ME 185 Project Descriptions

Project Topic Descriptions 

 

Academic Design & Research Projects

Microthruster Control Prototype for CricketSat  (T Keller, D Hitt, M Miller, M Fortney)

Robotic Simulator for Biomechanical Testing of Total Knee Arthroplasty (T Keller, V Kosmopoulos)

Design of a laminar flow table for flow visualization (DL Hitt)

 

Design of a microscopic tracking system for particulate flows (DL Hitt)

 

Dynamics projects from Mike Coleman


American Society of Mechanical Engineers Student Design Contest Mine Madness (Mentor: To be chosen by student)

 

Mini-Baja - significant upgrade/development from previous vehicle (Chris Herman, Seth Strait)

 

Spine organ culture chamber and dissection device (Iatridis)


Spine tissue permeability device (Iatridis)


Thickness measuring device for biological tissues (Iatridis)


Harnessing Biological Molecular Motors to Drive Nanomachines (Warshaw)

 

Heat transfer projects from Antonio Campo

 

Industrial Design & Research Projects

Physical Plant internship 1  -- Heating bill assessment (D Blatchly)


Physical Plant  internship 2  -- Domestic Hot water project (D Blatchly)


Selection of Projects from Husky IMS, Inc (Stefan Von Buren)

 

Projects from Northern Power Systems (Dan Costin, Northern Power Systems)


Development of advanced Kalman Filtering algorithm for miniature inertial navigation unit (David Churchill, MicroStrain, Inc)

Testing of a miniature firewood-driven Rankine cycle power plant (Davila, Carl Bielenburg)

 

General Dynamics Projects (Dr. Iatridis can provide you with the contact information)

New Paradigm Automation Projects (Mike Werner, mwerner@npautomation.com, www.npautomation.com)