junior project at university

My first advice would be to ask a moderator to move this thread to the Homework Forum.

My second advice would be to ask you to define your project in sufficient detail such that a design to construct the project is feasible. We can perhaps then begin to offer you some suggestions, advice, and help.

It's your junior year, your project, your future at stake here. Make the most of it by putting forth some original thinking. Sure, some of us might shoot some of your ideas down, but usually some pretty good reasons for doing so are also provided. And sometimes responders will offer up their own original ideas which you are free to use. However, this is a self-help forum NOT an education or teaching forum. We help those who help themselves.

So get crackin' and do your own diligent research. Stay focused on your requirements. Err... just what are those requirements? Tell us what you want to DO. DO NOT offer up some half-baked idea of how you think it should be done. It is our responsibility to offer up the half-baked as well as fully cooked and tested recipes. Your task is to pick and choose what you think you are capable of implementing.