Engineering
Thinking Matters 2008
On April 18, engineering students presented the posters described below on senior design projects and other class projects they completed during the academic year. Descriptions of the projects can be viewed at Thinking Matters Abstracts.
Presenter: Gabriel Garza
Faculty Mentor: Julie Ellis
Title: Satellite Communications Antenna Control System
Presenter: Shawn Huber
Faculty Mentor: Mustafa Guvench
Title: Microprocessor Controlled Programmable Spinner for MEMS and Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication
Shawn also assisted Professor Guvench in an oral presentation: " Machines Smaller than Ants: The Emerging Technology of Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS)"
Presenter: Anthony Bouchard
Faculty Mentor: Dr. James Smith
Title: Laziness, the Ideal Stimulus for a Senior Design Project.
Presenter: Greg Mitchell
Faculty Mentor: Mustafa Guvench
Title: Design of a QCM Resonance Measurement System with Automatic Parasitic Capacitance Cancellation
Presenter: Robert MacKinnon
Co-Authors: Josh Ward (pictured)
Faculty Mentor: Mustafa Guvench
Title: Design of a Computer Automated Test System for SOI-MEMS Resonator Gas Sensors for High Temperature Characterization
Presenter: Nickole Gagne
Co-Authors: Lonnie Atkins
Faculty Mentor: Jim Smith
Title: Internal Friction of Composite Materials
Presenter: Andrew Silsby
Faculty Mentor: Carlos Luck
Title: Creating a Windows Control Interface for the Pendubot
Presenter: Stephen Knittweis
Faculty Mentor: Julie Ellis
Title: Electrical Hybrid Home
Presenter: David Thompson
Co-Authors: John Crosby
Faculty Mentor: James Smith
Title: Staying Warm on the Moon
Presenter: Michael Nelson
Co-Authors: Steve Coleman, Caleb Field, Dan Glidden, Tatjana Samardzic, Dejan Saric, Samuel Stevens, Travis Turner
Faculty Mentor: James Smith
Title: The Mars Exploration Rover - WEB Design
