About ENGINE
Developed in 2015 as the first entrepreneurial system design course of its kind at UW ECE, the Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ENGINE) capstone program was created to enable students to work in teams on industry-sponsored projects. The ENGINE program develops students’ skills in innovation, collaborative systems engineering and project management, while supporting a thriving culture of innovation at the UW and within the local community through industry partnerships and student mentorship.
UW ECE is a leader in entrepreneurship efforts across campus, with more startups than any other department at the UW for over 10 consecutive years, and Reuters ranked UW as the #1 public university in the world for innovation in 2015. The ENGINE program offers select companies an opportunity to benefit from this vibrant innovation culture at UW ECE. Download the ENGINE program brochure!
ENGINE’s Impact
From student success to global development, the ENGINE program’s impact is substantial and far-reaching.
- Students gain real-world experience, positioning them for a future of success.
- Industry partners enhance their company’s vision and productivity through UW ECE’s world-renowned innovation culture and student collaboration.
- The projects span several research areas for global impact, addressing health, the environment, power systems, electronics, communications, robotics, cybersecurity, quantum technologies, machine learning, and more.
- The companies that engage with the ENGINE program are native to Washington State, boosting the local economy.
- Skilled students provide the community with a valuable workforce for future growth and development.
ENGINE’s Growth
Now in its eighth year, the ENGINE program continues to grow each year.
- Over 1,200% growth in the number of projects since the 2015-2016 academic year.
- Nearly 3 times the number of companies since the 2015-2016 academic year.
- Over 20 times the number of students since the 2015-2016 academic year.
- Over 40% of UW ECE’s graduating class participate in ENGINE.
- On average, each company submits 1.3 projects for students to work on, with the largest outside company submitting 4 projects.
Top Company Participation
To date, ENGINE projects have been sponsored by several leading companies in the region, including: Access Laser, Amazon, Amazon Lab126, Amazon Prime Air, Alaska Airlines, Boeing, Cyberworks Robotics, BECU, IonQ, Puget Sound Energy, GE Digital, Novo Nordisk, T-Mobile, AvTechTyee, NanoString Technologies, Seattle City Light, Fluke, PACCAR, Intel, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Echodyne, NASA JPL, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Sagetech Avionics, NOAA, Ford, Envorso, RadiusAI, Airbus, Navsea, PATH, UW Medicine, National Security Innovation Network, Photon Marine, US Navy, Joylux, ZeroAvia, Photonic Sentry, Horizon Air, Sound Transit, Stryker, Telenav, ATS, Plugable, Volansi, Real Networks, Booz Allen, Nintex, Insitu, Moonbeam, Tupl, Coupang, Wyze, Alaskan Center for Energy and Power, King County Metro, Jefferson County, ARVR Academy, Seasalt.ai, MicroChip, Veramine, HashiCorp, Piqard, WSDOT, Latecoere, Kenworth, Bright Machines, Realwear, Trumedicines, TCAT, Offerup, Witekio, Applewhite Aero, Cubesat and more!
High-Impact Projects
Check out previous ENGINE team projects, posters, videos, photos and winning team information below!
Visit the ENGINE Showcase page for information about this year’s upcoming event!
Previous ENGINE Showcases
2024 ENGINE Showcase
Tuesday, May 28, 2024 | 5 – 7 p.m.
The Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ENGINE) program is the culmination of a student’s electrical and computer engineering education. The program provides a unique opportunity for students to develop skills in collaborative systems engineering, project management, and most importantly, working in teams on real-world problems from industry-sponsored projects.
Our ninth annual ENGINE Showcase event was held on May 28, 2024, in the HUB Ballrooms, with student panelists presenting and discussing their projects and posters with many industry partners and members of the general public in attendance.
Learn more about the ENGINE program and download the ENGINE brochure!
ENGINE 2024
2024 ENGINE Showcase
2024 ENGINE Team Projects
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2024 ENGINE Winning Teams
1st Place
JetRacer Soccer with Advanced Sensor Suite
Sponsored by Lockheed Martin Aculight
Students: Casey Robert Rittenhouse, Arjun Vijay Simha, Julie Yujin Ham, Jarod Marshel, Cooper Ritter, Mason Kang, K Gupta
Faculty Adviser: John Raiti
Industry Advisers: Dalton Smith, Pete Sulcs, James Waltner
2nd Place (tie)
Data Science for Scientific Discovery: Machine Learning to Evaluate the Risk and Resilience of Societal Critical Infrastructure to Space Weather
Sponsored by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Students: Jui-wei Chang, Jiaqi Dong, Shiyun Zhou, Tung Thanh Dang, Sean Jung, Mazzy Chen, Long Thanh Nguyen
Faculty Adviser: Arindam Das
Industry Advisers: Ryan McGranaghan, Jonathan Sauder
BEV Range Estimation Tool – Part 3
Sponsored by PACCAR
Students: Saad Ahmed Syed, Kandai Shimada, Evan Murphy, Aryaman Tandon, Felix Tse
Faculty Adviser: David Laning
Industry Advisers: Satvik Khuntia, Shweta Hardas
3rd Place (tie)
Early Process Lighting Failure Detection via SDK Customization Script
Sponsored by Safran Electronics & Defense Avionics – IDD Aerospace
Students: Yingchao Jian, Nafiad Regassa, Danna Awad, Yifeng Xu, Ahmin Chang
Faculty Adviser: Akshay Gadre
Industry Advisers: Chris Scott, Brandon Chan
A Wireless Sensor System for Detection of Air Leaks
Sponsored by the University of Washington Sensors, Energy and Automation Lab (SEAL)
Students: Luca Ottavio Fu, Matthew Pana, Husse Muya, Bryan Anthonius Sanusi, Eli Orona, Grace Jun
Faculty Adviser: Alex Mamishev
2024 ENGINE Team Project Photos
Teams represented in this photo gallery (in order of appearance):
A Wireless Sensor System for Detection of Air Leaks – UW Sensors, Energy, and Automation Lab (SEAL)
Track Foraging Bats in the Union Bay Natural Area – UW APL
Emissive Display Technology in Aerospace Applications – Korry Electronics
Autonomous Self-Driving Wheelchair – Cyberworks Robotics, Inc.
JetRacer Soccer with Advanced Sensor Suite – Lockheed Martin Aculight
Real-Time “Frame Twist” Measurement Device – PACCAR
Computer Vision Detection of Non-Conformities – Safran IDD Aerospace
ENGINE 2023
2023 ENGINE Showcase
The 2023 ENGINE Showcase event was held in person on June 1, 2023 in the UW Intellectual House, with student panelists presenting and discussing their projects and posters with many industry partners and members of the general public in attendance.
Find more detailed information on the 2023 ECE industry-sponsored team projects here!
2023 ENGINE Showcase Projects
TEAM 1: Battery Electrical Vehicle Range Estimation | Sponsored by PACCAR
Poster | Video
TEAM 2: How to Play Nice in the Sandbox | Sponsored by BECU
TEAM 3: Smart Design Database | Sponsored by AvtechTyee
Poster | Video
TEAM 4: Digital Medication Management | Sponsored by Novo Nordisk
Poster | Video
TEAM 5: Anomaly Detection for Solar PV Modules Inspection Using IR Thermography | Sponsored by Fluke
TEAM 6: Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe Community Resiliency Center | Sponsored by Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
TEAM 7: Battery Scheduling for Carbon Reduction | Sponsored by GE Digital
TEAM 8: Radar-Cued Camera Data Collection System | Sponsored by Echodyne
TEAM 9: FPGA System for RF Power Supply Control | Sponsored by UW Medical Cyclotron Facility
TEAM 10: An Acoustic Beam Forming Device for Personalized Audio Experiences | Sponsored by UW DXARTS
TEAM 11: Base Station for Social Distancing Sensor | Sponsored by Alexander Mamishev
TEAM 12: Design a Building Electrification Demonstration Vehicle | Sponsored by Seattle City Light
TEAM 13: Electronically Steerable Ultra-Wideband Antenna | Sponsored by National Security Innovation Network / US Army Space and Missile Defense Command
Poster | Video
TEAM 14: Resilient Power for Jefferson County Emergency Management, Sheriff, and 911 Center | Sponsored by Jefferson County Department of Emergency Management
TEAM 15: Power for a Resilient Fairchild Airport | Sponsored by UW Clean Energy Institute
Poster | Video
TEAM 16: Transmission System Hosting Capacity Map | Sponsored by Puget Sound Energy
TEAM 17: Neural Architecture Design for Human Detection | Sponsored by Amazon
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TEAM 18: Chameleon: An Electrical Musical Instrument Platform | Sponsored by UW ECE
TEAM 19: Prioritizing and Harvesting Excess Solar Power | Sponsored by PATH
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TEAM 20: Wireless Embedded Sensor Monitoring | Sponsored by National Security Innovation Network / Naval Surface Warfare Center
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TEAM 21: Marine Range Estimation Calculator for EV Systems | Sponsored by Photon Marine
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TEAM 22: Analyzing Airplane System and Security Logs for Context Awareness | Sponsored by Boeing
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TEAM 23: Data Insights Application for Obesity | Sponsored by Novo Nordisk
TEAM 24: Photorealistic Synthetic Image Generation | Sponsored by RadiusAI
TEAM 25: MBSE Threat Trees | Sponsored by Boeing
TEAM 26: Device Movement Detection | Sponsored by Amazon
TEAM 27: Machine Learning for Extreme Traverse Lunar Explorer | Sponsored by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
TEAM 28: Automation of Dash Tester Connections | Sponsored by PACCAR
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TEAM 29: Making Electric Vehicle Charging Fun | Sponsored by Ford and Envorso
TEAM 30: Neuro-mechanical Interactive Simulation Platform for Caenorhabditis elegans | Sponsored by NeuroAI Lab
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TEAM 31: Robotic Fuselage Inspection for Dents and Scratches | Sponsored by Airbus Robotics
TEAM 32: JetRacer Soccer League: Autonomous Soccer Playing Agents | Sponsored by Lockheed Martin
TEAM 33: An Optoelectronic Closed-Loop Control System for RF Amplifiers | Sponsored by Access Laser
Poster | Video
TEAM 34: Flight Crew Audio Soundspace | Sponsored by AvTechTyee
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TEAM 35: Deep Contact Graph Routing for Lunar Operations | Sponsored by UW Sensor Systems Lab / NASA
TEAM 36: IoT position application of in-home robots | Sponsored by Amazon Lab126
TEAM 37: Bluetooth Converter Module with Integrated GPS | Sponsored by Sagetech Avionics
TEAM 38: Digital Companion for Chronic Disease Patients | Sponsored by Novo Nordisk
TEAM 39: Intertidal Sensor Array for Monitoring Ocean Change Stressors in Oyster Farms | Sponsored by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and UW Fisheries
TEAM 40: Application for Early Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis | Sponsored by Novo Nordisk
TEAM 41: Driver Classification | Sponsored by PACCAR
TEAM 42: Autonomous Self-Driving Wheelchair | Sponsored by Cyberworks Robotics
TEAM 43: Navy Requirement Markup Language | Sponsored by National Security Innovation Network / US Navy
TEAM 44: Augmented Reality Cell Site Visualization App | Sponsored by T-Mobile
TEAM 45: Machine Learning for Lunar Multi-Static Ground Penetrating Radar | Sponsored by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
TEAM 46: Machine Learning for Smart Space-Based Radiation and X-Ray Spectrometer Instruments | Sponsored by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
TEAM 47: Platform Architecture Optimization using Insights from User and Processor Data | Sponsored by Intel
TEAM 48: Deep Learning based Localisation for RNA spatial transcriptomics | Sponsored by NanoString Technologies
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TEAM 49: Mixed-Precision Block QR Decomposition on GPU | Sponsored by Amazon
TEAM 50: Characterizing and Optimizing Quantum Gates | Sponsored by IonQ
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TEAM 51: Integrate automatic oracle synthesis into QDK for resource estimation | Sponsored by Microsoft
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TEAM 52: Quantum Resource Estimation of Arithmetic Primitives | Sponsored by Microsoft
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TEAM 53: Quantum Message Passing Algorithm Implementation | Sponsored by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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TEAM 54: Error Robustness of Quantum Adiabatic Algorithms | Sponsored by UW ECE
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TEAM 55: Polarization of 14N nuclear spins near nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond through excited level anti-crossing | Sponsored by UW ECE, Quantum Technologies Training and Testbed Lab
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TEAM 56: Modifying Crystal Symmetries in Quantum Materials via Shear Distortion | Sponsored by UW Physics
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TEAM 57: Computational and Experimental Exploration of NV− Qubit Processors Using Quantum Optimal Control Theory | Sponsored by UW ECE, Quantum Technologies Training and Testbed Lab
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TEAM 58: Implementing an Accordion Lattice to Create Tunable Vertical Spacing in a Kagome Lattice Experiment | Sponsored by UC Berkeley
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TEAM 59: Cavity-Modulated Quantum Control of Chemical Reactions | Sponsored by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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2023 ENGINE Winning Teams
Teams are pictured with ENGINE donor, Ray Kanemori; UW ECE Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Education, Payman Arabshahi; and UW ECE Professor and Chair, Eric Klavins.
First Place (tie)
An Optoelectronic Closed-Loop Control System for RF Amplifiers
Sponsored by Access Laser
Digital Companion for Chronic Disease Patients
Sponsored by Novo Nordisk
Second place
Deep Learning Based Localisation for RNA Spatial Transcriptomics
Sponsored by Nanostring Technologies
Third place
Jetracer Soccer League: Autonomous Soccer Playing Agents
Sponsored by Lockheed Martin
2023 ENGINE Photos
ENGINE 2022
2022 ENGINE Showcase
The 2022 ENGINE Showcase event was held in person on June 1, 2022 in the UW HUB North Ballroom, with student panelists presenting and discussing their projects and posters with many industry partners and members of the general public in attendance.
Find more detailed information on the 2023 ECE industry-sponsored team projects here!
2022 ENGINE Showcase Projects
TEAM 1: Value Engineering | Sponsored by Joylux
TEAM 2: BOM Wire Tracer | Sponsored by Paccar
TEAM 3: Web Tool for Testing Environmental Conditions and Procedures for Airborne Equipment | Sponsored by ZeroAvia
TEAM 4: Remote ID Solution for Unmanned Aircraft Systems | Sponsored by Sagetech Avionics
TEAM 5: Compact AM Broadcast Band Radiating Antenna | Sponsored by Paccar
Poster | Video
TEAM 6: Automatic Load-pull Tuner | Sponsored by Access Laser
TEAM 7: Security Attach and Defense Reasoning Framework | Sponsored by Nutanix
TEAM 8: Mosquito Flight Monitoring: Benchmarking Performance of a Stereo Vision System | Sponsored by Photonic Sentry
Poster | Video
TEAM 9: Aircraft Modification Status App | Sponsored by Horizon Air
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TEAM 10: Design and Development of a Wireless Mesh Network for Sound Transit Commuter Rail Trains | Sponsored by Sound Transit
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TEAM 11: Fluke ADC Testing Platform | Sponsored by Fluke
TEAM 12: Wireless Airway Management System for Emergency Medical Applications | Sponsored by Stryker
TEAM 13: Point of Interest Deduplication | Sponsored by Telenav
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TEAM 14: ATS Augmented Installation and Checkout | Sponsored by ATS
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TEAM 15: Plugable Multiport USB-C Charger | Sponsored by Plugable
TEAM 16: Volansi NextGen Autopilot and Backplane | Sponsored by Volansi
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TEAM 17: High Frequency RF Phase Meter | Sponsored by UW Medicine
TEAM 18: Neuropathy Patient Assistant | Sponsored by Novo Nordisk
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TEAM 19: Real-Time SDR to HDR Up Conversion with Automatic Dynamic Mid-Level Tone Mapping | Sponsored by Real Networks
TEAM 20: Wireless Blood Oxygenation Sensors III | Sponsored by Stryker
TEAM 21: Data Insights Engine Tool | Sponsored by Novo Nordisk
Poster | Video
TEAM 22: Intertidal Sensor Array for Monitoring Ocean Change Stressors in Oyster Farms | Sponsored by NOAA
Poster | Video
TEAM 23: Ultrasonic Transducer System for Ice Melt Probe | Sponsored by UW APL
Poster | Video
TEAM 24: UW Human Powered Submarine (HPS) Autopilot Project – Test Phase 1 | Sponsored by Booz Allen/UW APL
TEAM 25: Video Facial Recognition (Speed Matters) | Sponsored by Real Networks
TEAM 26: Energy Efficient Wireless Systems and Sustainability | Sponsored by Amazon
TEAM 27: Using VR to model and control realistic octopus experience | Sponsored by UW CSE
Poster | Video
TEAM 28: Smart Home Sensor for Diabetic Foot Ulcerations | Sponsored by Novo Nordisk
TEAM 29: Quantifying Bias in AI: Detecting Bias Along the Machine-Learning Pipeline | Sponsored by Real Networks
TEAM 30: Intelligent Data Wizard | Sponsored by Nintex
Poster | Video
TEAM 31: OAK-D Drone Landing | Sponsored by Insitu
TEAM 32: Robotic Arm for Automating Tester Connection | Sponsored by Paccar
TEAM 33: Intelligent Interfaces for Remote Collaboration in VR | Sponsored by Moonbeam
Poster | Video
TEAM 34: ML Performance Drift Detection and Correction with Time Series and Active Learning | Sponsored by Tupl
TEAM 35: Degree Progress: Web app for Student Degree Planning | Sponsored by UW ECE
TEAM 36: Low Cost Perception System and Remote Management of an Autonomous Wheelchair | Sponsored by Cyberworks Robotics
Poster | Video
TEAM 37: Autonomous Exploration through Heterogeneous Robotic Collaboration | Sponsored by NASA JPL
Poster | Video
TEAM 38: Image Quality Control for Coupang Catalog | Sponsored by Coupang
Poster | Video
TEAM 39: Rise of Web-based Computing Trend on the Client | Sponsored by Intel
TEAM 40: Wireless Broadband Service Quality Prediction App | Sponsored by T-Mobile
Poster | Video
TEAM 41: Wyze Places: Android and iOS Apps for New Smart Home Interactions | Sponsored by Wyze
TEAM 42: AI Video Captioning | Sponsored by Wyze
TEAM 43: JetRacer Soccer League | Sponsored by Lockheed Martin
TEAM 44: Fine-Grain Object Recognition Using Wyze Cam | Sponsored by Wyze
TEAM 45: Maker Robots for Autonomous Network Robot Systems Development | Sponsored by NASA JPL
TEAM 46: Synthetic Network for the Alaska “RailBelt” Electric Power System | Sponsored by Alaskan Center for Energy and Power (ACEP)
Poster | Video
TEAM 47: Analysis of Bus Dwelling Time Pattern in King County | Sponsored by King County Metro
Poster | Video
TEAM 48: Airframe Health Monitoring System | Sponsored by Amazon Prime Air
Poster | Video
2022 ENGINE Winning Teams
1st Place (tie)
Value Engineering
Sponsored by Joylux
1st Place (tie)
Robotic Arm for Automating Tester Connection
Sponsored by PACCAR
2nd Place
High Frequency RF Phase Meter
Sponsored by UW Medical Center
3rd Place (tie)
Wireless Airway Management System for Emergency Medical Applications
Sponsored by Stryker
3rd Place (tie)
AI Video Captioning
Sponsored by Wyze
ENGINE 2021
2021 ENGINE Showcase virtual event
2021 ENGINE Showcase Projects
ENGINE 2021 SCHEDULE: DAY 1
Thursday, June 3 | 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. PDT
9:00 – 9:10 a.m. | Opening remarks by UW ECE Professor and Chair, Eric Klavins
9:10 – 9:25 a.m. | TEAM 1: eCoffee: Remote Ordering Development | STUDENTS: Qihuang Chen, Celeste Cheng, Colleen Park, Yilin Wang | FACULTY ADVISER: Ken Eguro | INDUSTRY ADVISERS: Michael Nassirian, Marko Munda | Sponsored by ARVR Academy |POSTER | VIDEO
9:25 – 9:40 a.m. | TEAM 2: ngMeeting: Live Meeting Transcription and Action/Topic Summarization | STUDENTS: Hong Liang Chen, Jordan Hsu, Kristiana Soranaka | FACULTY ADVISER: Eli Shlizerman | INDUSTRY ADVISERS:Guoguo Chen, Xuchen Yao, Harrison Huang | Sponsored by Seasalt.ai |POSTER | VIDEO
9:40 – 9:55 a.m. | TEAM 3:Anomaly Detection for Disaster Prevention in an Industrial Setting | STUDENTS: Rafael Laya, Umair Liaqat, Yujia Liu | FACULTY ADVISER: Arindam K. Das | INDUSTRY ADVISERS: Joe Edwards, Joel Vendergriendt, Alden Doyle, Jamie Freed, Aaron Severance | Sponsored by Microchip | POSTER | VIDEO
9:55 – 10:10 a.m. | TEAM 4: MIC Park & Ride Project | STUDENTS: Hang Mai, Ciel Sun, Heng-Yin Chou | FACULTY ADVISERS: Jim Ritcey, John Reece, Payman Arabshahi | INDUSTRY ADVISERS: Gaia Borgias, Brian Brooke, Suzanne Schreck | Sponsored by Sound Transit | POSTER | VIDEO
10:10 – 10:25 a.m. | TEAM 5: Disrupting Ransomware with Endpoint Deception Hax | STUDENTS: Hunter Camfield, Lexie Chau, Wayne Lai, Michael Phenicie, Brendan Weibel | FACULTY ADVISER: John Raiti | INDUSTRY ADVISER: Jonathan Ness | Sponsored by Veramine | POSTER | VIDEO
10:25 – 10:40 a.m. | 15 MIN BREAK
10:40 – 10:55 a.m. | TEAM 6: Error Detection of Text Queries Transcribed from Voice Input | STUDENTS: Aravind Narayanan, Zhuoran Zhou, Bob Lin | FACULTY ADVISER: Lillian Ratliff | INDUSTRY ADVISERS: Changzheng Jiang, Srinivasa Parvathareddy, Akira Zhang, Kumar Maddali | Sponsored by Telenav | POSTER | VIDEO
10:55 – 11:10 a.m. | TEAM 7: Human-Powered Submarine (HPS) Autopilot | STUDENTS: James Lee, Chase Deitner, Peter Tsanev, Miller Sakmar | FACULTY ADVISERS: Sam Burden, Blake Hannaford | INDUSTRY ADVISERS: Cassandra Riel and Benjamin Maurer (UW-APL), Eric Jones, Joe Reck, Nick Valladarez, and Ryan Edwards (BAH), Cooper Bowen and Jacob Yakawich (NUWC) | Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton in collaboration with the UW Applied Physics Laboratory and Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport | POSTER | VIDEO
11:10 – 11:25 a.m. | TEAM 8: Interactive Layout of Passenger Accommodation Tool | STUDENTS: Alyssa Weed, Sandesh Banskota, Michelle Chuang | FACULTY ADVISER: Ken Eguro | INDUSTRY ADVISERS: Jaci Bartol, James Seagraves, Jim Pattison, Damon Zirkler, Chris Barber, Tony Heupel, Colleen Piper, Lisa Roderiques | Sponsored by Alaska Airlines | POSTER | VIDEO
11:25 – 11:40 a.m. | TEAM 9: Infrastructure Power Management System “PowerMan” | STUDENTS: Christian Lancaster, Apurv Goel, Wenxuan Yang | FACULTY ADVISER: Baosen Zhang | INDUSTRY ADVISERS: Aman Nijhawan, Kevin Grady | Sponsored by Nutanix | POSTER | VIDEO
11:40 – 11:55 a.m. | TEAM 10: Nomad Deployment Recipes | STUDENTS: Rizheng Tan, Ziheng Lin, Kai Tan | FACULTY ADVISER: Rania Hussein | INDUSTRY ADVISER: Lennon Day-Reynolds | Sponsored by HashiCorp | POSTER | VIDEO
11:55 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | LUNCH BREAK
12:30 – 12:45 p.m. | TEAM 11: Open Source Data Hub for Prognostics and Health Management | STUDENTS: Cecilia Barnes, Jiwoo Park, Matthew Sullivan | FACULTY ADVISER: Alex Mamishev | INDUSTRY ADVISERS: Tom Mittan, Pete Slucs, Matthew Nguyen, James Waltner | Sponsored by Lockheed Martin | POSTER | VIDEO
12:45 – 1:00 p.m. | TEAM 12: Autonomous Trucks: Thermal Imaging Camera-Machine Learning for Object Classification | STUDENTS: Usman Khan, Mrinalini Mohanram, Xinyue Sun | FACULTY ADVISER: Ming-Ting Sun | INDUSTRY ADVISER: James Nelson | Sponsored by PACCAR | POSTER | VIDEO 1 (PRESENTATION) | VIDEO2 (DEMO)
1:00 – 1:15 p.m. | TEAM 13: Rise of Web-Based Computing Trends on Client Side | STUDENTS: Aditya Karan, Alex Wang, Rui Yang | FACULTY ADVISERS: Payman Arabshahi, Arindam K. Das | INDUSTRY ADVISERS: Bijan Arbab, Mohammad Haghighat, Sruit Sahani | Sponsored by Intel | POSTER | VIDEO
1:15 – 1:30 p.m. | TEAM 14: Cyclotron Beam Current Amplifier: Redesign and Expansion | STUDENTS: Parashar Mohapatra, Thao Nguyen, Josue Quintana | FACULTY ADVISER: Blake Hannaford | INDUSTRY ADVISER: Marissa Kranz | Sponsored by UW Medicine | POSTER | VIDEO
1:30 – 1:45 p.m. | TEAM 15: Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration (CADRE) R&D | STUDENTS: Yi-Lin Liu, Jinghui Song, Jack Chuang, John Brugato | FACULTY ADVISER: Blake Hannaford | INDUSTRY ADVISER: Alessandro Buscicchio | Sponsored by NASA JPL | POSTER | VIDEO
1:45 – 2:00 p.m. | 15 MIN BREAK
2:00 – 2:15 p.m. | TEAM 16: Managed EV Charging | STUDENTS: James Clough, Tran Quach, Reese O’Craven, Kelsey Foster, Carmen Twitchell | FACULTY ADVISERS: Daniel Kirschen, Jan Whittington | INDUSTRY ADVISER: Lucie Huang | Sponsored by Seattle City Light (SCL) | POSTER | VIDEO
2:15 – 2:30 p.m. | TEAM 17: Spherical Drive Robotic Control | STUDENTS: Billy Lin, Ariel Chang, Junyi Wu, Wilson Martinez | FACULTY ADVISER: Blake Hannaford | INDUSTRY ADVISER: Torsten Hirche | Sponsored by Piqard | POSTER | VIDEO
2:30 – 2:45 p.m. | TEAM 18: Apply the Design Pattern of Entity Component System (ECS) for a Cross-Platform Network Layer | STUDENTS: Roee Horowitz, Erik Huang, Roger Liao | FACULTY ADVISER: Rania Hussein | INDUSTRY ADVISERS: Robert Sanchez, Radha Kotamarti | Sponsored by Microsoft | POSTER | VIDEO
2:45 – 3:00 p.m. | TEAM 19: Improve Minecraft Pathfinding | STUDENTS: Rocky Zhenxiang Fang, Sisir Kadiveti, Arman Kazi, Hanze (Simon) Zhang | FACULTY ADVISER: Rania Hussein | INDUSTRY ADVISER: Jason Major| Sponsored by Microsoft | POSTER | VIDEO
ENGINE 2021 SCHEDULE: DAY 2
Friday, June 4 | 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. PDT
9:00 – 9:10 a.m. | Opening remarks by UW ECE Professor and Industry Liaison, Payman Arabshahi
9:10 – 9:25 a.m. | TEAM 20: Measuring Thickness of a Melt Jacket Around a Melt Probe Descending Through Glacial Ice | STUDENTS: Nicholas B. Iaroslavtsev, Zeyu Ye, Forrest Miller | FACULTY ADVISER: Dale Winebrenner | Sponsored by UW APL | POSTER | VIDEO
9:25 – 9:40 a.m. | TEAM 21: Harry Potter Marauder’s Map| STUDENTS: Michael Muster, Yang Xu, William Wright | FACULTY ADVISER: Hung-Min Hsu | INDUSTRY ADVISER: Kevin Liu | Sponsored by Wyze | POSTER | VIDEO
9:40 – 9:55 a.m. | TEAM 22: UW Civil and Environmental Engineering Hydro-Cub | STUDENTS: Greg Joyce, Qishi Zhou | FACULTY ADVISER: Faisal Hossain | INDUSTRY ADVISER: Faisal Hossain | Sponsored by WSDOT | POSTER | VIDEO
9:55 – 10:10 a.m. | TEAM 23: Autonomous Self-Driving Wheelchair Lateral Drift Detection | STUDENTS: Joshua Mauer, Cheng Zhu, Yesibao Muhamati | FACULTY ADVISER: Blake Hannaford | INDUSTRY ADVISER: Vivek Burhanpurkar | Sponsored by Cyberworks | POSTER | VIDEO
10:10 – 10:25 a.m. | TEAM 24: Intelligent Chatbot for Customer Support | STUDENTS: Keyi Zhou, Mingcun Fan, Yifu Wu | FACULTY ADVISER: Xiang Chen | INDUSTRY ADVISER: Xiang Chen | Sponsored by Tupl | POSTER | VIDEO
10:25 – 10:40 a.m. | 15 MIN BREAK
10:40 – 10:55 a.m. | TEAM 25: Blockchain and AI algorithm for Disaster Response | STUDENTS: Jiarong Qian, Nanhsun Yuan | FACULTY ADVISERS: Sreeram Kannan, Payman Arabshahi, Wei Cheng | Sponsored by National Science Foundation and UW ECE Dept | POSTER | VIDEO
10:55 – 11:10 a.m. | TEAM 26: Machine Learning Platform for In-Process and Post-Process Inspection | STUDENTS: Youssef Lahrichi, Jonathan Wong, Dakota Matthews | FACULTY ADVISER: David Krout | INDUSTRY ADVISERS: Hong Tat, Sayata Ghose, Brice Johnson, Rod Tjoelker, Jun Yuan | Sponsored by UW College of Engineering | POSTER | VIDEO
11:10 – 11:25 a.m. | TEAM 27: Microsoft Save Test Framework (Minecraft) | STUDENTS: Veen Oung, Kuang-Hsuan Lin, Christopher Alexander| FACULTY ADVISERS: Rania Hussein | INDUSTRY ADVISER: Robert Hunt | Sponsored by Microsoft | POSTER | VIDEO
11:25 – 11:40 a.m. | TEAM 28: Transponder Landing System (TLS) Airdrop | STUDENTS: Eric Mutschler, Bea Flores, Michael Matherne | FACULTY ADVISER: Blake Hannaford | INDUSTRY ADVISERS: Sam Luedloff, Connor Webb, Blake Winner | Sponsored by ANPC | POSTER | VIDEO
11:40 – 11:55 a.m. | TEAM 29: Moonbeam 3D Ideation Tool | STUDENTS: Collin Pernu, Ryan Park, Rachel Rodney| FACULTY ADVISER: Nirav Desai | INDUSTRY ADVISERS: Ian Byrnes, Henry Bowman, Trond Nilsen, Bridget Swirski | Sponsored by Moonbeam | POSTER | VIDEO
11:55 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | LUNCH BREAK
12:30 – 12:45 p.m. | TEAM 30: AI Behaviour System for Minecraft| STUDENTS: Alaa Sleek, Batina Shikhalieva, Samuel Kim | FACULTY ADVISER: Rania Hussein | INDUSTRY ADVISERS: John Seghers, Adrian Orszulak, Halishia Chugani | Sponsored by Microsoft | POSTER | VIDEO
12:45 – 1:00 p.m. | TEAM 31: Package Theft Detection on Wyze Cams | STUDENTS: Baohua Zhu, Huihao Chen, Shrustishree Sumanth | FACULTY ADVISERS: Hung-Min Hsu, Eyhab-Al-Masri | INDUSTRY ADVISER: Xavier Yuan | Sponsored by Wyze | POSTER | VIDEO
1:00 – 1:15 p.m. | TEAM 32: Is This SIM a Drone?| STUDENTS: Brian Arnold, Yu-Jen Chen, John Keller | FACULTY ADVISERS: Payman Arabshahi, Jim Ritcey | INDUSTRY ADVISER: Precia Carraway | Sponsored by T-Mobile | POSTER | VIDEO
1:15 – 1:30 p.m. | TEAM 33: Cloud-Based Voice Recognition Security System| STUDENTS: Devyansh Gupta, Kelly Ho, Megan Bui | FACULTY ADVISER: Eli Shlizerman | INDUSTRY ADVISERS: Jim Jenkins, Ritu Goel, Siekhuoy Hout | Sponsored by BECU | POSTER | VIDEO
1:30 – 1:45 p.m. | TEAM 34: T-Mobile Programmable Narrowband IoT Button | STUDENTS: Akkshaj Singh, Brian Hsu, Isaac Li | FACULTY ADVISERS: Payman Arabshahi, James Ritcey| INDUSTRY ADVISERS: Ahamd Armand, Jeff Ahmet | Sponsored by T-Mobile | POSTER | VIDEO
1:45 – 2:00 p.m. | TEAM 35: Wireless Blood Oxygenation Sensor: Refactoring Prior Work | STUDENTS: Zack Lynch, Kevin Liang, Tanner Poling | FACULTY ADVISER: Tai-Chang Chen | INDUSTRY ADVISERS: Rob Greenwalk, Gwynn St. John | Sponsored by Stryker | POSTER | VIDEO
2:00 – 2:15 p.m. | TEAM 36: Fiscal Web Portal ENGINE Phase II | STUDENTS: Xiaotong Yang, Yusie Yao | FACULTY ADVISERS: Payman Arabshahi | INDUSTRY ADVISERS: Ted Hanson, Bridget Faherty, Debbie Carnes, Shelley Prosise, Konrad Schoder, Al Brower, Jesse Chiem | Sponsored by UW ECE | POSTER | VIDEO
2:15 – 2:30 p.m. | TEAM 37: Wireless Airway Management Systems for Emergency Medical Applications| STUDENTS: Majid Zare, Leo Lam, Abhyudaya| FACULTY ADVISER: Tai-Cheng Chen | INDUSTRY ADVISER: Brittany Wegmann | Sponsored by Stryker | POSTER | VIDEO
2:30 – 2:45 p.m. | TEAM 38: Linewidth Enhancement Factor Measurement for Radio over Fiver Simulation over Multimode Optical Fiber | STUDENTS: Jade Cutter, Shawn Fisher, Matthew Yerich | FACULTY ADVISER: Arka Majumdar | INDUSTRY ADVISER: Alexander Bacou | Sponsored by Latecoere | POSTER | VIDEO
2:45 – 3:00 p.m. | TEAM 39: Autonomous Trucks: Camera-Radar Sensor Fusion for Object Classification and Tracking | STUDENTS: Jason Xie, Henry Hung, Kushagra Kumar, Dale Simpson | FACULTY ADVISER: Blake Hannaford | INDUSTRY ADVISER: Austin Thind | Sponsored by PACCAR | POSTER | VIDEO
2021 ENGINE Winning Teams
1st PLACE
Human-Powered Submarine Autopilot
Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton in collaboration with the UW Applied Physics Laboratory and Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport
James Lee, Chase Deitner, Peter Tsanev, Miller Sakmar
TIED FOR 2nd PLACE
Interactive Layout of Passenger Accommodation Tool
Sponsored by Alaska Airlines
AI Behavior System for Minecraft
3rd PLACE
Managed Electric Vehicle Charging
ENGINE 2020
2020 ENGINE Showcase virtual poster exhibition
The 2020 ENGINE Showcase was held virtually from Monday, June 1 – Sunday, June 7, 2020.
2020 ENGINE Winning Teams
View the 2020 ENGINE Showcase’s Top 3 winning team projects!
Infrared Camera for HMT-1 (project #3)
View RealWear Project!
Administrative and Financial Web Portal (project #21)
View UW CoE Project!
Automated Server Repair Workcell for Data Centers (project #9)
View Microsoft Project!
ENGINE 2020 in the News
Alaska Airlines adopts software tool developed by UW ECE undergraduate students
A UW ECE student team recently developed a reliable and easy-to-use web portal, which acts as a manual to help technicians at Alaska Airlines load computer software onto airplanes more efficiently.
Students embrace twice the problem-solving
Read about the Hydro-CUB (Compact Utility Bot) team’s collaborative process with students in Civil & Environmental Engineering! ECE students Sherman White and Jina Yoo created a remote-controlled sensing vehicle prototype for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) that will be used to monitor confined spaces.
ENGINE 2019
2019 ENGINE Showcase
Our third annual ENGINE Showcase event was held on June 3, 2019. Read about the highlights and check out photos from the event. Additionally, visit the UW College of Engineering’s Capstone page for more information.
ENGINE 2018
2018 ENGINE Showcase
Our second annual ENGINE Showcase event was held on June 1, 2018, and featured nearly 40 projects. For more on the 2018 fair, read our spotlight article.
ENGINE 2017
2017 ENGINE Showcase
The inaugural ENGINE Showcase event was held on May 30, 2017. More than 30 projects were presented, addressing issues on health, the environment, power and energy, and technology. The award for best capstone project went to the Booz Allen Hamilton OceanLens team of Will Butterton, Yicheng Wang, Justin Skubic and Jared Nakahara. For more on the 2017 fair, read our spotlight article.
2017 ENGINE Program
Resources for Industry
Innovation Partners benefit from the outstanding variety and depth of research at UW ECE. For additional information on an industry partner’s role in ENGINE, click here.
Resources for Students
Courses
Courses
The ENGINE capstone is comprised of the following required courses:
Undergraduate Students: EE 497 (4 credits) taken in Winter and EE 498 (4 credits) taken in Spring
Graduate Students: EE 598B (4 credits) taken in Winter and EE 598 section TBD (4 credits) taken in Spring
There is an optional 2 credit course offered in Autumn, which gives students a head start on projects and groups. This course is not required but encouraged.
Undergraduate Students: EE 496
Graduate Students: EE 598B
A poster presentation via a Capstone Showcase will happen at the end of Spring.
Who can register?
Who can register?
How to register
How to register
Undergraduate Students
- ECE Advising sends out an add code request form. ECE Advising will review your request to confirm you have a graduation application on file and are eligible to take the ENGINE capstone. If you are eligible, ECE Advising will email you an add code.
- Find the course SLN number for EE 497 in the Winter time schedule.
- Register for EE 497 using the provided add code.
Graduate Students
- Find the course number for EE 598B. The course number will always be a special topics section for graduate students, which is joint with the undergraduate course number.
- Register (no add code required).
Projects
Projects
Students will have the opportunity to learn about available industry-sponsored projects at Pitch Day 2024, which will be held at the Oak Hall Denny Room on November 13th from 5:00-7:00 p.m. The project quad-charts from last year can be found here.
How the ENGINE capstone counts towards degree requirements
How the ENGINE capstone counts towards degree requirements
Undergraduate Students:
- EE Degree:
- Depending on a student’s concentration, EE 497/498 may be the required capstone course.
- For concentrations that list a different class as the required capstone, students may substitute EE 497/498.
- ECE Degree:
- EE 497/498 will satisfy the ECE capstone requirement.
- Certain pathways may have recommended capstones, students may substitute EE 497/498.
Graduate Students:
- EE 598 will count towards the EE 5XX numerically graded coursework requirement (18 cr for Ph.D. and 20-24 cr for M.S.).
Forms and Links
- Apply for graduation link for undergraduate students
Contact
For additional information on the course or how our industry partners can get involved, please contact: capstone@ece.washington.edu