Mechanical Engineering

2020 Senior Design Capstone Presentations

Schedule

April 29, 2020 / Online

Morning Session

9:00 a.m. – 11:55 a.m.

9:00 a.m.  – 9:05 a.m.	Opening remarks by Dean VanderGheynst.
9:05 a.m.  – 9:10 a.m.	Opening remarks by Chair Dr. Wenzhen Huang.
9:10 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.	Introduction by Capstone Instructor Dr. Hamed Samandari.
9:20 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.	Automated Catalyst Wrapping Station, Davico Mfg.
9:40 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.	Wishing Wells, Campus Sustainability and Residential Initiatives.
10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.	Design and build a prototype handheld UV exposure apparatus, WOUNDCHEKTM Laboratories.
10:20 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.	Break (20 minutes).
10:40 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.	Simplified Fish Passage, Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative.
11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.	Integration of a DVL-100 into UMASSD’s BIOSwimmer, Dr. Ramprasad Balasubramanian from UMassD.
11:20 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.	Design of a Power Take off for MADWEC, Dr. Dan MacDonald and Dr. Mehdi Raessi from UMassD.
11:40 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.	Concluding Remarks (morning session).

Afternoon Session

1:20 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

1:20  p.m. – 1:40 p.m.	Bearing Torque Characterization Test Rig, Nye Lubricants Inc.
1:40 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.	Modifying a Fluid Dynamics Facility for Fluid-Structure Interaction Studies
2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.	MBTA Instrument Sensor Mount, MBTA.
2:20 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.	Break (20 minutes)
2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.	Accelerometer Survivability Tests, Bachand Engineering and BTech Acoustics.
3:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.	Characterization of the Life-time of Under-Water Super-Hydrophobic Surfaces, Dr. Hangjian Ling from UMassD.
3:20 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.	Fabrication and Characterization of Super-Hydrophobic Surfaces, Dr. Hangjian Ling from UMassD.
3:40 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.	Closing Remarks by Chair.