New app from UBC research team wins CWTA Connected to the Community Award
Respiration rate is an important diagnostic tool in many serious diseases such as pneumonia. The current, recommended method for measuring respiratory rate is counting breaths for one minute. This method is not efficient in a busy clinical setting. Researchers from UBC’s Electrical and Computer Engineering in Medicine Lab have developed a robust, low-cost method that can help […]
Sleeves Up Teaching wins Christoph Sielmann a Killam Graduate Assistant Teaching Award
Over the last two years, Christoph Sielmann has been one of the Teaching Assistants supporting ECE’s capstones, a set of courses for 4th year undergraduates to work on projects proposed by industry. Teaching the capstone teams can be very challenging. The projects combine many aspects of electrical and computer engineering from analog electronics, FPGA implementations, networking software, […]
2015 Capstones
AT the heart of the ECE capstones are real, open-ended, engineering problems brought to us by clients. The best way to get a sense of the scope and diversity of the projects our students have successfully tackled is to see a few examples. The course actually starts in the summer as clients, from small start-ups, […]
Finding new ways to visualize the body: 3D surgical markings
Capstone Project: 3D Surgical Markings Using Intraoperative Navigation Client: Dr. Rob Stead, Research Physicist, Novadaq Technologies Inc. Student team: Prab Grewal, Sarah Holdijk, Rohit Singla, Kathy Xu Professor: Purang Abolmaesumi Surgeons use a number of different techniques to help them visualize the body like ultrasound imaging or x-rays. They use these images to prepare for […]
Better Diagnostic Tools for Restless Legs Syndrome
Capstone Project: Smartphone-Based Electromyography System for Screening Restless Leg Syndrome in Children Clients: Dr. Osman Ipsiroglu, Pediatrician and Clinical Associate Professor and Mr. Graham McAllister, Clincial Research Trainee, Sunny Hill Health Center for Children, BC Children’s Hospital Student Team: Brittaney Geisler, Tyler MacDonald, Caleb Ng, Tina Saad Professor: Cristian Grecu Imagine you couldn’t resist twitching, rubbing or flexing […]
Extending the Reach of UBC’s Laptop Orchestra
Capstone Project: Remote Image Manipulation Client: Bob Pritchard and Keith Hamel, UBC Laptop Orchestra Student Team: Adam Berg, David Hu, Mike Jensen, Justin Siu Professor: Sid Fels Have you ever gone to an electronic music performance to watch a musician’s transfixed, blue-lit face, hunched over a laptop, one or two knob twiddles the only signs […]
Repairing Canada’s Aging Bridges
Capstone Project: Automated Bridge Image Analysis Using Drone Quadcopter Technology Client: Gamal Mustapha, VP Program Management, SMT Research Ltd. Student Team: Shawn Yuan, Micah Leuba, Michael Li, Gregory Lee, Nico Simon Professor: Paul Lusina Maintaining public infrastructure is essential and unfortunately, costly. Canada invests billions of dollars a year to repair, upgrade and expand its highways, water […]