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Projects Committee

Chair: Mary Lin (ieee-projects@umich.edu)


IEEE Projects Committee exists to empower students and allow them to pursue technical projects outside the classroom. IEEE facilitates students by providing access to labs where students can work on the projects during their own time, as well as access to equipment and mentorship.


If you're interested in joining, e-mail the IEEE Projects Committee Chair (ieee-projects@umich.edu) to be included on the Projects mailing list.


Current Project(s)


Vision-based Multi-touch Interface

Project Lead: Jacob Corr Valentic (jacobcva@umich.edu)


This project aims to develop a multi touch interface similar in spirit to the Microsoft Surface. As the user places their hand on an acrylic sheet illuminated using infrared light, the disturbances in the light due to the touch are imaged using an infrared camera. Image processing techniques such as finger detection and tracking are then performed on a sequence of images to generate the final multi-touch output.



If you are interested in this project, please contact the Project Lead or the Projects Committee Chair.


New Project Proposals

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Financial Support

IEEE will also financially support projects as far as possible. To apply for financial support students are encouraged to write a brief proposal detailing the proposed technical project, the equipment required and list of interested students.


All proposals should be directed to the IEEE Projects Committee Chair.