Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide and accounts for nearly 10 million deaths annually. Traditional surgery remains the most desirable treatment plan but leaves much to be desired with long recovery times and high recurrence rates. To eliminate these concerns, SafeSound Surgery was developed. SafeSound Surgery is a robotic assisted system that identifies, coordinates, and attacks tumours noninvasively using focused ultrasound techniques. Using new and innovative technology, SafeSound Surgery strives to offer the safest cancer treatment system in the world!

Faculty Advisors: HJ Kwon, Moslem Sadeghi-Goughari

Our project is an improved burrowing probe for the Martian surface, inspired by the HP3 probe on NASA’s InSight Lander. This instrument was intended to burrow 5 meters below Mars’ surface to measure heat flux from the planet’s core. This failed, due to interactions between unforeseen soil conditions and the probe’s hammering mechanism. Our project employs an alternate approach to create a viable solution, using a screw mechanism to bore into the sand, and torque-countering fins that keep the probe from rotating.

Faculty Advisor: Steve Lambert

Atlas Exo is excited to present our assistive shoulder exoskeleton, designed for the over 3 million people across North America suffering from rotator cuff injuries annually. Our shoulder exoskeleton incorporates embedded software which processes Electromyography (EMG) signals, recording and interpreting the brain activity associated with the movement of the rotator cuff muscle group. The processed signals are then transmitted to our intelligent electro-mechanical system, which actively supplements the patients shoulder movement resulting in an alleviation of destructive stresses in the rotator cuff, facilitating accelerated recovery times.

Faculty Advisor: Arash Arami

SALT (Solid-mechanics Advanced Learning Tools) helps students bridge the gap between theoretical calculations and hands-on tools. The physics of motion are essential to mechanical engineers; utilizing this tool kit engineering students will be able to build and test mechanisms to verify their calculations. The kit includes sensors, motors, linkages (of varying sizes), and multiple joint types which work together to create real time graphs of position, velocity, acceleration, force, and moment.

Faculty Advisor: Kamyar Ghavam

All around the world, hundreds of bridges are forced to close for large parts of their operating schedules due to high winds, costing millions per year and creating hundreds of tons of pollution. With climate change creating more severe storms every year, this problem is expected to grow. Our group aims to create a wind barrier which slows wind better than existing designs, keeps bridges open for longer, and potentially generates green energy from the blocked wind.

Faculty Advisor: Zhao Pan