Senior Design Projects - Fall 2023 Showcase

The virtual and augmented reality world is an ever-evolving field of study and exploration. With a rising interest in the virtual and augmented reality world, there is a need for systems that work efficiently and effortlessly to help bridge the gap between real world experiences and virtual ones. The current paper reviews the development and final product of a virtual reality glove with thermal haptic feedback. This glove creates a heating sensation that works in tandem with a virtual setting to create a convincing experience. This paper addresses the life of the product from inception to creation. Topics include, objectives, demographic surveys, product mechanics, budget, team plan of action, and feasibility analysis. The product succeeds in delivering thermal feedback at different temperatures in accordance to the settings of the virtual reality. The product does so with low latency and is designed in a manner that is both easy to use and aesthetically appealing.

In response to the evolving landscape of microcontroller emulation, this project introduces EmuTB, a multidisciplinary endeavor merging cybersecurity, hardware design, and software development expertise. Focused on emulating the STM32 microcontroller, our team's comprehensive approach aims to develop a virtual environment with both hardware and software emulation, fostering a network of interconnected virtual STM32 microcontrollers. This project, initiated at Florida International University's Engineering Center, combines the strengths of team members William Ocampo, Karla Gil, and Jerry Bernal, each contributing their unique skills in cybersecurity, hardware design, and software development, respectively. EmuTB strives to deliver innovative results that meet Department of Defense criteria, with a meticulous plan of action, well-defined milestones, and a structured budget ensuring efficient project management. 

The implementation plan encompasses distinct phases, including project initiation, research, emulation development, virtual network creation, testing, documentation, and ongoing project management. Leveraging a Work Breakdown Structure, Gantt chart, and PERT chart, the team ensures organized task execution, monitoring, and control. EmuTB acknowledges the importance of a multidisciplinary approach, highlighting the diverse skill sets, work experiences, and problem-solving approaches within the team. The project's budget, estimated between $7,000 and $21,000, caters to software infrastructure, hardware requirements, and additional expenditures, demonstrating financial transparency and accountability. EmuTB's success is gauged by its ability to meet outlined objectives, adhere to standards, satisfy constraints, and avoid patent infringement, contributing a significant advancement in the realm of microcontroller emulation.

This project aims to design a paper dryer for homes and offices and improve the efficiency and convenience of drying documents and paper. The dryer adopts innovative technology and structure and incorporates an effective control system. Bluetooth modules, a key component for network building, are also used to make remote control possible. This household paper dryer is more efficient than traditional air and sun drying methods. It can achieve intelligent, fast, and uniform paper drying in a short period. The intelligent inspection system monitors the temperature in Fahrenheit, Celsius and humidity inside the product in real time, enabling users to make appropriate decisions and actions based on the real-time situation, thus minimizing damage to documents during the drying process. As an innovative indoor appliance, this paper dryer is expected to bring more convenient and efficient solutions for paper drying processing in homes and offices.

In today's social industry chain, tourism has become the pillar industry of the tertiary industry, which has a huge influence on the overall national economy. However, with the rapid development of tourism, citizens' demand for tourism is increasing day by day, which undoubtedly brings huge challenges to the service industry, such as labor shortage and rising labor costs, which more or less have an impact on economic development. In order to alleviate these problems, our team proposed the development of intelligent tour guide car project, the primary goal is to ease the pressure of service personnel, reduce labor costs, create a more streamlined, intelligent and efficient industry chain, and then create a new form of tourism industry, saving the traditional tourism industry tour guides spent on the road. It integrates more advanced sensing and navigation technology, equipped with a range of sensors, such as infrared sensors, ultrasonic sensors and cameras.