I have finished the fourth and last semester of my Masters. So right now I am done with all the requirements for my Masters. Following are the courses I have completed successfully up to this point.
In addition to the above classes I have also completed 4 credit hours of thesis research. And I am conducting the following projects for the UW Hexapod Research Laboratory while acomplishing this research.
Develop a customized A/D and D/A circuit that could handle 16 channels at once. (In the final stage of Programing and testing)
Design and fabricate a signal conditioning VLSI chip to replace the bulky signal condition boxes currently being used in the University Hexapod Laboratory. (In the final stage of being tested)
Trouble shooting an inoperable Sample and Hold rack that was fabricated so that 32 channels could be used simultaniously in the data aquisition process for the Hexapod. (Completed Successfully)
As for my thesis, it is "Initial Target Acquisition Using a CCD Camera System for the UW Hexapod".
A hexapod is a platform with six legs, whose lengths are controlled to move the platform to various orientations. In the current control algorithms used to control the University of Wyoming (UW) hexapod, the position feedback is obtained through the illumination of a position sensing detector (PSD) by a laser. But the current system does not have an efficient ability to obtain the initial laser lock. This thesis describes a method to obtain the initial laser lock through the use of a charge couple device (CCD) Camera system. This thesis describes the design of the CCD camera system, the image-processing algorithm used to locate a target, calibration of the CCD image data to the PSD data and the implementation of the CCD system to control the hexapod using the current algorithms.
I have successfully completed the research and defended my thesis to my committee. Thus I have completed all the requirements for my Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering.
In addition to all this research I have also performed duties as a teaching assistant for the EE 4390 microprocessors class. My duties included teaching the lab sections for this class. This was a very interesting class since the students got to actually see some practical application of microprocessors in this lab.
Thanks a lot for showing interest in my course work and Thesis research. I will be posting progress on my thesis on this page so please come back regularly.
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