Academic year 2024-2025 Projects

All projects officially start at the beginning of the academic year in September.

However, if the student(s) arrange an early agreement with their potential supervisors, in consultation with the Capstone supervisors, they can start their project early during the summer.

This arrangement gives students more time to work on the projects, and gives an early start to dedicate more time on the project. However, the project will still finish in Winter term along with the other projects (i.e., a two term Capstone project plus any early start in the summer). Students should carefully browse through the available projects for the current academic year to find their preferences based on their interest and background. Due to sabbaticals and other types of academic work load adjustments, several professors do not offer 4th-year projects in any one academic year and only the ones listed below are the project offerings. Consult the project selection process page for more details on the steps.

Students may wish to contact professors directly to get more details on their proposed projects before finalizing their decision. Sometimes a student or a group of students approach a professor and convince him or her that they have the motivation and the necessary background to undertake a certain project. They still need to file the application form and indicate this mutual interest. In this case, the individual or the group may start acquiring the background material for the project during the summer.

Before proceeding further with project selection, make sure that you have reviewed the projects options on ECOR4907 Multidisciplinary Engineering Project, as they are reviewed and processed separately from ELEC/SREE courses. The following ELEC/SREE projects are currently offered for 2024-2025 academic year (gradually more being added).

(Click here for more description on some of these projects)

Professor Research Field Project Topic EE E.Phys SREE
Arash Ahmadi Hardware Design and machine Learning Simulation and implementation of bio-inspired neural networksÌý ✓ ✓ Ìý
Christopher Smelser Fiber Optics, Fiber Bragg Gratings, Optical Sensing Fiber Optic Structural Health Monitoring ✓ ✓ Ìý
Connor Kupchak Photonics, Quantum Communication Fiber optic-based data transmission system ✓ ✓ Ìý
Hicham Chaoui Motor Drives ✓ Ìý ✓
Hima Dhulipati Electromagnetics, electric motor controls and drives, solar panels, charge controllers Solar Powered Wireless Charging Station for Electric Scooter ✓ ✓ ✓
Jean-Ruel Hubert Photonics Development of an auto-tuned filter for low-frequency Raman spectroscopy ✓ ✓ Ìý
Jim Wight Microwaves Drone Based Tunable Direction Finding up to 6 GHz ✓ Ìý Ìý
John Rogers Radio Frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) mmWave RFIC Front End for 5G Applications ✓ Ìý Ìý
Qi-Jun Zhang Neural Networks Neural Networks: Microprocessor-Based System ✓ ✓
Leonard MacEachern Analog and mixed-signal integrated circuit design, AI hardware Analog and Mixed Signal Memristor Crossbar Interface ✓ ✓
Masum Hossain Analog-Mixed Signal systems Time domain measurements for phase noise and frequency spectra ✓ ✓
Niall R. Tait Sensors Sensor Nodes with Machine Learning ✓ ✓
Ravi Prakash Physical Electronics, Integrated Systems A wearable Sweat Based Biosensory System ✓ ✓
Ralph Mason Digital Design, Communications, System Design FPGA Based SERDES ✓ ✓
Rony Amaya Microwaves, Antennas, Packaging, MMICs Adaptive Long-Range RF Wireless Power Transfer and Energy Harvesting ✓ ✓ Ìý
Shichao Liu Cyberphysical Systems, control and estimation Solar Power System Design for Electrical Scooter ✓ ✓ ✓
Shulabh Gupta Microwaves, Antennas & Applied Electromagnetics Drone Based Radar Imagery ✓ ✓
Steven McGarry Materials and Devices Thin Film Based Memristor/Cellular Automata Elements ✓ ✓
Tashfeen Karamat Navigation Determination of Vehicle’s Navigation Parameters using Raw Measurements from GPS Satellites ✓ ✓
Tom Smy Devices, Computer Aided Design Numerical Simulation ✓ ✓ ✓
Winnie Ye Photonics ✓ ✓ ✓
Xiayou Wang Power Active Power Control of Single-Phase Nanogrid ✓ Ìý ✓

Project Fundings

Funding avenue is available to students through the Department of Electronics (DoE) with a capped budget. A funding request to the Department of Electronics (details available on the course page later during the term) must be made with detailed budget information. The deadlines for the funding application is listed in the calendar section.

Previous year Project Offerings

2023-2024 Academic Year