Mechanical Engineering
POSTER SESSIONS: 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Higgins Laboratories/Washburn
Biomechanical Engineering
Higgins Labs 154
Improved Walker Design
Meagan Foley, Kelly Johnson, Joseph Kalbach, Brittany McNally
Advisors: Allen Hoffman, Holly Ault
Powered Device to Assist in Pushing a Wheelchair
Kevin Kordosky, Lindsay Mullins, Katelyn Perkins, George von Roth
Advisors: Allen Hoffman, Holly Ault
Design
Higgins Labs 218; 234
Washburn 108
SAE Baja Gearless Differential
Patrick Fraser, Konstantinos Filiotis, Justin Goodwin, Kemal Moise, Brandon Pare, Cynthia Weiler
Advisors: Eben Cobb, Torbjorn Bergstrom
Rapid Prototype Benchmark
John McGinley, Chad Munchbach, Kyle Pydynkowski
Advisor: Eben Cobb
Pneumatic Test Bed
Richard MacKendrick, Syed Naqvi, Brendan White
Advisor: Eben Cobb
FSAE Racecar Crash Protection
Jonathan Hart, Craig Kennedy, Todd LeClerc, Justin Pollard
Advisor: Eben Cobb, Taskin Padir
Driveline Generator Test Stand Design
David Boudreau, Molli Malcolmson
Advisor: Eben Cobb
Sponsor: DRS Technologies Inc.
FSAE Turbo-System Design 2010
Brian Beach, Stoyan Hristov, Patrick Napier, Brian Robie, Zachary Wilson
Advisors: Eben Cobb, Taskin Padir
Redesign of a Dental Mirror Cleaning Device
Robert Matrow, Elizabeth Ray
Advisor: Eben Cobb
Evaluation and Application of a High-Resolution Fiber Optic Strain Sensor
Jacob Lemay, Felicia White, Michael Zervas
Advisor: Cosme Furlong-Vazque
Packaging and Optimization of a Digital Holographic Otoscope for Clinical Use
Simon Goldish, Timothy Kunyz, Christopher Lizewski, Daniel Olecki
Advisor: Cosme Furlong-Vazque
Sponsor: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Empty Open Nest Detector
Davis Nguyen, Carol Okumura, Yuk-Kwan (Brian) Yuen
Advisor: Robert Norton
Sponsor: Gillette
Linear Cam Design for Product Alignment
Matthias Downey, Peter Holmes, Joseph Mayo, Christopher Wells
Advisor: Robert Norton
Sponsor: Gillette
Calculating Wooden Baseball Bat Efficiency
Seth Chapman, Mark Dignum, Lyle Miller
Advisor: Mark Richman
Roof Robot III
Samuel Drogin, Christopher Harlow, Obadia Kopchak, Daniel Schick
Advisors: Kenneth Stafford, Taskin Padir
Sponsor: Travelers Insurance Co.
SAE Baja Hybrid-Hydraulic Drive Train
Thomas Coletta, Alex Hansen, Daniel Mittelman, Ryan Weaver, Eric Weiland, Shawn Wilhelm
Advisors: Kenneth Stafford, James van de Ven, Torbjorn Bergstrom
Sponsors: Hydro-Gear, Parker Hannifin Corp., OMNI Services
Flywheel-Accumulator for Compact Hydraulic Energy Storage
Rahul Mahtani, Angel Martinez, Rachel Salvatori, Robert Sayre
Advisor: James van de Ven
Hydraulic Dynamometer to Simulate the Regenerative Braking Cycle of Hybrid Engines
Robert McNamee, Ian Monk, Thomas Page, Michael Taglieri
Advisor: James van de Ven
Sponsor: National Fluid Association
Longboard Braking System
Philip Hardegen, Cordero Marrero, Pedriant Pena
Advisor: Chris Brown
Saint-Gobain High Force Grinder Fixture System
Harold Kawakami, Daniel Hassett, Morgan Guardino
Advisor: Yiming (Kevin) Rong
Sponsor: Saint-Gobain
Rotational Snowboard Binding
Vivian Auer, Adam Gould, William Mayo, Patrick Nietupski, Benjamin Parker
Advisor: Chris Brown
Multilayer Polymer Inkjet Printing
Aaron Costello, Daniel Doherty, Justin LeBeau, Robert Warren
Advisor: Satya Shivkumar
Force Plate Reliablity and Dynamics for Ambulance Vibration Suppression
Nicole Klegraefe
Advisor: Mustapha Fofana
Snowboard Binding Suspension System
Peter Maurer, Alexander Maynard, Daniel McHugh, Stephen Napolitano
Advisor: Chris Brown
Rotating Snowboard Bindings Interface
Nathan Brown, Philip Lauinger, Devin Ohmart
Advisor: Christopher A. Brown
Motorized Gate Wrench for Slalom Poles
Ryan Foley, Benjamin Hawkins
Advisor: Chris Brown
Manufacturing/Materials
Washburn Shops 1st Floor
The Effects of Material and Configuration of the Acoustic Response of an Impact Stop
Adam Belanger, Daniel Mallette, John Meade
Advisors: Diana Lados, Robert Norton
Sponsor: Gillette
Nitriding and Cryogenic Treatments of Tool Steels for Wear Improvement
Michael Beliveau, Matthew Henry, Sidath Wijesooriya
Advisors: Diana Lados, Robert Norton
Sponsor: Gillette
An Integrated Mechanical-Metallurgical Approach to the Design, Testing and Analysis of Welded Bicycle Forks
Nathaniel Jannetti, Bradford Lynch
Advisors: Diana Lados, Jim van de Ven
Sponsored in part by Independent Fabrication
Nano Scale Convective Heat Transfer of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays
Alexander Larsen, Ryan Whetstone
Advisor: Jianyu Liang
Aging and Thermal Effects on the Properties of Fleshed and Defleshed Bones
Haley Connelley, Lena DesPlaines, Emily Kreek
Advisor: Satya Shivkumar
Changes in Bread’s Mechanical and Structural Properties as it Stales
Stephen Lima, Keith Meyer, Elias Whitten-Kassner
Advisor: Satya Shivkumar
Robotics
Higgins Labs 202
Force Sensing and Haptic Feedback for Robotic Telesurgery
Andrew Marchese, Hubbard Hoyt
Advisor: Greg Fischer
Pneumatic Actuator Development for MRI Robots
Michael Diblasi, Andrew Nehring, Andrew Smith
Advisor: Greg Fischer, Taskin Padir
Sponsor: AIM Lab, National Instruments
A Multiweapon Auto Aiming and Trigger System for Rapidly Deployable Remotely Operated Armed Support Robots
Sabrina Varanelli
Advisors: Stephen Nestinger, Michael Ciaraldi
Sponsor: Black-I Robotics
Project Pele: Humanoid Robotic Programming—A Study in Artificial Intelligence
Erik Fajardo, Wade Mitchell-Evans, Neil Nanisetty, Joseph Schlesinger
Advisors: Yiming (Kevin) Rong
Adding Wing Sails to Cargo Ships
Collin Strid
Advisor: Torbjorn Bergstrom
Design and Realization of an Intelligent Unmanned Ground Vehicle
Robert Fitzpatrick, Bohua (Jack) Wang
Advisors: Taskin Padir, Michael Ciaraldi, Greg Fischer, William Michalson, Stephen Nestinger, Ken Stafford
Sponsors: National Instruments, NVIDIA Corporation, Genesis Strategies Inc, Philip Blackman, Optima Batteries
Thermofluids
Higgins Labs 114
Thermal Design of a Fire Grate
Alexander Tutone
Advisor: John Sullivan
Mobile Measurement Platform
Dan Lampke, Michael Oshetsky, James Bassett
Advisors: Ali Rangwala, Robert Kinicki
ASTM E 2307 Leap Frog Effect
Ryan Rogan, Edward Shipper
Advisor: Gretar Tryggvason
Optimization of Surface Mount Technology Specializing in Heat Dissipation in BGA CSPs
Patrick Crowe, Julie Hitchcock, Victoria Valencia
Advisor: Ryszard Pryputniewicz
