EE382C Embedded Software Systems - Spring 1999 Projects

Prof. Brian L. Evans

This page describes the research projects that the students have proposed for the Spring 1999 semester.

1. Jianhua Gan, "Adaptive Power Control Module in Cellular Radio System"
   • White Paper
   • Literature Survey: Presentation - Report
   • Final Project: Presentation - Report
   • Demonstration using HP Advanced Design System
   • Jianhua is a Ph.D.E.E. student at UT Austin.
2. Heather Hanson and Gayathri Manikutty, "Hardware/Software Partitioning of Synchronous Dataflow Graphs in Ptolemy"
   • White Paper
   • Literature Survey: Presentation - Report
   • Final Project: Presentation - Report
   • Gayathri was a graduate student under Prof. Margarida Jacome and finished with an MSEE degree in Summer 2000. Heather is a Ph.D.E.E. student under the direction of Prof. Doug Burger (CS) and Prof. Lizy John (ECE).
3. Patrick Jackson and Reza Koohrang, "HDSL2 Modem Modeling and Simulation"
   • Project abstract
   • Literature Survey: Presentation - Report
   • Final Project: Presentation - Report
   • Patrick works at Breaking Point Systems in Austin, TX. Reza works for IBM in Austin, TX.
4. Kurt Nee and Chad Roesle, "Feasability of Implementating an H.263+ Decoder on a TMS320C6x Digital Signal Processor"
   • Literature Survey: Presentation - Report
   • Final Project: Presentation - Report
   • Kurt works full-time for National Instruments in Austin, TX, and is also a part-time MSEE student at UT Austin. (nee@ece.utexas.edu) Chad works full-time for Dell Computer in Austin, TX (Chad_Roesle@dell.com).
5. Michael Schaeffer, "An Extension to the Foundation Fieldbus Model for Specifying Process Control Strategies"
   • Literature Survey: Presentation - Report
   • Final Project: Presentation - Report
   • Michael works full-time for National Instruments.
6. Deepu Talla, "Evaluating Programmable VLIW and SIMD Architectures for DSP and Multimedia Applications"
   • White Paper
   • Literature Survey: Presentation - Report
   • Final Project: Presentation - Report
   • Deepu finished his Ph.D.E.E. under Prof. Lizy John in Summer 2001 and now works as a System Architect, DSP R&D Center, Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX

• Moey Wiebush and Charles Wilson, "Performance of the Vendor Supplied Compiler for the TMS320C62"
  • White Paper
  • Literature Survey Presentation