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All UCSB Mechanical Engineering seniors gain hands-on experience via the ME Capstone Project (ME189). 

Students work in teams under the direction of a faculty advisor to tackle an engineering design project. Engineering communication, such as reports and oral presentations are covered. We emphasize practical, hands-on experience, and integrate analytical and design skills acquired in companion senior-level core courses.

If you would like to sponsor a project, or would like to check what our students have created this year please visit our UCSB Engineering Capstone website!

For more information, please contact:

Tyler Susko ,  Capstone Instructor, Lecturer PSOE:  [email protected]

Thank you to our 2023-24 Capstone Sponsors:

CS & ECE 189 Senior Capstone Projects

During the senior year, CE students are required to take the Senior Computer Systems Project courses also known as the Senior "Capstone" Project. This course helps satisfy CE Major Degree Requirements in the Senior Elective Study Plan.

The Capstone Project gives CE students the opportunity to put their education into practice. Students, working in small teams, design and engineer innovative hardware and software systems using techniques from robotics, distributed systems, circuit design, networking, and real-time systems to tackle problems and create a final "tangible" project.

Every year at the end of the final quarter the projects are presented at full-day, industry-supported events where student groups publicly present their projects and participate in a project demonstration and poster event.

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CS 189 Course & Projects

ECE 189 Course & Projects

Senior project courses.

Student groups design a significant computer-based project. Groups work independently with interaction among groups via interface specifications and informal meetings.

Computer Science 189A/B

Instructors: Profs. Chandra Krintz (CMPSC 189A) and Dahlia Malkhi (189B)

Throughout this two-course sequence, student teams engage in all aspects of an engineering problem including design, prototype, testing, deployment, and public demonstration. The course is based on a learn-by-doing approach in which teams employ cutting-edge software technologies, tools, and engineering practices to construct significant software applications and systems.

Unique to the UCSB CS Capstone is industry collaboration. Top companies from around the country partner with and mentor student teams. Industrial participants propose project ideas (that range from well-defined to wide open) from which student teams choose, as part of short, competitive “pitches”. The CS 189 senior project series culminates in a public project presentation and demonstration by each team at Summit CS in March.

Electrical and Computer Engineering 189A/B/C

Instructor: Dr. Yogananda Isukapalli (ECE 189A/B/C)

ECE 189A/B/C is a year-long capstone project course sequence in which Computer Engineering (CE) senior students design and implement an embedded computer system. Working in small groups of four to six, the teams draw on the strengths of each member, and projects are intended to be the culmination of the student's undergraduate education, incorporating both significant hardware and software components and, in some cases, mechanical components as well. CE Capstone Projects offer students real-world experience in the lifespan of developing an embedded system: identifying a problem, designing to required specifications, managing budgets and printed circuit board fabrication, and delivering their finished product on time.

CE capstone projects fall into several categories: (i) Student defined projects, in which students come up with the design idea on their own; (ii) Industry-sponsored projects, in which an industry partner specifies a design challenge of interest to their organization; (iii) Research group projects, in which a research group at UCSB poses a design challenge; (iv) Student project competitions, in which students enter as contestants in an organized competition.

ECE 189 senior projects will be showcased at the end of the Spring quarter at the ECE 189 Capstone Project poster session and resentation event.

ECE 189 Capstone 2024 Projects

Information about the ECE 189A/B/C Course

The event for ECE 189A/B/C was held on June 6 (Thu), 2024

Presentation Event Video

2024 Best Projects

• 1st Place – Homeflow ( Demo Video )
• 2nd Place – Chirality (Demo Video )
• 3rd Place – USV ( Demo Video )

Information about the CS 189A/B Course

The summit.cs event for CS 189A/B was held on March 15 (Fri), 2024 at Henley Hall 

• 1st Place – Brandon and The Verilog Survivors / RealityReal (Appfolio): A platform for creating professional quality real estate videos in minutes
• 2nd Place – APPLE.PY (Artera): a smartphone Apple watch platform w/ easy to access info about alcohol safety
• 3rd Place – LOGOS (Veridise): the creation of a common Intermediate Representation (IR) for all frameworks
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EE Capstone Projects 2023

From The ECE Current newsletter article "EE Capstone Projects 2023"

Through the UCSB Electrical Engineering (EE) Capstone Projects program, all EE seniors complete a year-long engineering design project, either as part of a 4-5 person team of Electrical Engineering students or on a 10-12 person multidisciplinary team that also includes Mechanical Engineering and Art Students. Projects are completed in collaboration with and are mentored by industry partners and UCSB research labs.

In the 2022-23 academic year, our students completed 9 EE-focused projects and 3 multidisciplinary projects in areas such as robotics, control systems, vision systems and AI, RF circuits, optics, autonomous driving, embedded design, and many others. Several teams also entered their projects in various competitions, including OceanPulse (EE), whose networked buoy system for ocean monitoring propelled them to the finals of the 2023 UCSB New Venture Competition, and GANER (multidisciplinary), whose ship maintenance robot placed first in the US Navy’s 2023 Robot Rodeo competition.

All participating students presented their projects at the 2023 UCSB Engineering Design Expo, during which a panel of industry and faculty judges selected the top projects to receive the following awards:

Make sure to check out each project's Team Members, Description, YouTube, Poster and Image Gallery

• Excellence in Multidisciplinary Engineering: GANER  
• Excellence in Electrical Engineering: LineAlert  
• Outstanding Innovation in Electrical Engineering: FusionSense  
• Distinguished Technical Achievement in Electrical Engineering: ASML ControlSense

The ECE Current 2023–2024 – "EE Capstone Projects 2023"

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2023 College of Engineering Capstone – EE and Multidisciplinary Projects

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During the senior year, ECE offers a year-long Senior Electrical Engineering Project course also known as the Senior "Capstone" Project. This course helps satisfy Electrical Engineering Major Degree Requirements in the Senior Elective Study Plan.

The Capstone Project gives Electrical and Computer Engineering students the opportunity to put their education into practice. Students, working in small teams, design, build, and present a challenging engineering design project. The design challenges, of which each team selects one to tackle, are proposed and supported by UCSB faculty research groups or by industry. Projects typically involve design and implementation of both hardware and software systems. The projects span a variety of topics in the field of electrical and computer engineering, including for example energy generation and conversion systems, electrochemical and biological sensors, image processing systems, control systems and circuits, and solid-state lighting systems.

Every year at the end of the Spring quarter, the final projects are shown at an industry-supported event where student groups participate in an outdoor project demonstration / poster session and publicly present their projects.

Senior Capstone Project Course

Student groups integrate the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier coursework to tackle a challenging engineering design project which is proposed and supported by a UCSB faculty research group or by an industry supporter. The project is evaluated through written reports, oral presentations, and demonstrations of performance.

Electrical and Computer Engineering 188A/B/C - Course Website

Instructor: Ilan Ben-Yaacov

188A (Fall quarter) - ECE 188A primarily focuses on the initial project design and development stage. After choosing a project, each group begins researching the critical elements of their project, developing a preliminary project plan with a set of preliminary design specifications, and gives a short preliminary presentation to the class describing their projects. Students then continue to refine their plan and begin prototyping and design testing. By the end of the quarter, each group finalizes their project plan and product design specifications, demonstrates a prototype of at least one system/element of their project, and gives a 30 minute presentation detailing (1) The Project Plan, (2) Product Design Specifications, (3) Budget, (4) Prototyping and Testing, and (5) Division of Labor (individual responsibilities).

188B (Winter quarter) - In ECE 188B, the groups continue to develop their products and refine their specifications, begin PCB design (where applicable), and at the end of the quarter demonstrate a second product prototype.

188C (Spring quarter) - In ECE 188C, the final quarter of the sequence, students finalize their designs and product specifications, and then assemble and debug their products. At the end of the quarter, each group presents and demos their product at the ECE/CS Capstone Presentation day. Final presentations include a 25-minute oral presentation, as well as a poster presentation and product demo.

2020 Capstone Supporters

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2020 ECE 188A/B/C Senior Capstone Projects

Zoom presentations on June 5, 2020 (Fri) from 1:00-2:45p

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Multidisciplinary Projects

Teams of EE and Mechanical Engineering students

BabyJoy : Therapy device for children with cerebral palsy

Team : Suhail Chakravarty, Steven Delello, Jana Georgieva, Raina Jang, Xiyuan Xiyuan

TDS Core 5 : Training tool enabling surgeons to better use the AEOS surgical microscope

Team : Xinyu Guan, Alejandro Martinez, Shibo Wang, Yilong Zeng, Xin Zhang

RPL : Rocket engine and propulsion system for FAR/Mars Rocket Competition

Team : Hayden Alcaraz, Meital Carmi Garrett Clover Mingzhe Li Dakota Rogers, Chuhang Meng

Electrical Engineering Projects

Cyclus : Motor drive platform for improved motor control

Team : Jeremy Barnes, Zichun Chai, Michael Jing, Tuo Zhang

ForestField : Sensor system for forest fire detection

Team : Jeremiah Ford, Jeffrey Li, Ryan Phan

HAL : Automated shoe fit analysis tool

Team : Jenna Bovaird, Salvador Jimenez, Paul Monroy, Rahil Patel

InspeCO2 : Control system for Lidar tool that detects and maps atmospheric CO2

Team : Shannon Lee, Frank Perez

RAYO : Digital multi-receiver stethoscope

Team : William Cai, Owen Ou, Michael Quach

Senkei : Open source digital predistortion (DPD) design platform

Team : Guanyu Chen, Estefano Fodor, Eythan Lam, Emmanuel Magana, Hamilton Wu

ThermaSure : Spot thermometer calibration tool

Team : Adrian Alcocer, Nikhil D'souza, John Longtin

Wear Care : Wearable blood flow monitoring device

Team : Ivan Arevalo Gutierrez, Alec Wicklund, Yunxuan Yang

2019 ECE 188 Best Capstone Projects

• Excellence in EE : Altair ZenPad
• Multidisciplinary Excellence in Engineering : LegTrek

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2018 ECE 188 Best Capstone Projects

• Engineering Innovation in EE : UCSB Hyperloop
• Excellence in EE : SONOS Move

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2024 MEDS Capstone Project Presentations

8 Group Capstone Projects Presented by Master of Environmental Data Science Students

Master of Environmental Data Science  capstone projects are completed in collaboration with a client partner to advance data-driven solutions to environmental problems. The MEDS Class of 2024 will present eight Capstone Projects on Friday, May 31, from 1:00pm to 4:15pm Pacific Time. This event will be held in-person on the UC Santa Barbara campus in Bren Hall 1414, and streamed live online. This event is open to the public, both in-person and online. Registration is not required for online or in person attendance.

Watch the livestream of all presentations here  starting May 31 at 1:00pm PT

• 1:00 - 1:10pm: Dean's Welcome & Session 1 Introduction
• 1:10 - 1:30pm:  Identifying Priority Survey Sites for Early-Season Milkweed Conservation ; Amanda Herbst, Sam Muir, Anna Ramji, Melissa Widas
• 1:30 - 1:50pm:  Mapping Tree Species Drought Sensitivity Under Climate Change ; Briana Barajas, Rosemary Juarez, Fletcher McConnell, Vanessa Salgado
• 1:50 - 2:10pm:  Understanding the Influence of Parameter Value Uncertainty on Climate Model Output: Developing an Interactive Dashboard ; Sujan Bhattarai, Heather Childers, Sofia Ingersoll
• 2:10 - 2:30pm:  Development of an Interactive Visualization and Training Toolkit for Climate Impacts on the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary ; Liv Holt, Diana Navarro, Patricia Park
• 2:30 - 2:50pm: Break
• 2:50 - 2:55pm Session 2 Introduction
• 2:55 - 3:15pm:  Creating a Reproducible Model of Annual Emissions Outputs for a Sock Manufacturer’s Supply Chain ; Annie Adams, Carly Caswell, Linus Ghanadan, Flora Hamilton
• 3:15 - 3:35pm:  Assessing the Impact of Supply-Side Policies on Oil Extraction, Health, and Employment in California ; Mariam Garcia, Haejin Kim, Maxwell Patterson
• 3:35 - 3:55pm:  Climate Hazards Data Integration and Visualization for the Climate Adaptation Solutions Accelerator (CASA) through School-Community Hubs ; Liane Chen, Charlie Curtin, Kristina Glass, Hazel Vaquero
• 3:55 - 4:15pm:  Improving Access to Fish Consumption Advisories and Maintaining Confidence in California’s Healthy Seafood Products ; Kate Becker, Hope Hahn, Luna Herschenfeld-Catalan, Ben Versteeg
• 4:15 - 5:30pm: Reception in the Bren Hall Michael J. Connell Courtyard

Master of Environmental Data Science Capstone Project Presentation Day: A Welcome by Dean Steve Gaines

I’m pleased to invite you to the 3rd annual Capstone Project Final Presentations, showcasing projects completed by the Bren School Master of Environmental Data Science Class of 2024. Over the course of five months, students work in teams with two faculty advisors who monitor progress, provide technical assistance and expertise, and evaluate the project. This hands-on experience prepares Bren graduates to be leaders in solving the environmental problems of the 21st century. 

The Master of Environmental Data Science (MEDS) program offers an applied problem-solving and solution-oriented curriculum that prepares students with skills to work with, analyze, and communicate environmental data. 

MEDS Capstone Projects train students to work as a team while they conduct comprehensive analyses of current environmental issues. Students partner with clients to define the scope of a real-world environmental problem, then contribute to a solution through data processing, analysis, and development of data products.

The Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara continues to play a leading role in researching environmental issues, identifying and solving environmental problems, and training research scientists and environmental-management professionals. The Bren School continues to be impressed by the depth of knowledge displayed by our students. I hope you will join us for this fascinating day of presentations.

Thank you to the Bren School's Corporate and Institutional Partners:

AEP Channel Counties Chapter, Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, California Homebuilding Foundation, Deckers Outdoor Corporation, Latham & Watkins, O’Melveny & Myers, Professional Environmental Managers Association (PEMA), Rincon Consultants, Southern California Edison, The Nature Conservancy, Toad & Co.

Data science capstone at UCSB

Collaborative research experiences for undergraduates in interdisciplinary data science, computational science, and statistics

• Applications for 2024-2025 capstone class are open until the end of the spring quarter. Next selection to take place by mid-summer. Application form
• Interest form for project sponsorship proposals now available; read more on our info for sponsors page
• 2022-2023 capstone posters are now available on the projects page

Welcome to the homepage for UC Santa Barbara’s data science capstone.

The capstone aims to provide students with hands-on research training and career development opportunities related to data science. It is equally suitable for students interested in entering the job market as it is for those considering graduate school – we partner with both industry and academic project sponsors to offer research experiences spanning a breadth of application domains.

For participating students, the capstone is a year-long course sequence comprising two distinct portions: a preparatory course in data science topics and collaborative research skills (PSTAT197A/CMPSC190DD, offered fall term) and two experiential learning courses in which students work in teams on interdisciplinary projects sponsored by an external partner and advised by a technical specialist (PSTAT197B-C/CMPSC190DE-DF, offered winter and spring terms). The course sequence culminates with a public showcase of student work.

For participating project sponsors, the program offers opportunities to engage in mentorship, advance research agendas, and establish collaborative partnerships.

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Fact sheet: following through on the u.s.-pacific islands partnership 53rd pacific islands forum (pif) leaders meeting in nuku'alofa, tonga, august 26-30, 2024.

Since coming into office, the Biden-Harris administration has worked tirelessly to broaden and deepen its engagement with Pacific island countries as a priority of U.S. foreign policy. As a Pacific nation, the United States has a clear and abiding interest in partnering with its Pacific neighbors to advance a shared agenda: addressing the climate crisis, maintaining peaceful waterways and upholding freedom of navigation, promoting development and economic growth, and deepening people-to-people ties. The United States has and will continue to advance our shared priorities in a careful, consultative manner that centers the Pacific Islands Forum as the region's institution of choice, including at the 53rd Pacific Island Forum Leaders Meeting taking place in Tonga this week. And we will seek to engage other friends of the Pacific through groupings like the Partners in the Blue Pacific and the Quad to ensure engagement with the region is conducted in a way that best meets Pacific needs, as identified in guiding documents like the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent and the Boe Declaration.

Over the last three and a half years, the Biden-Harris administration has hosted two historic Pacific Islands Forum Summits at the White House; opened three new embassies in Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu; released the first ever U.S.-Pacific Partnership Strategy; and announced plans, working with Congress, to provide over $8 billion in new funding for the Pacific Islands. The United States recognized Cook Islands and Niue as sovereign and independent states and established diplomatic relationships with them; expanded USAID offices in Papua New Guinea and Fiji; returned the Peace Corps to Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu; and increased the availability of U.S. consular services to enable easier travel. We have surged Coast Guard resources to help Pacific island countries safeguard their maritime territories against illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing; launched National Guard State Partnership Programs with Samoa and Papua New Guinea; and tended to tens of thousands of medical patients during missions by the hospital ship USNS Mercy. And we have worked to uplift the economies of the Pacific by launching a $50 million microfinance facility for micro-, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs); co-hosting a Pacific Banking Forum with Australia; investing in secure and resilient internet infrastructure throughout the region; and recruiting a delegation of U.S. companies to explore business opportunities at a seminar in Suva.

Our commitment to the Pacific is steadfast and future-oriented. The long-term investments we are making in our presence and our partnerships in this region are evidence of our intent to build lasting relationships with our Pacific partners, which we will accomplish with whole-of-government, bipartisan support. And we will continue to center our engagement on Pacific-identified needs, via new programs, initiatives, and funding like those laid out below. Highlights of these, subject to Congressional requirements, include: providing an additional $20 million toward the development of the PIF's Pacific Resilience Facility; identifying four Pacific institutions to receive up to $50 million from our MSME microfinancing facility; opening a consular window to provide in-person visa services at our Embassy in Tonga; holding a trade promotion and capacity building seminar in the region; and launching a new five - year program to boost Pacific island countries' access to climate finance.

Enhancing Pacific Islands' Climate Resilience There is no greater challenge facing the Pacific Islands in the 21st century than the threat posed by climate change. It is critical that the world, particularly all major economies, accelerate cuts in greenhouse gas emissions on a trajectory consistent with keeping 1.5 degrees within reach. Recognizing that climate impacts like sea-level rise are already underway, we must also advance adaptation efforts. The United States has heard the calls from Pacific leaders and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat to support adaptation and resilience for local populations, and is proud to support Pacific-led initiatives, including the Pacific Resilience Facility.

• Additional Support for the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF): The Department of State, pending Congressional notification and completion of domestic procedures, intends to provide an additional $20 million to the PIF's Pacific Resilience Facility to support the facility's development of its core operational procedures and project preparation for an initial set of facility grants.
• Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project: The Department of State intends to provide $2.65 million for the Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project to support a land reclamation project that will increase the nation's land area by 21 hectares with support from Taiwan, Australia, and New Zealand.
• Accelerating Climate Finance for a More Resilient Climate Future: USAID is launching two new complementary climate finance activities that will work hand in hand to bolster the region's climate resilience. The first is Climate Ready 2.0, a new five-year effort to partner with Pacific island countries and regional institutions to improve access to and management of climate finance from a variety of sources (e.g., multi-donor trust funds, bilateral donors, philanthropies, and the private sector) needed to fund their adaptation priorities and solutions. This new activity will build on years of successful collaboration with local partners and the private sector, which has helped Pacific island countries mobilize over half a billion dollars from international climate funds. The second is a new line of effort through the USAID Climate Finance Development Accelerator to catalyze new partnerships with the private sector and identify finance to scale up successful local solutions and approaches in Fiji and Papua New Guinea. It will also strengthen the capacity of Pacific civil society organizations to improve climate resilience through community-driven projects.
• Strengthening Disaster Preparedness: USAID is providing over $3.6 million to bolster local, provincial, and national disaster preparedness throughout the Pacific region. This funding will support a new partnership with the Pacific Community (SPC) to enhance emergency management systems and coordination, extend USAID's long-standing partnership with the World Food Program to strengthen logistics and the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster, and expand humanitarian partners' efforts to train emergency responders. USAID's three-pronged approach—to enhance emergency response systems, improve disaster preparedness, and strengthen first-responder capabilities—promotes self-reliance, enabling partner countries to lessen the impacts of natural hazards and respond more effectively to disasters.
• Launching the Pacific Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (PACS) : The Department of State, working with Congress, and Australia each plan to provide $1.3 million to launch PACS to build a more climate-resilient food system in Pacific island countries, in partnership with the Pacific Community and New Zealand. An expansion of the U.S.-catalyzed global Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) movement, PACS will support Pacific efforts like the Unlocking Blue Pacific Prosperity (UBPP) initiative to increase targeted investments in diverse, nutritious, and climate-adapted crops grown in healthy soils and sustainably managed landscapes.
• Climate-Smart Agriculture: Working with Congress, USAID intends to provide $2 million to support a new initiative with other partners to support climate-smart agriculture in the Pacific and increase the availability of nutritious, safe, and affordable foods. USAID will also seek partnerships with key regional institutions and initiatives like UBPP as well as private-sector stakeholders to leverage their expertise and resources to promote supply chain diversification.
• Partnership with the Philippines to Enhance Pacific Disaster Readiness : USAID is supporting a collaborative humanitarian learning initiative through the International Organization for Migration that promotes engagement between disaster response authorities in the Philippines and select Pacific island countries to share best practices, strategies, and identify and address gaps in disaster preparedness and response.
• Peace Corps Climate Adaptation and Resilience : Peace Corps Tonga has received their initial cohort of Climate Adaptation and Resilience Volunteers, who will be working with Village Emergency Management Committees and other local leaders to support adaptation, resilience, and Disaster Risk Reduction activities. In addition, Peace Corps Samoa is designing another Climate Adaptation and Resilience project in collaboration with Samoa's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, with the first cohort of Volunteers projected to arrive in July 2025.
• Vanuatu Weather Forecasting and Early Warning System Modernization: A United States Trade Development Agency (USTDA) grant of over $1.6 million for the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geohazards Department is funding technical assistance and a pilot project to support the modernization of early warning systems and weather forecasting capabilities in Vanuatu. The activity will assess the economic and technical feasibility of deploying an innovative weather intelligence platform to support climate adaptation, disaster preparedness, and modernization of weather forecasting services.

Advancing the U.S.-Pacific Partnership The strength of our continued engagement in the Pacific Islands is undergirded by the dynamism of our growing official diplomatic presence in the region and the depth of our development cooperation across the region.

• Embassy opening: A new U.S. Embassy in Port Vila opened on July 19, in a ceremony presided over by U.S. Ambassador Yastishock and ni-Vanuatu Deputy Prime Minister Seremaiah.
• Return of the Peace Corps to Vanuatu: Peace Corps Volunteers returned to Vanuatu in July, following the rehabilitation of a Peace Corps-supported Intensive Care Unit in Vanuatu's main hospital.
• Provision of In-Country Visa Services in Tonga: U.S. Embassy Nuku'alofa recently constructed the first formal U.S. consular window in the Kingdom of Tonga. This window will significantly reduce the costs to Tongans associated with applying for U.S. visas, and the two-way travel enabled by these services will foster the growing relationship between our countries and enrich the connection between Tongan-Americans and their families in Tonga.
• Palau Hospital Feasibility Study: The United States is committed to supporting the development of resilient and secure infrastructure to address the priority needs of our Pacific Island partners, including in the healthcare sector. Following a scoping mission to Palau this past July, the Department of State and the USTDA, working with Congress, are exploring support for a feasibility study to examine options for a new hospital in Palau this fall.
• Tuvalu Domestic Biogas Systems Project: The Department of State plans to provide $1 million for the expansion of the Pacific Community's (SPC) biogas project in Tuvalu to increase access to clean and renewable domestic energy sources with support from Taiwan.
• Papua New Guinea Drone Healthcare Distribution Center Feasibility Study and Pilot Project: The USTDA grant to Applus+ PNG Ltd. will evaluate the technical feasibility of establishing a drone delivery service and related centers to distribute pharmaceuticals and other medical supplies to remote areas of Papua New Guinea. The study will be carried out by Zipline International Inc. (San Francisco, CA), the designer, manufacturer, and operator of unmanned aerial vehicle/drone distribution centers in seven countries. If the study indicates project viability, Zipline intends to develop a pilot distribution and drone launch center in Papua New Guinea.
• New Ambassador Self-Help Small Grants Program: USAID and the Department of State are working together to set up a five-year Ambassador's Self-Help Small Grants Program that will provide targeted funding for small-scale projects and increase the flexibility of U.S. funding resources across the Pacific. The program will support community-led initiatives, filling a gap by providing more accessible resources for small projects that address local needs. The first application window opened on August 15 for projects focused on climate adaptation.
• Advancing a Democratic and Resilient Blue Pacific Continent : USAID, working with Congress, plans to invest more than $4.5 million in new development assistance to foster good governance, support free and fair elections, elevate women's political participation, and enhance climate resilience, including catalyzing finance. This funding will expand ongoing activities like Promoting Just, Engaged, Civic-minded and Transparent (PROJECT) Governance as well as support new activities. In addition, USAID is working with the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) to provide funding to support the inclusion of civil society and non-state actors as a part of the Implementation Plan for the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent.
• Removal of Storm-Damaged Fuel Tanks in Niue : The Department of State is committed to working with Congress on plans to provide funding for the removal of the storm-damaged fuel tanks in Niue. Removing the fuel tanks will kickstart opportunities for broader redevelopment of the Alofi wharf and provide a platform to build deeper cooperation on international port and maritime security.
• New Office Space to Support USAID's Expanding Presence: USAID is securing larger office space in Fiji and Papua New Guinea to accommodate a growing staff presence. USAID is currently operating from U.S. Embassy Suva and U.S. Embassy Port Moresby, which has limited space. This is a significant step in deepening USAID's long-term investment and partnerships in the Pacific. The new office spaces will allow for USAID to build lasting relationships with Pacific governments, civil society, the private sector, and communities, prioritize locally-hired expertise, and implement more effective and informed development programs.
• Pacific Quality Infrastructure Principles: The U.S. government is proud to announce U.S. endorsement of the PIF's Pacific Quality Infrastructure Principles, which aim to improve the integrity of decision-making for infrastructure investments to maximize positive impacts in the Pacific. The principles aim to ensure that infrastructure financing and development generates local employment and benefits, integrates social and environmental considerations, strengthens climate resilience, and is economically efficient.

Deepening People-to-People Links Between the United States and Pacific Islands We continue to look for new and innovative ways to foster the vital connections formed between the American people and the people in the Pacific Islands. Our exchange programs, university partnerships, and sports diplomacy initiatives have kindled new friendships across cultures, and our ongoing "7 for 70" initiative to establish seven new sister cities pairings between U.S. and Pacific island cities saw its first official partnership signed between Rarotonga and Honolulu in June and three new letters of intent signed in June and July.

• Youth Ambassadors Program in EAP: Beginning in 2025, the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) will launch the Youth Ambassadors Program for the East Asia and the Pacific region, which will include bringing approximately seven secondary school students (ages 15-17) and one adult mentor from Pacific island countries to the United States for a month-long program. The participants will stay with American host families and examine civic education, leadership development, respect for diversity, and community engagement. Upon their return home, participants will design and implement projects that serve their communities, using skills and knowledge from the exchange.
• Academy of Women Entrepreneurs: The Academy of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) gives enterprising women the knowledge, networks, and access they need to launch and grow successful businesses. The Department of State is funding a robust slate of AWE cohorts throughout the Pacific Islands. Approximately 400 women will participate in the program in 2024 and 2025, including expanded program offerings in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Samoa, the Cook Islands, French Polynesia, and cohorts for Pacific Islands diasporas in New Zealand. This expansion of the program is a significant increase in our investment in the people of the Pacific Islands.
• Expanding USAID's Minority Serving Institutions Partnerships Initiative to the Pacific: USAID signed a MOU with the University of Guam to diversify USAID's strategic partnerships and programing approach in the Pacific Islands. This marks the seventh such MOU under USAID's Minority Serving Institutions Partnerships Initiative , the first in the Pacific region, and the first with an Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Serving Institution. The partnership willharness University of Guam's extensive research capacity, including on climate and water, as well as geographical and cultural expertise, to contribute to the development and sustainability of several islands across the Pacific. This MOU also strengthens ties with U.S. territories and celebrates the importance of improving access and opportunities for all U.S. citizens, not just those in the continental United States. In the coming months, USAID and University of Guam partners will collaboratively determine the activities that will advance the shared goals of the MOU.
• Student Exchange and University Partnerships: In October 2024, the U.S.-Pacific Institute for Rising Leaders Fellowship, announced by the White House at the first-ever U.S.-Pacific Island Country Summit in September 2022, will bring the second cohort of the Fellowship from Pacific island countries and territories to the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington for a three-week program focusing on strengthening leadership, decision-making, and communication skills. The first cohort of the Fellowship visited Washington D.C. and New York in October 2023 and engaged with academic experts and senior U.S. policymakers to explore some of the most pressing issues in the Pacific region, with a focus on maritime topics, public health, and climate resilience. In addition, in June 2024, the PNG University of Technology and Charleston Southern University signed a MOU to promote exchanges and cooperation, and the University of Papua New Guinea and California State University, Long Beach committed to sign an MOU to promote further cooperation.
• Global STEM Development Scholarship Program: In 2024, the Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs launched the Global STEM Development Scholarship Program, which will support exchanges for approximately 10 exchange visitors from Pacific island countries. Visitors will participate in STEM research, training, and teaching, with a focus on mitigating and combatting climate change.
• Preserving Cultural Heritage: The Department of State will support a pilot phase of the Australian Museum's Pasifika Tauhi project to develop a network of collaboration among museums in 15 Pacific nations and in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. The project seeks to build capacity for cultural preservation and recovery due to the effects of climate change on cultural heritage in the Pacific. The pilot phase involves Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, and Tonga as well as scoping to establish this museum-to-museum network.

Upholding Pacific-Centered Peace and Security For decades, the United States has worked with Pacific Island partners to promote peace, stability, and security across the breadth of the region through support to those partners' defense and police services. Calling on the unique capabilities of the U.S. military and federal law enforcement offices, we have enhanced the capacity and capability of Pacific island countries' governments to uphold their domestic laws and counter illegal fishing, narcotics trafficking, and organized crime within their jurisdictions. We work with Pacific island countries' governments and through regional organizations, including the Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police, to deliver appropriate trainings and equipment to confront the security issues that people in the Pacific Islands care most about, including the security implications of climate change.

• Supporting Pacific Resilience through Defense Operational Resilience International Cooperation: The U.S. Department of Defense is committed to supporting the resilience of our Pacific partners. The Defense Operational Resilience International Cooperation (DORIC) pilot program is an enabling program for the U.S. Department of Defense to support defense-related environmental and operational energy engagements with partner national security forces.

To date, the DORIC pilot program has enabled engagement with partners primarily through field trainings and exercises, studies and assessments, classroom education and workshops, and a variety of data tools surveying wide-ranging resilience hazards. For instance, Indo-Pacific Command's annual Indo-Pacific Environmental Security Forum, which most recently took place in Fiji and focused on national resilience and humanitarian assistance through environmental security, will be supported by DORIC in FY2025. Other upcoming activities include: • U.S. Indo-Pacific Command plans to provide diver training and equipment to the Tuvalu Police Force to respond to underwater unexploded ordnance threats through specialized scuba diver trainings and equipment provisions within the next year. • U.S. Indo-Pacific Command plans to host a field exercise, training, and workshop for marine oil spills, clean-up, and response with Pacific partners within the next year.

• Strengthening the Rule of Law: The United States intends to provide, working with Congress, $3 million to strengthen the justice sector, support good governance, and promote resilience to corruption across the Pacific Islands. To support the region's formal commitment to anti-corruption, the Teieniwa Vision Pasifika (TVP) would deploy a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) Resident Legal Advisor to embed with the Pacific Islands Law Officers Network (PILON) Secretariat. With funding from the Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), this experienced U.S. federal prosecutor intends to work with Pacific island countries to deliver justice sector workshops, legislative reform guidance, and case-based mentoring of justice sector actors across the Pacific Islands. TVP will also utilize DOJ subject matter experts to engage in rapid response, short-term technical assistance activities designed to enhance the specific capabilities and skills of prosecutors, judges, and other justice sector stakeholders in the Pacific Islands.
• Nurturing Future Leaders in the Security Sector: Working with Congress, the United States intends to launch a $3.5 million, State Department INL-funded Pacific Partners' Leadership in Security (PPLS) Fellowship, which would work with the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) over three years to bring mid- to executive-level criminal justice and civilian security professionals annually from the Pacific Islands for leadership development at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) in Honolulu in support of the PIFS' regional security priorities. Their fellowship would culminate in a Washington, D.C. capstone program of professional immersion and exchange facilitated by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
• National Security Policy Development in the Pacific Islands: Sustaining Progress in an Evolving Security Context : Consistent with Boe Declaration and 2050 Strategy for a Blue Pacific Continent priorities, a workshop focused on strengthening implementation and improvement of national security policy arrangements, funded by the Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs and collaboratively developed by the Pacific Islands Forum and Daniel K. Inouye Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, will be held November 17-20, 2024, in Suva, Fiji.

Economy, Trade and Investment The United States is committed to working with Pacific island countries' governments, likeminded partners, and the private sector to empower and support Pacific economic resilience by enhancing international investment in the region, encouraging environments conducive to business growth, and create new opportunities for Pacific businesses.

• Delivering on the Economic Assistance Agreement related to the South Pacific Tuna Treaty : The Department of State is working with Congress to provide the first $60 million under the new 10-year, $600 million agreement to promote economic development in the Pacific Islands and support fisheries management, development, and sustainability.
• Continuing to Expand DFC's Investment : The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) remains committed to advancing private sector investment opportunities in the Pacific Islands. Since launching the up to $50 million Microfinance Facility for MSMEs across the Pacific Islands during the US-PIF Summit in 2023, DFC and USAID have identified four target institutions to receive a combination of debt and guarantee products to advance climate resilience and women's economic empowerment across the region. Additionally, DFC, in partnership with USAID and the Australia Infrastructure Finance Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP), hopes to announce a new private sector investment in the fishery sector in the Republic of the Marshall Islands in the coming months.
• Building Pacific Island Trade and Investment Capacities: The Department of State and Department of Commerce, in coordination with the PIF and key U.S. government agencies, plan to provide $450,000 in funding to hold a trade promotion and capacity building seminar in the region to help Pacific island countries' trade and economic development officials attract high-quality foreign direct investment into their economies and strengthen their commercial and regulatory environments to make their economies more competitive in global markets.
• Advisory services to support the Papua New Guinea Ministry of Petroleum: The Department of State and USAID will work with Congress to provide up to $1.4 million for technical assistance and advisory services to support the government of Papua New Guinea's navigation of the ongoing fuel crisis. With funding from State's Transaction Advisory Fund (TAF), State and USAID will provide financial modeling and valuations of Puma's energy assets; advise on potential financial structures; and provide technical assistance related to the impact of Papua New Guinea's foreign exchange and debt situation on future acquisitions. Additional technical assistance and advisory services focused on attracting high-quality commercial and energy investments as well as helping the Department of Petroleum and Energy convert to a Statutory Authority will deploy in early 2025, supporting Papua New Guinea's long-term energy security and needs.
• Digital Connectivity: To enhance digital connectivity and support secure, sustainable, and resilient telecommunications infrastructure investment in the Pacific Islands, the United States is supporting undersea cable connectivity in the Pacific along with Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, and Japan. The initiative has now grown to $90 million in donor supported funding.
• Aviation Connectivity : Commercial air connectivity is vital to the members of the Pacific Islands Forum, their people, and their economies. To promote better commercial air connectivity and facilitate increased passenger and cargo flights between, among, and beyond the United States and the Pacific region, the United States – led by the Department of State, in consultation with the Departments of Transportation and Commerce – welcomes more members from the PIF to become Open Skies partners through bilateral or existing multilateral air transport agreements. Currently, 8 of 18 PIF members (Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu) have either an outdated or no agreement with the United States. The United States recently finalized negotiations on an Open Skies Agreement with Fiji and is in negotiations with Samoa to finalize another Open Skies Agreement soon. Following the PIF Leaders Meeting, an interagency team is prepared to conduct additional outreach to interested partners to initiate further discussions and possible future negotiations.

Aviation Safety : To advance aviation safety and ensure the sustainability of crucial infrastructure in the Pacific Islands, the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will support the Pacific Aviation Safety Office (PASO)—a member of the Council of Regional Organizations of the Pacific (CROP) and backed by the PIF. The goal is to strengthen PASO to become an Enhanced Regional Safety and Security Oversight Organization, in line with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) recommendations. To achieve this, the FAA, with MITRE, will conduct a Needs and Analysis Action Plan to evaluate PASO's current technical and organizational capabilities, with the study expected to be.

Joseph R. Biden, FACT SHEET: Following Through on the U.S.-Pacific Islands Partnership 53rd Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting in Nuku'Alofa, Tonga, August 26-30, 2024 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/374028

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As people’s daily lives become more and more automated, smart home devices have become more and more prevalent, yet we continue to lack a simple all-in-one solution to control all of our smart devices. This project aims to create a dedicated and simplified user process for smart home devices by providing a smartphone application and easy cloud connection for any Bluetooth or wifi devices. By connecting to the cloud, we can effectively pull and push data from your phone to your smart device and vice versa.

As people’s daily lives begin to become more and more automated, smart home devices have become more and more prevalent in our everyday lives yet continue to lack a simple all in one solution to control all of your smart devices. Circuit Sages is aiming to create a dedicated and simplified user process for smart home devices by providing a smartphone application and easy cloud connection for any of your bluetooth or wifi connected devices. By connecting to the cloud we can effectively pull and push data from your phone to your smart device and vice versa.

Empro is developing a new alternative to e-bikes and conversion kits. This innovation democratizes electric biking, making it accessible to millions of cyclists with minimal installation effort for an affordable price. With the batteries and motor housed on the front wheel, the installation process becomes quick and, most importantly - safe. The onboard electronics coupled with a phone application enhance the experience by enabling precise performance tracking and offers location services for added peace of mind against theft. The slick design transforms any forgotten old bike into a fun new way to enjoy one's weekends with family and friends.

Cataract surgery is primarily affected by the rotation of the patient's eye. The rotation of the eye changes when the patient lays down for operation. In this project, through the use of machine learning, the surgical camera system can be taught how to differentiate the anatomy of the eye's anterior structure, which consists of the pupil, iris, and sclera, and detect the eye's rotation and movement. By utilizing videos of actual eye surgeries, we will be training the neural network model with tagged images. Once the model is trained, the next step involves deploying the model to our PolarFire FPGA board. The FPGA also allows for HDMI pass-through, enabling the recognition and classification of the eye from videos outputted by the computer.

The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) hosts a collegiate competition annually called FSAE Electric, where students from colleges across the world are tasked with building a formula-style electric vehicle that will compete in different challenges that will test its endurance, acceleration, braking, and most importantly, its accordance with technical specifications. Our capstone project is centered around collecting valuable sensor data for Gaucho Racing’s GR24 vehicle. It will provide the engineers and the driver with valuable information to improve our future vehicles and ensure our car is operating under its known tolerances. This involves creating a system of zonal nodes that collect data from a suite of sensors and transmit this data over CAN throughout the rest of the car. The data collected will be shared with our pit crew, analyzed in the cloud, inform the driver of the condition of the car, and inform our other controllers that we are operating safely.

HomeFlow is an advanced yet affordable health wearable, designed with a watch form factor and specifically tailored to the elderly. It captures relevant data such as heart rate, blood oxygen levels, body temperature, and environmental weather conditions directly from the wearer’s wrist. This allows important metrics to be collected in real time and logged continuously.The collected data is transmitted to a custom Android app via Bluetooth, where it is stored and analyzed. Here, machine learning algorithms are used to determine numerous additional health-related statistics. In medical care facilities, such as rehabilitation centers or assisted living residences, these metrics and statistics could be used to remotely monitor the condition of residents.

Oceanography researchers aim to measure turbulent flow under the ocean to learn useful weather information and predict certain events such as tornadoes and vortexes. Turbulent analysis also allows researchers to learn about the mapping of solids under the ocean. Currently, means of measuring turbulence are acoustic velocimeters that are expensive and easily break. The LOCUS team at UCSB aims to explore alternative ways of measuring turbulence that are cheaper and more accessible, to make oceanography and turbulence study more available. As such, the study and understanding of oceanography in the community will be further developed, as it benefits all of us.

Our project aims to create a captivating LEGO art piece depicting the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) map, with added features to provide real-time information of the subway system. Through several LEDs spread throughout the map, this project visually represents the precise locations of trains within the MBTA network. The companion mobile app will empower users to seamlessly connect the artwork to the internet, facilitating the acquisition of real-time train data and unlocking a host of personalized map features. These capabilities encompass tracking a specific train’s journey within the system and offering clear guidance on navigating from one station to another, enhancing the overall interactivity and functionality of this creative masterpiece.

PenGUI connects to Pravieum’s VSCEL laser dev kit and allows researchers to tune the laser to their specific needs. Our project aims to replace an online web based GUI with a touch screen offline GUI to control the laser. The touchscreen is a reTerminal which is powered by a Raspberry Pi compute module. Additionally, we will have an adapter board which the reTerminal will connect to so it can properly communicate with the laser. This adapter board will allow for the deprecation of a Red Pitaya microcontroller currently used to control the laser which is significantly more expensive than a reTerminal. Overall, our project's goal is to deliver a better interface for laser tuning at a more affordable price.

P.E.T.E. (Procedure Execution Tracking Engine) is a tool designed to help astronauts track procedures without needing ground support. To demonstrate this proof of concept, we chose removing the bottom bracket of a bike as P.E.T.E.'s task. We have two methods planned to help evaluate the accurate completion of each step. First, we have a computer vision model that can identify the different tools necessary for the procedure. The model uses YOLOV7 and is trained on a dataset consisting of six tools. Second, we interface with sensors placed on tools so P.E.T.E can track the tools' orientation and movement. The object-detection model is run on NVIDIA Jetson Orin, and uses live feed from wide-angle and close-range cameras as input. A GUI displayed on a monitor allows the user to interact with P.E.T.E.

Military reconnaissance demands an unmanned vessel capable of autonomously navigating waterways, gathering intelligence, and executing reconnaissance missions without human intervention. Simultaneously, the vessel's adaptability for coastal monitoring introduces the need for a technology that transcends the limitations of existing airborne solutions. The "Kayak Drone" is designed to be a lightweight and maneuverable vessel that enables remote exploration and mapping of the littoral zone. Lacking dependence on classical wireless technologies such as cellular, it is designed to operate in regions where self-sufficiency is the norm. It will be capable of remote operation as well as autonomous mission execution.

United Sensors

This project is concerned with developing robustness with respect to sensor failures during autonomous drone flights. Our team is developing a custom PCB to be mounted on the drone. This PCB will feature multiple sensors of the same type to prove redundancy is possible and will be programmed using custom drivers. These drivers will be published to the open-source Arducopter library once they work as intended, and as our final goal, we would like to demo a flight using a quadcopter that features sensor failure mid-flight.