ECE Capstone Design 2019

Capstone Design 2019 Undergraduate studies at Rutgers ECE culminates in a capstone design project. Students work in teams to design unique and innovative product prototypes, demonstrating how technical knowledge can enable their imaginations. The design process incorporates standards and realistic design constraints: economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.

Over 251 students participated in this year’s capstone program, forming 68 teams. Our students’ capabilities, creativity, and engineering skills were reflected in this year’s projects.

Top Ten Projects

FIRST PLACE
(awarded $600, sponsored by Siemens)
Project S19-32: Blind Walker
Team members: Christopher Favorito, Mahmoud Bachir, Brendan Li, and Quentin Lester
Advisor: Prof. Kristin Dana

SECOND PLACE
(awarded $400, sponsored by JP Morgan Chase)
Project S19-18: VINS: Visually Impaired Navigation System
Team members: Varun Bhandari, Angeline Jacob, Niharika Mishra, and Sai Singanamala
Advisors: Prof. Hana Godrich

THIRD PLACE
(awarded $300, sponsored by Harris Corporation)
Project S19-27: Sentinel: A Distracted Driving Warning System
Team members: Faith Johnson, Brooks Tawil, and Deepti Upmaka
Advisors: Prof. Kristin Dana

FOURTH PLACE ($100 award)
Project S19-36: Smart Trash Can
Team members: Jake Rodin, Steven Coulter, Umama Ahmed, and Yiwen Zhou
Advisor: Prof. Sheng Wei

FIFTH PLACE ($100 award)
Project S19-08: Cough Classifier Application
Team members: Sherif Salem, Anushka Desai, Hagar Elshentenawy, and Esraa Abedelmotteleb
Advisors: Prof. Mehdi Javanmard

SIXTH PLACE ($100 award)
Project S19-09: Smart Street
Team members: Mahmoud Emara, Michaela Csorny, and Gavin McKim
Advisor: Prof. Michael Caggiano

SEVENTH PLACE ($100 award)
Project S19-46: RISC-V Processor & Applications on FPGA
Team members: Oz Bejerano, Jonathan Colella, Alex Riveron, Birane I. Toure, and Jimmy Wen
Advisors: Prof. Phillip Southard and Manoj Viswambharan, Saurabh Singh, Greg Mueller (Harris Corp.)

EIGHTH PLACE ($100 award)
Project S19-13: Bluetooth Enabled Habit Reversal Smart Device
Team members: Lucine Kelly, Alice Balashova, Kyowan Kim, and Siddharth Musale
Advisor: Prof. Janne Lindqvist

NINTH PLACE ($100 award)
Project S19-38: Data Set Crawler for Multilingual ASR Engine
Team members: Mo Shi, Zekun Zhang, Ziqi Wang, Chaoji Zuo, and Duc Le
Advisor: Dr. Shahab Jalalvand (Interactions LLC)

TENTH PLACE ($100 award)
Project S19-37: Emergency Ham: A Rapid Deployment Ham Network for Disaster Situations
Team members: Emilio Garcia and Vinay Shah
Advisor: Prof. Wade Trappe

BEST IN INNOVATION AWARD ($200 award, sponsored by 7x24 Exchange)
Project S19-68: EM Based Intrusion Detection for IoT Devices
Team members: Aarushi Gupta, Nicolas Clark, and Fahad Alghamdi
Advisor: Prof. Athina Petropulu

BEST IN RESEARCH AWARD ($200 award, sponsored by Siemens)
Project S19-38: Data Set Crawler for Multilingual ASR Engine
Team members: Mo Shi, Zekun Zhang, Ziqi Wang, Chaoji Zuo, and Duc Le
Advisor: Dr. Shahab Jalalvand (Interactions LLC)

BEST IN SOCIAL IMPACT ($200 award, sponsored by Harris Corporation)
Project S19-32: Blind Walker
Team members: Christopher Favorito, Mahmoud Bachir, Brendan Li, and Quentin Lester
Advisor: Prof. Kristin Dana

STUDENTS FAVORITE AWARD I
($200 award, sponsored by Siemens)
Project S19-39: Students Unite
Team members: Dafna Shochat, Joseph Coleman, Nicolas Croce, and Malay Shah
Advisor: Prof. Hana Godrich

STUDENTS FAVORITE AWARD II
($200 award, sponsored by Siemens)
Project S19-20: Rutgers Transport on Google Home
Team members: Arti Patel, Smruthi Srikumar, Souvik Ganguly, Krupa Patel, and Kishan Patel
Advisor: Prof. Maria Striki

VISITORS FAVORITE AWARD I
($200 award, sponsored by Siemens)
Project S19-64: Energy-Efficient Wireless Analog Sensors
Team members: Delbert Bauldock, Danny Romero, and Kevin Zarazua
Advisors: Prof. Dario Pompili and Vidyasagar Sadhu

VISITORS FAVORITE AWARD II
($200 award, sponsored by Siemens)
Project S19-06: SmartLite
Team members: Joseph Del Duca, Michael Spisak, Dax Dalwadi, Manthan Shah, and Zeid Abdulrazeq
Advisor: Prof. Hana Godrich