Presentations on Symposium Day 2005
Room Assignment Name of Presentation Advisor Coraporate Sponsorship Description Students
8:45 am - 9-403 A DSSS-CDMA-FDMA Transmitter Ilir F. Progri, Richard H. Cockrum   The DSSS-CDMA-FDMA transmitter design includes (1) the SIMULINK simulation, (2) MATLAB m-file simulation, and (3) the test setup of the AD9857/PCB evaluation board from Analog Devices. Phillip Cam, Mark Hernandez, Daniel Abdel-Masih, Abdulaziz Bawany, Ron Madrid, Jeffeery Miyamoto,Yu Yong Chung, Silvia Galicia, Judy Lim, Marques Dedeaux
10:15 AM - 9-427 A DSSS-OFDM-CDMA-FDMA System Ilir F. Progri, Richard H. Cockrum   The DSSS-CDMA-FDMA system design includes (1) the SIMULINK simulation, (2) MATLAB m-file simulation, and (3) the test setup of the AD9857/PCB and AD6620S/PCB evaluation board from Analog Devices. Jeffeery Miyamoto,Yu Yong Chung, Silvia Galicia, Judy Lim, Marques Dedeaux
11:45 AM - 9-425 An Integrated Device for Emergency Applications: An IDEA Ram Ronen   This project Developed a multifunction device that helps persons in an emergency situation, enabling their detection, identification and location. It consists of a triple power supply, a LED Long-life flashlight, an AM-FM radio module, a beeping alarm, a programmable messaging RF beacon and a small LCD display. Jose M. Capella, David Lopez, Daniel Loza, Urvik S. Patel
11:45 AM -9-427 Bluetooth Audience Response System for Classroom Use Phyllis R. Nelson   A prototype audience response system for classroom use has been developed. The system collects answers to questions from bluetooth-capable PDAs, storing and displaying the results in various formats Phat Bao, Nikolas Bruno, Ferdinandus Handojo, Juan  Martinez, Peter Vo, Daniel Wood, Weiye Xu
9:30 AM - 9-423 Emergence Evacuation Plan using GIS  Saeed Monemi   Through the medium provided by a Geographic Information System (GIS), vital information can be quickly presented in a lively and colorful manner.  We use GIS technology to design and implement an Emergency Evacuation Plan (EEP) for Cal Poly Pomona as a pilot study Aileen Alhambra, Jaime Fregoso, Gregory A Greene, Carmen Ivanescu, Barnaby Luong, Natalie Sandoval
9:30 AM 9-425 Forklift Safety System Halima El Naga   The Forklift Safety System project is a safety design that incorporates several sensors which are interfaced to a small computer running MS Windows CE. The system documents and alerts the user of safety hazards and limits the speed. Scott Shellman, Stephen Olson, Brian Kim, Long Vu
11:45 AM - 9-423 FPGA Evaluation Board Design, Implementation, and Fabrication James Kang   A peripheral board for Xilinx Spartan FPGAs is designed.  The peripheral board includes ADC, DAC, RS-232, J-TAG, USB, SRAM.  A VHDL code is written and tested for each peripheral interface.  An external ADC-DAC board is designed and tested. Dac Hoang, Jonathan Lee, Jonathan Lerdsuwanrut, Jimmy  Luong, JaneVeerachanavirut, Laurentiu Vlagea, David Wong
11:00 - 9-423 FPGA Implementation of  Transportation System Yi Cheng   This interdisciplinary project involves students from the departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Civil Engineering. The objective of this project is to design inexpensive alternatives to current Transportation Engineering technology. Hui Ling Lai, Alberto Cuevas, Matthew Goldsbury, Morgan Savercool, Puneet Chhina, Timothy Schow
11:00 AM -9-427 Heart Rate Monitor Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu   The goal of the project is to use a heart rate sensor, a microcontroller, and MATLAB program to plot, and analyze the heart rate. A sensor and a microcontroller detect the heart rate of a person, convert to digital signal and send to a computer. We create Graphical User Interface (GUI) with MATLAB to interpret the received data, display heart pulse, and analyze the heart rate Thomas Pham, Allan Lee, Patty Vongsaras
11:00 AM - 9-425 Implementation of RFID Tim Lin, Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu Texas Instruments RFID, an acronym for radio frequency identification, is a way of transmitting data wirelessly from a device, commonly called a RFID tag, to a reader. Using this technology, our  group will be designing a system for a parking garage.  The tags can be fairly small, they can be integrated to a parking pass.  We have two main programs; the first is a database of valid serial numbers, and  a program that allows the communication between RFID reader and the hardware.  Our RFID kit was given to us by TI (Texas Instruments).  The other hardware used was a motor to control the parking gate, and a sensor that tells the gate when to close Sean Sendino, Anthony Bumanglag, Chris Shipley, Bryan Bui-Tuong, Vishal Patel, Jason Lee, Toan Duong, Quang Duy Nguyen, Hung T Ton
10:15 am - 9-401 Implementing a DNA Sequence Matching Processor Meng-Lai Yin   This project is a continuation of previous projects where unknown DNA sequences are checked against the GanBank Database, using FPGA. Both exact matching and inexact matching algorithms are implemented, with wired and wireless users supported. The focus of this project is on the memory issues, as it was identified as the main performance bottleneck from the previous experiences. James Le,Shweta Mehta, Jove Yambot, Chiun-Chu Chang, Yang (Martin) Zhao, Stephen Casey, Seo-Yun Hong, Aileen Penaflor, Toan Pham, Dung Nguy, Chusho Chow, Torpong Vinotai, Hieu Phan, Patrick Suen, Toan Nguyen
10:15 AM - 9-403 Magnetic Levitation Device Salomon Oldak   In this project a metalic object is suspended in the air by use of an electromagnet. Feedback is obtained through use of a hall effect sensor. Frequency response identification is used for feedback compensator improvement. Win Aung, Bryan Hannah, Stephen Howarter, William Naranjo, Xibin Wu, Roynard Yang   
8:45 am - 9-425 Microwave Phased Array Patch-Antenna System Narayan Mysoor   In satellite communication systems, demands for faster access and more information are drastically increasing because of the continuous growth of the space system, defense, Internet and direct to-to-user satellite requirements. Meeting these requirements will require multi-beam satellite systems with onboard active phased-array antenna systems. Dat Luong, Justin Pender, Mitchell Pulley, Peter Chan
11:00 am - 9-405 NASA Roboter Rover: Simulator & Mapping Salam Salloum, Daisy Sang NASA PAIR Grant The "Smart Robotic Rover is an interdisciplinary project which integrates cutting-edge NASA related research into the undergraduate education experience.  Elizabeth Reznak, Danny Hanson, Raymond Valbuena, Benjlyn Lopez, Aaron Cave, Michael Craig, Mariam Salloum, Brandon Roybal, Phillip Medrano, Erika Denton
8:45 am - 9-405 NASA Robotic Rover: Camera on a Ship/Sensor Brita Olson, James Kang NASA PAIR Grant The "Smart Robotic Rover is an interdisciplinary project which integrates cutting-edge NASA related research into the undergraduate education experience.  Marco Arellano, Julian Astudillo, Joel Evink, Sinh Lam, Christian Ramos, Joanna Aguinaldo, Carlos Moya, Godwin Shen
11:00 am - 9-409 NASA Robotic Rover: Combined GPS Satellite/Pseudolite Navigation Ilir Progri NASA PAIR Grant The "Smart Robotic Rover is an interdisciplinary project which integrates cutting-edge NASA related research into the undergraduate education experience.  James Betz, Mary Brown, Juan Leal, Raul Robles, Jessica Schupp
9:30 am - 9-405 NASA Robotic Rover: GIS & Path Planning Saeed Monemi, Rajan Chandra, Salomon Oldak NASA PAIR Grant The "Smart Robotic Rover is an interdisciplinary project which integrates cutting-edge NASA related research into the undergraduate education experience.  Eboni Blackley, Donald Carloson, Jr., Michael Cervantes, Mercedes Gutierrez, Juliet Querido, Carlos Cortez, Lara Saikali, Jaime Cusicanqui, Maria Chavarria, Debo Odubela, Laura Roldan
10:15 am - 9-409 NASA Robotic Rover: Mechanical Engineering Team Hong Xue NASA PAIR Grant The "Smart Robotic Rover is an interdisciplinary project which integrates cutting-edge NASA related research into the undergraduate education experience.  Jeremy Deake, Chidi Dillibe, Kavin Fraine, Larry Franco, Andrew Jordan, Andrew Peterson, Valji Rahim, Jamison Armstrong
10:15 am 0 9-405 NASA Robotic Rover: Path Planning Salam Salloum, Daisy Sang NASA PAIR Grant The "Smart Robotic Rover is an interdisciplinary project which integrates cutting-edge NASA related research into the undergraduate education experience.  Alejandro Escalante, Cory Mickelson, Denny Rivera, Christopher Benitez, Karen Algenio, Mariam Salloum, Brandon Roybal, Phillip Medrano, Erika Denton
9:30 am - 9-409 NASA Robotic Rover: Stereo Camera Navigation Kathleen Hayden, Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, Gerald Herder, Tim Lin, Salam Salloum, Daisy Sang NASA PAIR Grant The "Smart Robotic Rover is an interdisciplinary project which integrates cutting-edge NASA related research into the undergraduate education experience.  Jayson Alaba, Raffi Babian, Michael Cedres, Ridwan Chin, Jason de la Guerra, Freddy Diaz, James Drummond, Felipe Fernandez, Cynthia Inturias, Edwin Juarez, Aracely Maldonado, Alfredo Marquez, Brandon Metz, Monica Molina, Lionel Olivares, Joseph Pham, Luis Ramirez, Pritesh Sampat, Duane San Juan, Crystal Sanders, Jack Shropshire, Robert Soler, Daniel Cerna, Dinh Diep Alex Anaighian
8:45 am - 9-409 NASA Robotic Rover: Target Recognition Yi Cheng NASA PAIR Grant The "Smart Robotic Rover is an interdisciplinary project which integrates cutting-edge NASA related research into the undergraduate education experience.  William Cisneros, Jannie Han, Parker Li, Toan Nguyen, Chandrasekhar Pardiwata, Edward Son, Rosa Vargas
9:30 am - 9-403 Next Generation Camera System-on-a-Chip Brita Olson, Ph.D.   Mixed Signal CMOS Chip Design:  design and Optimization of a Hybrid DAC, Folded Cascode Amplifier and constrained Digital Logic. Anton Arriagada, Hochan Cung, Peter Jo, Saw Linn, Sarko Nalband, Michelle Paz, Luke J.Whitaker
10:15 AM 9-425 Peripheral Perception (Team 1) Halima El Naga   The Purpose of this project is to detect an object in a vehicle's blind spot. We are implementing the design using ultrasonic sonar to sense the distance to an object within a vehicle's blind spot. Arin Saghatelian Vincent Balagtas, Misha Novini, Ngoc (David) Vu
9:30 AM - 9-427 Range & Throughput Enhancement of Secured WLANs through Amplification Thomas Ketseoglou     H. Yu, Y, Liu, W. Cervantes
8:45 am - 9-423 Runner's Pacer Alan P. Felzer   An FPGA based timer designed to help runners pace themselves. Oliver Ambrosia 
11:00 AM 9-403 Smart Stepper Motor Control  Salomon Oldak   Stepper motors are controlled using an FPGA and a microcontroller. Rotational feedback is obtained through optical encoders for precise positioning. High torque is desired as the envisioned application is the conversion of a manual milling machine to CNC. Mark Lin, Andrew Pagsisihan, Mark Ramirez, Jeffrey Robins  
9:30 am -9-401 Systems Level Design using Matlab/Simulink H.K. Hwang, Ph.D.   Simulating a complete communication system with special emphasis placed on using Matlab/Simulink for systems level design. Yao Xiao,Omar Castillo, Rithya Sun
11:45 AM -9-405 The Flying Ace Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu   The goal of the project is to set a model airplane world record for altitude. We use Microchip's PIC microcontrollers and RF modems to control six independent servo motors and 2 switches on the airplane from the ground. Trevor Hargrove, Angelo Domingo
8:45 AM - 9-427 Vertical Flight Vehicle Collision Avoiding System Thomas Ketseoglou     J. Surmi, K. Kantharia, Y. Ma, J. Cole, M. Nazer, G. Muigai, C. Liu
10:15 AM - 9-423 Voice Activation Wheelchair Saeed Monemi   A wheelchair that is controlled by human voice will provide a higher level of independence to quadriplegics and paraplegics who suffer from a high degree of paralysis have less independence and flexibility in their daily lives Tse Chang,  Nuttapong Chivangkul, Samyar Dibaj, Ai Duong, Zaw Myint, David Vuong, Craig Wong
8:45 am - 9-401 Wideband Interference Suppression using Adaptive Array  H.K. Hwang, Ph.D. Raytehon Research on hard constraint method in wideband adaptive array interference suppression. Array performance is simulated by MatLab program under different conditions. Lijia Chen, Walter Au, Yao Xiao