AME 386: Senior Design I, Fall 2018 - present

Senior Design Project in Audio and Music Engineering. In the first semester of this year-long AME Senior Project course, students are placed into groups with 3-4 members and define their design project with the instructor and an external customer. Each group will develop product concept documentation, detailed requirements specifications, system level designs, detailed sub-system designs and begin construction of demonstration prototypes. Emphasis is placed on developing and adhering to time schedules, teamwork, and working within an agreed upon financial budget.

AME 387: Senior Design II, Spring 2019 - present

In the second semester of this year-long AME Senior Project course, students complete the project proposed during the first semester. Each group meets regularly with the instructors to ensure that adequate progress is made each week. Emphasis is placed on the quality of the deliverable. It is expected that each project meets the goals stated in the original proposal. The deliverable for each group must be fully completed and demonstrated during Design Day - a celebration of scholarship showcasing projects from each of the programs in the engineering school.

Past Student Projects


I’ve co-taught the senior design course with Dan Phinney (2018-present), Sarah Smith (2019-2024), and Tre DiPassio (2023-2024). A few example projects are shown below. For a complete list of projects (unfortunately website data for the 2018/19 academic year is unavailable) see the University of Rochester Hajim Engineering School Design Day page.

** Note that the students started a company based on this project. The video link is to the original plugin design as created for this course.