Expo 2019 Faculty of Engineering and Computing Final Year Projects Class of 2019 INNEALTÓIREACHTA AGUS NA RÍOMHAIREACHTA NA RÍOMHAIREACHTA AGUS INNEALTÓIREACHTA h DÁMH NA DÁMH OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING FACULTY Many thanks to our main sponsor: Prizes sponsored by: Many thanks to our media supporter: Contents Welcome 02 Message from the Dean 03 INTRA – The DCU-Industry Work Placement Programme 05 Employing Graduates from the Faculty of Engineering and Computing 06 The School of Computing 08 The School of Electronic Engineering 09 The School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering 12 Message from Our Sponsor 14 Welcome from Our Sponsor 16 Faculty of Engineering and Computing Programmes 18 Project Numbers Listing 20 Floor/Lab Layouts 29 Project Numbers and Locations 30 Project Summaries 1-231 37 Sponsors of Prizes 151 01 Welcome Welcome to the Final Year Projects exhibition by the graduating BSc and BEng classes of 2019 from the DCU Faculty of Engineering and Computing. Our details and respective projects can be found within this booklet. The projects demonstrate how we put into practice the knowledge gained during our time here in DCU. They cover many areas within computing, electronic engineering and mechanical and manufacturing engineering and are inspired by time spent on INTRA (work placement), staff research interests, collaboration with companies and original concepts. The projects clearly demonstrate our hard work and innovation. We would like to extend our thanks to lecturers, supervisors and the support staff for all their help and assistance throughout our time here. Without their support we would not be here today. And last, but not least, we thank you, the visitors and the companies you represent, for showing an interest in our work – we hope you enjoy it! Faculty of Engineering and Computing Final year students 2019 02 Message from the Dean On behalf of the Faculty of Engineering and Computing, I would like to welcome you all to this year’s Final Year Projects exhibition by the Class of 2019. This event started as a single School of Computing event three decades ago and has grown from 25 projects back in the late 1980s to 231 exhibitors at the present day. Today, we have the opportunity to recognise and celebrate the work of these students. We all go through many stages in our careers and lives, and today, for these students, marks an important milestone. Today, they display this major highlight of their academic achievements for their peers, their academic mentors, and for the many guests who join us from industry and the wider DCU community. At its core, our Faculty’s focus is to release the potential which our students have, to have impact. We believe that the range of Final Year Projects on display here today reflects the great opportunities for these young graduates to contribute to the advancement of Irish society over coming years. Many of the projects displayed represent products with immediate commercial potential; all demonstrate ingenuity, skill and technical capability of the highest calibre. To the students, congratulations and well done! Some of you will now go on to careers within the engineering, computing or other sectors of the Irish economy; others will continue your formal education either here in DCU or elsewhere; some may travel across the world; and some may choose to develop your careers into new and different directions – management, accounting, consultancy, maybe even politics! But we hope that all of you will look back with fondness at your time here at DCU, and also – and perhaps more importantly – at the friendships you have made here. We here in the Faculty always enjoy hearing how former students are developing in their careers. Do please stay in touch, and come back and visit from time to time – you will always be welcome! 03 To our guests, thank you for taking the time to join us here today. We hope that you enjoy your visit and are impressed with the depth and breadth of the work that our students are presenting. Impressive though they are, these projects still represent only a small sample of the learning that the students have achieved in the course of their studies. Do please engage with them directly and explore more fully what the DCU education experience represents. DCU is well-known for its strong relationship with enterprise, innovation and entrepreneurship. We are confident that the students you meet here today will go on to have a strong impact on the various industries and sectors that you represent. The staff and students of the Faculty look forward to meeting you and sharing these projects with you, and we hope you all enjoy your visit to the Faculty and DCU. Prof Lisa Looney Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Computing 04 INTRA – The DCU-Industry Work Placement Programme Relevant work experience through — Frees existing staff from time- DCU’s INTRA (INtegrated TRAining) consuming but routine tasks programme has been a central — Allows relief or assistance during feature of education at DCU since seasonal peak work loads the establishment of the university, and is an integral part of all — Permits new projects to be undergraduate degree programmes undertaken in the Faculty and Engineering and — Develops existing staff by providing Computing. Under the INTRA mentoring opportunities programme, undergraduate students complete a six month work placement — Raises awareness of your company during their third year of study, running and products/services on campus from April to September inclusive. In — Provides an ideal opportunity many cases, students are subsequently for employers and academics to recruited to work with their INTRA establish long-term relationships employers after they have completed and the potential for working their undergraduate studies. together on projects Why Offer an INTRA Placement? — Provides an opportunity for involvement in the development Every year, employers in Ireland and of graduates with the required key overseas hire more than 1,200 students skills essential to the Irish economy from DCU for an INTRA placement. Ranging in size from the largest — Helps to promote and reinforce multinational, to the sole trader or a lifelong learning culture within start up, these employers are convinced an organisation through the of the merits of choosing DCU students establishment of strong links with and come back to INTRA year after a third level institution year. INTRA provides the following opportunities for an employer: For more details, contact Maeve Long, Head of INTRA — Access to a supply of highly T: +353 (01) 700 5515, motivated young people who have E: [email protected] proven that they can make a real contribution — An opportunity to evaluate and train possible future employees 05 Employing Graduates from the Faculty of Engineering and Computing DCU’s Careers Service offers a — Visiting Employer Programme: comprehensive employment service for To recruit competent, highly- companies wishing to recruit graduates educated DCU students and from our Engineering and Computing graduates from relevant courses, programmes as well as providing a you may wish to make presentations crucial link to students from a range of on campus or even conduct other disciplines including Business, interviews here. The Careers Service Humanities, Science and Education. runs a Visiting Employers Program and provides opportunities for As an employer, you have the companies to come on campus and opportunity to reach excellent DCU advertise their vacancies and meet students and graduates through plenty of enthusiastic DCU students availing of the following: — Opportunity to advertise your — Advertising vacancies online, vacancies to a range of DCU which are seen by up to 1,000 Alumni in conjunction with DCU students and graduates per week. Careers Service and DCU Alumni Check out: dcu.ie/careers — Raise your company profile on — Participating in an annual campus: DCU Careers Service Employer Recruitment Fair, which can email company information allows companies to meet up to on vacancies of relevance to DCU 2,000 talented DCU students and students and graduates directly graduates in October every year into the mail accounts of the as well as students from a range appropriate students of other Irish Universities and Third Level Colleges To learn more about how DCU Careers Service can assist you in recruiting high calibre graduates, visit dcu.ie/careers or contact Ms Miriam Jones, Employer Engagement & Operations Officer E: [email protected] T: +353 (01) 700 5129 06 Collaboration on Undergraduate Projects An interesting way in which companies If you are interested in finding out can raise their profile among more about possible collaboration graduating students is by putting with students in our Schools here forward projects which students can are the contact details: work on as part of their course. Companies are also invited to provide School of Computing in-house support for projects T: +353 (01) 700 8980 undertaken by students, or to provide E: [email protected] financial support for projects assigned to students. There are several benefits School of Electronic Engineering to the company, not least of which is the opportunity to get valuable research T: +353 (01) 700 5131 undertaken that might not be possible E: [email protected] within the company due to operational School of Mechanical and commitments. Manufacturing Engineering T: +353 (01) 700 5104 E: [email protected] 07 The School of Computing The School of Computing at Dublin The range of undergraduate and City University has earned a strong postgraduate programmes are: reputation for excellence in research — BSc in Data Science and teaching. In addition to its existing programmes the BSc in Computer — BSc in Enterprise Computing Applications degree and the BSc — BSc in Computer Applications in Enterprise Computing. The new and innovative BSc in Data Science — MSc in Computing (with a major) datascience.dcu.ie is the first of its — MSc in Computing (Data Analytics) kind in Ireland, and is aimed at students who are interested in a career in Big — MSc in Computing (Security Data, data analytics and related data and Forensic Computing) science roles.