A multidisciplinary team of electrical, mechanical and computer engineering students took first place at the Washkewicz College of Engineering’s second annual Senior Design Symposium and Awards Dinner Friday, May 6 for their project entitled, Cerebro Real Time Security.

Cerebro uses an innovative human detection and recognition algorithm to detect humans in the video streams of cameras within a specified area. As a crime is committed, the suspect is tagged in the system and tracked from camera to camera as they attempt to flee. This information is then reported to police in real time.

Members of the Cerebro project team include Andrew Fisher, Robert Marshall, Brahm Powell, Titus Lungu, Mark Heller and Nick White. Dr. Pong Chu, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Dr. Majid Rashidi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, served as faculty advisors. Parker Hannifin Corporation sponsored the project.

Electrical Engineering Technology student Ryan Crawford earned second place for his Wireless Vehicle Sensor Network project. His solution consisted of a mesh network of sensor nodes to detect vehicle presence for parking and traffic applications. This data would then be uploaded in real time to an Internet of Things (IoT) service for analysis. Toufik Aidja, Lecturer, Engineering Technology, served as faculty advisor.

Mechanical engineering students Marcus Coleman, Michael Hipp, Jacob Tester, Benjamin Wollenburg took third place for their project, Development of a Simple Handheld Tool for Inserting into Various Size Hozes. Dr. Majid Rashidi served as faculty advisor and Parker Hannifin Corporation was the project sponsor.

The top three teams took home cash prizes of $1,000, $500 and $250, respectively.

The Senior Design Symposium and Awards Dinner is the culmination of the two semester long Senior Design Capstone Course, where teams of engineering students partner with industry to develop solutions to a real-world engineering problems. The event featured a poster session showcasing over 60 design projects, a keynote presentation by CSU Trustee and entrepreneur Dan T. Moore and the Senior Design Awards Ceremony where the top three projects mentioned above were recognized.

“I would like to congratulate all of our students and faculty for their outstanding work on Senior Design this past year,” said Washkewicz College of Engineering Dean Anette Karlsson. “These projects demonstrate the incredible ingenuity of our students, and the tremendous impact their ideas can have on society.”

(L-R) Dean Anette Karlsson, Mark Heller, Nick White, Titus Lungu,
Dan T. Moore, Robert Marshall, Andrew Fisher, Brahm Powell