RAPID Biosensor Screening Blood and Urine

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Rebecca Whitney Bills and Dr. Bradley Bundy, Chemical Engineering Department Introduction: Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) have led to worldwide health problems, including cancers, developmental disorders, and reproductive disorders. A recent study estimates that annual health and economic costs caused by EDCs in the European Union is $200 Billion and that the costs are even greater […]

Creation of Non-Electric Cooling System for Food Preservation in Peru

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Eleanor Ott and Dr. Randy Lewis, Chemical Engineering Department Introduction Food preservation is an issue in third-world countries around the world where electricity and monetary means are not present to maintain a modern refrigerator. The short shelf life of unrefrigerated food items creates waste, requires time and energy with frequent trips to buy food, and […]

Rigidly Foldable Origami Flashers Based on Curved-Fold Model

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Jacob Badger and Dr. Larry Howell, Mechanical Engineering Department Introduction The purpose of my research was to explore the application of curved folding in designing rigid-foldable deployable mechanisms. In recent years, origami fold patterns known as “flashers” have been investigated for their ability to efficiently pack deployable surfaces. While many patterns have been investigated, none […]

Gas Detection System for Biomass Cookstove Emissions

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Cyra Bishop, Jeffery Smith, and Dr. Matthew Jones, Mechanical Engineering Department Project Purpose The purpose of this research project is to explore Peruvian social and cultural behaviors that typically prevent successful improved cookstove adoption in resource-limited settings as well as suggest ways to educate locals about the benefits of improved cookstoves. This will be done […]

Above Knee Prosthetic Socket for Developing Countries

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Colton Graham and Dr. Mark Colton, Mechanical Engineering Department Motivation Due to a civil war in Sierra Leone many have been left with amputated limbs. In order to provide the required prosthetic limbs for victims who have above the knee amputations they need a quality custom fit socket. Custom fit sockets are very expensive so […]

Carbon Nanotube Filtration Device: Separating Oil from Fracking Waste

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Phillip Ng and Dr. Anton Bowden Mechanical Engineering Department INTRODUCTION Pyrolytic Carbon Infiltration Carbon Nanotubes (CI-CNTs) can isolate water and oil molecules due to its superhydrophobic and oleophilic properties, unique cylindrical nanostructure, and functional groups1. Because the waste produced from fracking is nonreusable due to the molecular oil droplets contained in it, the waste is […]

Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Wake Model Development

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PI: Andrew Ning Academic Objectives The objective of this research was to develop an aerodynamic wake model for a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT), and to better understand vertical axis wind turbine performance. We were successful in developing a wake model. Additional work went in to understand trade-offs in power performance with acoustic constraints. The […]

Rebuilding Kidneys

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PI: Alonzo D. Cook Co-PI’s: Beverly L. Roeder, Jonathan J. Wisco, Paul R. Reynolds Introduction The motivation for this work was the tremendous need for replacement kidneys. End-stage renal disease (ESRD) affects over 500,000 patients in the U.S. and costs Medicare $30 Billion annually for dialysis and transplant procedures. Our overall objective was to engineer […]

Intensive Mentoring and Micro-Electronics Research for Students in Engineering (IMMERSE) 2014

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PI: Stephen Schultz Project Description The MEG funds used for this projects supported undergraduate students working in the IMMERSE program starting in the Summer of 2015. IMMERSE employed a total of 35 students, with 14 of them being supervised directly by Dr. Aaron Hawkins and Stephen Schultz. The students working for Drs. Hawkins and Schultz […]