The MIX at George Mason University is a network of spaces that enables making, venture creation, and collaborative collisions.
ECE senior design students worked on the design and creation of a thinsat that was launched into space.
Design projects are an integral component of our undergraduate programs. They are part of several required and elective undergraduate courses, starting as early as the freshman year. These projects prepare our students for the culminating team-based design experience during their senior year.
Senior Design Projects
Both our electrical and computer Engineering undergraduate programs culminate in a year-long senior design project. In this capstone experience, students develop innovative designs that are ultimately built and tested in our senior design lab. Many of these projects incorporate significant software components and are often multidisciplinary in nature. Our students collaborate with peers from bioengineering, cybersecurity, mechanical engineering, and other fields to tackle complex, real-world challenges through creative and practical solutions.
Each semester, we select the winner of the outstanding senior design project award. We encourage you to browse through some of our latest list of projects and award recipients:
Spring 2025 Senior Design Projects List
Drone IFF System
Advisor: Dr. Tolga Soyata
Smart Tutor
Advisor: Dr. Tolga Soyata
Underwater Acoustic Communication System
Advisor: Dr. Kathleen Wage
Real-time Singing Voice Synthesizer
Advisor: Dr. Jens-Peter Kaps
Drone Anti-Jamming Communication System
Advisor: Dr. Brian Mark
EMI Fault Injection
Advisor: Dr. Piotr Pachowicz
Multi-Robot Lego Assembly
Advisor: Dr. Filipe Veiga
Smart Energy Management
FS: Dr. Liling Huang
Lighter Than Air Autonomous Vehicle
FS: Dr. Ningshi Yao
Real-Time EEG Controlled Autonomous Robots
Advisor: Dr. Xuan Wang
Drone Swarm Attack System
Advisor: Dr. Tolga Soyata
Multi-Robot Pianist
Advisor: Dr. Filipe Veiga
Smart Home Monitoring System
Advisor: Dr. Tolga Soyata
Affordable USB Multi-Function Lab Instrument
Advisor: Dr. Jens-Peter Kaps
Spring 2025 Senior Design Project Award Winner
Low-Cost Underwater Acoustic Communication System
Team: Adiba Asad, Lukas Baines, Jason Coker, Yaoxia Guan, Tim Higgins, Nadra Shaboot
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Kathleen Wage
Fall 2024 Senior Design Project Award Winner
Connected and Automated Vehicles with Green Wave Traffic Control
Team: Chau Le, Huy Dang, Quynh Vo, Anh Bui, Michael Schroeder, Amber Hartenstine
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Brian Mark
Spring 2024 Senior Design Project Award Winner
Open-Source Self-Powered Intelligent Security Camera System
Team: Anhton Nguyen, Alex Luong, Brandi Bui, Chris Hung, Elaine Ngo,
Johnny Le
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Tolga Soyata
For more information, or to sponsor a senior design project, contact Tolga Soyata, ECE Department Senior Design Project coordinator
Class Projects
A significant part of the undergraduate student experience is to design and build an assortment of smaller electronic projects throughout the curriculum. Our electrical and computer engineering students work on these smaller-scale projects as part of several courses in our programs leading up to the culminating senior design project. We invite you to check out samples of these projects presented in our ECE 285 circuit analysis I showcase event.
Club Projects
Members of student organizations are also actively involved in interesting projects. ECE students who want to get involved are encouraged to participate in one or more of these clubs. Participating in these clubs opens up many opportunities to learn together and connect with peers who have the same interests.