This semester’s 218 teams spanned four colleges - Engineering, Computing, Design, and the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts - and 12 schools. Seven disciplines within engineering were represented: aerospace, biomedical, electrical and computer, industrial and systems, materials science, mechanical, and nuclear and radiological. Twenty five percent of the teams were interdisciplinary, the highest number in the Expo’s history. That includes the overall winner, Tired Techies. The team of computer, electrical, and mechanical engineers created a sleep-monitoring mask and smart alarm that reduces drowsiness by waking the sleeper during the correct sleep cycle. The device measures eye movement throughout the night and processes the data to classify sleep stages. The team won $3,000 and credited their success to plenty of sleepness nights. “After hours and hours of work, things surpassed what we thought we could have accomplished.” “Our team had an idea of where we wanted things to go,” said Ananth Kumar, a computer engineering student from Pleasanton, CA.
Outside of the winner’s circle, one team saw lines of hungry attendees throughout the night. A group from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering spent the semester trying to solve one of Papa John’s current dilemmas: a lengthy pick-up process. The team designed a barcode system and heated, glass pizza lockers. The system allows customers to skip the line at the store by using their phone to scan the lockers and grab their pre-paid pizza. The team’s goal was to reduce the time at the store from six minutes to less than three. Other teams, such as Last-Mile Machines, were unsponsored. The mechanical and computer engineers built a foldable electric scooter that fits into a backpack. Their micro-mobility device, built with machined, 3D-printed, and water-jetted parts, was an effort to help public transportation riders quickly reach their final destination in a safe, eco-friendly, and affordable manner. “It was also very rewarding as a personal project because it was self-defined, allowing us to create any end product or scope that we wanted.” “Our interdisciplinary team of engineers recognized the differences between all of our personal and job experiences, then combined those skillsets to make a creative, rigid, and rugged project that fulfilled all of our expectations,” said Melissa Foley, a mechanical engineer from Middleboro, Massachusetts.
of Biomedical Engineering - FeediNG Forward Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering - PICARDĪ project that outlined a mission to Phobos, a Martian moon.Ĭreated an educational mass timber pavilion for sponsor Georgia Forestry Foundation to demonstrate the sustainable nature of mass timbers.Ĭoulter Dept.
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Simplified nasogastric (NG) tube feed positioning and verification for preterm babies. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering - Put a Ring On It School of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Sixth SenseĬ reated a haptic feedback navigation vest to help people with visual impairments move around tables, chairs, and walls. Isaac Shapiro, Industrial Design (Arlington, TX).Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering - In-Bed Mobility TeamĪ bed that that enables disabled users to independently change positions overnight without caregiver assistance To assist sponsor Tiffany and Co., the team created better methods of slotting and wave planning for their warehouse, which has not been configured in 20 years. School of Materials Science and Engineering - Recreational Sleepers (China, Shenyang)Ĭreation of a tele-operated controller for a robot arm that is easy to learn and use. Improved the cooling properties of mattresses through the selection of sustainable bedding materials with sponsor Serta Simmons Bedding. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering - 25 Years of ExperienceĬreated Streampower, a packable, lightweight device capable of generating and storing charge for small devices using energy around us.Īn architectural acoustics case study of small multi-purpose room.