Electrical Engineering Projects

ALS Alert System

Project Manager: Philip Graybill
Student Project Manager: Aaron Eaby

ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a condition which results in loss of voluntary control of muscles and, in later stages, an inability to speak. The goal of this project is to develop, in collaboration with the Greater Philadelphia chapter of the ALS Association, a low-cost eye-triggered alert system for persons with ALS to communicate a need for assistance when their caregivers are not nearby.

Fluency Assistive Device

Project Manager: Philip Graybill
Student Project Manager: June Miller

The Fluency Assistive Device project is supporting and improving an electronic device that greatly aids a person with a fluency disorder by masking the user's own auditory feedback. This team is supporting local technician, David Germeyer.

Charge Controller Technologies

Project Manager: Fred Seiferth
Student Project Manager: Kolten Martin

The project aims to test off-the-shelf charge controllers that will be used to interface to the wind turbine, battery, and a solar panel. The charge controller is critical to properly load the wind turbine, charge the battery, and provide the additional electrical power for any other loads. WindAid would like us to compare different charge controllers to help them find the best one for their application as well as begin the process of designing a more efficient controller that might be more ideal, affordable, and able to be built in Peru.

Gospel Communication Systems Project

Project Manager: Fred Seiferth
Student Project Manager: Jasmine Sakore

Our partner, Trans World Radio (TWR), has recently acquired a High Frequency (HF Band) antenna to be moved to a new location in Africa. TWR would like the Collaboratory to serve as consultants in helping them make sure the antenna is refurbished and installed correctly as well as assist in modeling and simulating the Radio Frequency (RF ) propagation pattern of the antenna.

Solar PV - Peniel India

Project Manager: Randy Fish
Student Project Manager: Chris Essinger

The Solar PV team is working with a children’s home and school in India to help design and install a solar electric system to power critical loads to mitigate daily power outages. The current thinking is that a grid tied, hybrid solar system with a connection to the utility/grid, batteries, and a solar array and inverter will be end system.