Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North South University

Senior Design Project

YOUR PROJECT TITLE

STUDENT NAME1 ID# 1

STUDENT NAME2 ID# 2
STUDENT NAME3 ID# 3
STUDENT NAME4 ID# 4

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Riasat Khan
Assistant Professor
ECE Department

Spring, 2023

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 APPROVAL

Student Name1 (ID # 15), Student Name2 (ID # 15) and Student Name3 (ID # 15) from
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of North South University, have worked on
the Senior Design Project titled “Write your CSE/EEE499 Capstone Project Title/Name
HERE” under the supervision of Dr. Riasat Khan partial fulfillment of the requirement for the
degree of Bachelors of Science in Engineering and has been accepted as satisfactory.

Supervisor’s Signature

…………………………………….
Dr. Riasat Khan
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
North South University
Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Chairman’s Signature

…………………………………….
Dr. Rajesh Palit
Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
North South University
Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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 DECLARATION

This is to declare that this project is our original work. No part of this work has
been submitted elsewhere partially or fully for the award of any other degree or
diploma. All project related information will remain confidential and shall not
be disclosed without the formal consent of the project supervisor. Relevant
previous works presented in this report have been properly acknowledged and
cited. The plagiarism policy, as stated by the supervisor, has been maintained.

Students’ names & Signatures

1. Student Name1

_________________
2. Student Name2

_________________
3. Student Name3

_________________

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The authors would like to express their heartfelt gratitude towards their project and
research supervisor, Dr. Riasat Khan, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, North South University, Bangladesh, for his invaluable support,
precise guidance and advice pertaining to the experiments, research and theoretical studies
carried out during the course of the current project and also in the preparation of the current
report.

Furthermore, the authors would like to thank the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, North South University, Bangladesh for facilitating the research. We would also
like to thank my friends X, Y, and Z for helping us in this project. The authors would also
like to thank their loved ones for their countless sacrifices and continual support.

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 ABSTRACT

Write your CSE/EEE499 Capstone Project Title/Name

Start your Abstract here. All papers must include an abstract. Abstract should contain
the main work of the project in concise paragraph(s). Do not cite references or use
abbreviations in the abstract. Abstract will be copied and included in the conference
proceedings or journal’s webpage or department website. You should use Times New Roman
Font with 12 Font size. You should use Justify Paragraph option. You should use 1.5 Line
Spacing. Do not use References, Symbols, Special Characters, Footnotes, or Math equations
in the Abstract. Write few sentences from each of the following: introducing the topic,
current status, methods followed, results acquired and impact/significance of the result.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.....................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.

APPROVAL....................................................................................................................................

DECLARATION.............................................................................................................................

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.............................................................................................................

ABSTRACT....................................................................................................................................

LIST OF FIGURES.........................................................................................................................

LIST OF TABLES...........................................................................................................................

Chapter 1 Introduction...................................................................................................................

1.1 Background and Motivation............................................................................................

1.2 Purpose and Goal of the Project......................................................................................

1.3 Organization of the Report..............................................................................................

Chapter 2 Research Literature Review..........................................................................................

2.1 Existing Research and Limitations......................................................................................

Chapter 3 Methodology.................................................................................................................

3.1 System Design......................................................................................................................

3.2 Hardware and/or Software Components..............................................................................

3.3 Hardware and/or Software Implementation.........................................................................

Chapter 4 Investigation/Experiment, Result, Analysis and Discussion........................................

Chapter 5 Impacts of the Project...................................................................................................

5.1 Impact of this project on societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues.........................

5.2 Impact of this project on environment and sustainability....................................................

Chapter 6 Project Planning and Budget.........................................................................................

Chapter 7 Complex Engineering Problems and Activities............................................................

7.1 Complex Engineering Problems (CEP)...............................................................................

7.2 Complex Engineering Activities (CEA)..............................................................................

Chapter 8 Conclusions...................................................................................................................

8.1 Summary..............................................................................................................................

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 8.2 Limitations...........................................................................................................................

8.3 Future Improvement.............................................................................................................

References......................................................................................................................................

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1. A sample Gantt chart. 15Figure 2. A sample budget table. 15

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 LIST OF TABLES

TABLE I. A SAMPLE SOFTWARE/HARDWARE TOOLS TABLE

TABLE II. A SAMPLE COMPLEX ENGINEERING PROBLEM ATTRIBUTES TABLE
TABLE III. A SAMPLE COMPLEX ENGINEERING PROBLEM ACTIVITES TABLE

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 Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Background and Motivation

[Describe the background and motivation of the project. For an automatic depression
prediction project, the students can write about depression, various types of depression, the
consequences of depression, relevant facts about depression with statistics, etc. with proper
references and relevant figures. Students can write why depression should be diagnosed early
[1] (project motivation). The references can be cited in IEEE format.]

1.2 Purpose and Goal of the Project

[Describe the objective of the project. Students can write the contributions of the project and
explicitly mention their novelty.]

1.3 Organization of the Report

[Describe the arrangement of different sections of the report. For example, Chapter 2 presents
the literature reviews related to this project.]

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 Chapter 2 Research Literature Review

2.1 Existing Research and Limitations

[Briefly discuss some of the recent articles related to this research. For example, “Valverde et
al. [2] developed a transfer learning-based CNN model for automatic glaucoma classification.
The authors used color fundus images from DRISHTI-GS and RIM-ONE datasets. They
preprocessed the images and applied five CNN models with transfer learning techniques.
Among these, the VGG-19 model showed the best result with an AUC of 94% with a
sensitivity and specificity score of 87.01% and 89.01%, respectively.”]

[Discuss the research limitations in the existing articles. For example, “The following
observations have been made after a detailed examination of the literature reviews − (i) most
of the articles employed an individual open-source or custom Bangla sign language dataset of
small size, (ii) in general, the articles did not utilize multiple deep learning techniques and
compared their performances, and (iii) there is an absence of deploying the sign language
detection into an embedded device for real-time analysis. These investigations have
motivated us to implement a Bangla sign language detection system in this paper using
combined open-source and custom datasets and apply three deep learning approaches
(Detectron2, EfficientDet-D0, and YOLOv7). Finally, the YOLOv7 Tiny has been
implemented in a Jetson Nano edge device for real-time Bangla sign language recognition.”]

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 Chapter 3 Methodology

3.1 System Design

[Describe the project’s design via flowchart, block diagram(s), schematics, database design,
UML diagram, etc.]

3.2 Hardware and/or Software Components

[Describe the utilized software and hardware components to implement the project. For
example, for an AI-related project, students can write about the dataset, EDA, preprocessing
techniques, applied AI/ML/DL models, feature selection, hyperparameter optimization
techniques, etc. For a hardware project, students can write about various individual
components/modules/sensors, used microcontrollers, communication techniques, etc. For a
software project, students can write about the developed front-end and back-end designs,
employed data management tools, security techniques, etc. Students can add a similar table
on employed software and/or hardware tools below:]

TABLE I. A SAMPLE SOFTWARE/HARDWARE TOOLS TABLE

Other similar
Tool Functions Why selected this tool
Tools (if any)

3.3 Hardware and/or Software Implementation

[Briefly describe the implementation of the hardware that may include PCB design, assembly
of the components, etc. or the implementation of the software modules that may include
modeling, simulations, application development, etc.]

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Chapter 4 Investigation/Experiment, Result, Analysis and
Discussion

[Describe the experiments performed addressing all the variables, various results of the
project with appropriate figures, tables and texts. The tables and figures should contain
appropriate brief captions. Figures should contain appropriate axis labels and legends. The
tables and figures should be cited in the project. Perform in-depth analyses of the results
represented by each of the figures and tables and finally perform a constructive discussion on
the outcome.]

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 Chapter 5 Impacts of the Project

5.1 Impact of this project on societal, health, safety, legal and

cultural issues
[Describe the impact of the project on societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues. An
example of an automatic depression prediction project carries significant health and societal
implications as it contributes to the early detection of depression and helps prevent associated
social issues, such as suicidal behavior. Similarly, a sign language detection project holds
notable societal impact as it serves to support the deaf community, enhancing their quality of
life through improved access to quality education, increased employment opportunities, and a
reduction in inequality.]

5.2 Impact of this project on environment and sustainability

[Describe the impact of the project on the environment and sustainability. An example of a
hardware-based project focused on air quality monitoring has significant implications for
environmental impact as it aids in the collection of air quality data and the calculation of the
air quality index (AQI). On the other hand, a software-based project aimed at automatic
pollution detection holds both environmental and ecological significance as it involves the
automated identification of waste materials and contributes to the cleanup of the surrounding
environment. These projects demonstrate the potential of technology to address and mitigate
environmental challenges and promote sustainability.]

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 Chapter 6 Project Planning and Budget

[Describe the planning of the project with Gantt and/or RACI chart. A sample Gantt chart is
given below.]

Figure 1. A sample Gantt chart.

[Describe the budget of the project with approximate cost of individual components and the
entire design. A sample budget of the project is given below.]

Figure 2. A sample budget table.

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 Chapter 7 Complex Engineering Problems and Activities

7.1 Complex Engineering Problems (CEP)

[Describe the Complex Engineering Problems (CEP) attributes related to this project. Discuss
with your capstone project supervisor regarding the table. A sample table is given below.]

TABLE II. A SAMPLE COMPLEX ENGINEERING PROBLEM ATTRIBUTES TABLE

Addressing the complex engineering problems

Attributes
(P) in the project

The project requires knowledge of Electrical

Circuits, Electronics (K3), Wireless
Communication, Embedded System, Sensors and
Depth of knowledge
P1 Instrumentations (K4), Designing and Simulation
required (K3-K8)
(K5), Engineering & IT (Circuit Design/Smartphone
Application) Tools (K6), Involve Environmental
Effects (K7), Scientific Research Papers (WK8).

In the prototype, the strength of the structure (mass)

Range of conflicting
P2 and capability of weightlifting (# of sensors) is
requirements
directly related to the capacity of the motors.

No unique way to design. Depth of analysis needed

Depth of analysis to select a specific solution from many alternatives.
P3
required (Static/mobile/drone. Various microcontrollers.
Various sensors)

Various air quality sensors, Raspberry Pi/Arduino

P4 Familiarity of issues
Mega/Nano/Uno/NodeMCU Microcontroller.

Extent of applicable There is no existing code or standard for this project.

P5
codes

P6 Extent of stakeholder There are several stakeholders needs to be involved

involvement including the owner of the device, installing places,

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 Ministry of Environment, etc.

Project involves a number of interdependent sub-

systems such as microcontrollers, sensors, wireless
P7 Interdependence
communication system, circuit designing tools,
mobile apps.

Table I demonstrates a sample complex engineering problem attribute.

7.2 Complex Engineering Activities (CEA)

[Describe the Complex Engineering Activities (CEA) related to this project. Discuss with
your capstone project supervisor regarding the table. A sample table is given below.]

TABLE III. A SAMPLE COMPLEX ENGINEERING PROBLEM ACTIVITIES TABLE

Addressing the complex engineering activities

Attributes
(A) in the project

This project involves human resource, money,

A1 modern tools (simulation software/mobile APP),
Range of resources hardware components, etc.

Involves interactions between different

stakeholders including group members to design
A2
Level of interactions the device, installing places, Ministry of
Environment to collect data, etc.

A3 Employs innovative skills of engineering by

Innovation introducing technology in a different manner in
the environment and IoT sector

Consequences to society Impact in our environment since it helps to

A4
/ Environment monitors the air quality data and measure AQI

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 Needs to be familiar with the various sensors,
microcontrollers, wireless communication system,
A5 circuit designing tools, mobile apps. UN SDG
Familiarity #04: Quality education; UN SDG #10: Reduce
inequality

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 Chapter 8 Conclusions
8.1 Summary
[Describe a short summary of the project.]

8.2 Limitations
[Describe the limitations of the project.]

8.3 Future Improvement

[Describe the possible future improvements of the project.]

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 References
1. J. J. Gómez-Valverde, A. Antón, G. Fatti, B. Liefers, A. Herranz and A. Santos,
“Automatic glaucoma classification using color fundus images based on convolutional
neural networks and transfer learning,” Biomedical Optics Express, vol. 10, pp. 892-913,
2019.
2. L. Xu, X. Shu and J. Shu, “Research on Depression Tendency Detection Based on Image
and Text Fusion,” International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data,
Chengdu, China, pp. 326-331, 2022.

3. J. C. Maxwell, A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, 3rd ed., vol. 2. Oxford:

Clarendon, 1892, pp.68–73.

4. DoctorKoi. Accessed on: May. 12, 2023. [Online]. Available:

https://www.doctorkoi.com.

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