WPI Electrical and Computer Engineering

NOTE: This page provides information for MQP Recruiting for 2006-2007 MQPs

ECE MQP Recruiting Schedule for MQPs in Academic Year 2006-2007

Although most departments begin recruiting students for faculty-sponsored MQPs in the spring of the Junior year, many members of the ECE faculty prefer to recruit in the fall of the Junior year, so that their recruiting coincides with the recruiting schedule of off-campus projects conducted by the IGSD.

Step 1

Get a paper copy of the departmental application form from Brenda McDonald in the ECE office (or download application form pdf here and print it out). Fill out your contact information, reference, and academic background. Even if you missed the information session in October, you should fill out a form if you want to be considered at this stage of the MQP recruitment process.

Step 2

On the form, prioritize your preference for any of the professors and/or MQP opportunities listed in the table below. If you don't see an MQP you like, but you know there is a professor you would like to work with, go ahead and put that professor's name on the form.

Step 3

Return the completed form to Brenda McDonald in the ECE office (AK 202) by Friday, November 11th.

Step 4

Immediately following the November 11th deadline for returning the paper applications, you will be contacted by e-mail to arrange an interview with one of the advisors you specified, depending on your project preference. Interviews will be conducted between November 13th and November 30th.

Step 5

When all student interviews have been completed, the selected students will be notified by January 5th, 2006. You will be asked for a commitment decision as soon as possible so students on the "wait list" can be accommodated if necessary. You must accept or decline their invitation to join a project team by Feb. 3, 2006.

Step 6

Start your MQP in A term 2006!

Available MQPs:

Professor	MQP Opportunities
Shela Aboud saboud@ece.wpi.edu AK 302	MQP projects in Computational Electronics and Bioelectronics 2-3 students Skills: some programming experience (C/C++, MATLAB, etc.) The details of these projects will be finalized in consultation with the interested students.
Steve Bitar sjbitar@ece.wpi.edu AK 312
Rick Brown drb@ece.wpi.edu AK 307	See http://spinlab.wpi.edu/Projects/opportunities/ for examples of previous MQP opportunities.
Kevin Clements clements@ece.wpi.edu AK 214	Lincoln Lab MQP Project Center only
Alexander Emanuel aemanuel@ece.wpi.edu AK 215	Please talk to Professor Emanuel in person.
Hossein Hakim hakim@ece.wpi.edu AK 231	Real-Time DSP Algorithms The objectives of these projects are to use the Texas Instruments DSP Board for the implementation of real-time digital signal processing algorithms. The details of these projects will be finalized in consultation with the interested students. Required Skills/Background: ECE2312, ECE3703 (could be concurrent), and C programming.
Susan Jarvis sjarvis@ece.wpi.edu AK204	2 MQP Project Areas: Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Marine Mammals Real-time sonar signal processing systems using clusters of PC's Recommend background courses: 2311, 2312 and/or 3803, 3703. Programming skills in C, C++, Matlab, or Java. Note: opportunity also available for summer internship in Newport, RI (see http://www.asee.org/nreip/; U.S. citizenship required. Deadline for application to NREIP is February 1, 2006)
Brian King bk@ece.wpi.edu AK 230	See http://users.wpi.edu/~bk/mqp/ for examples of previous MQP opportunities.
Robert Labonte rcl@ece.wpi.edu AK 310
Fred Looft fjlooft@ece.wpi.edu AK 203	City Lab PICOSAT
Wenjing Lou wjlou@ece.wpi.edu AK 303	Location-aware protocol for wireless LANs For this project, the students will learn the basics of wireless security and use a mobile host location tracking system. Skills: The students need (or will learn) knowledge of Java programming and networking programming.
Reinhold Ludwig ludwig@ece.wpi.edu AK 228	Design of a Preamplifier for MRI Breast Imaging - 3 students RF Transceiver Design for Handset Applications - 3 students Please talk to Professor Ludwig in person..
Sergey Makarov makarov@ece.wpi.edu AK 306	Antenna-related MQP projects. Please talk to Professor Makarov in person.
John McNeill mcneill@ece.wpi.edu AK 305	New England Center for Analog and Mixed Signal Integrated Circuit Design (NECAMSID) MQP opportuntities are available in the following areas: RF Applications Semiconductor Process Development Electromagnetics Applications Photonics Applications Pulse-Width-Modulation (PWM) Applications Integrated Circuit Design For details see http://ece.wpi.edu/analog/2006-7mqps.html
William R. Michalson wrm@ece.wpi.edu AK 309
John Orr orr@ece.wpi.edu AK 229	Personnel Locator This project will investigate the technical and operational practicality of a rather simple indoor personnel location system based on signal strength and "homing" principles. A large-scale, absolute positioning system is currently in the research and development phase in the ECE department. There may also be utility for simpler devices which could be used by a search team to help direct them to a person in trouble, possibly using a combination of signal strength and directionality, with one or more widely spaced RF frequencies. Team size would be 2 or 3 students. Needed skills include analog (and ideally RF) design experience, signal analysis knowledge, and possibly digital design experience.
Kaveh Pahlavan kaveh@ece.wpi.edu AK 308	Performance evaluation of wireless and indoor positioning systems For details please see Prof. Pahlavan.
Peder C. Pedersen pedersen@ece.wpi.edu AK 205	Please talk to Professor Pedersen in person. There are available MQP projects.
Berk Sunar sunar@ece.wpi.edu AK 216	MQP group for General Dynamics Corporation; please talk to Professor Sunar in person.
Richard Vaz	Limerick, Ireland MQP Project Center only

Note that some MQP advisors will allow students to apply for a specific project within their lab. Other advisors will require that you apply for an MQP within their lab, but agree to work on whatever specific MQP is assigned to you by the faculty member.