Electrical and computer engineering seniors will present and demonstrate their senior design projects in a showcase set for 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, April 29, in the Memorial Union Gallery.
In the two-semester design course, students choose a project, develop a solution to a presented problem and design, prototype and build the device that solves that problem. Project requests come from a number of sources, including individuals, entrepreneurs, large companies, faculty, staff and students.
Some of this year’s projects were designed to assist people with disabilities, including two projects for the North Dakota Special Olympic judging system, a seatbelt system to improve safety for people unable to manipulate a regular seatbelt system with their hands and two projects for the Svee Home in West Fargo. The projects are designed to specifically target a need for a group or individual, and to help improve some aspect of his or her life.
Other projects include the incorporation of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) data transmission technology into various uses, an American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) minesweeper robot entry, and a recent research project with NASA involving zero gravity flight.
The presentation will include demonstrations of most of the projects. The presentation is free and open to public. A list of the projects can be viewed online at http://snrdes2.ece.ndsu.nodak.edu/~snrdes/. For more information, contact Jeff Wandler at 1-8817 or j.wandler@ndsu.nodak.edu.