If you're considering applying for independent study credits, please take a look at a few of the excellent examples from previous students posted below for some inspiration and a gauge of expectations.

Sample Undergraduate Independent Study Projects:

1. "100W Class AB Push-Pull Vacuum Tube Amplifier Analysis, Simulation, and Measurement"
   Ben Verellen, Fall 2007
2. "Single-Ended Class-A Tube Amplifier Design and Construction"
   Ben Verellen, Daniel Nevistic, and Max Gorman, Summer 2007
3. "An Integrated 186mW Class-D Headphone Amplifier"
   Daniel Munro, Spring 2007
4. "Design and Implementation of a Vacuum Tube Overdrive Guitar Pedal"
   Will Wesson, Winter 2008 and Spring 2009
5. "Design of an Opto-Coupled Vacuum Tube Audio Compressor"
   Dawn Pfund, Austin Sousa, Hayden McCabe, Christopher Deckard, Spring 2009, Summer 2009, and beyond
6. "Harmonic Distortion in Electronic Amplifiers"
   Hayden McCabe, Winter 2010

Prof. Brian Otis - University of Washington Electrical Engineering