Journal of Undergraduate Research

Clarence J. Wilson III, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Introduction The European Remote Sensing satellite, ERS-1, carries a scatterometer radar which measures the radar backscattering coefficient (rr.) over the entire earth. The primary purpose of this measurement is to determine wind speeds and directions over the ocean. Recently, however, scientists have begun considering the […]

Roger Scott Twede, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Introduction While attempts to create speech recognition systems have surfaced over several decades, obstacles limit the capabilities and performance of current systems. Nonetheless, the promise of incredible benefits and myriads of applications drive the technical world to continue the attempts. Applications of Speech Recognition While some […]

David Stonely & Lawrence Tolman, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Introduction People who work at an office or home could use more efficient telephone systems. A popular device to help people with telephone communications is the answering machine. However, popular answering machines can only provide generic messaging to all callers. It was proposed to […]

Scott D. Frel and Benjamin W. Holladay, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering CAStLe was developed during the Spring of 1995. The primary purose of the project was to complete the requirements for the mandatory senior project all Electrical and Computer Engineering majors must complete. With the support provided by the Office of Research and […]

Adam Robertson and Dr. David V. Arnold, Electrical Engineering The Microwave Earth Remote Sensing group in the BYU Department of Electrical Engineering has developed several Synthetic Aperture Radars (SAR). SARs transmit many short bursts of energy from a satellite or airplane. The bursts of energy are reflected by whatever is in their path. Some of […]

Brad Breinholt, Electrical & Computer Engineering Thank you for your support of the Wireless Heartbeat Monitor project. This has been an exciting project that has given me experience in wireless communications and in medical instrumentation. It has introduced me to microprocessor control and given me training in project planning and followthrough. The Wireless Heartbeat Monitor […]

Preston A. Jackson and Dr. Brad L. Hutchings, Electrical and Computer Engineering Introduction The ability to implement a commercial AM and FM radio receiver on a field programmable gate array (FPGA) has only recently become possible. FPGAs, the bottleneck technology, have made recent gains is speed and size that allow a signal demodulator to be […]

Daniel E. Smalley and Dr. Richard H. Selfridge, Electrical and Computer Engineering The goal of this creative works project was to build an inexpensive Stereogram printer capable of producing three-dimensional images from a series of two-dimensional pictures. This type of printer is very useful for making hologram-like images of objects and scenes that would be […]

Andrew Poulsen and Dr. Brian Jeffs, Electrical and Computer Engineering When images of remote galaxies/stars are observed by radio telescope, much sensitivity can be blurred by interference. This interference can be caused by both the atmosphere and man-made sources. Specifically, the Russian GLONASS satellite system transmits data at a bandwidth wherein much information important to […]

Ryan T. Ochsner and Dr. Mark Manwaring, Electrical and Computer Engineering The Brain Instrumentation Laboratory (1220 SWKT) associated with the Department of Neuroscience and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Brigham Young University specializes in the development of new technologies which may facilitate the management of diseases of the brain. Of specific interest to the laboratory […]