Mechanical Engineering Senior Projects - Spring 2014
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Senior Projects Spring 2014
Dunham Lab 107, Monday, April 28, 2014
09:00 - 09:15 Tammer Abiyu, “Burner Fabrication for Use in Co-flow Laminar Diffusion Flame Tests”
09:15 - 09:30 Jason Allmaras, Improving the Manufacturability of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells through the use of Electrospray Deposition of TiO2 Nanoparticles and Novel Sintering Techniques”
09:30 - 09:45 Brandon Araki, “An Injection-Based Method of Embedding Electronics in 3D Printed Parts”
09:45 - 10:00 Alec Arana, “Reconfigurable rebar for 3D-printed parts”
10:00 - 10:15 Kelly Campbell, “Nanoscale Processing Associated with Bulk Metallic Glass”
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 - 10:45 Levi DeLuke, “From Prototype to Production: A Hands-On Study in Small Scale Medical Device Manufacturing”
10:45 - 11:00 Charlotte Guertler, “Finger pad design for stable in-hand manipulation”
11:00 - 11:15 Stephen Hall and Jason Allmaras, “Testing Practical Tweaks in Efficiency and Design of the Common Quadcopter”
11:15 - 11:30 Maren Hopkins, “Transparent Flexible Solar Cells for Contact Lens Based Sensor Applications”
11:30 - 11:45 Alejandro Jimenez, “Imaging, Analysis, and 3D Modeling of Arabidopsis Petals”
11:45 - 12:00 Faisal Kawar, “The Future of Solar Energy in Jordan”
Lunch Served
12:15 - 12:30 Nathaniel Knapp, “Modeling Glassy Dynamics of the Cytoplasm”
12:30 - 12:45 Jan Kolmas, “An electrochemically mediated amine regeneration reactor”
12:45 - 01:00 Bolun Liu, “Use of High Dynamic Range (HDR) Imaging Algorithms for Quantitative Combustion Diagnostics”
01:00 - 01:15 Brian Loeb and Natalie Pancer, “Intestine Preservation Medical Device”
01:15 - 01:30 Isaiah LyonsGalante, and Madeline Yozwiak, “Jumping the Grid Designing the Distribution System for Microgrids in Kenya”
01:30 - 01:45 Matthew O’Donoghue, “Fixture for Mainsprings for Mechanical Watches”
01:45 – 02:00 Break
02:00 - 02:15 Kristi Oki, “Impeller design for a magnetically levitated ventricular assist device”
02:15 - 02:30 Madeline Popelka , “Engineering Soft Surfaces to Encourage Condensation”
02:30 - 02:45 Daniel Rathbone, “IVC Filter Retrieval Design of a Novel Tool to Retrieve Inferior Vena Cava Filters”
02:45 - 03:00 Aman Richard, “Relating the optical properties of graphene to its material properties”
03:00 - 03:15 John Rockaway, “Development of conductor material in 3D printed parts”
03:15 - 03:30 Christopher Segerblom, “Assessing the Potential of Electric Point-of-use Water Heaters”
03:30 - 03:45 Martin Shapiro, “Hernia Fixation Device”
03:45 - 04:00 Charles Stone, “Low-tech Humidified High Flow Nasal Cannula”
04:00 - 04:15 Allison West, “The aerospike nozzle”
04:15 – 05:00 Maggie Yellen, Geoffrey Litt, and Aaron Lewis, “Improving Patient Identification”