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Capstone Project BraceForward
Pressure-sensing inserts track brace fit and daily wear signals inside a scoliosis brace without redesigning the brace itself.
- Research
- Mechanical Design
- CAD
- +6
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Robogotchi - Interactive Tamagotchi Robot
A compact ESP32 pet robot combines motion, touch, RFID feeding, camera input, OLED emotion, and browser-based interaction logic.
- CAD
- Prototyping
- Test & Validation
- +3
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Gyroscopic Glove for Hand Tremors
A glove-mounted gyroscope prototype explores whether adjustable wrist stabilization can reduce tremor effects during everyday hand tasks.
- Research
- Mechanical Design
- CAD
- +5
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Morphing Thrombectomy Device
A scaled benchtop basket expands mechanically, rotates through clot proxies, and uses optical feedback to explore adjustable thrombectomy behavior.
- Research
- Mechanical Design
- CAD
- +5
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Penalty Kick Robot
A spring-driven kicking leg is modeled around energy transfer, release timing, contact point, and soccer penalty trajectory control.
- Mechanical Design
- CAD
- Mechanisms
- +3
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Polymer Speaker Design Study
A lightweight piezoelectric speaker pairs a carbon-fiber vibrating structure with CAD, composite fabrication, acoustic simulation, and bench testing.
- Research
- Mechanical Design
- CAD
- +6
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Drone Dynamics and Control Simulation ME236
A quadcopter lab sequence connects motor identification, state estimation, attitude control, hover behavior, and autonomous landing simulation.
- Test & Validation
- Simulation
- Dynamics
- +3
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Hydraulic Turbine Design Study
A hydraulic turbine study links analytical modeling, CAD, finite-element stress checks, CFD, prototyping preparation, and generator pre-sizing.
- Mechanical Design
- CAD
- Prototyping
- +4
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Drone Height Control by Thrust Axis
A guided thrust-axis prototype uses ultrasonic sensing, Arduino control, and phase-lead correction to study vertical drone-position behavior.
- Mechanical Design
- Prototyping
- Test & Validation
- +4
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Active Noise Reduction in a Closed Cavity
An Arduino acoustic bench explores active noise reduction through sampling limits, phase adaptation, filtering, and closed-cavity experiments.
- Prototyping
- Test & Validation
- Signal Processing
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AI Classification Project
Colorized MNIST experiments test whether a Keras classifier relies on digit geometry, color relationships, or brittle distribution cues.
- Test & Validation
- AI & Machine Learning
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Trebuchet Design and Fabrication
A steel trebuchet prototype connects motion equations, Python projectile simulation, CAD, dynamic modeling, and workshop machining.
- Mechanical Design
- CAD
- Mechanisms
- +4
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Light Aircraft Braking System
A compact light-aircraft brake assembly is sized around thermal energy, torque transfer, bearing loads, CAD packaging, and manufacturability.
- Mechanical Design
- CAD
- Mechanisms
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Catenary Control Lab
A locomotive catenary model uses bond graphs, state-space analysis, discretization, and controller tuning to regulate contact behavior.
- Test & Validation
- Simulation
- Dynamics
- +1
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Mechanical Vibrations Lab
Experimental transfer functions and finite-element modal analysis are compared to identify modes, correlation gaps, and sensitivity trends.
- Test & Validation
- Simulation
- FEA
- +1
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Corking Machine Cam Design
A bottle-corking cam profile is redesigned around motion law, contact limits, Hertz pressure, motor sizing, CAD, and technical drawing.
- Mechanical Design
- CAD
- Mechanisms
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Second Skin for Endangered Orchids
Soft hydraulic domes and thermochromic color change mimic insect eggs on orchid leaves as a non-chemical plant-protection concept.
- Research
- Mechanical Design
- CAD
- +4