UTSA Student Branch

Projects ReportSpring 2015

IEEE Central Texas SectionJanuary 24th, 2014San Marcos, Texas

Phase I Projects

Short Name Amount $ Budgeted Amount $ Expended Percent $ ExpendedPercent Effort

CompletePlan to Complete

PromotionMembership EventsFundraising

$300 $300 100% 100% Fall 2014

Student Interest GroupsRobotics

$300 $300 100% 100% Fall 2014

Professional EventsSeminars/Meetings

$400 $400 100% 100% Fall 2014

Phase II Projects

Short NameAmount $ Budgeted

Amount $ Expended

Percent $ Expended

Percent Effort Complete

Plan to Complete

Membership Events $200 $150 75% 0%Early - LateSpring 2015

Professional/Technical Workshops and Events

$200 $200 100% 0%Early – LateSpring 2015

Student Interest GroupsRobotics

$400 $400 100% % Mid-Spring 2015

Promotion $100 $50 50% % Late-Spring 2015

S-PAC $300 $400 133% 100% Fall 2014

Membership Incentives $100 $100 100% % Mid-Spring 2015

Robotics Team

Approximately 18 active membersEmbedded Developer Kits:– The Robotics team has created 10

kits that contain: Breadboard, Resistor/Capacitor kits,

Servo motor, AVR Microcontroller, In Circuit Serial Programmer (ICSP), DMM, LEDs…

– IEEE Members can check out kits for free in order to practice the basics of robotics and AVR Embedded Systems programming

Region V

We plan to participate in the 2015 Region V Robotics Competition– 5 Team members interested in attending the conference

As well as participating in the Circuits Competition– 2 Team members

In doing so, we have created a section of students dedicated to teaching software programming for engineering.

The main language for higher level software is Python, while embedded systems use C

Software Programming

The following is a Python script that creates a maze, while another function maps the maze

Mechanical Design

Mechanical Engineers design schematics on Solidworks which are then created in the machine shop

This picture is a shoulder joint for a mechanical arm, which the mechanical engineers will learn how to program using embedded C for microcontrollers and Python for higher level controls such as joysticks

Questions?