The University of Texas at Austin Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (UT ECE) hosted the Fall 2013 Senior Design Open House on Monday, November 25, 2013. UT ECE undergraduate seniors presented demonstrations of their projects spanning two semesters of work.
Companies partner with faculty and student teams, providing funding, equipment, industry expertise, and mentoring as the team works toward a successful outcome to the industry specced problem. Students are responsible for delivering a working prototype with documentation, a system design report, and two interim and one final oral presentations. Industry, student and faculty efforts culminate at the end of the course at the Senior Design Open House.
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Industry Collaborators
UT ECE is deeply appreciative of our industrial collaborators, whose expertise and support makes these projects successful and meaningful. Industry project sponsors for the Fall 2013 projects include CSID, National Instruments, Qualcomm, Schlumberger, and Texas Instruments.
Apple, Inc. generously donated Apple products such as MacBook Airs, iPad Minis, and iPod Touch devices as prizes for the top projects presented at the Open House.
Winners
The first place team for Fall 2013 is the project Bicycle Rear View Camera, developed by Daniel Ogilvie, Frank Knott, Stafford Hutchins, Robert Parsons and Zach Pringnitz. Prof. Robert Heath was both the sponsor and faculty mentor to the team.
All Winners
Place | Project | Team Members | Sponsor | Faculty Advisor |
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First
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Bicycle Rear View Camera
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Daniel Ogilvie
Frank Knott
Stafford Hutchins
Robert Parsons
Zach Pringnitz
|
Prof. Robert Heath | Prof. Robert Heath |
Each team member received a MacBook Air from Apple. | ||||
Second
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CubeSat
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Sean Adkins Anya Cranmer Brandon Crosbie Jacob Donelson Ashley Doub |
Qualcomm | Prof. Alexis Kwasinski |
Each team member received an iPad Mini from Apple. |
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Third
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Robot Brain
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Zachary Thomas Robert Jacobs Asad Malik Daniel Elsner Dillon Johnson |
Qualcomm | Prof. Ahmed Tewfik |
Each team member received an iPod Touch from Apple. |
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Fourth
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Home Wireless Temperature Control
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Scott Longe John Dang Ford Arnett Tyler Kass Kathleen Cedeno |
Texas Instruments | Prof. Alexis Kwasinski |
Fifth
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Directional Haptics
|
Audrey Loefler Kyle Grau Jay Kalina Tien Nguyen Santos Gomez |
Texas Instruments | Prof. David Pan |
Sixth
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SEAL
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James Crow Mengke Wang Scott Simmons Alisha Chawla Syed Arefin Hamzah Bhombal |
Texas Instruments | Prof. Ahmed Tewfik |
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