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Dr. Hussain Alzaher

Electronics Guide System 

Holy cities of Makkah and Madina as well as other huge tourist attractions such as Janadriyah need directional guides to inform user about his/her location. The project proposes an electronic guidance system using RF technology that works wirelessly to guide user about his/her current location. This is to prove as a very handy and convenient medium for guiding tourists through the desired area. This system is supposed to replace the you are here boards mounted through such areas and/or tourist guides. The tentative approach is to use an RF receiver circuit in order to track user (the user may carry the circuit with him). This is to be accompanied with RF transmitters placed at various locations across the area. These transmitters constantly emit RF signals. When the RF receiver circuit carried by user comes in range on an RF receiver it detects that the user is in range of that particular RF transmitter. This signals it to display the location of the user. Each location area is identified uniquely by an RF transmitter. When user enters the area the circuit reads the transmitter code and displays the location on an LCD screen.   
Prerequisites : EE303, EE370, EE390

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Dr. Hussain Alzaher

Electronics Guide System 

Holy cities of Makkah and Madina as well as other huge tourist attractions such as Janadriyah need directional guides to inform user about his/her location. The project proposes an electronic guidance system using RF technology that works wirelessly to guide user about his/her current location. This is to prove as a very handy and convenient medium for guiding tourists through the desired area. This system is supposed to replace the you are here boards mounted through such areas and/or tourist guides. The tentative approach is to use an RF receiver circuit in order to track user (the user may carry the circuit with him). This is to be accompanied with RF transmitters placed at various locations across the area. These transmitters constantly emit RF signals. When the RF receiver circuit carried by user comes in range on an RF receiver it detects that the user is in range of that particular RF transmitter. This signals it to display the location of the user. Each location area is identified uniquely by an RF transmitter. When user enters the area the circuit reads the transmitter code and displays the location on an LCD screen.   
Prerequisites : EE303, EE370, EE390

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Dr. Essam Hassan

Weak sighted or blind men obstacle detection cane

A device is attached to the cane that emits ultrasound waves propagating for a limited distance and reflecting back within a time slot proportional to a fixed distance. The reflected sound energy indicates an object which is within certain distance from the cane.  
Prerequisites : EE340

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Dr. Essam Hassan

Weak sighted or blind men obstacle detection cane

A device is attached to the cane that emits ultrasound waves propagating for a limited distance and reflecting back within a time slot proportional to a fixed distance. The reflected sound energy indicates an object which is within certain distance from the cane.  
Prerequisites : EE340

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Dr. H. M. Masoudi

Wireless Power Transmission 

The objective of this project is to discover the Wireless Power Transmission technology and then design and implement a Wireless Power Transmission system capable in transmitting a house hold AC 110/220 V power wirelessly to charge an electrical device such as a mobile phone or a light bulb. Engineering design considerations such as efficiency, practicality and cost must be studied by this project.   
Prerequisites : EE340  B grade 

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Dr. H. M. Masoudi

Wireless Power Transmission 

The objective of this project is to discover the Wireless Power Transmission technology and then design and implement a Wireless Power Transmission system capable in transmitting a house hold AC 110/220 V power wirelessly to charge an electrical device such as a mobile phone or a light bulb. Engineering design considerations such as efficiency, practicality and cost must be studied by this project.
Prerequisites : EE340  B grade 

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Dr. Hussain Al-Duwaish

Identification and Control of a DC Motor

In this project, the students will find the transfer function of a DC motor from step response data and also by using the system identification toolbox of MATLAB. Then, the students will design a PI Controller and simulate the closed loop performance. Finally, the students will implement the designed controller on the CASI lab DC motor. 
Prerequisites : EE380

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Dr. Hussain Al-Duwaish

Identification and Control of a DC Motor

In this project, the students will find the transfer function of a DC motor from step response data and also by using the system identification toolbox of MATLAB. Then, the students will design a PI Controller and simulate the closed loop performance. Finally, the students will implement the designed controller on the CASI lab DC motor. 
Prerequisites : EE380

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Dr. DERICHE M

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Dr. Ibrahim Habiballah

Sollar Cell Self-Cleaning Technology 

Solar energy is clean and renewable. It doesn’t emit carbon dioxide during operation. One of the best places to put a solar panel is in the desert. But deserts are also dusty, which means the panels have to be cleaned frequently so the dust doesn’t stop them from capturing sunlight. This project proposes the use of cleaning technology that will clean the accomulated dry dust automatically. Such technology requires a small size motor, nebulizer system, and energy source to operate the cleaning process. It also requires some weather sensors to activate the proposed cleaning technology.

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Dr. S. SHEIKH

 Investigating Microwave properties of specific dielectric and magnetic Material

In Saudi Arabia, severe sand/dust storm can limit the quality of service (QoS) for broadband communication channels. Thus, modeling of Microwave attenuation in this dielectric media is essential to optimize the link budget of communication channels. In the oil production sector of Saudi Arabia, black powers are often extracted as a byproduct.  Black powders (iron sulfide) have magnetic properties that can interact with a microwave signal. This concept can be used to monitor black-power flow in an oil producing pipeline.

In this project, a lab based microwave measurement setup will be used to measure the scattering properties of dielectric and magnetic media. Using HFSS simulator, an equivalent simulation model will be created and used to analyze the microwave scattering properties of the media.  
Prerequisites : EE340  B grade 

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Dr. Azzedine Zerguine

Equalizer Design for ADSL Modems 

During initialization, ADSL modems transmit training data to enable to receiver to characterize the ADSL channel that connects them. The ADSL channel, which can be modeled as a finite impulse response filter, essentially spreads out the transmitted data in time (convolution effect). The receiver uses the knowledge of the transmitted and received training data to adapt a finite impulse response (FIR) filter to despread the received signal, i.e. to compensate for the channel distortion in time. The FIR filter is known as a time-domain equalizer (TEQ). The design of the TEQ has a dramatic impact on the bit rate of the ADSL connection.

14

Dr. Abdallah Al-Ahmari

Wireless Humidity and Temperature Sensor

Build a wireless humidity and temperature sensor using microcontroller, wireless transmitter, and wireless receiver.

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Dr. AL-DHARRAB S

16

Dr. BALGHONAIM 

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Dr. QURESHI K

Design and Implementation of a pulse rate monitoring system

The pulse rate of a human body, has been recognized as a vital sign since the beginning of medical science, and it is directly related to a person’s cadiovascular health. In this project the students will implement a pulse rate monitoring system using a microcontroller. An infrared pulse detecting sensor that uses the principle of transmission will be used to sense the pulse signal from a finger tip. The sensor output is read by a microcontroller, which then transfers the data to the PC through a serial interface.

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Dr. QURESHI K

Design and Implementation of a pulse rate monitoring system

The pulse rate of a human body, has been recognized as a vital sign since the beginning of medical science, and it is directly related to a person’s cadiovascular health. In this project the students will implement a pulse rate monitoring system using a microcontroller. An infrared pulse detecting sensor that uses the principle of transmission will be used to sense the pulse signal from a finger tip. The sensor output is read by a microcontroller, which then transfers the data to the PC through a serial interface.

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Dr. Hussein Attia

1-Wireless Power Transfer. 
2-Ground-penetrating radar . 
(up to students selection)

1-l power from the source to the load wirelessly. This technology will provide many benefits in wide range of applications such as communication, automation, medical, and environmental fields. 
2-Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is a geophysical method that uses radar pulses to image the subsurface. This nondestructive method uses electromagnetic radiation in the microwave band (UHF/VHF frequencies) of the radio spectrum, and detects the reflected signals from subsurface structures. This should help with many important applications such as the detection of land-mines, cracks in building and oil/petrol detection.

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Dr. Muhammad Khalid

Fault detection and isolation techniques in control systems

The project will investigate various fault detection and isolation techniques in control systems by computer simulations using MATLAB/SIMULINK software. The significance of the project lies in many automation systems.   
Prerequisites : The project requires basic understanding and fundamental concepts in control systems

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Dr. Ali Al-Awami

SHEMS: Smart Home Energy management System 

The objective of this project is to design and implement an intelligent control strategy for house appliances so as to promote higher energy efficiency in the house. The house will be assumed to receive a signal from the electric utility company that limits its maximum power consumption. The control strategy to be implemented should decide on which load(s) to be turned off based on certain criteria, such as the house owner's preferences. The controller will send control signals to the house appliances accordingly. The control action will be in effect as long as requested by the utility company.

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Dr.  Ali Al-Awami

SHEMS: Smart Home Energy Management System

The objective of this project is to design and implement an intelligent control strategy for house appliances so as to promote higher energy efficiency in the house. The house will be assumed to receive a signal from the electric utility company that limits its maximum power consumption. The control strategy to be implemented should decide on which load(s) to be turned off based on certain criteria, such as the house owner's preferences. The controller will send control signals to the house appliances accordingly. The control action will be in effect as long as requested by the utility company.

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Dr. Jhonathan Prieto Rojas

Stretchable Sensing System

This project will require to develop a fully stretchable circuit with a sensor application. The stretchable circuit will be implemented with meander-based copper interconnects embedded in a polymeric substrate. 
The main tasks are: 
1. Choose and implement a suitable circuit with sensing capabilities (e.g. heart rate monitor).
2. Fabrication of the sensing circuit on standard PCB.
3. Optimization of the already-developed manufacturing process for stretchable circuits.
4. Final fabrication and test of the sensing circuit on the optimized stretchable platform.  
Prerequisites : Experience with PCB (Recommended)