All students interested to do their capstone project are encouraged to read these suggested projects before meeting.

 

Capstone Projects

Project

Description

Requirements
An electronic Flash card This can be used for elementary students to practice multiplication, division etc. It is a hand held device that randomly generates numbers and students have answer to questions. Answers are displays upon student's request. It keeps record of how many right and wrong answers were displayed. The education department may want to test this!  
License place recognition A frame work to record vehicle's speed, picture, weight, license place number, color, 2/4 wheel, etc. and send the information wirelessly  
Review FORM Students can submit and review each others project PHP, Programming, Web design

Text-based (SMS) interactive service for distance learning
  • How can SMS be used to provide distance learning?
  • What is the message syntax?
  • How is the hardware setup?
  • What are the advantages?

 

GPS non-real-time tracking system
  • The data is to store the data until the receiver is in contact. Then, all routing positions are dumped. This approach is much cheaper than paying monthly service!

 

Traffic control with visual system
  • Add visual capability to a speed watch and identify the license plate of the car driving faster than the speed limit.

 NE, CP, EE

Smart bed
  • Used for cancer treatment.

 

Online Elvis

  • Designing an on-line electronic lab using Elvis and LabJack.

 

VANET – Maritime Communications
  • Compare it with MANET; how does it work; what are its characteristics and benefits.
  • Maritime communications can suffer from random movement of the ship causing the communications to break – can we use store-and-forwarding technology? How?

RE

Robotic Mesh

  • Allow multiple moving robots to communicate to one another such that they can work toward a single goal: finding the light, finding an object, etc.

  • Use GPS system to track and report the position.

  • Similar to RoboSoccer

 

Internet Access in Africa

  • Why is internet access in Africa so expensive?

  • What can be done to improve the situation?

  • What technologies are available (such as Meraki).

RE

Controlling a Roomba using your cell phone

  • Use your cell phone and its Bluetooth capability to control the roomba.

EE, NE

Web based robot / Lego

 

Funding may be available for some projects!

 

EE= Electronic knowledge

ME=Mechanical knowledge

NE=Networking knowledge

RE=Research project

CP=Computer programing