CAPSTONE DESIGN PARTICIPANTS
Grishma Shah, Gary You, Mann Patel, Bennett Pincus
The Gaits
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Duke Xie, an ancient scholar during imperial China, designed the famous removable two-pegged shoes used to hike in inclined and rough terrain. The removable pegs allow the user to mimic the gait of a person climbing stairs and endure reduced force on leg muscles resulting in lower energy expenditure when walking on a slope. The intent of this project is to validate the hypothesis claimed by Duke Xie’s followers via testing and develop a modernized hiking shoe design to optimize the human gait when hiking.
Faculty Advisor: Zhao Pan
Shaela Suherli, Nisha Jeyaganeshan, Geoffrey Liu, Yao Yu, Kelly Chow
Flight Crew 32
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Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Powered Hybrid-Electric Aircraft:
To propel the world to reach net zero carbon emission as a climate change mitigation strategy, The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has developed a hybrid electric aircraft testbed (HEAT) which is fully battery powered. Our group is taking off on an expected 5-year mission in collaboration with the NRC to re-engineer the HEAT aircraft to a hydrogen fuel cell electric propulsion system.
Faculty Advisor: Xianguo Li
Yuhao Li
Xiao Peng
Tommy Tran
Lin Li
Armando Ayala
Insulin+
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Insulin+ strives to provide the ultimate user experience by addressing comfort and sustainability issues of existing insulin pumps.
The team aims to achieve this by designing a slimmer product with replaceable insulin cartridges. The system will include an insulin pump, a cartridge kit, a commercial continuous glucose monitor (CGM), and a mobile application.
The system receives glucose level data from the CGM, predicts the next reading and automatically adjusts insulin dose. This design invites the user to lead a more physically active and worry-free lifestyle.
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Roydon Fraser
Alex Miclaus, Michael Yoo, Max Zhao, Ivanseth Ong, Anne Adriano
DroneBox
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The recreational and professional use of drones has become increasingly significant in the past decade. Applications include photography, agriculture, and surveying. DroneBox is an autonomous system, developed to eliminate manual battery swapping, particularly in the land surveying industry. Our system targets DJI Phantom drones, a popular surveying drone choice. The future of this system is endless; slight modifications allow for alternative drone compatibility. Land your drone on the platform and watch DroneBox do the rest!
Kaaru Selvarasa, Hadi Khadra, Martin Naud, Shikhar Davla, Kathy Qin
Team Icebreakers
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Due to global warming, it is becoming much more feasible to traverse the Arctic. Consequently, many companies are considering new shipping routes through the Arctic to improve efficiency and sustainability.
There are inherent challenges associated with Arctic travel, and it is imperative that vessels are prepared to address them. An ultimate solution will automate navigation of Arctic shipping routes. To further this end, our team has developed a novel near-field ice navigation system to determine the specific path that a ship will need to take to navigate a local ice field. In addition, we have created a low-cost physical validation environment to allow testing of the algorithm and promote more rapid research and development in this sector.
Daniel Lydon
Alex Morrison
Justis Stanley
Aperture Flow Systems
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Our project redesigns and reimagines what is possible in valve technology.
Current valve systems have extreme inefficiencies that must be significantly reduced. Our valve design reduces the problem of inefficiencies and allows for a wide range of applications in many industries.