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Student Projects

The physics department at Loyola University Maryland would like to list the following projects created by students in their lab courses:

  • The Narcissus project - MS
  • To Control the Height of a Ping Pong Ball - CS
  • LabVIEW Birdfeeder Project - MS
  • Relative Humidity as a Function of Temperature and Dewpoint - AD
  • Implementation of Strain Gauges in PH 398.01 - MS
  • Damped Oscillations - MV
  • Simon Says LED - MH
  • Frequency-Operated Water Pumps - GF
  • The Proofenator - KM
  • Actually, It Is Rocket Science - CH
  • Interactive Music Theory Program in LabView - EM
  • Make Your Mark: Physics and  Art Installation - JR
  • The Omnidirectional Cart - JF
  • Exploring Whiplash and the Human Head - AW
  • Android Laser Turret (Arduino) - AK
  • I'll Be Deaf by 25 (electronics, LabView) - GW
  • Arduino-Controlled Motion-Sensing Stoplight Intersection - MK
  • Simon Says/Color Sensor (Arduino/electronics) - OO
  • The Logarithmic Piano (Arduino) - ArK
  • Failure: a Vital Element of Design (electronics) - AK
  • Arduin-Dial: Arduino Powered "Sun Dial" with LED Array - KS
  • Heartrate Monitor Through LabView - AS
  • Photospectrometer (Arduino) - TR
  • Thermal Control System (LabView) - LA
  • Water Pollution and Correction (LabView) - CK
  • Solar Tracker: Creating a Self-Reliant Energy Source (LabView) - JG
  • Analog Theremin Using Colpitts Oscillator (electronics) - KS
  • Determination of the Distance Dependence of Theremin Frequency (expt) - KS 
  • DC Motor Controller Using Pulse Width Modulation (electronics) - SM
  • Arduino-Controlled Robot - SM
  • Digital Circuits - Integrating Transistor Gates with the Half Adder (electronics) - JG
  • The Beat of a Drum ... or Maybe Just a Metronome (electronics) - AK
  • Voltage-Controlled Oscillator for an Electric Keyboard (electronics) - TR
  • Solar-Powered Radio (electronics) - CK
  • Synthesizers and Oscillators (electronics) - AS
  • An Overview of the Arduino - LA
  • Spectrum Analyzer (LabView) - YK
  • Line Following Lego Mindstorm w/ Collision Prevention (LabView) - SW
  • A Light-Sensitive Alarm (electronics) - YK
  • Game Show Buzzer (electronics) - SW
  • Synchronizing a Video Camera and Two Flash Units using Time Delay Circuits (electronics) - RK
  • Color! -Mixing Light- (LabView) - DK
  • Equalizer (LabView) - MD 
  • Weather Station (LabView) - LA
  • 38 kHz Infrared Signal Emitter and Receiver (electronics) - DK
  • Temperature Indicator (electronics) - LA
  • Dancing LEDs (electronics) - MD

"Monstrosity Bike"
Bike-powered generator that produces a set of different voltages (electronics) - DG

  • The Green Zone! Power of the Pedal, Power of the sun (electronics) - DG
  • Combination Lockbox (LabView) - RK
  • Building a Two-in-One Reaction Tester (electronics) - RK
  • Temperature-Sensing Turkey Timer (electronics) - MP
  • The Sound-Activated Relay (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Nerf Auto-Turret) (elec) - AZ
  • Ultrahigh-Gain Microphone Preamplifier (electronics) - MP
  • Get Rich Quick - Magic in Metal Detectors (electronics) - LOB
  • Sound to Light and Back Again (electronics) - AO
  • Incubating Box (LabView) - PLP
  • Measuring the Critical Temperature of a Superconductor (LabView) - CE
  • Motion of a Chaotic Pendulum (LabView) - CN
  • LEGO for Learning (LabView) - DH
  • Failbot: The De-Evolving Robot (LabView) - JD
  • AM Radio (electronics) - PLP
  • I Can Find Coins in Your Pocket! (electronics) - CN
  • Laser Tag (electronics) - DH and JD
  • Measuring Electromagnetic Fields of Everyday Devices (electronics) - CE

There are more projects! If interested, please contact the physics department.