Summer Undergraduate Research

Recent Projects by Undergraduate Students

Summer of 2008

Elijah Bowen (class of 2009) [PDF proposal]
Title: A Novel Query Reordering Algorithm to Reduce Photon Mapping Bandwidth
Adviser: Prof. Joshua Steinhurst, Dept. of Computer Science

Ryan Smith (class of 2010) [PDF proposal]
Title: Building a Neural Network to Differentiate Document Types
Adviser: Prof. Xiannong Meng, Dept. of Computer Science

Juliana Su (class of 2009) [PDF proposal]
Title: Remote Reconfiguration of Xilinx FPGA over a Network
Adviser: Prof. Michael Thompson, Dept. of Electrical Engineering

Bryan Ward (class of 2011) [PDF proposal]
Title: Automated Optimization Study of Attack Models for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
Adviser: Prof. L. Felipe Perrone, Dept. of Computer Science

Summer of 2007

Christopher Burroughs (class of 2008) [PDF proposal]
Title: Sparse Matrix Factors for a Class of Sparse Symmetric Matrices
Adviser: Prof. Steve Guattery, Dept. of Computer Science

Michael Dippery (class of 2008) [PDF proposal]
Title: An Investigation of Policies for Caching Radio Propagation Calculations in the Simulation of Wireless  
Networks
Adviser: Prof. L. Felipe Perrone, Dept. of Computer Science

Timothy Destan (class of 2008) (Presidential Fellow)
Title: Yagi-Uda Arrays with Null-Steering Capability
Adviser: Prof. David Kelley, Dept. of Electrical Engineering

Summer of 2006

Derrin Pierret (class of 2007) [PDF proposal]
Title: Generating a Statically-Checkable Device Driver I/O Interface
Adviser: Prof. Lea Wittie, Dept. of Computer Science

Summer of 2005

Giang Hoang (class of 2006) [PDF proposal]
Title: A Scalable Simulator for TinyOS
Advisers: Prof. Lea Wittie and Prof. L. Felipe Perrone, Dept. of Computer Science

Jahman N’Daw (class of 2007) [PDF proposal]
Title: Designing a Crawler as an Intelligent Agent
Adviser: Prof. Xiannong Meng, Dept. of Computer Science

Summer of 2004

Eric Graham (class of 2005) [PDF proposal]
Title: A Study of Radio Propagation Models in the Simulation of Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
Adviser: Prof. L. Felipe Perrone, Dept. of Computer Science

Samuel Nelson (class of 2006) [PDF proposal]
Title: A Simulation Study of Denial of Service Attacks in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
Adviser: Prof. L. Felipe Perrone, Dept. of Computer Science