Community-Based Projects are distinguished through an interaction, motivation, and/or impact that involve a community beyond the university.
We define a community-based project as a project with one or more of the following characteristics:
- It is defined by the community.
- It is constrained by the community.
- It provides a clear social benefit.
- It involves the community through feedback and prototype evaluation.
- It creates a new community through the solution of a problem.
Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Adaptive Neck Exoskeleton for Physical Strain, Ayesha Ahmed, Parnia Ayoubi, TaLiyah Borela, Cesar Tellez, Srinidhi Vusirikala, and Isabella Williams
StudyScape, Sanaa Ahmed, Zach Anderson, Joshua Colleran, Tiffany Doan, and Andrew Pritchard
MANTARAY Profiler, Ashika Balamurugan, Divya Bengali, Angelina C. Ekdawy, Gabriela Ruiz, Alexander Israel Torres, Alondra Valencia Prado, and Ysidro Magana
Formation Control of a Multi-Agent System, Benjamin Banh, Paul Lancaster, and Daniel Sims
Bio-Payload Senior Design Report, Connor Bishop, Oliver Goodall, Marcus Kirk, Gabby Robles, and Anish Shanmuganathan
High Altitude LoRa Networking (HALoN) for Crisis Communications, Sahana Prasanna Chandramohan and Vikram Rakesh Jangid
Dynamic Cable Machine for Shoulder Rehabilitation, Mostafa Elshenawy, Avery Minter, Jarrett Powell-Odden, Shepard Dow, Cole Llana, and Margaret Hughes
IRIS - Integrated Reef Information System, Colin Friedel, Zach Henderson, Cooper McCarthy, Elias Pedroza, and Thatcher Steele-Maley
Neurogen: Effects of Near-Infrared Light Stimulation on Cognition and EEG Biomarkers, Damilola Gbadamosi, Cassie Hashemi, and Taj Keny
GUNK - Genetic Underwater Nucleic-acid Collector, Kay Hall, Harumy Miura, Isaac Carlos Hernandez-Nguyen, and Oscar Emilio Alvarado Flores
Smart Walker, Viet Ha, Harry Ying, and Ayden Dauenhauer
Gesture Control Reminder Device, Ian Kennar, Ryan Kiniris, and Veronica Saltanov
BlendMo: A Blender Mocap Toolkit, Kelly Lee, Angela Zhou, and Dana Steinke
AI in Precision Medicine: Redefining Blindness Treatment via Retinal Stem Cell Differentiation, Calissa Leong and Tiffany Nguyen
Image Processing in Self-Driving Cars, Julia Lin, Sid Kalidindi, Anushri Selva, and Seana Corners
Computer-Vision Assisted Robotic Workcell for PCB Defect Detection, Shangyuan Li and Elise Murugasu
ThermoVision 3D, Daniel Louie, Iker Mendiburu Perez, and Kieran Greeley
Designing Cost-Effective Quadrupedal Service Robots for Disability Aid, Kieran Pazmino, Akira Zone, Ryan Toy, and Cyrus Wong
SMART-Biosense: Surface-wave Molecular Aptamer-based Recognition for Selective Whole-Cell Bacterial Detection, Eashan Selvarajah and Vikram Jangid
Wheelless Snake-like Robot for Unknown Environment Exploration, Anastasiia Statcenko, Gwyn Anawalt, and Eden Steinbeck
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Dominican Republic Greenhouse Automation, Pedro Alvarenga and Henry Kayser
Rhea Breast Pump: Implementation of Biomimicry Technology, Harper Daniels, Leanne James, Laini Reynolds, Courtney Rowe, and Julia Yaklich
SafeHome, Meryem Esa and Siddarth Raj
Thermometer Servo Loop for Actuating Marine Permaculture, Anna Gabriele, Connor Grady, Jeremiah Rufus, and Illan Vargas
Lever Drive Wheelchair with Gear-Changing Concept, Dylan Hsu, Julian Hermosura, Anugrah Murali, and Brian Burke
DreamTemp: A Platform For Sleep Monitoring and Improvement, Michelle Lim, Kyle Pedersen, and Will Cockrum
NeuroGen: EEG and Near-Infrared Light Stimulation Control System, Arnold Nieto, Jaylinn Solis, and Matthew Tamanaha
Nautilus ROV Robot Manipulator, Dana Stefanides, Jenny Huynh, Andrew Stewart, Steven Reimer, Andrew Nguyen, Rebecca Walters, and Matt Hayes
Robotic Arm Extrusion End Effector, Nicholas Viamin, David Blouin, Savannah Hunt, and Nico Figueroa
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Detecting the Progression of Osteoarthritis Using Vibration Sensors, Belen Blanco, Joseph Ford, and Kailyn Wallace
Marine Robot Sample Retrieving System, Valeriya Chulyukina, Noah Villar, Kekoa Blair, Mandeep Singh, and Nathan Burke
Wage Wizard, Jack Davey, Kyle Felip Mondina, and Brett Rimmer
BioAI for Anti-Infective Drug Discovery, Maria Esquivel, Johann Fernando, Anna Fisher, Cameron Leong, and Adam Weaver
A Low-cost, Long-range, and Solar-based IoT Soil Quality Monitor, Salvador Garcia, Trina Nguyen, and Julian Wong
The Modular Oceanic Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Novel Actuation (MOANA) 2.0, Ryan Konrath, Eva Kennar, Jake Taylor, Andrew Knaus, Silas Kidd Myers, and Daniel Gutiérrez
LATAM Intelligent Filter for Education (LIFE), Andrew Lemus, Jonathan Woo, Edison Yang, Cinthya Jauregui, and Daniel McCann-Sayles
Machine Learning fMRI Autism Classifier, Nicholas Luckenbach
NeuroGen: EEG AND Near-Infrared Light Stimulation Device, Louisa Mantilla, Samantha Perez, and Michelle Wong
NeuroGen: EEG and Near-Infrared Light Stimulation Control System, Karina Sanchez, Sruthi Sakthivel, Michael Bose, and Evan Jennings
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Machine Learning Based Model for the Detection of Brain Aneurysms from MR Angiography, Katherine Becknell, Claire Bushnell, Rachel Fitzsimmons, and Emily Sumner
Santa Clara Community Garden Composter Device, Nick Buccino, Kyle Uyehara, and Jay Weber
Adaptive Robotic Chassis (ARC): RoboCrop A Smart Agricultural Robot Toolset, Steven Bucher, Krissy Ikeda, Brooke Broszus, Alejandro Gutierrez, and Ariana Low
Marine Robot Deployment and Control System, Nicky Castillo, Nick Ellis, Trent Kelsall, and Matt Kiyama
Project Shearwater Ground Effect UAV, Duncan Clark, Justin Cole, Zachary Karat, Aidan Nickels, and Cole Wolfe
The Modular Oceanic Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Novel Actuation, Bryan Gilbertson, John Elstad, Matthew Holmes, Sean Even, Robert Percell, Andrew Kambe, and Gregor Limstrom
Dynamic Shading System, Alexander Kravtsov and Walker Battey
Jamming Attack Workaround Study, Soren Madsen and Jack Schoen
Mobile Nanogrid, Daniel Mendoza, Ben Mahony, Charles Ju, and Michael Batshon
CrossRoad - Avoid Crowd Intelligence, Xukun Zhang, Yuzheng Wu, and Haochen Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Human-centered Electric Prosthetic (HELP) Hand, Alonzo Billips, Tehmi den Braven, Bradon Hong, Seamus Hudnut, Garrett Stone, and Taylor Yamane
Adaptive Navigation Utilizing a Drone Cluster, Zach Cameron, Brendan Engh, Thomas Kambe, and Aditya Krishnan
Heavy Lift Drone, Sam Carhart, David Cooper, Luis Gaitan, Michael Kaliterna, Sami Lama, Paul Rogel-Herrera, and Yuya Yabe
Adaptive Robotic Chassis (ARC), Darran Casey, Ryan Ku, Noah Kane Manuel, Isabella Morales, James Reimer, and Lavelle Simmons
EdgeAP: Enabling Edge Computing on Wireless Access Points, Christopher Desiniotis, Justin Majors, and Cyrus Miremadi
Supreme Optimizer, Griffin Donnelly, Donovan Edwards, and Michael Yue
Design of a Greywater-Fed Hydroponics System, Alex Estrada, Katya Fairchok, Andrew Feldmeth, and Andrew Jezak
Developing a Skin Phantom for the Testing of Biowearables, Tawni Henderson, Ju Young Lee, Matthew Placide, and Kiran Sutaria
Basil Leaf Automation, Andrew Soong, Chris Nelson, John Goldsberry, Kalle Suzuki, Nikolas Abenoja, Sherene Victor, and Simon Liu
Digital Height-Measuring Sensor Device, Valerie Woo
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Design of an Urban Garden Aquaponics System, Riley Albright-Borden, James Wang, and Sydney Thompson
Autodraft, Matt Belford, Keith Dorais, and William McMullen
PAVED: Platform for Autonomous Vehicle Education and Development, Cody Berdinis, Cole Christman, and Hannah Sheldon
JustRun - Social GPS Running Game, Riley Bergin, Maggie Cai, Simran Judge, and Grace Ling
Lactic Acid Threshold Stimulator, Justin Brackett, Karen Carreon, Fernando Guerra, and Malyna Sanchez
EPIC: Examining Patch Impedance Characteristics, Shane Buck, Jyotsna Gopinath, and Kyle Markfield
Variable Buoyancy System for a Hybrid Autonomous Underwater and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Alex Cherekdjian, Kayleigh Dobson, Trevor Liu, Patrick McCurdy, and Vincent Sicat
Human-centered Electric Prosthetic (HELP) Hand, Jamie Ferris, Shiyin Lim, Michael Mehta, and Evan Misuraca
Machine Learning Solution to Organ-At-Risk Segmentation for Radiation Treatment Planning, Brie Goo, Katrina May, Haobo Zhang, and James Olivas
Swimming in Viscous Fluids, Brent Hosoume, Daniel Plascencia, Connor Tisch, Nikhil Trivedi, and Oliver Silverberg
Control of a Prosthetic Arm Using EMG Signals, Dana Suri and Elissa Yang
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Unsupervised Parkinson’s Disease Assessment, Alexander S. Adranly, Senbao Lu, and Yousef Zoumot
Powering a Biosensor Using Wearable Thermoelectric Technology, Anneliese Bals, Noah Barnes, Rafael Bravo, Nicolas Garcia, Joseph O'Bryan, and Dylan Santana
Enhancing Mobility and Independence of Wheelchair Users, Briar Blake and Paul Nauleau
Urinalysis Screening for Rural Communities, Dana Bren-Cardali, Lilian Dao, Jeffrey Destruel, and Ryan Fernandez
The Vessel for Autonomous Research Underwater (The VARUNA), Tyler Briles, Shae Connor, Erin Guthrie, Anthony Jackson, and Madeleine Peauroi
CryptKi: Mobile Hardware Wallet, Derrick Chan, Rowan Decker, William Nguyen, and Yuya Oguchi
B.O.G.G.L.E.S.: Boundary Optical GeoGraphic Lidar Environment System, Miguel Chapa, Evan Hoerl, Isaac Jorgensen, and Carl Maggio
The Human Keyboard, Derek Char, Thomas Chung, Alexander Mckee, and Allen Pai
Halo - A Personal IoT Air Monitor Powered by Harvested Energy, Benjamin Lampe, Taylor Mau, Samantha Morehead, and Naeem Turner-Bandele
Pressure Ulcer Prevention System, Rey-David Palomares and Ojus Rao
Camera-Based Distance Sensor, Kai Schmidt and Evan Holmes
RF Roaming System Locator: A Modular Omnidirectional Antenna System, George Stathakis, Josh Sullivan, and Christian Ayscue
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Beta: Bioprinting engineering technology for academia, Max Abrams, Jeffrey Barone, Cynthia Le, Jacob Ososke, Franz Plum, Emily Takimoto, and Josie Warren
Multispectral Seagrass Imaging System, Ryan Baron, Justin DePalatis, Jaime Doussinague, and Edward Thorogood
Rail Launch UAV, Jackson Beadle, Ryan Broderick, Jeffrey Jones, Jordan Mesch, and Ryne Okuhata
Vinifera, Pranav Bheda, J J. Galvin, Marcus Grassi, and Ryan McCracken
Visible Light Communication, Alicia Chan, Gemi Griffen, Ryan Meyer, and Andrew Yu
Low Cost SMS-Enabled EKG for Use in Developing Countries, Gabriel Christ, Shachi Kakkar, Michael McElroy, and Augustus Boling
SCU Cube, Matt Condino, Andrew Drape, Evan Eberhardt, Cooper McDonnell, Brayton McKnight, Isaac McQuillen, James Olwell, and Laura Tschudy
RF Location Tracking: A Modular Antenna System Implementation, Alan Tao Feng, Razma Mogharrab, and Carlos Rivera
Portable Reading Assistant Headset for the Visually Impaired (PRAHVI), Yang Li, Luis Abraham Millan, and David Blake Tsuzaki
Vital Sensory Kit For Use With Telemedicine In Developing Countries, Alejandra Pacheco, Jose Hernandez, Antonio Maldonado-Liu, and Natalie Arrizon
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Design Strategy of a Thermoelectric Evaporative Refrigerator for Safe Food Storage, Daniel Avalos, Viet Huynh, David Lyons, David Swan, and Thomas Watson
MARV: Marine Autonomous Research Vessel, Drew Azevedo, Sam Beltram, Gregorio DelVecchio, and Ben Hopner
RSL Rover, Patrick Barone, Giovanni Briggs, Aaron Burns, Hesham Naja, and Zoe Demertzis
Enhancing Student Usability of 3D Bioprinting, Andrew Chang and Sabrina Cismas
PCB Prototyping, Kasey Chun, Dylan Hack, Ilja Medan, Michael Rudolf, and Ryan Sidley
CuriPilot, Gregory Cusack, Karan Daryanani, and Nathaniel Tucker
Insula - Biophysical Music, Thomas Fairman, Christopher Maier, Mohit Nalavadi, and Samuel Varney
Forge: Thermoelectric Cookstove, Austin Jacobs, John Maffeo, Matt Nelson, Jared Sheehy, Isaac Stratfold, and Brad Ydens
