education Objective Assessment Software allows students to evaluate Engineering/Computer Science program objectives as required by the Accreditation Board of Engineering Technology (ABET).  The software was implemented through Java Servlets and a MySQL Database on the Blackduck server.  The result of the software is less wasted class time and paper.                               

Advisor: Prof. Almstead

 

10:05-10:20                Harry Robinson                                 Computer Science

Local Convergence of Routing Algorithms for Wireless Networks

The project objective is to design a simulation of a rapidly changing network to explore the ability of the Shortest Path Topology Algorithm to efficiently deliver information. The objective was met by defining, implementing and researching the local convergence of network nodes. Research indicates that the algorithm performs efficiently.

                                                                                    Advisor: Prof. Spinelli

 

 

BREAK 10:20-10:55


 

 

10:55-11:10                Michael Genadri                               Computer Engineering

Customer Assistant

The goal of this project is the development of a tool to aid IBM Level 2 Software Engineers in Poughkeepsie, NY.  It has been written in Java, and is intended to run in a Windows 98/2000 environment.  ContacT BY (CTBY) is now running as a beta, and is currently undergoing final testing.

                                                                                         Advisor: Prof. Williams

 

11:10-11:30                Joshua Stinehour                                Computer Science
Francesco Queirolo                                    Computer Engineering

Generic Agent and Instruction Toolkit

This project includes research on the principle characteristics of agents. After the research phase, a design was created for a universally programmable agent. A prototype for a universally programmable agent, focusing on a web search assistant was then implemented using the prototype design. This project has been completed in conjunction with GE.

                                                                                        Advisors: Prof. Hemmendinger

   Virginia DiDomizio

 

11:30-11:45                Vikramjit Sangha                                Computer Engineering

Workstation Dump Viewer

The project’s objective was to design a Windows application to duplicate the browsing capabilities of IBM’s IPCS Dialog diagnostic tool. The project was implemented by extracting algorithms from the IPCS source code and implementing them for PC using JAVA. The Workstation Dump Viewer is completely functional as a stand-alone application.

                                                                                        Advisors : Prof. Hemmendinger

     Robert Wright

 

LUNCH  12:00-1:15- Hale House

 

OLIN 106

 

8:30-8:45                    Yvonne Turchetti                              Electrical Engineering

Ink Jet Printer Head Polymer Deposition System 

Polymer coating on the micro-scale can be a tedious and expensive process.    The use of a piezo-electric membrane with a 90um-diameter hole represents an alternative.  When the membrane resonates at its specified frequency and voltage, the polymer is released through the hole.  Its movement is controlled by a micron-calibrated xy-stage.

                                                                                    Advisor: Prof. Traver

                                                                                                  Mike Carpenter (UAlbany)

8:45-9:00                    David Nerozzi                                                Computer Science

International Virtual Design Studio

The objective of my senior project was to write a program that controls three outputs and five inputs of an autonomous robot.  This objective was met by designing a control algorithm in the Pbasic language.  The final result of my project was a control algorithm that directed a mechatronic system.

                                                                                    Advisor: Prof. Spinelli

 

9:00-9:15                    Andrew Stone                                               Computer Engineering

PC Control System for Cluster Processing Equipment

A cluster tool provides a means to process multiple semiconductor wafers simultaneously without the intervention of a human.  The retrofitting of the Lam Alliance Cluster tool encompasses a complete determination of all the internal parts, automation of eight robotic arms using a Galil Motion Controller, and reassembly of the tool.

                                                                                    Advisors: Prof. Traver

                                                                                                   Tim Stoner (UAlbany)

 

9:15-9:30                    Seth Kline                                       Electrical Engineering

Test Board for Optical MEMs testing

The objective is to design a circuit board for optical testing to be used to supply specified voltages to MEMS Compound Gratings.  By researching IC chips that perform a similar task, and configuring a digital input to supply a multitude of analog outputs, the project objective was met.

 

                                                                                    Advisors: Prof. Traver 

                                                                                                 Jim Castracane (UAlbany)

 

9:30-9:45                    Louis Martino                                               Electrical Engineering

Control for Magnetic Levitation

The goal of this project is to design and implement a Fuzzy Logic control system to magnetically levitate an object.  Toward this end I used Matlab to mathematically model the system and implemented it on a M68HC11micro-controller.  The resulting system will levitate a target at a specified distance.

                                                                                    Advisor: Prof. Chang

 

9:45-10:05                  Debra Carpenter                               Electrical Engineering

                                    Jason Napodano                                Electrical Engineering

Neural Networks and Dragonflies

Dragonflies utilize a set of neurons to detect prey in the visual field.  We set out to model these neuron responses using an artificial neural network in Matlab.  A backpropagation algorithm was

implemented with an FIR filter input layer to create a response that closely emulated the desired target.

                                                                                    Advisor: Prof. Rudko

 

10:05-10:20                Sherri Buchardt                                 Electrical Engineering

Analog to Digital Converter

Many modern electronic devices include both analog and digital components.  An integral part of these designs is the circuit that converts analog signals to digital signals for further digital processing.  To examine the details of how these important circuits work, I have designed and constructed a dual-slope integrating A/D converter.

                                                                                    Advisor: Prof. Hedrick

 

 

BREAK 10:20-10:55

 

 

10:55-11:15                Heather Babcock                               Electrical Engineering

                                    Scott Bichan                                     Electrical Engineering

Musical Shoes

The design and implementation of shoes that produce musical beats involving a local network within a pair of shoes and a remote network to output final sounds.  Transducers, two transmitting frequencies, multiple TTL compatible chips, and a playback circuit control sounds for contact sections on the bottoms of each shoe.

                                                                                    Advisors: Prof. Hassib

                                                                                                   Emad Andarawis (GE)

 

 

11:15-11:30                Douglas Morton                                 Electrical Engineering

Enhancement of Acoustic/ Electric Guitar Sounds Using Digital Signal Processing

The objective of this project is to improve the sound quality of an acoustic/ electric guitar using digital signal processing.  An algorithm based on FFT analysis is defined and implemented to process the waveforms of an acoustic/ electric guitar in such a manor that they sound more like an acoustic guitar.

                                                                                    Advisor: Prof. Rudko

 

 

11:30-11:55                Midys Inoa                                         Electrical Engineering

                                    Jonathan Jones                                  Electrical Engineering

                                    Bernard Rojas                                                Electrical Engineering

Autonomous Search Robot

The Autonomous Search Robot (ASR) searches a room for a desired object using image processing, picks it up with a robotic arm, and places it on a storage container on the robot body. It can be used as a generic autonomous robotic platform to study vision as a means of object detection.

                                                                                    Advisor: Prof. Spinelli

 

 

 

LUNCH  12:00-1:15- Hale House


******** Atsu is at a State Track Meet and will present on Wednesday, February 27, 12:45 in N102