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Minimally Invasive Thoracic
Fixation System
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Electric Machine Dynamometer
Safety Stop System
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3M Solar-Powered Patio Umbrella
From left to right: Mary Czysen, Ben Foelker,
Hannah Mikulich, Justin Slis, Justin Springer, and
Katie Ross
Completed Phase I of Safety Stop System for
Dynamometer Test Bed.
Solar-powered rechargeable lighting system
capable of being retrofitted onto a patio umbrella.
Team Members
Mary Czysen, Ben Foelker, Hannah Mikulich, Justin
Slis, Justin Springer, and Katie Ross, Biomedical
Engineering
Advisor
Dr. Rupak Rajachar
Sponsor
Medtronic
Project Overview
Implantable devices are the future of sensor
technology, and finding a way to reliably and
effectively fixate these devices inside the body
is the focus of this project. Conventionally, these
sensors are used for monitoring thoracic cavity
activity and are placed subcutaneously; but with
normal body movement the sensor can experience
noise due to the instability of the implantation site.
Secure fixation to a more mechanically stable site
in the thoracic cavity may reduce device motion
and thereby reduce noise. For this to be realistic,
however, any procedure would have to be minimally
invasive.
Team Members
Matt DeBar, Raquiem Ali, and Ryan Paull, Electrical
Engineering Technology
Advisors
Dr. Aurenice Oliveira and Dr. Wayne Weaver
Sponsor
ABB
Project Overview
We created a safety stop circuit and enclosure for a
dynamometer test bed for many different electrical
machines.
Team Members
Joseph R. Dowdle, Xiaolei Zhang, Douglas Sims,
and Erik Griffith, Electrical Engineering
Advisor
Dr. Duane Bucheger
Sponsor
3M
Project Overview
As solar technology gains popularity, there are
emerging needs for ways to harness solar energy.
One such area involves utilizing solar energy to
provide light once sunlight becomes scarce or
no longer available. With an interest in exploring
this developing area, 3M seeks to assess the
commercial viability of designing and building
a solar-powered umbrella that is capable of
using solar energy to power a lighting system.
Additionally, the umbrella system should be capable
of harnessing enough solar energy to provide four
hours of reading light and have a manufacturing
cost of $50 and a mean time before failure of at
least five years.
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