Senior Design Class of 2014-2015
Lectures Notes:
Assignment #1: Two circuits I and II shown
below in Fig.1 are equivalent.
Circuit I, which comprises of a source with a series resistance,
is called a Thevenin circuit while Circuit II is called a Norton
equivalent circuit to the Thevenin, with a current source of which size
is determined by the amount of the voltage in I divided by the
resistance in I, and a parallel resistor with the same resistance as in
I. Now, a technician built
a circuit (I or II) with an actual source and an actual resistor, and
put the circuit inside a metal box, and made out the two terminals A and
B as in either of the circuits.
The problem is how to find which circuit is built and placed
inside the box? Think
over the problem and provide your solution approach in a typed report,
and be ready for a class discussion.
Industry's Class Visit: On September 10, 2014, Mr. Gregory West and Mr. Jim Windgassen, both of Northrop Grumman, came to the class and introduced the Niobium Wet Mate Electrical Connector project.
Mr. Gregory West [left] and Mr. Jim Windgassen [right]
Four internal project candidates are presented. (1) Candace Ross on Hardware Trojan Detection, (2) Sarad Dhungel on Translation of American Sign Language to Text and Voice, (3) Dhuel Fisher on Busboy Robot III, and (4) Michael Robinson on Electro-Sonic Wave Master.
Industry's Class Visit: On September 17, Mr. Jared Alexander, a senior mobile developer of Capital One (Labs), came to the class and presented on Android Wear and, as possible project, its application to banking transactions. The link (on YouTube) to the promo video Mr. Alexander showed in the presentation. Also, here is the link to Mr. Alexander's rough Android Wear prototype for next train time.
Assignment #2*:A customer comes and demands by saying: “Devise a better concept to mechanize the loading of cargo (sacks) into railroad trucks from the manual loading, by which workers take one sack from a pallet in a warehouse, carry it to the truck, and place it on another pallet on the truck. The transport of cargo from warehouse to railroad truck can be easily mechanized – perhaps by using a conveyer belt. However, portable and compact machines that can stack cargo inside a railroad truck do not exist. Forklifts that carry six sacks on a platform have difficulty maneuvering inside a truck and, therefore, cannot provide the necessary productivity.” Now, in meeting (solving) the customer need, we have to know the customer’s problem precisely. Make a problem statement which includes (1) the goal (what must be achieved) and (2) the means (what must be done, improved, or changed) to be employed. Bring and submit a typed report to the class of Wednesday, September 24, 2014. *This assignment is based on “The Innovation Algorithm” by Genrich Aktshuller, pp.82-83.
Lecture 5: Problem Formulation (and, interesting and informative lecture note of a business class (and link) on problem identification)
Industry's Class Visit: On October 29, Dr. Obadiah Kegege of NASA Goddard Flight Center came to the class and presented on NASA Space Communication.
Lecture 6: Design Requirement (Sample Design Requirement in XLS format)
Class Alum's Visit: On November 5, Mr. Emmanuel Ademuwagun, a class of 2014, of presently Microsoft came to the class and shared his experience in the class and Intel-Cornell Cup competition and at his work.
Lecture 7: Solution Generation - Conceptual Designs and Analyses of the Alternatives
Conceptual Designs of the Project Teams:
Team SLatE8: Sign Language to English - Individual Conceptual Designs + Team Top Design
Team UCC: Niobium Underwater Connector - Individual Conceptual Designs + Team Top Design
Team Funcktioneers: Global Mobile Network-Based Electronic Lock with Voice Encryption - Individual Conceptual Designs + Team Top Design
Team Intruder: Hardware Trojan Detection and Prevention of Health-Care Computer Systems - Individual Conceptual Designs + Team Top Design (Note: Team Slate8 passed the Open Round of Intel-Cornell Cup 2015 and was selected as the Open round winner of Howard University, and moved up to Competition's mid-term review. Check previous Howard University teams which competed in the previous Intel-Cornell Cup competitions.)
Team Watchmen: Smart Watch for Banking Alert - Individual Conceptual Designs + Team Top Design
Lecture 8: Solution Implementation and Evaluation Plan (Fillable Project Planner)
Lecture 9: Oral Presentation
Team SLatE8: Sign Language to English - Storyboard
Team UCC: Niobium Underwater Connector -- Storyboard
Team Funcktioneers: Global Mobile Network-Based Electronic Lock with Voice Encryption - Storyboard
Team Intruder: Hardware Trojan Detection System for Medical Devices Design - Storyboard
Team Watchmen: Smart Watch for Banking Alert - Storyboard
Public Event - Conceptual Design Presentation [December 3, 2014]
Judges
Lecture 10: Progress Presentation
Lecture 11: Elevator Pitch
** 1st Elevator Pitch (Situation 1)**
Isa Edwards-El Michael Robinson
Jonathan Lopera Yonatan Yilma Crepin Mahop
* 2nd Progress Presentation
Team Funcktioneers: Global Mobile Network-Based Electronic Lock with Voice Encryption - Presentation File
[Left] Team Presentation (from left) Cherith-Eden Clements, Darrel Smith, Michael Robinson, and Corbin Jackson. [Right] Cherith-Eden Clements in AES encryption and decryption demonstration.
[Left] Darrel Smith displays the lock housing made using a 3-D printer. [Right] Lock housing.
Team Intruder: Hardware Trojan Detection and Prevention for Health-Care Computer Systems - Presentation File
Team Presentation (from left): Naja Green, Candace Ross, Jonnetta Bratcher, Justin Powell, and Jonathan Lopera.
Team SLatE8: Sign Language to English - Presentation File
[Left] Team presentation (from left): Sarad Dhungel, Reginald Etienne, and Claude Ndzami Kolloch. [Right] Demonstration of hand motion capture.
Team UCC: Underwater Circuit Connector - Presentation File
Team Presentation (from left): Kerri Chambers, De'Shawnn Woods, Joshua Ajayi, and Crepin Mahop.
Team Watchmen: Smart Watch for Banking Alert - Presentation File
Team Presentation (from left): Dhuel Fisher, Jordan Monette, Derrick McElwee, and Isa Edwards-El.
[Left] Dhuel Fisher in Smart watch demo. [Right] Cherith-Eden Clements in trying the smart watch.
** 2ND Elevator Pitch (Situation #2 and #3) ****
Corbin Jackson Jonnetta Bratcher
Kerri Chambers Jordan Monette
Reginald Eitenne Cherith-Eden Clements
Naja Green Joshua Ajayi
Derrick McElwee Claude Ndzami Kolloh
* 3rd Progress Presentation
Team Funcktioneers: Global Mobile Network-Based Electronic Lock with Voice Encryption - Presentation File
Team Funk is in presentation [Left] and demonstration [right]
Team Intruder: Hardware Trojan Detection and Prevention for Health-Care Computer Systems - Presentation File
Team Intruder in presentation and demonstration. Demonstration video clip.
Team SLatE8: Sign Language to English - Presentation File
Team UCC: Underwater Circuit Connector - Presentation File
Team UCC in presentation and demonstration of Niobium wire in the water.
Team Watchmen: Smart Watch for Banking Alert - Presentation File
Team Watchmen in presentation [Left] and the demonstration (with help from Naja Green and Jonnetta Bratcher) [Right]
25th ECE Day (April 9, 2015) Blackburn Center, Howard University
Team Presentation
Team Funktioneers (Presentation File)
Team Intruder (Presentation File)
Team Slate8 (Presentation File)
Team UCC (Presentation File)
Team Watchmen (Presentation File)
Team Demonstration
Team Funktioneers
Team Intruder
Team Slate8
Team UCC
Team Watchmen
Luncheon and Invited Keynote Speaker (Dr. Edward Coyle, Georgia Tech)
Recognition of the Best Advisor (Jim Windgarssen) - Mr. Gregory West received the plaque for Mr. Windgarssen
Special Recognition
Team Slate8, after passing the Open Round of Intel-Cornell Cup 2015 and being selected as a finalist after the Competition's mid-term review, competed in the Intel-Cornell Cup 2015 Competition in May 1-3, 2015 in NASA (FL), and won the Third Place award. Check Howard University teams for the details of the Slate8's achievement along with previous Howard teams competed in the previous Intel-Cornell Cup competitions.
Group Photo
We Jump (for, each, our career, success, and our love for design)
Peer Evaluation Form (PDF fillable)