Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Santa Clara Radio Astronomy Project (SCRAP) IV - Data Processing, Noah Abe and Wesley Durbano
Bilingual Buddy, Adian Alvarado, Farhaan Pishori, Luis Villalta, Andrea Yao, and Ekam Singh
Documentation-Aware Code Generation Via Retrieval Augmented Generation, Daniel Amirtharaj and Rahmin Norwood
EMG Vocal Translations, Lucas Amlicke, Raphael Kusuma, Cole Heider, Kayleigh Vu, and Monica Sommer
LEETQUEST, Sanvir Bal, Vladimir Ceban, Matty Herzig, and Daryl Ho
Variable Natural Language Translator for Video Games, Gabriel Bernini and Cole Propach
EMT Vision, Logan Calder, Grant Johnson, John Alvarado, and Jack Landers
Secure Your Hardware with Randomization and Redundancy, Dennis Cao, Joseph Khamisy, and Sumeet Upadhya
Litter-acy, Justin Chung, Aster Li, and Andrew Nguyen
XMR: Extensible Model Representation, Jason Cisneros and Lucas Van Der Heijden
Revit WalaSee: An Auto-Generated In-Wall Revit Model, Ally Delgado, Andrew Kimball, Calianna Collins, and Yi Qian Goh
BroncoNest, Jake Esperson, Andrew Collins, and Anish Katragadda
The GRD Companion, Julius Gamboa, Muti Shuman, and Tro Hovasapian
Real-time 3D Automated Spotlight Tracking System, Francine Garcia and Mary Hemker
WeSearch - SCU’s Research Hub, Beatrice Hackman, Hilary Le, Meagan Vu, and Nicholas Cheung
Self Driving Robot Car, Eric Hicks and Ruby Huynh
MedPez Dispenser, Hannah Hoeptner, Brian Lee, and Liam Reese
Vintage Game Emulator, Andrew Katchour and Ashwin Raman
Portuguese for Mozambican Mothers – A Language Empowerment App, Josh Kindarara, Alexandre Lopes, Gwendolyn Patwardhan, Riana Santos, and Sara Wheeler
Exploring Novel Methods for Real-Time Multi-Camera People Tracking in Machine Learning, Johan Kou and Connor Vallero
Ascertion: Middleware for Content Moderation, Mia Lassiter and Vani Aggarwal
Online Hyperparameter Tuning for LLM Optimization, Ethan Lin, Nathan Yu, and Jeromy Chang
Lock and Roll, Varun Mangla, Zachary Common, and Gaby Gamarro-Gomez
TCRAS: Traffic Control Risk Analysis System, Owen Matejka
BIOME to Transform Cooking, Ryan McCaulley and Jerry Chen
Beyond Campus, Sophia Miranda, Jenna Chinn, and Dev Gupta
An AI-Driven Microfinance Platform to Enhance the Growth of Small Businesses, Abdullah Naveed and Yunzhou Wang
StOMP: The Student Organization Management Portal, Madison Nguyen
SIDEQUE$T, Akshay Nichani, Anusha Kankipati, Afra Mahammad, and Lucas Jablon
Cross-Cultural Inspiration Coach, Romeo Nickel, Veronica Flores, Rahul Rani, and Andrew Yang
Notewise: An Interactive AI Tool for Music Theory Education and Composition Analysis, Darin Nilsson and Kyle Michael Samonte
Road Object Detection in Fish-Eye Cameras, Isaac Orais and Kian Scola
Limb Light - Interactive Lighting Control, Joseph Pandit and Matthew Tran
NetGen: Network Traffic Generator, Arya Pefourque, Cole Fettkether, and Johnathon Maschler
Codelympics: An Educational Game, Shreyas Raghunath and Riley Guioguio
Preserving Yucatán’s Agricultural Heritage: A Mobile App for Agricultural Sustainability, Fernando Rojas, Jason Serrano, and Kavya Sharma
Autonomous Vehicle Software Update with Blockchain: A Simulation Platform, Hudson Strauss
Deepfake Detection, Timothy Tong and Abem Lucas
Teaching Computer Science through an Educational Game, Aidan Walker, Matthew Leonard, and Grant Goldman
Empowering Tanzanian Education: Personalized and Accessible Test Preparation, Brian Wiebe and Shiv Jhalani
A Universal LSTM Stock Price Predictor Utilizing News Sentiment Analysis and Technical Indicators, Kelly Zhou and Zhirong Wang
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
RagU Conversational Menu Assistant: An LLM Retrieval Augmented Generation Approach, Sam Abdel, Seth Mak, Aaron Pham, and Christopher Michael
Trend Tour, Aaron Ancheta, Khushboo Gupta, and Xiomara Quinonez
General Purpose Tuning Data Visualization, Chris Augustine, Francisco Salinas, and Aakash Shetty
Ultra Low-power, High-Performance Presence Detection System, Dante Bajarias, Cristian Medal, and Jashan Kaeley
Nautilus: Deep Sea Dexterity, Quinn Bates, Saunder Salazar, Morgan Watts, Davis Robertson, Sarah Abruzzo, Ian Staff, and Nick Aguilar
Corridor Counting, Anthony Bryson, Vincent Zhou, and Amy Ha
ProtectNIC - SmartNIC Ransomware Detection, Arnav Choudhury, Eason Liu, and Anson Xu
UnbiasText: Breaking Gender Bias in AI, Byron Josh Cuachin, Samuel Landoch, and Donal Pradeep
MonteRecycle: An Application for Streamlining Tracking of Recyclables in Uruguay, Aayooshi Dharmadhakari, Danny Walsh, Eason Ke, and Kamya Krishnan
Virtual Museum Tours of the de Saisset Museum, Justin Enciso-Anaya, Karthik Tamil, and Quoc Truong
Two-Step Hierarchical Multi-Camera People Tracking, Eerina Haque, Eric Huang, and Sihang Li
Automated Fabrication Workcell, Kira Hofelmann, Amy Kiyama, Alexander Torres, Cameron McGinnis, and Samuel Lim
Autonomous Humanoid Soccer Robot with ML Applications, Zichen Huang and Wesley Tu
Applied Auto-tuning on LoRA Hyperparameters, Darren Inouye, Lucas Lindo, Robin Lee, and Edmund Allen
AR Storybook, Priya Jain, Jessica Torres, and Melody Trinh
Waypoint Profiler, Jeff Ke, Ricky Schober, Alexander Collins, and Kevin Wang
Autonomous Microgrid System, Xavier Kuehn and Brian Xiong
Distant Horizon: Exploring Human-AI Interaction through Video Games, Gabe Labadie, Dalia Suszko, and Max White
Enhanced Target Wake Time for WiFi 6 and Beyond, Alvin Lee
SCU Maps: Augmented Reality Navigation for the SCU Campus, Nicolas Lopatin and Bryan Alexander
IoTsolate: Network Microsegmentation for Managing and Securing IoT Devices, Chloé Morali and Anagha Nair
Newcomer: New Employee Networking, Jordan Mosakowski and Conner Yin
Piloted Autonomous Crisis Reconnaissance Robot (PACRR), Aidan O’Hare, Luca Chierotti, Tyler Costello, and Nicholas Kenny
Personal Trip Planner, Luke Patterson, Katie Dangelmaier, and Christian Ochoa
E-Scooter Black Box, Soham Phadke, Suvass Ravala, Joshua Jerome, Raghav Batra, and Mubashir Hussain
Stereo Image Super Resolution, Quinn Samms, Alex Iosivas, Patrick Dromey, and Mark Pang
Web App For Campus Registered Student Organization Interaction and Management, Ishan Sandhu
The Impact of Emojis on User Engagement with Trolling Content in Online Platforms, Diya Saraf
SCDI: Privacy-Preserving Device Identification, Ethan Shenassa and Michael Castillo
Deep Learning Based Single Image Super-resolution, Samuel Smith
Edge-Connected Microcontroller Security, Divya Syal, Gavin Ryder, and Neena Ekanathan
Hiv3: An Efficient Beehive Monitoring System, Jack Ursillo, Aneal Kuverji, Connor Merhab, and Anshuman Sahu
Performance Evaluation of Databases for Packet Capture and Analysis, James Vong and Daniel Kareti
The Journey to Desensitization: A Mobile App for Oral Immunotherapy Patients, Madeleine Waldie
Daily Digest: A News Aggregation Site, Justin Wang, Jack Maguin, George Orloff, and Justin Groves
9-Axis Motion Tracking to Aid Therapeutic Recovery via Visualization, Analysis and Progress Monitoring, Megan Wiser, Liam A'Hearn, Christopher Tamayo, and Liam Kelly
Naturalistic Driving Action Recognition, Andy Xiao and Antonio Fontan
MeadowMinds: An AI Literacy Game, Michelle Yavorskiy and Lydia Kim
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Play2Code: A Web Application To Teach Coding Concepts, Nolan Anderson, Zachary Azer, Samantha Yanovsky, and Louie Shprung
AI-Powered IoT Monitoring and Security for Smart Homes, Paul Boldyrev, Timothy Hradil, and Matthew Ding
Monster Maker, Harrison Bui
TwigeEnglish, Brian Burnett, Jillian Coveney, Kristin Tong, and Nanki Sekhon
FlowView: A Web Application for Hydrologic Predictions, Marcus Chavez, Sean Leininger, and Joseph Pham Nguyen
Wyclef: A Rational Reconstruction of Versu Social Engine, James Dameris and Rosaura Hemandez
A Digital Twin of the SCU Campus: Telling Immersive Stories About Student Life, Marianne Yamazaki Dorr, Hasmik Galstyan, Venus Li, and Trisha Nguyen
Homelga, Dion DuPree and DeVon DuPree
Automated Retail Checkout by Computer Vision: ARC-AI, Griffin Ellis
Generative Art Influenced by Chromesthesia, Spencer Goles
Obujulizi Share - Enabling Voices for Rural Ugandan Communities, Aastha Khare and Sravani Polkampalli
Climate Cloud, Atiyut Khemkhon and Dylan Lin
Chronic Kidney Disease Android Application, Paul Le
Dominican Republic Greenhouse Automation, Ryan Le, Erik Mitchell, and Mark Castillo
Immersive SCU Campus Tour with Augmented Reality, Tristan Limawan, Axel Perales, and Alfredo Perry
Film Viability Evaluator, Caitlin Lopez and Kulsoom Sabit
A Study of Processing Beehive Monitoring Data in Edge and Cloud, Yen-Jung Lu, Jason Fong, Cheng Zhang, and Chan Nam Tieu
Coastal: Crowdsourcing Reports of Phenomena on the Santa Cruz Coast, Will Maddrey, Daniel Schott, and Michael Zetino
Avalanche Predictions Based on ML, William Olson, Matthew Davenport, and Ben Airola
Singular Value Decomposition and Transformer-based Image Super Resolution, Andy Qin, Chen Zhang, and Timothy Cui
ACAT 2.0: An AI Transformer-Based Approach to Predictive Speech Generation, Kairan Quazi
