Muscle Activation via MRI: Comparison of Techniques

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Logan Thorneloe and Neal Bangerter, Electrical and Computer Engineering Introduction Muscle functional magnetic resonance imaging (mfMRI) is a proven concept to non-invasively identify muscle activation1. Noninvasively identifying muscle activation can be used to diagnose metabolic muscle disease, identify and pinpoint muscular dysfunction, observe muscle deterioration in aging individuals, and help researchers better understand the biological […]

High Level Gesture Control for UAVs

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John Akagi, Brady Moon, Jared Paxton, and Dr. Cammy Peterson, Electrical and Computer Engineering Introduction The usage and application of small unmanned aircraft has grown in recent years, but training, and constant attention is often required for controlling an aircraft in even the simplest of tasks. Our research seeks to reduce the complexity in controlling […]

Building and Improving a Low Cost Holographic Video Monitor

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Parker Awerkamp and Daniel Smalley, Electrical Engineering Introduction Since the development of the television, the world has been seeking to improve the realistic qualities of video. However, the biggest shortcoming of video is yet to be fully resolved: how to recreate a three-dimensional (3-D) image electronically. While some techniques have been developed in an attempt […]

An Ultra-Low Power Analog-To-Digital Converter for Neural Signal Recording: Comparator Research

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Alexander Petrie and Dr. Shiuh-hua Wood Chiang, Electrical and Computer Ingineering Department Introduction Brain diseases, such as depression and strokes, affect an ever-increasing number of the human population. Much scientific research has been devoted to finding ways towards alleviating the negative symptoms of these diseases. However, much more research must be conducted before these maladies […]

The Effect of Soaking Time on the Accuracy of a Vertical Impedance Spectroscopy Probe

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Jared Baxter and Brian Mazzeo, Department of Electrical Engineering Introduction According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, nearly 10% of the nation’s 611,845 brides are structurally deficient. (https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi/no10/defbr15.cfm) This means that nearly 60,000 active bridges are unsafe. This is a major problem, and one that is not easily solved. Many of these bridges are of […]

Charge-Steering CMOS Amplifier Design and Testing Final Report

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Nathan Whitehead and Shiuhhua Wood Chiang, Electrical & Computer Engineering Project Overview The goal of this research was to demonstrate that the complementary and 4-stage amplifiers can achieve superior gain or speed over the 2-stage charge-steering amplifier in [1], and the conventional differential amplifier introduced in the ORCA grant proposal. The completion of this project has […]

Mentored Environment for Isogeometric Analysis

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Kevin Tew and Michael Scott The mentored environment for isogeometric analysis (IGA) has trained engineering and computer science students to develop isogeometric numerical methods and accompanying software to solve challenging problems in science and engineering. The mentoring environment consisted of: Weekly group meetings where research concepts were discussed, scientific literature was reviewed, and progress was […]

High-Resolution Soil Moisture Estimation Using ASCAT

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David Lindell and David G. Long, Electrical Engineering I. INTRODUCTION NASA’s Decadal Survey emphasizes the importance of soil moisture measurements, citing their significance in predicting natural hazards and the role of soil moisture levels in the water and carbon cycles [1]. Soil moisture estimates are used for a variety of applications including drought detection, flood […]