Design Expo Teams
Design Expo Teams
Low-cost Education Device for Optogenetics
Team Members
Sharon Wei
Emily Welker
Jon Yin
Nick Eddy
Zachary King
Faculty Member: Rachael Schmedlen
The motivation of our design project is to make optogenetic technology accessible to high school students to encourage experimental learning of optogenetics principles. Our device will demonstrate how blue light stimulation can cause contracting motor behavior and increase neuromuscular junction potentials in transgenic fruit fly larvae.
Early Physical Rehab Device for Critically Ill
Team Members
Rachel Strauss
Matt East
Vivienna Lim
Kharissa Nitiputri
Faculty Member: Rachael Schmedlen
We have designed a device that will assist with the process of providing early physical rehabilitation of critically ill patients so that this practice can be faster and safer. This device has been designed in conjunction with the U of M Hospital System's Critical Care Medical Unit. This device will assist the rehab team to help provide higher levels of patient care.
3D Facial Imager
Team Members
Firas Midani
Neel Kachalia
Ang Li
Kelly Morga
Katherine McKeon
Faculty Member: Rachael Schmedlen
Team 3D FaceMAP aims to reduce the consumer cost for acquiring prescription eyeglasses by automating the fitting stage of custom eyeglasses. The initial device prototype will reconstruct a three-dimensional (3D) image of the user's face from multiple two-dimensional (2D) images and obtain critical anthropometric data required for the fitting of customizable eyeglasses.
SanoBio Therapeutics LLC
Team Members
Zubair Ahsan
James Li
Boyang Zhao
Faculty Member: Rachael Schmedlen
Early diagnosis of diseases is crucial in reducing mortality and morbidity of patients. Moreover, diagnosis at early onset of diseases allows early intervention, dramatically reducing medical costs. However, existing clinical tests are expensive, immobile, and/or unreliable. Raman spectroscopy holds promise in solving these global health problems.
BME 499
Portable Optical Neural Stimulation System
Team Members
Kerim Kaylan
Jeffrey Houdek
Abeer Khurram
Neal Rakesh
Yanchen Liu
Faculty Member: Gregory Gage, Ph.D.
"Optogenetics is a promising new method of neurostimulation that seeks to address the limitations of electrical stimulation. We have developed a portable optoelectrode for use in mice for research purposes. Our system allows neuroscientists to conduct optogenetics research without using gas lasers, reduces costs, and simplifies the setup of optogenetic experiments."
Steerable Micro-Catheter
Team Members
Alexander Golec
Stuart Siegel
Ari Lax
Praneeth Katrapati
Faculty Member: Daryl Kipke
Novel design of a surgical micro-catheter using a shape-memory alloy wire to actuate steering.
Endorectal PET Probe
Team Members
Emma Salomonsson
Zhewei Chen
Aashay Yande
Jessie Carr
Faculty Member: Daryl Kipke
Designed Endorectal PET Probe for high resolution imaging of prostate cancer.
BME 599
Innovative Endovascular Therapy for Stroke
Team Members
Kunal Patel
Seung-Jae Chung
Shangfeng Chang
Zhe Guan
Vivienna Lim
Faculty Member: Aileen Huang-Saad
"The goal of this project is to develop a new mechanical device to treat ischemic stroke caused by a blood clot that forms in a brain vessel. Current devices are designed to either remove the clot or break it up, but they have their drawbacks. Our design will mitigate these problems through a innovative ""umbrella"" design, providing a universal solution to the problem."
Vascular Access Bleeding Detection
Team Members
Christine Belzyt
Ryan Bernstein
Michelle Cote
Kelley Maynard
Jay Johnson
Faculty Member: Aileen Huang-Saad
"We're developing a portable, noninvasive internal bleeding detector to be used after catheterization procedures. Accumulation of blood will cause a change in the an induced magnetic field which will be correlated to blood loss volumes. The device would operate autonomously to alert the patient and medical professionals of a problem through a digital display. "
Endoscopic Carrier Tool for Throat Surgery
Team Members
Denise Koueiter
Avnie Kadakia
Vijay Janakiraman
Eduardo Serrano
Carolyn Slopsema
Martin Wieczorek
Faculty Member: Aileen Huang-Saad
Trans-oral surgery involves the use of a microscope and rigid tools, which in conjunction with anatomical constraints of the throat make surgical access and visualization challenging. We have designed an endoscope carrier, a hollow rigid channel with an adjustable tip that will allow flexible tools to be used in the throat, thereby improving visualization and mobility.
Esophageal Prosthesis For Refractory GERD
Team Members
Ameya Walimbe
Jeremy Koehler
John Whalen
Chia-Fang Chang
Faculty Member: Aileen Huang-Saad Ph.D.
GERD Solutions, a team of four multidisciplinary graduate engineering students, is developing an esophageal prosthesis to treat refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), a disorder of chronic stomach acid reflux into the esophagus. The team is designing, prototyping, and building their technology and ultimately aim to commercialize it in the marketplace.
A novel eyelet to reduce suture pullout
Team Members
Vaun Greer
Jake Wolenberg
Anam Rashid
Soumya Yandamuri
Brenna Smith
Faculty Member: Aileen Huang-Saad
Surgeries to fix rotator cuff repairs are often prone to suture pullout, where sutures can tear through a tendon in which they were initially passed. We have developed a solution to prevent suture pullout by reinforcing the tendon. The design utilizes an eyelet device to be implanted into the tendon to act as a mechanical barrier to prevent failure of the repair.
BME450
CerebroStatis
Team Members
Ali Jardaly
Jordan Klein
Avi Gadok
Mary Kreuz
Erica Roche
Faculty Member: Rachael Schmedlen
Biomedical Engineering Device: Our product will address the issue of CSF leakage by implementing a passive control system that accurately controls and monitors the flow rate from the lumbar puncture.
BME499
Microfluidic device to cells by elasticity
Team Members
Margaret Mueller
Megan Bland
Neel Vakharia
Alia Zander
Faculty Member: Daryl Kipke
A microfluidic device that separates cancer cells based on elasticity for the study of cancer cell metastasis.
CEE 402
Salem Meadows Development: Site 2
Team Members
Yilan Zhang
Lauren Hickey
CJ Lilly
Edward Byrne
Carl Welch
David Shellabarger
Eric Denton
Travis Verdier
Faculty Member: James K. Wight
This is the design of a seven story multi-use building on a proposed site in Salem Township for the Civil and Environmental Engineering Senior Design Class (CEE 402)
Salem Meadows Development Site
Team Members
Jason Cook
Heather Beall
Ben Ward
Jayar Smith
Kyle Zanto
Bryan VanDuinen
Hunter Proctor
Lexi Walter
Faculty Member: James K. Wight
The Owner has invited 6 teams to participate in this Salem Meadows Development Site design competition. Each team has been assigned to a specific buildable portion of the site. Each respective team designed their building to that specific site, taking into account the topography of their site and the environmental exposure of the building.
Team 3 - Salem Meadows Development
Team Members
Julie Tibbitts
James Childs
Roger Kempeinen
Zaher Hamzeh
Amanda Bowery
Robert Gonzalez
Samuel Liveson
Jonathan Bixby
Faculty Member: James Wight
The purpose of this project is to design a seven story, multiple use building to accommodate retail stores, office space, and residential apartments. A Construction Engineering Management (CEM) team will communicate directly with the owner, and work with geotechnical, environmental, and structural engineers to facilitate the process of construction and design.
Salem Meadows Development Site 5
Team Members
William Wiwel
Amanda Young
Shane Hayes
Michael Salvador
Karen Bityk
Fukang Peng
Tae Kim
Joey Abramson
Faculty Member: James K. Wight
Design and construction process for a seven story multi-purpose building to be erected in Salem Township. This includes water and sanitary systems as well as the necessary building infrastructure.
R.O.L.E. Construction - Salem Meadows Development
Team Members
Paul Sefcovic
Tyler Bergin
Tyler Osburn
Imani Carson
Nadeem Banda
James Kelly
Mohammad Kabalan
Colleen Walsh Osai Robinson Samantha Justice
Faculty Member: James Wight
R.O.L.E. Construction Company is a group of construction management engineers that worked on the Salem Meadows Development project in CEE 402. Our tasks include bidding, planning, and progressing the work associated with the project. We also worked with the other design teams to produce a quality project.
Salem Meadows Developmental Construction Plan Team
Team Members
Mel Chi
Rebecca Maier
David McMaster
Marc Ranke
Maries Ternes
Andrea Trese
Anna James
Doug Fransioli
Faculty Member: James K. Wight
Class project on the development of Salem Meadows at the intersection of Joy Road and Plymouth-Ann Arbor Road in Salem Township, Michigan.
CHE 487
Epichlorohydrin/Pharmagrade Glycerin Production
Team Members
Nicholas Schuelke
Gavin Knight
Yan Maas
Andres Poplawski
Faculty Member: Barry Barkel
Our project involved designing a plant to produce 50,000 tons/year of epichlorohydrin and 5,000 tons/year of pharmaceutical grade glycerin. We do this by starting with crude glycerol that comes from biodiesel production.
Waste to Biogas Production
Team Members
Dana Weimar
Megan Noyes
Kurt Kurzenhauser
Ramsay Brasza
Faculty Member: Barkel, Schwank
The proposed plant will produce biogas from wastewater and agricultural waste. The raw biogas will be used for two purposes once select impurities have been removed. A fraction of the biogas will be used to power a generator. The rest will go through a series of upgrading stages to produce a pure stream of methane to be sold to the natural gas pipeline.
Epichlorohydrin and Pharmaceutical Grade Glycerol
Team Members
Nicholas Burtch
Rola Aqel
Khurram Siddiqi
Dafeng Chen
Faculty Member: Barry Barkel and Johannes Schwank
"The MichiChem Company has asked our team to perform an economic analysis on the production of50,000 tons per year of epichlorohydrin and 5,000 tons per year of pharmaceutical-grade glycerol for use in its various processing units. "
Saccharin Production
Team Members
Heather Runyon
Deniz Hinz
Amanda Lemmer
Campbell Shaw
Faculty Member: Barry Barkel
Production of 2500 tons of saccharin per year. Designing a plant that can profit from selling saccharin at $4-$5 per kg.
Ethylene Tetramerization
Team Members
Nicholas Kaylor
Nathan Porter
Vijai Madhavakkannan
Sara Kreinbrink
Faculty Member: Barry Barkel
Ethylene is used to make 1-hexene and 1-octene through a tetramerization process.
Turpentine Production
Team Members
Brian Kostukovsky
Timothy Haug
Christopher Dietrich
Dong Chung
Faculty Member: Tommy Golczynski
Production of turpentine to be used as a feasible fuel for the automotive fleet of MichiChem. Turpentine is to be made of pine trees planted on MichiChem's 12000 acre plantation.
Production of the sodium salt of saccharin
Team Members
Matthew Gross
Alicia Friedman
Patrick Myers
James Geyman
Faculty Member: Barry Barkel, Johannes Schwank
This outlines our design for a chemical plant capable of producing 2500 tons/year of the sodium salt of saccharin.
Production of Turpentine Bio-Diesel
Team Members
Ahmad Afif Abdul Majid
Emily Moceri
Andrea Bernstein
Pei Ying Chew
Faculty Member: Johannes W. Schwank
Our project will determine the feasibility of producing turpentine fuel from pine trees. We will investigate the physical and economic aspects of this process as well as determine profitable by-product processing operations.
Epichlorohydrin and Glycerol Production
Team Members
John Gulbronson
Manas Tetarbe
Sophia Elie
Nanditha Teegala
Faculty Member: Barry Barkel
Gogetters Engineering has created a plant design for Epichlorohydrin and Glycerol production in order to fulfill industrial needs. Our process is both technically and economically feasible that makes use of biodiesel based crude glycerol as raw feedstock.
Ethylene Tetramerization
Team Members
Catalina Moreno
Derek McKindles
Preeta Maitra
Brendan Kirchner
Faculty Member: Barry Barkel
OLEFINdustries has designed an ethylene tetramerization process for the production of 80,000 metric tons of combined 1-hexene and 1-octene.
Maize & Blue Biogas Production
Team Members
Calvin Boerigter
Timothy Jin
Mason Nistel
Jackie Tennis
Faculty Member: Johannes Schwank
Our team is designing a plant to produce 97.7% methane that can be fed into a public natural gas distribution pipeline, using a mixed waste feed consisting of wastewater sludge, food, and agricultural wastes. We are placing a specific emphasis on the creation of renewable fertilizer produced from the digestate waste.
Epichlorohydrin Production
Team Members
Adam Teholis
Brian Weeden
Cassidy Cooke
Felipe Stortini
Faculty Member: Barry Barkel
Our goal is to create an epichlorohydrin unit and glycerin plant capable of producing enough epichlorohydrin and glycerin to meet the needs of MichiPharm and MichiChem.
Ethylene Tetramerization
Team Members
Kristina Roe
Laura Atkinson
Jay Opland
Cory Von Achen
Faculty Member: Barry Barkel, Johannes Schwank
Our project team collaborated in the research, process design, process simulation and cost estimation of producing 80,000 metric tons annually of combined 1-hexene and 1-octene from the tetramerization of ethylene.
Biogas Production
Team Members
William Grier
James Huebschman
Terrah Tawney
Jillian Vanvonderen
Faculty Member: Johannes Schwank
This project is the design of a biogas production and upgrading facility. Waste is converted into methane which is either burned in a generator or purified to for injection into a natural gas line. The undigested waste left over from the process can be used as fertilizer.
BioVert Biogas Production
Team Members
Jason Brendel
Anne Thiel
Christopher Fiebelkorn
Ryan Masluk
Faculty Member: Johannes Schwank
Our project deals with the design and economics of constructing a biogas production facility. This facility processes 100 tons of waste per day in order to produce biogas for energy generation.
Epichlorohydrin And Glycerol Production
Team Members
Nick Clay
Audra Williams
Jimmy Crockett
Matt Lokar
Faculty Member: Barry Barkel
Epichlorohydrin and synthetic glycerol production from a hydrocarbon feedstock
Selective Production of 1-Octene and 1-Hexene
Team Members
Mike Dowling
Martin Cuddy
Kyle Quada
Brandon Yelen
Faculty Member: Johannes Schwank
The Ethylutions: "A Great Leap Forward" produces annually 80,00 metric tones of 1-octene and 1-hexene from ethylene in a unique catalytic environment. We synthesize and institute our own unique ligand-metal catalyst to promote ethylene tetramizeration.
Ethylene Tetramerization to form linear alpha olefins
Team Members
Bethany Schroth
Nicholas Boston
Christopher Bivins
Jongyoon Bae
Faculty Member: Johannes Schwank
Ethylene is used in a tetramerization reaction with an iPr-PNP ligand and Cr activator in order to form 1- hexene and 1 - octene and other linear alpha olefins.
Production of Sodium Saccharin
Team Members
Matt Durham
Mario Azzurri
Jon Boljesic
Matt Luneack
Faculty Member: Don Ray
MichiChem has asked Team Sacch to produce 2500 T/yr of the sodium salt of saccharin. Producing saccharin on a large scale for the 3rd world market offers a profitable opportunity to aide their developing economies.
Processing Turpentine from Michigan Red Pine
Team Members
Laura Weiser
Meredith Nash
Daniel Gonik
Patrick Knight
Faculty Member: Elaine Wisniewski
Design of Factory to process turpentine and other red pine derivatives, including bleached wood pulp.
Energreen
Team Members
Crissie Zuchora
Adam Haag
Zich Sherman
Bowei Zhao
Faculty Member: Johannes Schwank
Our group is a ChE 487 senior design project team named, Energreen. We were given the project to design an economical waste to biogas facility with a capacity of 100 tons/day of mixed wastes. We are also trying to find the most economical and green option for the waste digestate.
It's Turp 'N Time
Team Members
John Cunningham
Christopher Rausch
Alicia Manders
Lauren Rajewski
Faculty Member: Richard Mcenhill
Our group has developed a preliminary full scale design of an industrial turpentine production plant.
Saccharin Sodium Salt Production
Team Members
Lily Tsang
Amanda Opaskar
Nancy Tseng
Deven Brueckman
Faculty Member: Johannes Schwank and Barry Barkel
Due to the potential projected growth of the saccharin market, MichiAg, the food and agriculture division of MichiChem, wishes to determine the feasibility of designing a manufacturing facility to produce 2,500 tons of saccharin sodium salt per year.
ChE 496
Maize and Blue Crayons
Team Members
Jimmy Mueller
Kristen Angonese
Mathias Chong
Sarah Ewing
Danielle Mai
Faculty Member: Barry Barkel
Scribblem designed maize and blue 'eco-friendly' crayons children's recreational use. These crayons are the beginning of a line of crayons for MichiProd, the consumer products division of MichiChem. This project encompassed market research, process and formulation development, a process flow diagram, and a final economic analysis.
Chalk JAMMS Sidewalk Chalk
Team Members
Mitra Daneshvar
Michael Ryder
Jeremy Lapak
Amber Chacon-Saavedra
Stephanie Smallwood
Faculty Member: Barry Barkel
Our team, ChalkJAMMS, has designed and created a line of bi-colored, glow-in-the-dark sidewalk chalks for consumer use.
The Development of Maize and Blue Face Paint
Team Members
Anna Jenks
Jared Clark
Steven Sherman
Catherine Davlin
Julie Xiang
Faculty Member: Barry Barkel
Our team, Wolverine War Paint, was assigned to research and develop a line of face paint. Product development was directed at developing Maize and Blue colors. Our project includes research, market analysis, product design, formulation development, and scale-up considerations for process development necessary to produce this product.
EECS 430
Stratolite Crosslinks
Team Members
Russell Willmot
Michael Heywood
Douglas Robinson
Paul Webb
Faculty Member: Brian Gilchrist
In an effort to extend internet access to regions such as disaster relief zones and the poles of the Earth, a link can be created using a network of high-altitude balloons (stratolites). This project focuses on the communication crosslink between two stratolites.
144.390 MHz Tracking Antenna for Balloons
Team Members
Daniel Meinzer
Alex Bogatko
Michael Drumm
Joshua Tylenda
Faculty Member: Brian Gilchrist
Current University balloon projects use the APRS network for communicating between the balloon and its team on the ground. APRS balloon trackers reliably establish links to ground stations on the horizon, but chase teams often lose connection due to the null below the balloon. Our goal is to design a more dependable tracking system with horizon-to-horizon coverage.
Airborne Beacon Locator Project
Team Members
Randy Schiffer
Scott Tripp
Emily Potter
John Stieber
Donna Wang
Faculty Member: Prof. Brian Gilchrist
This project focuses on a direction finding (DF) system to be deployed on an airborne aircraft. The locator is capable of determining the angle-of-arrival of pulsed radar beacon signals originating from the ground or at high altitudes and can be used in various applications such as defense and search-and-rescue.
Victim of Intruders: Wireless Security System
Team Members
Max Kotula
Tom Petelik
Amy Chiang
Sung Ho Park
Min Suk Kim
Faculty Member: Brian Gilchrist
Our wireless security system uses various sensors such as infrared and ultrasonic in order to sense an intruder to a 15' x 15' x 8' area. The system will wirelessly transmit sensor data to a computer, where a program will map out the location of all intruders, as well as saving important information such as the time and the location of intrusion.
High Speed Uplink/Downlink for StratoLite to Groun
Team Members
Michael Rizza
Majid Albahkali
Allan Carter
Kyle Stewart
Faculty Member: Brian Gilchrist
Our mission is to design and prototype a high-speed communication system to establish a network connection between a StratoLite balloon and a ground station.
EECS 430 / AOSS 431
Wireless Energy Transfer
Team Members
Manjunath Ganesh
Jon Marc O'Kins
Vijay Patel
Shenglin Li
Neel Chopra
Faculty Member: Brian Glichrist
The objective of the project is to transfer energy to High Altitude Platform via electromagnetic radiation, where in not causing any interference to other electronic devices in the path. The platform will be located at 18-20 km in altitude and set to loiter there and requires a minimum of 25 W of energy to be transferred at a given time from the ground station.
EECS 452
Earth Horizon Sensor for Small Spacecraft
Team Members
Alexander Sloboda
Vikram Ivatury
Kevin Moore
Garrett Sinclair
David Smith
Shwetha Prasad
Meng Wu
Faculty Member: Alfred Hero
The Earth Horizon Sensor (EHS) determines its pointing direction by capturing and processing an image of the earth. The EHS will be flown on future University of Michigan satellites.
The Discotective
Team Members
Tyler Johnson
Katie Bouman
Joe Kurleto
Brad Campbell
Mike Hand
Faculty Member: Professor Hero
The Discotective, an embedded sheet music transcriber, allows a user to quickly get a sense for the music they are learning, helping him or her to learn more effectively. Using image recognition techniques, the device reads in sheet music, classifies the notes, and plays them back to the user.
Safe Lane Changer
Team Members
Baishun Wu
Maurya Modi
Kyle Davison
Jaesuk Kim
Lixuan Ren
Faculty Member: Alfred Hero
Our project tried to build devices which could help drivers to perform safer lane changing when driving. We used sensors to detect speed and distance of cars on the other lanes and conducted decision making in FPGA. When our device decided it was dangerous to change lane, it would alert the drivers.
Wireless EEG
Team Members
Anton Pugh
Kyle Kinstedt
Zihong Lian
Tim Diamond
Michael Main
Faculty Member: Alfred Hero
A wireless EEG (electroencephalography) sensor, with various EEG interpretation applications. The primary application will be a music visualization whose parameters are controlled by the user's brain activity. We also hope to integrate other useful medical features (stress/anxiety detection, drowsiness detection, etc.).
Guitar Auto Tuner
Team Members
Nick Frazier
Maureen Maier
Jaehun Jeong
Chris Ranney
Dongsuk Jeon
Anirudh Minda
Faculty Member: Alfred Hero
Our team will design a peripheral which can automatically tune a guitar as the player strums the strings. It will offer standard tuning and pitch shifted tuning. We plan to use our knowledge of DSP and control theory to implement a system that is both accurate and efficient. The final design will be demonstrated at the Design Expo while attached to an acoustic guitar.
Software defined Radio
Team Members
Tingting Zou
Uttara Kumar
Brad Freyberg
Jun Yong Lee
Sungho Yoon
Faculty Member: Alfred Hero
A software defined radio epitomizes digital signal processing.Our software defined radio will be a proof-of-concept design demonstrating flexibility of standards and applications while reliably transmitting digital information over the air. Our design will modularize components for re-use which will be implemented on the TI DSP host platform.
Voice Command System
Team Members
Conner Howell
Zhen Liu
Jia Zhang
Ziyang Zhang
Yue Zhou
Faculty Member: Alfred Hero
A user will be able to control a video game character (Mario) using a series of voice input commands.
EECS430
Wireless Network for Environmental Sensing
Team Members
Agnelo Silva
Alexander Prog
Kayla Chen
Guanbo Chen
Yi Yuan
Faculty Member: Brian E. Gilchrist
A wireless sensor network (WSN) for environmental sensing (200 square miles) is considered. The sensors are divided into physical sectors, each one with an organizing node called Local Coordinator (LC). The sensors send the data to the LC and this one relays the data to a central point using long-range links. The goal of the design is to extend the lifetime of the network.
EECS452
Motion Controlled Robot
Team Members
Claire Maki
Daniel Clifford
Xi Guo
Hasan Jamal
Joseph Romeo
Faculty Member: Alfred Hero
A robot controlled by a user's movements picked up by a motion sensing device.
ENG 450
Toy Design Project
Team Members
Will Hilzinger
Dan Cox
Joe Sipka
Nicholas Peters
Ilya Kleyman
Shaili Das
Faculty Member: Nilton Renno
We have designed, prototyped, and tested a toy for blind and visually impaired children ages 5-9. The toy is also intended for use by sighted children, and serves as a fun and social medium for group play.
Formula Zetec Wing Study
Team Members
Andre Saleh
Zhen Li
David Chaaya
Andre Saleh
Faculty Member: Nilton Renno
To design a Formula rear car wing with increased downforce at high angles of attack commonly used in racing.
Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum Exhibit
Team Members
Brian Yost
Joseph Wendahl
Michael Timmes
Adam Hall
Faculty Member: Nilton Renno
Our project is aimed at designing and constructing a prototype exhibit to be displayed and potentially used long-term in the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum. The exhibit will serve to educate museum goers on the main concepts of depth perception in an interactive way.
Gecko Sensor Node Housing Integration
Team Members
Apoorva Bansal
Emmanuele Frontini
Moye (Vincent) Ji
Faculty Member: Nilton Renno
This project concerns itself with the design, development, and integration of a durable housing for the Gecko sensor node.
Automatic Planeless Pitch Control System
Team Members
Phillip Bajor
Bernard Murphy
Efrain-Peter Camacho
Priyanka Singareddy
Faculty Member: Nilton Renno
This project will support the Human Powered Submarine Team through the design, fabrication, and validation of an automatic plane control system that will reduce control surface area and increase pilot focus in operation of the submarine.
Hands-On Museum: Infrared Exhibit
Team Members
Brianna Jackson
Jessie Kiernan
Andrew Pan
Jermaine Jackson
Lindsay Ogard
Manan Kocher
Faculty Member: Nilton Renno
We worked the the Hands-On Museum to add on to their existing Infrared Exhibit.
Electric Field Sensor
Team Members
Ava Dupre
Vidya Sagar Reddy Avuthu
Lu Huang
Faculty Member: Nilton Renno, Steve Rogacki
A miniature electric field sensor designed to measure electric fields in dusty environments.
Motorcycle Frame Redesign
Team Members
Sean Chou
Nathan Cheng
Charles Hwang
Monica Date
Faculty Member: Nilton Renno
Mission Motors has created an electric motorcycle that they want to prepare for an upcoming race. To help optimize the motorcycle, our team is redesigning the motorcycle trellis frame to lighten the bike and improve its performance. The design and manufacture will change the design and materials of the frame, but function just as well or better than the original part.
Solar Collector
Team Members
Erica Lee
Andy Nguyen
Paul Schrems
Faculty Member: Nilton Renno
ENGR 450/455
Project Victor-Valiant
Team Members
Alexander McMillan
Faculty Member: Nilton Renno
The Victor-Valiant Mission is a precursor mission to a mission which establishes a permanent outpost on the Martian surface. The Victor-Valiant Mission's primary goal is to set up the machinery necessary to create ceramic brick, glass, and steel on the Martian surface.
Engr 455
Multifunctional Labor and Delivery Device
Team Members
Tiffany Chen
Malvika BhatiaGillian Henker
Christopher Maue
Faculty Member: Kathleen Sienko
We have spent the last two semesters designing a multifunctional labor and delivery device for low resource settings. Through in country observations made in the Summer of 2011 and a return trip in March 2011, we have addressed the need for women to be able to safely and comfortably transition through the stages of childbirth.
Autologous Blood Transfusion Device
Team Members
Bethany Schroth
Caitlin Winget
Theresa Fisher
Rajen Kumar
Faculty Member: Kathleen Sienko
A device to be used in order to salvage blood from ectopic pregnancy rupture. This blood can then be re transfused into the patient in the event that blood is not available from a blood bank.
IOE 424
Improving Arden Companies Cutting Process
Team Members
Steven Rozelle
Kyle Attamante
Chi Hin Neinken
Faculty Member: Dan Reaume
Improve the cutting process of fabric at the Arden facility in Kendallville, IN. This facility produces outdoor cushions and currently the cutting process is a bottleneck due to the demand shift from retail orders to web based orders.
Benchmarking Energy-Use Efficiency of GM Plants
Team Members
Tony Tricozzi
Danielle Martinak
David Trenary
John Bryan
Faculty Member: Dan Reaume
General Motors asked Guardian IV Consulting to use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA), two mathematical models that have been used benchmark efficiency, to evaluate their energy consumption data across engine, casting, and transmission manufacturing plants.
The Edward Ginsberg Center Transportation System
Team Members
Ares Panagoulias
Kai Kang
Josh Li
Jordan Pustover
Faculty Member: Dan Reaume
The project is an automated scheduling system for the Edward Ginsberg Center vehicle transportation fleet used by university students involved with community programs. Along with the automated system is a newly designed process of registering, using, and returning the vehicles to the center.
Red Blood Cell Supply and Inventory Management
Team Members
Patrick Metzger
Alex Beeker
David Moldawer
Faculty Member: Daniel Reaume
Blaze Medical Devices wants our team to develop a model that will allow for data to be inputted from clinical trials. Along with the data, the model will allow Blaze Medical to find the optimal testing point of a blood unit, as well as the marginal benefit of additional testing.
Closed Loop Shipping System for Returnable Totes
Team Members
Daniel Huffer
Brad Savoie
Joe VanValkenburg
Faculty Member: Daniel Reaume
Office Max, a leader in business-to-business office products solutions, is working on new business strategies to reduce their carbon footprint as well as reduce costs in the distribution of their products. To accomplish this, Office Max will utilize reusable totes for shipping their products between their distribution center in Warren,MI and The University of Michigan.
Analysis of Dealership Financial Data Outliers
Team Members
Graham Kohan
John Fox
Shamik Patel
Faculty Member: Daniel Reaume
Team 2011 developed and analyzed a new methodology for identify outliers in automobile dealership financial data. The new methodology increases the accuracy and validity of the data reports used by Urban Science's clients.
Transforming the Ginsberg Center's Transportation
Team Members
Eric Porter
Brian Roberts
Dinesh Balani
Chris Chang
Faculty Member: Daniel Reaume
We are developing a long term solution to turn the Ginsberg Center into a transportation hub for Univeristy of Michigan community service organizations
Analysis of new versus used vehicles dependencies
Team Members
Clarissa Sukmoro
Clarissa Sukmoro
Eugenia Woen
Haris Christanto
Yen Chih Jeff Wu
Faculty Member: Daniel J. Reaume
Urban Science is interested in how the relationship of new vehicle and used vehicle departmental performance. In this project, we will be using financial data for several dealerships to analyze the relationships between the two departments. We will consider the ratios of new to used sales and profitability and performance of the new and used departments
Benchmarking the Energy-Use Efficiency of GM Plant
Team Members
Eric Kuykendall
Jiandu Pan
Lindsay Krall
Faculty Member: Daniel J. Reaume
Greener Energy Technology Investment Portfolio Under Uncertainty of CO2 Credit Price
Improvement of IHA Patient Service Systems
Team Members
Peter Ciaverilla
Andrew Terhune
Harshil Shah
Faculty Member: Daniel Reaume
Integrated Health Associates' (IHA) Arbor Park-Pediatric Healthcare office has had low satisfaction when patients try to acquire services via telephone. Our project centers around examining Arbor Park's phone system and improving patient satisfaction when calling the office.
IRBMED Submission to Approval Time Reduction
Team Members
David Austen Cone
Edward Wu
Abby Zhang
Faculty Member: Daniel J. Reaume, Ph.D., P.E., Esq., Adjunct Assis
Our group, SIA, is currently working with the Michigan Institute of Clinical and Health Research (MICHR), and we plan to update it's 2007 value stream map, as our primary objective, and cut down MICHR's proposal granting lead time to 21 days. To meet the objectives, we will work closely with staff and board members of MICHR to gain a thorough understanding of the process.
Improving Cycle Time and Workflow at IHA
Team Members
Ryan Dugan
Mike Haffty
Kim Bowman
Faculty Member: Daniel Reaume
The practice manager feels reducing cycle time length for patient visits will increase patient and staff satisfaction. IHA asked the team to examine the current process to determine factors that contribute to longer cycle time while also accounting for constraints in the number of exam rooms, varying reasons for patient visits, and availability of staff.
UMHS I-CAP Project
Team Members
Christina NicoliaAmy Tan
Evan Rosen
Faculty Member: Daniel Reaume
The purpose of this project is to create a process map and comparison charts for the contract approval process for the Internal Medicine Divisions of Gastroenterology and Cardiology, and the Department of Anesthesiology. This project will assist in identifying improvement opportunities that will allow UMHS to remain a top academic health center.
Improving Production Efficiency of Arden Companies
Team Members
Sarah Han
Eileen Hsiao
Christopher Yip
Faculty Member: Dan Reaume
A team of Industrial & Operations Engineering seniors worked together to improve production efficiency of a manufacturing plant by reducing lead time and motion waste. This was accomplished utilizing the skills gained from various IOE courses, including value stream maps, time studies, simulation of the current and future processes, and lean manufacturing techniques.
VA Bed Turnover Process
Team Members
Aakash Mehta
Aakash Mehta
Abhishek Sharma
Mayank Agarwal
Shayaan Khanna
Faculty Member: Daniel Reaume
Evaluworks will be studying the patient discharge process at Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System (VAAAHS). The team will be analyzing the current situation, analyzing the situation after a pager system has been implemented, and providing necessary feedback and recommendations to VAAAHS to improve their patient discharge process procedure and duration.
Optimal balanced scheduling to meet 95% CSL
Team Members
Allen Kim
William Parry
Chong Huang
Faculty Member: Daniel J. Reaume
The company's sales has been steadily increasing. However due to increase in volume, Woodward's suppliers were not able to supply the components on time at the right quantity. Based on Woodward's internal performance metrics, the company is currently meeting its quality and cost metrics but can be as low as 65% on Customer Service Level (CSL) for On Time Delivery (OTD).
IOE 481
ABCC Study on Transfer Service Lead Time & Process
Team Members
Zefu Chen
Kevin Kimm
Sean Preston
Sung Hee Ahn
Faculty Member: Mark Van Oyen
"The issues are driving the need for this project:Variability in current transfer process of the ABCCLong turnaround time of the transfer process which leads to patient cancellationsCancellations by patients is a loss of income for the hospital The team will examine the current process of the transfer intake process interviews, observations & historical data analysis."
IOE424
Woodward_1: Long Range Equipment Capacity Modeling
Team Members
Tao Yu
Zhuoxin Chen
Wandi Lin
Faculty Member: Daniel J. Reaume
Project is to develop a long range capacity planning tool used to model variation in product demand and impact on manufacturing processes. Model is to understand how volume and product mix impact key equipment resources highlighting future potential capacity constraints, allowing for development of capital investment strategy to alleviate potential constraints.
ME 450
Sleep Sentry
Team Members
Ryan Warner
Juan Sun
Jirchao Liu
Chen Chen
Faculty Member: Kathleen Sienko
ME 450 design project for Dr. Chervin of the UM hospital sleep disorders clinic. We will be making a device which alerts hyper-sensitive Post-traumatic stress disorder patients of intruders in their bedroom so they can sleep without worry of attack.
Cost Efficient Bracket for Ford F-250 Super Duty
Team Members
David Hines, Jr.
Jacob Brown
Joey Lisano
Hao Tan
Faculty Member: Gordon Krauss
Bosch produces a mounting bracket for the Ford F-250 Super Duty truck brake booster. A unique bracket is necessary to properly locate and secure the brake system components. Bosch currently produces it at a price of $3.20/part. Our goal is to provide Bosch with a design for a mounting bracket that costs less than $2.40/part.
Ice Ice Baby
Team Members
Mark Cappo
Bobby Eastman III
Ben Frink
Matt VanOverloop
Faculty Member: Prof. Kathleen Sienko
A Low-Cost, Servo-Controlled Cooling Device for Maintaining Therapeutic Hypothermia in Asphyxiated Newborns
Thermal Predictive Tool for Automotive Lamps
Team Members
Evan Coder
Justin Isaacs
Victor Fiorentini
Faculty Member: Gordon Krauss
In order to design automotive exterior lights, engineers need a way to predict the maximum temperatures that will be reached in a light enclosure. We will be developing a predictive mathematical model for maximum enclosure temperature by gathering and analyzing test data from a test rig that we design.
Rapidly-deployable insulated shelter
Team Members
Ben Chehebar
Angela Kurdys
Yunhan Lo
Christine Hirzel
Faculty Member: Gordon Krauss
In collaboration with MIT Lincoln Labs, we were tasked with designing and developing an energy-efficient, reusable, rapidly-deployable shelter for the military that can be set up in a variety of locations and climates and be adapted for the needs of humanitarian efforts and disaster relief.
Disk Thickness Variation Measurement Fixture
Team Members
Kyle Faircloth
Cory Bailey
Joe McEwan
Lauren Scott
Faculty Member: Art Kuo
The design of a fixture to place inside the ShaPix' disk thickness variation (DTV) measurement system that would make it simple for an end user to accurately measure thickness variations of both sides of a brake rotor to one micron precision.
Safe Sleep Product for Infants with Colic/GER
Team Members
Matthew Upton
Rishi Ganeriwala
Sarthak Kukreti
Faculty Member: Kathleen Sienko
"Infants with Gastro-esophageal Reflux (GER) or Colic wake constantly throughout the night. Researchers have concluded that placing the infants on an inclined surface eases these symptoms. However, few products have been proven safe for nighttime use. Our product is designed to provide a safe sleeping environment for 0-6 month old infants with Colic or GER."
A Conjugate Reinforcement Device for Supine Infant
Team Members
Lisa Meintel
Victoria Langenstein
Kelsey Powell
Flamur Sulejmani
Faculty Member: Kathleen Sienko
The purpose of this project is to design a device that an infant can lay under in a supine posture and be stimulated and reinforced to kick and increase their leg activity. The device will be designed to be used in the home by parents with their 3-6 month old infant in an effort to develop a more physically active baby and reduce rapid weight gain.
Restroom Assistance Walker
Team Members
Jonah Shapiro
Kyle Happy
Connor Moelmann
Corwin Stout
Faculty Member: Professor Albert Shih
Our project was to redesign a walker to allow easy use of a restroom, specifically when sitting and standing from the toilet seat. Our walker is targeted towards elderly and disabled users who have difficulty sitting down and standing up from low toilet seats.
Master-Slave Control of a Robotic Arm
Team Members
Rebecca Rousseau
Jeff Abromowitz
Huan Fu
Faculty Member: Professor Arthur Kuo
A user will manually manipulate a robotic arm (master). A wireless signal will be transmitted to another robot arm at a remote location (slave). The slave arm will be controlled to mimic the motion and position of the master arm. This will be achieved using robotic arm kits, additional sensors, controllers, and other electronics.
Automotive Ingress/Egress Assist Device
Team Members
Mike Merritt
Ben Sutton
Lisa Romelhardt
Pete Ward
Faculty Member: Albert Shih
10,000 baby boomers are turning 65 every day, fueling a new market niche for devices aimed at assisting seniors with everyday life. Our project aims to meet this demand within the transportation sector. We will be designing a device to assist ingress and egress from personal vehicles.
Pressure Actuator in Extreme Environments
Team Members
Yeon Soo Chung
Henry Xu
Justin Wong
Faculty Member: Professor Arthur Kuo
A pressure actuator that can remotely press on a keypad is to be designed and assembled. The actuator must also function in extreme military environments such as that of high and low temperatures, low pressure, high humidity, and inflammable gases (i.e. no sparks). It must also meet a number of other physical requirements.
Shaft Lead Measurment Device Redesign
Team Members
Andrea Barlow
Bert Jiang
Alex Aldeen
Faculty Member: Krauss
"We will improve upon the optical method to measure shaft lead angle that was developed last semester in ME 450. This new device will achieve a more accurate correlation to the thread method and distinguish between closed grooves and spiral threads. Furthermore, the device will deliver results via a software interface."
Male Infant Clinical Circumcision Device
Team Members
Coreen DeFever
Taylor Doty
Shruti Kumar
Meghan Wright
Faculty Member: Professor Kathleen Sienko
Globally, sub-Saharan Africa has the highest prevalence of HIV and AIDS. International health organizations recommend male circumcision as an effective intervention against HIV. Our challenge is to design an easy-to-use and safe device that is less expensive than current devices for clinical infant male circumcisions that can be used in a resource-limited setting.
Mechanism for Cross Trainer Seat Position Adjustment
Team Members
Lyndsey Pohl
Alexandra Doan
Nic Gordon
Justin Whitney
Faculty Member: Albert Shih
The seat adjustment mechanism on a NuStep T5 exercise machine was evaluated and redesigned to better accommodate elderly, disabled, and obese users. This mechanism is able to withstand a maximum user weight of 600 lbs.
Cooling System for Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Team Members
Aria Kashani
Donald Maynard
Satyajeet Deshmukh
Shikhar Mohan
Faculty Member: Dr. Albert Shih
Exercise is beneficial since it increases fitness levels. Due to inadequate thermal regulation, a secondary effect of MS, patients require an external cooling source. Therefore, the expected outcome is to develop and fabricate an integrated accessory for the T5 that shall provide adequate cooling whilst ensuring comfort and meeting all other customer requirements.
A Shield from the Weather for Entering/Exiting a Vehicle
Team Members
Yilu Wang
Kuo Sun
Luis Munoz
Naren Mital
Faculty Member: Albert Shih
When it's raining heavily, walker and/or wheelchair users require more time and need both of their hands to aid them when exiting or entering a vehicle. The goal of our project is to design and construct a canopy-like device, which will shield a person during entry or exit. The canopy will be easily deployable and anchored to a vehicle's body for a hands-free experience.
By-Wire AT Shifting Device
Team Members
Joseph Zalewski
Ira Goldberg
Kevin Mitchell
Peng Zhao
Faculty Member: Art Kuo
Design a device that will move a shifter using a computer to control the movements. Shifter must still be able to be manually overridden at any time.
Tightening Tool Ergonomics
Team Members
zheng wang
Fanbo Meng
Yunhan Sun
Pengchuan Wang
Faculty Member: Gordon Krauss
The wrong tool choice can both increase the operators' fatigue and reduce the repeatability of the torque delivered. We want to design a device, which can measure and catalogue (via software) the force/reaction/vibration/torque acting on the operators' arms when different tightening tools are used in different body positions by simulating the tightening process.
Dual Mode Tribometer
Team Members
Michael Mashuta
Adrian Choy
Kevin Rothenberg
Chengyun Hua
Faculty Member: Arthur Kuo
We have continued the work of two previous student teams to create a dual mode tribometer that performs both the pin-on-disk and linear reciprocating test, conforming to ASTM standards.
ME552
Large-Range Single-Axis Nanopositioning System
Team Members
David Hiemstra
Yi Chen
Yangbing Lou
Yilong Wen
Zhen Wu
Faculty Member: Prof. Shorya Awtar
"Nano-resolution positioning systems are essential in many of today's cutting-edge research and manufacturing processes. However, these systems suffer from limited motion range. Our team designed and built a nano-positioning system with increased motion range, featuring a moving-magnet voice coil actuator integrated with a flexure bearing and thermal management system. "
