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UTA - REU Student Projects

Lists of Student Projects:


Summer 2002

Students  Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Aleksa Babic  Neural Networks in Short-Term Load Forecasting  W.J. Lee
Nicole Campbell  The Design and Development of the 741 Operational Amplifier  R. Carter
Linsy R. Cook  Filter Design and Optimization for Voltage sags and Swelling Detection  S. Oraintara
Simon Halbur  Analysis of Wireless Systems for Sensor Networks  N.Swamy & F.Lewis
Alfred Jayachandran  Design and Performance Evaluation of  Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)  Electrothermally-Actuated Microengines  E. Kolesar
Shirin Hajimohamad  Analysis and comparison of  actuators with saturation O. Kuljaca & F. Lewis
Yi-Bing Shi  Development of a Euclidean Algorithm for Polynomial  Matrices  K. Yeung
Alan Tomo  Remote Site Robot Control Using the Internet  J. Mireles & F. Lewis
Dawson Wong  Excimer Lamp Design  M. Tao
 

Fall 2001\ Spring 2002

Students  Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Linsy R. Cook Filter Optimization for Voltage Sags and Swelling Detection S. Oraintara
Natasha Dallas Photonic Antennas R. Magnusson
Bryan Dennie Interband Absorption for Photovoltaic Cell M. Tao
Derek Johnson Synthesis of Non-linear Optical Waveguides using Chromophoric Polymers T.Maldonado
Hamed Masnadi-Shirazi Near-field Subsurface Sensing S. Tjuatja
 

Summer 2001

Students Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Carlos Emilio Garcia High Efficiency Solar Cells Using Multi-Quantun Well
Silicon Based Technology
Wiley Kirk
Drew Johnson On the Design and Feedback Systems with non-minimum
Phase Plants
Kai Yeung
Mendy Nelson Demodulation of an Optical Interferometer using the T1
TMS320C31 DSP
Tristan J. Tayag
William E. Odom Design and Evaluation of an Microelectromechanical System
Electrothermally-Actuated Mircoengine
Wiley Kirk
Robert Ramsey Single Electron Transistor Wiley Kirk
David Ritchie Fabrication of Diffractive Optical Components Robert Magnusson
Kristopher N. Shuman Development of an Ethanol Vapor Mircosensor with a Wireless
Communication Link for use in the Driver Component of an
Automobile
Edward S. Kolesar
Niger-Gambia Sledge Beam Steering Using the Phased-Element Array Jonathan Bredow
Nickolas L. Swanson Solar Cell Efficiency Wiley Kirk
Hailing Xu Traffic Analysis for Audio Conference on Network Vasant Prabhu
Tuanfang Yan Surgical Tools used in Minimally Invasive Surgery Simulation Venkat Devarajan

Fall 2000\Spring 2001

Students Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Derek Johnson Organic Materials for Waveguides Maldonado/Black
Kevin Thompson Nanofabrication Instrumentation Wiley Kirk
David Bhagat Oxidation and Diffusion Furnace Installation and Testing Wiley Kirk
Rachel Daniel Experiments with Non linear Waveguides Black/Maldonado
Robert Hoar Development of Hall Sensors Kambiz Alavi

Summer 2000

Students Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Harris Brenner
Formation of Diffractive Gratings onto Gallium Arsenide Wafers for use in a Vertical Cavity, Surface Emitting Laser Magnusson
Elizabeth Green Microcontroller Cars Walt Williamson
Tracy Haverty Development of an Ethanol Vapor Microsensor with Wireless Communication for Use in the Driver Compartment of an Automobile Edward Kolesar
Sunny Kim Effects of Singal Facing : Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Tranmission Saibun Tjuatja
Christopher Kumar Characterization of Epitaxial Semiconductor Structures Kambiz Alavi
Reyhan Ricklefs Current Status of Photovoltics Wei-Jen Lee
Alejandro Salazar Design and Testing of a Boost Convertor William Dillon
Michael Schwartz Evaluation of a Dual Plate Target for Use as a Bistatis Calibration Target John Bredow
Marie Stephens Microcontroller Cars Walt Williamson

Summer 1998

Students Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Samantha Fore
Determination of guided mode effective indices in nonlinear polymer waveguides Maldonado/Black
Rahella Herzai Development of distance-education courseware Magnusson
Dung Lam
Integration of wireless real-time control and communication on a mobile robot over a LAN (local area network) connection Lewis
Roberto Hernandez An investigation of bend insensitive fibers for fibers for capillary tube pressure measurements Weis
Juan Montoya PL Analysis and MBE growth Alavi
Craig Moore An interferometric system for measuring MEMS beam deflections Tayag
Julia Smith Development of vertical-cavity lasers Magnusson
John Yarbrough Nonlinear organic polymer waveguide Maldonado/Black

Spring 1998

Students Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Rahella Herzai Development of distance-education courseware Magnusson
Samantha Fore Determination of guided mode effective indices non linear polymer waveguide Black
Peter Jones
Hardware and software prototype for a general purpose sports dynamics performance evolution system Kondraske
Juan Montoya Characteristics of low temperature molecular Alavi beam epitaxy GaAs Alavi

Fall 1997

Students Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Micheal Bean Fabrication of 2D diffractive elements with dielectric spheres Magnusson
Craig Bullock
Quantitative analysis to determine perfusion rates throughout the myocardium Chwialkowski
Adam Floyd System design and controller implementation of the ball-on beam filters Lewis
Loc Le Calculation of spectral characteristics of guided-mode resonance filters Magnusson
Said Hanbaly Computer analysis of planar antenna elements Davis
Tho Tran Electro-optical device processing Magnusson

Summer 1997

Students Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Mathew C. Bullock MRI improvement in small animal research Chwialkowski
Denis Feliciano Virtual environment development Devarajan
Adam Floyd Controller design and implementation for complex mechanical systems Lewis
Khristen K. Foster Graphical interface for controlling a mobile robot using visual basic Gordon
Jeffrey Howard A new method for dynamical system modeling Yeung
Tonica Iglehart Development of illumination diffractive devices Magnusson
Kathleen Viguerie Reflector measurement device Magnusson
Debra Wawro Fabrication of nonumiform grating couplers Magnusson

Spring 1997

Students Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Debra Diane Wawro Fabrication of nonuniform grating couplers
Magnusson
Preston Phillip Young Fabrication of diffractive optical elements
Magnusson
Toni Anderson Design and implementation of a position sensitive manipulator control Gordon
Andy Fan
Photoluminescence instrumentation and data acquisition for semiconductor characterization Alavi
Adam Floyd Real-time controller and demonstration project Lewis
Matthew Moore
Photoconductor and Hall measurements in semiconductors grown by MBE Alavi
Mathew Bullock
Development of a modular image processing library for medical imaging applications. Chwialkowski
Timothy Thompson Development and testing of RF beacons for SMART Antenna Assessment Bredow
Loc Le Optical grating fabrication and testing Magnusson
Qi Li Simulation of the heterojunction bipolar transistor Carter
Ihsan Malas Fabrication of dielectric guided-mode resonance filters Magnusson

Fall 1996

Students Project Title Faculty Sponsor
Paulette Putzler-Erod Holographic memory using optical crystals as storage media
Magnusson
Hiresh Hira Research in semiconductor device simulation Carter
Mai-Chi Nguyen Nonlinear electro-optic KNbO3 waveguide Maldonado
Debra Diane Wawro Fabrication of nonuniform grating couplers
Magnusson
Preston Phillip Young Fabrication of diffractive optical element
Magnusson
Toni Anderson Computer simulation of diffractive optical elements Magnusson
Andy Fan
Photoluminesence instrumentation and data acquisition for semiconductor characterization Alavi
Adam Floyd Real-time controller and demonstration project Lewis
Harry Tan Hayashi Smart antennas for telecommunications Davis
Douglas E. Heineman A low cost instrumentation for tissue spectroscopy, oximetry, and imaging Liu
Edward A. Long
CDMA: A comparison to other multiple access techniques using modeling and simulation Prabhu
VuThai The Do Do Simulation of a radar image of an area with coniferous trees Fung
Matthew Moore Photoconductor and Hall measurements in semiconductors grown by MBE Alavi
Timothy Thompson Development and testing of RF beacons for SMART Antenna Assessment Bredow
Qi Li Simulation of the heterojunction bipolar transistor Carter
Ihsan Malas
Fabrication of dielectric guided-mode resonance filters for the microwave microwave spectral region Magnusson
Farhan Patwa A study of the response time of a silicon PIN photodetector Carter
Mohammed H. Rashid An investigation of indoor wireless propagation using ray tracing
Tjuatja