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SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS FALL 2007
 
 
 
     
 
 
ABSTRACT  
   

Remote Perimeter Access via Wireless Fingerprint Identification System

By Matt Plautz, Adam Schulz, Brandon Smith

Remote Perimeter Access via Wireless Fingerprint Identification
Security of one's personal belongings and sensitive information is an important issue for most people. The current state of the world demands higher and higher levels of security. Passwords are commonplace for computers, locks, even cell phones. Encrypted signals are used for government transmissions and corporate information sharing. This project will implement a handheld device that incorporates fingerprint recognition used to gain access to a door on a house or office facility.

 
 
 

Anemometer (Wind Speed and Direction Detector)

By Abdou Balde, Pinkle Patel, Bruce Svare


The invention is a sensor pod for mounting on the surface of the fuselage of an aircraft. This sensor pod will accurately measure the humidity, pressure, temperature, and wind velocity. This invention will describe the development of a small, robust, and reliable ultrasonic wind speed and direction indicator, known as an anemometer. The ultrasonic technology is based on time–of–flight operating principle, which provides vector measurement of air velocity, given the dimensions and
geometry of the pairs of sensors. Three pairs of sensors are used such that air velocity can be derived along orthogonal axis, and hence the air speed and direction can be computed. The method of measuring is based on the inverse transit time difference measurement of ultrasonic pulses on an upstream or downstream of the airflow.

   
     
 

Water Clarity Measurement System

By Amber Ahmann, Beth Donnay, Dan Reichert

 

 
 

Embedded system with Ethernet Controller

By Khem Chapagain, Anjan Pradhan, Jeff Gill