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

Prof. Brian Otis - University of Washington Electrical Engineering