Electrical Engineering for the Next Generation

In the Electrical Engineering for the Next Generation project, you have the last chance to prepare yourself well for the bachelor end project. You have already had training in systematic design, teamwork, societal and ethical aspects, on which we will expand. There is one more important skill you will need: learn how to learn. You will expand your skills and knowledge in one of four exciting sub-projects, addressing different societal challenges and a variety of new knowledge to be acquired.

Sensing for Sustainability

This project aims at creating a soil monitoring system for to inform farmers on how much water and fertilizers their agricultural field requires. The project you will:

1) Develop sensors (sensing element, analog front-end, analog to digital conversion) for field measurements.

2) Develop signal and data processing strategies to correlate the sensor's information in space and time and classify it into different categories (e.g., wet soil, dry soil, high mineral content).

3) Develop a rover that can move in an agricultural field and probe the soil at pre-defined locations of the field.

Communication and sensing

By successfully completing this project, you will be able to analyze RF up/down-converting circuitry, to model and design antennas, and familiarize with the algorithms employed in modern radar and communication systems.

You will apply theoretical concepts of electromagnetic and wireless systems for communication en sensing, and you will design, assemble, and characterize components and building blocks employed in communication en sensing systems.

Health

Within this project you will realize a human machine interface to a wheelchair. The project involves signal acquisition (EEG helmet, EMG pads), signal processing and mechatronics (wheelchair).

You will study and specialize yourself in one of the sub-systems, such as biosignals, low noise amplifiers, machine learning, bus communication standards and mechantronic control.

Sustainable Energy

By successfully completing this project, you will be able to design and size a photovoltaic solar farm, select the suitable power converter topology to condition the DC-generated power from the solar farm for integration into the electric system. You will also design and rate the solar farm cabling system and acquire knowledge about the components used in high-voltage substations. Moreover, you will learn the decision-making process for the seamless integration of energy into a grid with a certain set of constraints. You will specialize yourself in one of the sub-topics, i.e. photovoltaic energy generation, power conversion, high voltage transmission and distribution grid, and power system analysis.

Detailed information about the learning activities in the four sub-projects can be found on Brightspace.