After four years of electrical engineering classes, our team came together for our final senior design project. Our senior design team consists of four Electrical Engineering students of various ages and backgrounds. We all share a common passion to work diligently and persevere in the goals we have set for ourselves.
Senior design was the perfect opportunity to choose a challenging project and use one another's various talents to provide a convenient solution.
Adam Cutting
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| Adam Cutting |
simulator. In the future, Adam hopes to continue enjoying life wherever that may take him.
Luke Falls
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| Luke Falls |
Luke Falls is an Electrical Engineering student at UCF with a determination for success. Originally from Wisconsin, Luke moved to Florida for a fresh start and found work in the area of air conditioning and refrigeration systems. After 7 years in the field, he began his undergraduate degree at UCF. His experience in the field has made him an expert in troubleshooting, planning, and problem solving. During his junior year at UCF, Luke began a co-op at United Space Alliance at the Kennedy Space Center. At his co-op, Luke worked on projects like power systems planning and layout. Luke's main focus in the Senior Design project has been in the area of microcontrollers and their various characteristics and applications to the rain simulator. Additionally, Luke has also taken the major task in putting together the smaller sub-systems into one central communicating control system, much like a systems engineer. In the future, Luke hopes to work in the area of Power Systems.
Brenda Garcia
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| Brenda Garcia |
Brenda Garcia, see figure 1.6d, is an Electrical Engineering student at UCF with a minor in International Engineering. Brenda grew up in Denver, Colorado and move to Orlando, Florida to pursue her undergraduate degree at UCF. Brenda has participated in a co-op experience at Lockheed Martin where she worked with the turreted systems program. She is currently working at Siemens Energy in generator supply chain management. Her main focus in this senior design project has been in the area of the wireless integration of the rain gauges and various administrative tasks. In the future, Brenda hopes to attain a position at Siemens Energy and work with power systems.
David Levy
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| David Levy |
Born and raised in Malabar Florida, David first attended Brevard Community College for his associate's degree and continued his education atUCF to complete his undergraduate degree. During his junior year at UCF, David had an internship at the United Space Alliance at the Kennedy Space Center. During his co-op, he worked on maintaining hazardous gas detection equipment and gas spectrometry systems. He also performed projects focused on control systems that implemented Allan Bradley programmable logic
controllers. Also, he earned his certification as a shuttle launch and recovery systems processing engineer. David's main focus in the senior design project has been the stepper motors and the power supply design. David has successfully dissected the inner workings of the stepper motor and applied their form, fit, and function to the specific application of the rain simulator. Additionally, David has done extensive research and design of the power supply needed for the control system. In the future, David hopes to obtain a career as
an electrical engineer, specializing in control system design.
