Department

of Electrical Engineering and Electronics Final Year Projects Arrangements for 2013-2014 ELEC340 (B.Eng. F.Y. Project) ELEC440 (M.Eng. Individual Project) ELEC450 (M.Eng. Group Project)

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FYPs, bands, supervisors and assessors:

Each project is allocated one Supervisor and one Assessor. Supervisors and Assessors of the same project, are selected from the same Band. Both will mark most components of the project. There are various components to be marked:
Semester 1: Interim presentation, Interim report. Semester 2: Bench inspection, Final thesis.

Each band has an approximate thematic research area.

Some bands have overlapping areas. There are 3-4 members of staff in each band. Each member of staff acting as Supervisor offers 11 projects.
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Overall structure of bands:

Group
BAND A BAND B BAND C BAND D BAND E BAND F BAND G BAND H BAND I

Research Themes
SIGNAL & IMAGE PROCESSING, AVIONICS POWER & CONTROL MICROELECTRONICS MONITORING & COMPLEX SYSTEMS BIO/NANOENGINEERING TECHNOLOGICAL PLASMAS HIGH FREQUENCY ENGINEERING DIGITAL AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS MACHINE LEARNING/AI & MACHINE VISION, COMMUNICATIONS

Sta Members
J F RALPH S MASKELL S PARSONS QH WU L JIANG W TANG S HALL M RAJA I MITROVIC JW SPENCER J YAN L SU H VAN-ZALINGE P BRYANT S TAYLOR JW BRADLEY X TU J WALSH Y HUANG Y SHEN L RIDGWAY J SMITH A AL-ATABY J BAINBRIDGE J MARSLAND JY GOULERMAS T MU W AL NUAIMY J ZHU

Examples of Ntles and descripNons:

Band A Signal and Image Processing, Avionics A01 Consistent classification fusion (S - algorithmic project) This project will consider classification problems involving multiple types of sensor (eg using cooperative face and speech recognition for biometric applications). The aim of the project is to improve classification performance in such scenarios. The assessment of current systems for processing a single sensors data will be extended to include a new metric. This metric can quantify whether the system is consistent, ie good at self-diagnosis of performance. Based on this metric, singlesensor subsystems will be down-selected. Classification information from these subsystems will then be fused in a way that models the notion of trust in the sensors data. The student will need to be familiar with MATLAB and/or C++. The project will require some learning of probabilistic signal processing techniques. Supervisor: Prof S Maskell (s.maskell@liverpool.ac.uk) A02 Pi-Lego-Bot (H hardware/software project) This project will consider interfacing a Raspberry Pi, the new Raspberry Pi camera board and Lego Mindstorms to make a Pi-Lego-Bot. The aim of the project will be to investigate the potential to host image processing algorithms on the Raspberry Pi. This should make it possible to process real-time video from the camera board and convert the video into control commands that enable the Pi-Lego-Bot explore its environment. The student will need to be familiar with the Raspberry Pi. The

H, R and S projects:
H hardware projects which require allocated bench space in the fourth floor lab (all new for 2013). May also include elements of R and S type projects R projects that use some research facility based in B block. May also include an element of S type projects. S simulation or software projects 127 H projects, 39 R projects and 133 S projects.
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What to do now ?
Released this week ! Download, read, think, discuss with supervisors and choose a project as soon as possible! Complete with your supervisor the: Project Allocation / Risk Assessment form (without it, you have no project allocated!). Project Requirements form (to request hardware/software, equipment). Specification Report (to describe the methodology, tasks, milestones, deliverables, etc.). Then, return them to: The General Office or the Laboratory Technicians (read the forms carefully).
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FYP opNons:
ELEC340/440: you have your own idea for a project? You will need to find a supervisor and generate a suitable project. Some staff have already listed such projects. CSEE (HH66, GHK6, etc.) programme: two options! ELEC340/ELEC440 or COMP390. A limited number of projects offered by Computer Science via COMP390. Project to be chosen 7th May 21st June.
Further details: Dr Darek Kowalski (D.Kowalski@liverpool.ac.uk)

FYP value and Nmescales:

Your project is very important: 30 credits (25% of the Final Year, or equivalent to 4 exams of 7.5 credit modules). Your project should be enjoyable, but also challenging. You will need to read, learn, plan, work independently and produce high quality work. Read the Marking Descriptors at the FYP website to obtain an idea of what an excellent project should achieve. You have around 22 weeks to complete the work. By Week 11 of Semester 1 you should have completed approximately half of your project, and be able to present a significant amount of progress in your Interim Report.
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FYP stages overview:

Time*
Now - end of this academic year SEMESTER 1, 2013-14: Week 1 Week 2 (Wed, 2/Oct/2013) Week ? (Specic ?mes TBA) Week 12 (Wed, 11/Dec/2013) SEMESTER 2: Week 10 (Specic ?mes TBA) Week 11 (Wed, 30/April/2014)

AcNon
Students approach Supervisors, choose a project, and complete the Project AllocaNon/Risk assessment form and the Project Requirements form. Detailed project specica?ons must have been completed. Students without a project are allocated a random unallocated project. Students submit the SpecicaNon Report (completed in collabora?on with the Supervisor).

Marking
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Students give a Project PresentaNon to academic sta At least two sta members mark the and other students from their Band, based on progress oral presenta?on (weight=10%). and results so far. Students submit the Interim Report (including a Revised Specica?on, if appropriate). There is a Poster presentaNon and Bench inspecNon day with students, academic sta, External Examiners (EE) and the Industrial Advisory Board (IAB). The Project Thesis is submiWed together with a summary (conference-style) Paper. This report is marked by the Supervisor. Feedback to students by wk1 of Sem.2 (weight=20%). Bench inspec?on is marked by at least two sta, and the examiners and visitors (weight=15%). These are marked by the Supervisor and the Assessor (weight=55%), and are addi?onally moderated.
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* Dates & times may change, but such changes will be confirmed in advance via email.

Immediate plan:
Download the Project List from the website, and choose a project. Until you complete the Project Allocation/Risk Assessment form with your supervisor and return it to the Student Support Office, you do not officially have a project! Do this by the end of the year, but preferably as soon as possible as "your perfect project J" may be taken by somebody else L. Complete the Project Requirements form and return it to the Lab Technicians. Discuss with your supervisor how to fill the Specification Report and return it to the Student Support Office before the deadline:
What is the aim of the project and why is it important? How will the different tasks be carried out? What are the important milestones, deliverables and their required timescales?

Those who do not choose a project themselves will be allocated one from the remaining (unallocated) ones.

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Questions ?

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Presenta?on from the Laboratory Supervisors

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Projects 2013/2014
Your Project starts now! As does Project Safety! Throughout the course of your project you should be considering all the poten?al safety implica?ons of your project. Are you working at high voltages (+30V), High Currents, using Chemicals etc?. Think SAFETY throughout your project and onwards throughout your career!!.
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Final Year Project Procedures 2013/14

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As soon as possible aber the project ?tle has been allocated you must obtain a copy of the project requirement form & the project General Notes available from the 4th Floor Lab Technicians or via the intranet site. You must read and understand the project general notes document before seeing your project supervisor and comple?ng the project requirement form.
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 You must make arrangements to meet with your project supervisor. At this mee?ng you should discuss the project requirements including any further safety implica?ons, likely working areas and complete the Final Year project requirement form. Please ensure you state any special requirement(s) that will aect the loca?on of the project. Please ensure that the 4th Floor technicians are aware of any inten?on to work outside the 4th Floor Laboratory area.

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 If any components are required your project supervisor must sign the form to authorise their purchase. Alterna?ve ordering arrangements may apply if working outside the 4th Floor Labs. You must then submit the completed project requirements form to the 4th Floor Laboratory Technicians as soon as possible but by the end of this semester at the latest. A form must be submiWed for all projects even if there are no requirements.
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When you submit your project requirement form the Technicians will discuss your requirements with you and may request addi?onal informa?on from you before they can accept your form. They may also refer you back to your project supervisor for further discussion. They will NOT accept the requirement form unless it is completed correctly and includes a contact email.

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IMPORTANT Failure to return the form will mean that NO arrangements will be made for your project. This will cause considerable delays in the start of your project which may aect the nal marks allocated to you. If you have any doubts about the procedures to follow please ask either the 4th Floor Technicians or myself .

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