Support and Workspace for ASU Students

TEMPE, AZ - 08/31/2010 - Arizona State University (ASU) requires all graduating engineering seniors to build and present a final design project in their respective field. STC provided work space, guidance and material support to a group of students who were tasked with a solar project for the graduating class of Spring 2010. The students came to STC with a project to build an inverter system to run an AC radio/CD player directly from the solar module they were given.

The students were advised on the various design possibilities feasible for reaching the objective. After doing research for a week, they decided on a simple square wave oscillator design. None of the them had any experience with designing actual circuits, soldering or testing of basic designs.

During the six weekends the students worked on their project, they were taught basic soldering; uses of a variety to shop tools; how to build a working prototype on a bread board; and how to manipulate a variety of circuit components to meet their project objectives. By the time the project was ready for presentation all of the students understood how to pick components for a project, where to shop for them and how to troubleshoot their project when a connection became loose.

The project concluded with a 4-hour outdoor presentation at ASU's engineering courtyard. The students participating were: Alex Tinoco, Jack Jeng, and Sung Kim. All three graduated with electrical engineering degrees.

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