Multichannel UBM Conduit for Peripheral Nerve Repair

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Elizabeth Mahoney, Alonzo Cook, Chemical Engineering Department Introduction Neuropathy, disease, and trauma to the peripheral nervous system cause devastating effects. These effects can include both a loss of sensation and a loss of motor control. Due to the newness of the field of regenerative medicine, scientists are only beginning to understand how nerves regenerate. It is […]

Evaluation of Novel Molten Salt Eutectics and Their Application in Novel Reactor Designs

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Kraig Farrar and Matthew Memmott, Chemical Engineering Molten salt reactors (MSR) are a relatively unexplored but promising technology for civilian nuclear power. Original experiments with this technology was performed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in the 1950s and 1960s. While this research was successful, it ultimately failed to receive additional funding and the program […]

Passive CubeSat Probes for Affordable, Low-Risk Inspection of Space Vehicles

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Josh Cannon, Brian Iverson, Mechanical Engineering Introduction Effective fault detection is vital for safe and reliable spacecraft performance. Traditionally, developers have relied almost exclusively on on-board instrumentation to detect faults in spacecraft performance. Remote inspection can provide a holistic complement to on-board instrumentation, but it is seldom incorporated into spacecraft missions due to its cost and […]

Impact of Micro- and Nano-Structured Surfaces on Condensation Heat Transfer Effectiveness

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D. Jacob Butterfield, Dr. Brian Iverson, Mechanical Engineering Introduction This paper reports observations from condensation heat transfer tests performed on superhydrophobic (water-repelling) surfaces. Condensation is used in heat transfer applications ranging from industrial power generation to desalination. Superhydrophobic surfaces have been discovered to increase the effectiveness of this heat transfer process by increasing water droplet mobility. […]

Building and Improving a Low Cost Holographic Video Monitor

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Parker Awerkamp and Daniel Smalley, Electrical Engineering Introduction Since the development of the television, the world has been seeking to improve the realistic qualities of video. However, the biggest shortcoming of video is yet to be fully resolved: how to recreate a three-dimensional (3-D) image electronically. While some techniques have been developed in an attempt […]

Intensive Mentoring and Micro-Electronics Research for Students in Engineering (IMMERSE) 2016 Mentoring Environment Grant

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Prof. Aaron Hawkins, Electrical and Computer Engineering Project Description The MEG funds used for this projects supported undergraduate students working in the IMMERSE program starting in the Summer of 2016. IMMERSE employed a total of 49 students. Portions of the hourly wages charged by these students for their research work came from this MEG grant. […]

Secondary Atomization during Droplet Impingement of Water-Glycerol Admixtures on Heated Superhydrophobic Surfaces

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Alexander White and Dr. Julie Crockett, Mechanical Engineering Department The purpose of the given document is to remind the reader of goals initially set in conjunction with the ORCA Grant project proposal in October 2016, to present experimental findings obtained during the grant period, and to discuss the results of the work and their implications […]

Analysis of IsoTruss Joints

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Robert Thompson and Dr. DAvid Jensen, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department The purpose of this project was to identify how different winding patterns of composite tow affects the strength of interwoven joints, like those that exist in IsoTruss and other composite lattice structures. Three different winding configurations were analyzed to compare and determine how the […]

HiPS Turbulent Flow Modeling for High Schmidt Number Flow A Novel Approach to an Old Problem

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Joshua Frei and Dr. David Lignell, Chemical Engineering Department The whorls and vortices of smoke plumes, churning waterfalls, and crashing waves have a captivating sense of mystery about them. This chaotic, seemingly random fluid motion is known as turbulent flow, and it is ubiquitous both in day-to-day life and in engineering problems. Despite the many […]

An Ultra-Low Power Analog-To-Digital Converter for Neural Signal Recording: Comparator Research

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Alexander Petrie and Dr. Shiuh-hua Wood Chiang, Electrical and Computer Ingineering Department Introduction Brain diseases, such as depression and strokes, affect an ever-increasing number of the human population. Much scientific research has been devoted to finding ways towards alleviating the negative symptoms of these diseases. However, much more research must be conducted before these maladies […]