MENG 472b Final Presentations

Departments: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Time: Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 9:30am - 4:15pm
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Room/Office: Room 107
Location:
Robert J. Mann Jr., Engineering Student Center
10 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
United States
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MENG 472b Final Presentations

Thursday, May 5, 2016: Morning Session

9:30 – 9:45
Astrid Sardiñas
Creating a heat transfer model for sizing and designing thermoGreenWalls based on geographic location

Advisers: Prof. James Axley and Prof. Alexander Felson

9:45 – 10:15
Team CFSW*
SEARCH Center air quality monitor
Adviser: Prof. Drew Gentner

10:15 – 10:30
Evan Doyle
Miniaturized and low-cost VOC sensor
Adviser: Prof. Drew Gentner

10:30 – 10:45
Coffee break

10:45 – 11:00
Alexander Lee
Body orientation stability during two-legged jumping
Adviser: Prof. Madhusudhan Venkadesan

11:00 – 11:15
Lucinda Peng
Postural hand synergies during Bharatanatyam dance
Adviser: Prof. Madhusudhan Venkadesan

11:15 – 11:30
Betsy Li
Modeling muscle mechanics for mathematical analysis
Adviser: Prof. Madhusudhan Venkadesan

11:30 – 11:45
Jeffrey Gau
Recursive derivations of equations of motion for kinematic chains
Adviser: Prof. Madhusudhan Venkadesan

11:45 – 12:00
Mavila Marina Miller
Designing a stylish and durable DSLR camera bag for everyday use
Adviser: Dr. Joseph Zinter


Thursday, May 5, 2016: Afternoon Session

1:30 – 1:45
Bolun Liu
Synthesis flexibility of copper oxide nanoparticles
Adviser: Prof. Lisa Pfefferle

1:45 – 2:00
Astrid Pacini
Hydrographic structure and circulation of Pacific winter water on the Chukchi Sea shelf in late spring
Adviser: Dr. Robert Pickart

2:00 – 2:30
Team KRS**
Waste allocation load lifter – Yale class
Adviser: Prof. Corey O'Hern

2:30 –2:45
Ryan Humble
Elliptic grid generation and adaptive grid refinement
Adviser: Dr. Beth Anne Bennett

2:45 – 3:00
Coffee break

3:00 – 3:15
Katherine Berry
Circular waves: re-imagining high-capacity surf park design
Adviser: Prof. Jan Schroers

3:15 – 3:30
Jennie Wang
Nano- and micro-patterning bulk metallic glass for biomedical applications
Adviser: Prof. Jan Schroers

3:30 – 3:45
Kori Baij
Reusable bulk metallic glass molds for small parts
Adviser: Prof. Jan Schroers

3:45 – 4:00

Matthew Blake Knuth
Effect of thermal cycling on the fracture toughness of bulk metallic glasses Adviser: Prof. Jan Schroers

4:00 – 4:15
Erik Tharp
Bulk metallic glasses in surgical needle design
Adviser: Prof. Jan Schroers

*Team CFSW = Jonathan Chang, Genevieve Fowler, Mieke Scherpbier, and Patrick Wilczynski
**Team KRS = Jonathan Karp, Amy Rockwood, and Jordan Sabin