Senior Design Projects

Design showcase

ECE Senior Design at UC Davis

Our senior design courses empower students to turn ideas into real-world engineering solutions. From RF/microwave systems and electro-optics to machine learning, IoT, and autonomous vehicles, students design, build, and test innovative projects that integrate cutting-edge technologies. These courses showcase teamwork, creativity, and problem-solving, with outcomes ranging from smart devices and sensors to autonomous cars. Explore how UC Davis ECE students are shaping the future—one project at a time.

Dream it. Design it. Build it- the ECE way.
A purple colored electronic chip

EEC 134 A/B

Design of RF/Microwave Systems

The two-quarter-long EEC 134 course was created to satisfy the need for a senior project course for students who are interested in high-frequency electronic systems

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A glove with wires and electronic chips attached to it

EEC 136 A/B

Electronic Design Project

EEC 136 is a senior capstone design project course focused on electronic systems. Teams of 3-4 students typically combine sensors, a microcontroller, and a wireless interface to create a system that accomplishes a specific task.

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A black and white mini electronic car with a camera attached

EEC 174 A/B

Senior Design Projects in Applied Machine Learning

In EEC174 A/B, students will be introduced to challenges involved in designing and implementing components that are critical to data-driven and artificial intelligence (AI)-based control systems.

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A digital chess board with an arrow showing the next move

EEC 181 A/B

Digital Systems Design Project

The course involves the design, analysis, implementation, and testing of an application specific processor (ASP) using a modern, large-scale field programmable gate array (FPGA).

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A remote control car with red wires and green electronic chips

EEC 195 A/B

Autonomous Vehicle Project

The students will be provided with a radio-controlled car chassis and the rules for the contest. The objective of the project is to design and construct an autonomous race car that can negotiate a preset course in the shortest time possible.

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Engineering Student Design Showcase

Engineering Design Showcase

The Engineering Design Showcase is the culminating experience for graduating seniors. Teams complete a capstone project in which they design and prototype a product, device, process or software system. This event brings together project teams from all eight departments for an opportunity to share student designs with the public.

The showcase is hosted annually in person and is open to all members of the public.

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