Electrical Engineering Design Projects to Support Research Conducted at the National Solar Observatory

在新墨西哥州太阳黑子国家太阳天文台和德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校(UTEP)的合作下，大三和大四的电气和计算机工程专业的学生利用暑假在UTEP和天文台进行设计项目的工作。目前，天文台工作人员没有时间或资源对现有设备进行改造或重新设计，这些设备虽然微不足道，但功能达到可接受的水平。这为许多旨在优化现有设备的学生设计项目打开了大门。这些项目包括设计一个用于观测太阳现象的视觉监视器和一个ccd相机接口。

In a cooperative effort between the National Solar Observatory at Sunspot, New Mexico, and the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), junior and senior electrical and computer engineering students spend the summers working on design projects at UTEP and at the observatory. At present, observatory personnel do not have the time or resources to retrofit or redesign existing equipment that, although marginal, functions at an acceptable level. This opens the door for many student design projects aimed at optimizing existing equipment. These projects include the design of a seeing monitor for observing solar phenomena and a CCD camera interface.