Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (archive)

The ECpE department will have fun, interactive electronics and technology demonstrations on display April 18 from noon to 4:30 p.m. in Coover Hall and the ECpE Building Addition. The displays include:

• Interaction with a robot: See our developmental robotics faculty and graduate students demonstrate the learning capabilities of their upper-torso humanoid robot.
  
  
• Information security introduction: The Information Assurance Student Group will demonstrate a password tester, to find out how secure your password is; COLDSNAP, an Internet strategy game developed for promoting information security that you can join; and a packet sniffer, which is a system that collects instant messenger traffic of other computers to show basics on information gathering and security holes.
  
  
• Senior design displays: See senior design groups show of their unmanned aerial vehicles and omindirectional robot.
  
  
• Student chapter demonstrations: The student chapters of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Critical Tinkers, and Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) will showcase a device that wirelessly lights up a light bulb, teach you how to build a speaker using a Styrofoam plate and wire, and present other electronics demonstrations.
  
  
• Graduate research posters: View research posters created by graduate students, and learn more about the ECpE department’s innovative research.

In addition to displays, come to Coover and the ECpE Building Addition to get free popcorn and win prizes in a trivia contest!