The Semi-Annual
Student Symposium
Join our Virtual Showcase
December 8th, 2020 from 9am-12pm
Thank you for joining us for the Fall 2020 Student Symposium. Due to COVID-19, our event has moved to an online format this semester. Our priority is to ensure the safety of our students, faculty, and visitors while still allowing everyone to enjoy the work of our graduating class. Below is a quick guide on how to navigate the site.
Projects are divided into two main categories: Graduate and Undergraduate. Groups are then organized alphabetically by the name of the project advisors that worked with the groups. Graduate Projects also provide you with keywords that give you a clue about what topics the project specializes in.
Be aware of the “Away from session” information. A group’s session will be closed during their assigned time frames.
To connect to a zoom presentation, click the “Visit on Zoom” button during the event on Dec. 8th. Click “View Poster” if you wish to view or download a PDF copy of a poster.
Undergraduate Projects
BSEE Project Advisor: Professor David Parent
Applications of the QIF
Stephanie Gorman, Tasnia Hossain, Philip Lagua, Devon King
Away from session at: 9:45AM - 10:00AM, 10:45AM - 11:00AM
Impact Helmet
Robert Hansen, Ryan Jamison Gallardo, Nathaniel Ciceron, Austin Driver
Away from session at: 10:00AM - 10:15AM, 11:00AM - 11:15AM
Memristor Fabrication & Design
Austin Adam, Daniel Reyes
Away from session at: 9:30AM - 9:45AM, 10:30AM - 10:45AM
BSEE Project Advisor: Professor Hiu Yung Wong
Piezoelectric Haptic Feedback Actuator
Yishan Shi, Fook Ning Chan, Thadoe Pyaethu, Wai Aung
Away from session at: 10:15AM - 10:30AM, 11:30AM - 11:45AM
Smart Traffic Light with Emergency Vehicle Prioritization
Sean Fricker, Elizabeth Pham, Jonathan Azevedo, Poliva Hou
Away from session at: 10:00AM - 10:15AM, 11:00AM - 11:15AM
BSEE Project Advisor: Professor Jonathan Ponniah
ADHOC Reinforcement Learning Protocol Design for Multi-Robot Networks
Michael Meza Roman, Sarah Walker
Away from session at: 9:45AM - 10:00AM, 11:00AM - 11:15AM
Wireless Solar Smart Shades
Daniel Sada, Ramandeep Jagdev, Kent Yoshiki, Kiril Bakardzhiev
Away from session at: 10:00AM - 10:15AM, 11:15AM - 11:30AM
BSEE Project Advisor: Professor Mohamed Badawy
A Novel Modular Multilevel Converter for Storage Cell Management in Electric Vehicles
Dillon Vidmar, William Castellanos, Jesus Melgoza, Xavier Ascate
Away from session at: 9:45AM - 10:00AM, 10:45AM - 11:00AM
DC/DC Converter with SiC MOSFETs
Raymond Cao, Ruben Flores, Mikaela Quintos
Away from session at: 10:15AM - 10:30AM, 11:15AM - 11:30AM
Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer System
Antony Dao, Andy Tran, David Amaton, Patrick Yao
Away from session at: 9:30AM - 9:45AM, 10:30AM - 10:45AM
BSEE Project Advisor: Professor Ping Hsu
Automating a Chemical Control Process
Travis Kerstetter, Jasdeep Sihota, Jordan Stanton
Away from session at: 10:15AM - 10:30AM, 11:30AM - 11:45AM
Electronic Auto Guided Laser Emitter (E.A.G.L.E.)
Garland Hatten, John Marcos, Steve Lucha, Sebastian Charles
Away from session at: 9:45AM - 10:00AM, 10:45AM - 11:00AM
BSEE Project Advisor: Professor Robert Morelos-Zaragoza
Botanic IoT System
Devin Ary, Ahmad Ghanizadah, Daniel Molar Hurtado, Alon Kopelman
Away from session at: 10:15AM - 10:30AM, 11:30AM - 11:45AM
Refreshable Braille Display
Mark Mersnik, Sabeeq Karim, Shane Gandeza, Jacob Mercado
Away from session at: 10:00AM - 10:15AM, 11:00AM - 11:15AM
WAN-Based Locating and Beamforming
Richard Montanez, Tyler Oaks, Virginia Cater, Nicholas Hayes
Away from session at: 10:00AM - 10:15AM, 11:15AM - 11:30AM
BSEE Project Advisor: Professor Sotoudeh Hamedi-Hagh
Biometric Door Lock
Victor Barrios, Benwill Garcia, Petros Ghebre, Salman Alanazi
Away from session at: 10:15AM - 10:30AM, 11:15AM - 11:30AM
Wildlife Fire Alarm
Binh Nguyen, Quoc Dang, Tuan Nguyen, Hoang Nguyen
Away from session at: 10:00AM - 10:15AM, 11:00AM - 11:15AM
BSEE Project Advisor: Professor Thuy Le
Mobile Phone Controlled Lockbox
Ryan L. Vista, Sandeep Singh, Daniel Hernandez, Jake Fontaine
Away from session at: 10:15AM - 10:30AM, 11:15AM - 11:30AM
Graduate Projects
MSEE Project Advisor: Professor Birsen Sirkeci
A Comparative Study of Autoencoders for Communication Systems
Communication, Machine Learning
Anju Manoj
Away from session at: 10:00AM - 10:15AM, 10:45AM - 11:00AM, 11:30AM - 11:45AM
A Question Answering NLP System for Graduate Advising using BERT
Machine Learning
Priyanka Kondaparthi, Sivasankarreddy B
Away from session at: 9:30AM - 9:45AM, 10:30AM - 10:45AM
Chemical Gas Classification using Transfer Learning
Machine Learning
Lavanya Ramesh Naik
Away from session at: 9:45AM - 10:00AM, 10:30AM - 10:45AM, 11:15AM - 11:30AM
TensorFlow Model Optimization for Automatic Modulation Classification
Machine Learning
Sophia Susan Raju
Away from session at: 9:30AM - 9:45AM, 10:15AM - 10:30AM, 11:00AM - 11:15AM
Transfer Learning for Hyperspectral Images Utilizing Channel Selection Techniques and Ensemble Methods
Machine Learning
Scott Vogel
Away from session at: 9:45AM - 10:00AM, 10:30AM - 10:45AM, 11:15AM - 11:30AM
MSEE Project Advisor: Dr. Geoffrey W. Burr
Physics-based modeling of Phase-Change Memory devices and materials
Analog ICs, ASIC, Signal Processing, VLSI
Johan Saltin
Away from session at: 10:00AM - 10:15AM, 10:45AM - 11:00AM, 11:30AM - 11:45AM
MSEE Project Advisor: Professor Hiu Yung Wong
Energy and Area efficient 8 bit SAR ADC
Analog ICs, Mixed-Signal ICs
Varada Kanchi, Shruthi Kulkarni
Away from session at: 9:30AM - 9:45AM, 10:30AM - 10:45AM
Study of ReRAM Neuromorphic Circuit Performance Using DTCO Simulation Framework
Machine Learning
Anh Nguyen
Away from session at: 9:30AM - 9:45AM, 10:15AM - 10:30AM, 11:00AM - 11:15AM
MSEE Project Advisor: Professor Jonathan Ponniah
Simulation of cluster-based routing protocols for Autonomous multiple robot systems
Networking
Pooja D Shivanna, Darshan S Rangaswamy
Away from session at: 9:30AM - 9:45AM, 10:30AM - 10:45AM
MSEE Project Advisor: Professor Lili He
AI Based Virtual Gamer and 3D Motion Tracker
Embedded Systems Design, Machine Learning
Dhananjai Bajpai
Away from session at: 9:45AM - 10:00AM, 10:30AM - 10:45AM, 11:15AM - 11:30AM
Community based Verification using UVM
Logic/Digital Design, VLSI
Jignesh Solanki, Samarth Patel
Away from session at: 9:30AM - 9:45AM, 11:00AM - 11:15AM
Design of AXI4 Lite Model for Master and Slave Communication Using Bandwith Arbitration
Logic/Digital Design
Veena Veesam, Saranya Vasudevan
Away from session at: 9:45AM - 10:00AM, 11:00AM - 11:15AM
Functional Verification of AHB Fabric
ASIC, Logic/Digital Design, VLSI
Apoorva Nimbargi, Jeevan Gowda
Away from session at: 9:45AM - 10:00AM, 10:45AM - 11:00AM
High efficiency solar cell and its system
Power
Jatinder Pal Singh Briar
Away from session at: 9:30AM - 9:45AM, 10:15AM - 10:30AM, 11:00AM - 11:15AM
Verification of AXI4 Lite Poster
ASIC, VLSI
Mohit Vanage, Nikhil Ramesh
Away from session at: 9:30AM - 9:45AM, 10:30AM - 10:45AM
Verification of CAN bus
ASIC, Logic/Digital Design, VLSI
Sachin Raj Chowdary
Away from session at: 10:00AM - 10:15AM, 10:45AM - 11:00AM, 11:30AM - 11:45AM
Verification of Permutation based SHA-3 Hash Functions
ASIC, Logic/Digital Design, VLSI
Akash Jhawar, Raj Parikh
Away from session at: 10:15AM - 10:30AM, 11:30AM - 11:45AM
MSEE Project Advisor: Professor Lili He, Professor Harry Li
HPC Enhanced Embedded Deep Learning Engine for Autonomous Vehicle Applications
Cloud Computing, Embedded Systems Design, Machine Learning
Pragya Rathore, Sanket Patil
Away from session at: 10:00AM - 10:15AM, 11:15AM - 11:30AM
MSEE Project Advisor: Professor Mohamed Badawy
Design of a Two-Staged Multi-Resonant Multi- Phased Switched-Capacitor Converter for 48V Rack Architecture in Data Center
Power
Chih Sen Ku
Away from session at: 9:30AM - 9:45AM, 10:15AM - 10:30AM, 11:00AM - 11:15AM
Energy Management System in Electric Vehicles
Controls, Power
Nisarg Shah
Away from session at: 10:00AM - 10:15AM, 10:45AM - 11:00AM, 11:30AM - 11:45AM
Identifying Maximum Power Point of PV Panels Under Partially Shaded Conditions
Controls, Power
Vaishali Yasala
Away from session at: 9:45AM - 10:00AM, 10:30AM - 10:45AM, 11:15AM - 11:30AM
Implementation of Model Predictive Control for Speed Control of Electric Vehicles with Multilevel Converters
Controls
Maryam Khosroshahi
Away from session at: 10:00AM - 10:15AM, 10:45AM - 11:00AM, 11:30AM - 11:45AM
LCC Converter Frequency Control Structure for EV Wireless Charging
Power
Dan Gelfer
Away from session at: 9:45AM - 10:00AM, 10:30AM - 10:45AM, 11:15AM - 11:30AM
MSEE Project Advisor: Professor Nader Mir
Dynamic Link Level Virtualization Through the Learning Process in Cloud Networks
Cloud Computing, Machine Learning, Networking
Aysha Siddhikha Husaini Bash, Anirudhha Tiwari
Away from session at: 10:15AM - 10:30AM, 11:30AM - 11:45AM
Efficient Traffic Shaping on Video Streaming over Cloud Networks
Machine Learning, Networking
Hina Kotecha, Jolly Kalita
Away from session at: 9:30AM - 9:45AM, 10:45AM - 11:00AM
Simulation Of Link Aggregation in the structure of Data Center (DCN’s)
Networking
Rushabh Shah, Abhinaya Doddapaneni
Away from session at: 9:45AM - 10:00AM, 10:45AM - 11:00AM
MSEE Project Advisor: Professor Sotoudeh Hamedi-Hagh
Active RF Phase Shifter
Analog ICs
Thalesh Ranganathan
Away from session at: 9:30AM - 9:45AM, 10:15AM - 10:30AM, 11:00AM - 11:15AM
Design of a Low-Power Asynchronous SAR ADC in 45 nm CMOS Technology
Analog ICs
Muhammad Aldacher
Away from session at: 10:00AM - 10:15AM, 10:45AM - 11:00AM, 11:30AM - 11:45AM
Low-Power High-gain LNA for 5G cellular system in a 45nm technology
Analog ICs
Diego Munoz
Away from session at: 9:45AM - 10:00AM, 10:30AM - 10:45AM, 11:15AM - 11:30AM