Assignment 11.3:

Senior Design Plan

Arminder Singh

My goal for a design project is to use my computer engineering and physics knowledge to solve a real tangible problem (even if it's a very small problem) that people are having in society today. I want to design some piece of hardware that can solve such a problem, whatever that problem ends up being, through the best means possible. If I were to pick a design methodology, it would be one where a lot of components come together to make something relatively novel, and where we're in charge of a lot of the design and have flexibility to adapt the design.

I still need to search for this problem to solve, which I'm going to work on over break, and research design alternatives for once said problem is found. Chris and I are pretty aligned and will work on narrowing things down, and Erik is fine too, although our design goals aren't as fully aligned (he is interested more in software, I'm pushing more for hardware and design aspects of the project)

I'd really appreciate if I can incorporate my physics knowledge in some way to invent something novel or at least perfect some electronic product that's been considered imperfect for some years now, as long as it also solves a societal problem of some kind and is objectively better than any solutions in the status quo.

Christopher Kniss

My goal with a design project is to utilize the hardware design knowledge I've gained during my time here at Stevens to design a tunable custom PCB with a microcontroller to achieve some wireless design task. After speaking with peers and viewing some of the senior design projects at the Innovation Expo, I know that I'd be interested in a sort of measurement, detection, or automation project.

I'm still looking around for an idea that strikes both my interests and my peers'. More research is required toward isolating a challenging yet feasible project idea. Arminder and I have similar intent and are both picking at ideas, and after speaking with Erik he would be interested in a hardware project as long as there is a significant software component to the project.

As such, if we find a project that interests us this Summer with another group we may each go our own ways. Though, if we can find a project that aligns with all of our interests then we may also work together.

Alternatively, as you know Dr. Lu, the four students taking Quantum Mechanics with the scheduling conflict to D7 are myself, Arminder, Harrison Teele, and Owen Deem. We've all spoken and were interested in a project with emphasis on hardware design and implementation of our physics knowledge toward an automation task. This is a more probable grouping, and we'd be interdisciplinary because Owen, if he chooses to work with us, is an Electrical Engineer. Again, a more firm task has yet to be declared.

Erik Bobinski

My goal for my senior design project is to apply the skills I enjoy using, on a project that I am passionate about. Within the computer engineering discipline, enjoy I programming the most. Whether it be front-end or back-end, I am in search of a design project that requires some major software component that I can build.

Christopher and Arminder are entertaining the idea of building a custom PCB, or microcontroller of any kind, to achieve a wireless task. There may be a programmable software component that is significant enough to where they would consider offering me a spot in their team.

Otherwise I may consider joining another student on their project of constructing a malleable prosthetic hand, or draft up a heavily software-based project of my own. I plan to have a concrete idea and team for the project before summer ends; that way I have ample time to prepare any extraneous circumstances that are bound to occur during the upcoming semester.

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