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Senior Project Ideas in Mechanical Engineering from Spring 2008 - Prof. Kenneth E. Lulay, Study Guides, Projects, Research of Machine Design

University of Portland (UP)Machine Design
Prof. Kenneth E. Lulay

Potential ideas for senior projects in mechanical engineering, including projects related to formula cars, wheelchairs, thermodynamics, and structural vibrations. Students are encouraged to discuss these ideas with the appropriate faculty. The document also mentions various competitions that can provide valuable experience and exposure.

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POTENTIAL SENIOR PROJECTS
Ideas generated Spring 2008
The following are mostly meant to provide ideas for senior projects. If something sounds
interesting, please discuss with the appropriate faculty.
Dr. Lulay
Non-competitive Formula and Baja projects:
Design and fabricate new shell for our existing formula car
Redesign and fabricate any major system on either car.
Design and develop a Jominy end quench test apparatus and develop a lab experiment for
EGR270-Mat Sci lab (1 person, 1 or 2 semesters).
Design, fabricate and develop an economical fatigue test system. This is a very “machine
design” like project that would require about 3 or 4 seniors for both ME481 and 482.
Wheel chairs for competitive events (off-road or road racing, other sports)
Projects with Onboard Systems (Vancouver, WA): passivation of stainless steel with
citric acid and ultrasonics, study gall and fretting of 15-5 stainless steel, study rapid
prototyping technologies.
Dr. O’Halloran
Projects proposed by Glumac (Mitch Dec and Dana Troy spoke in ME332)
• Thermally insulated automatic blinds
• Building integrated photovoltaics (solar panels)
• Thermal air collectors for pre-heating air
• Other ideas related to residential and commercial building design related to
HVAC
Other Ideas
• Construct a small temperature regulated environmental chamber used for future
experiments/labs
• Designing test setup for small (automotive size) air-conditioning system to
evaluate heat exchanger performance.
• Anything else related to thermo/fluids sciences.
Dr. Doughty:
1.
Parkinsonian Tremor Modeling and Reduction. (helping people)
In this project students would ultimately design and test an eating utensil designed to
significantly reduce hand tremor experienced by people with Parkinson’s Disease.
Students will be expected to perform data collection and processing, simulation,
prototyping, testing and iteration. This project has a strong human component, as we will
be working directly with the people we are hoping to help. There is also a component of
biomechanics and potentially an entrepreneurial application. This project is terrific.
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POTENTIAL SENIOR PROJECTS

Ideas generated Spring 2008

The following are mostly meant to provide ideas for senior projects. If something sounds interesting, please discuss with the appropriate faculty.

Dr. Lulay Non-competitive Formula and Baja projects: Design and fabricate new shell for our existing formula car Redesign and fabricate any major system on either car. Design and develop a Jominy end quench test apparatus and develop a lab experiment for EGR270-Mat Sci lab (1 person, 1 or 2 semesters). Design, fabricate and develop an economical fatigue test system. This is a very “machine design” like project that would require about 3 or 4 seniors for both ME481 and 482. Wheel chairs for competitive events (off-road or road racing, other sports) Projects with Onboard Systems (Vancouver, WA): passivation of stainless steel with citric acid and ultrasonics, study gall and fretting of 15-5 stainless steel, study rapid prototyping technologies.

Dr. O’Halloran Projects proposed by Glumac (Mitch Dec and Dana Troy spoke in ME332)

  • Thermally insulated automatic blinds
  • Building integrated photovoltaics (solar panels)
  • Thermal air collectors for pre-heating air
  • Other ideas related to residential and commercial building design related to HVAC

Other Ideas

  • Construct a small temperature regulated environmental chamber used for future experiments/labs
  • Designing test setup for small (automotive size) air-conditioning system to evaluate heat exchanger performance.
  • Anything else related to thermo/fluids sciences.

Dr. Doughty:

1. Parkinsonian Tremor Modeling and Reduction. (helping people) In this project students would ultimately design and test an eating utensil designed to significantly reduce hand tremor experienced by people with Parkinson’s Disease. Students will be expected to perform data collection and processing, simulation, prototyping, testing and iteration. This project has a strong human component, as we will be working directly with the people we are hoping to help. There is also a component of biomechanics and potentially an entrepreneurial application. This project is terrific.

2. Active control of vibrating structures. (beating nature) Students working on this design project will learn about structural vibrations and active control. The hope is to have a tunable controller that will eliminate certain types of vibration on a physical model of a multi-floor building. Expect to collect and process data, to become familiar with fundamental control theory and vibrations, and to get some hands on work. There is potential for studying earthquake dynamics and how to design around unwanted vibration with passive systems, and an opportunity to animate CAD drawings with real and simulated data –a popular and useful tool in modern industry. This is a very pleasing project and it will certainly make some students smarter. 3. Premonition of Crack Formation. (failure is not an option) This project is vague, and can be taken in a few directions. The thought is that students would design and test systems under fatigue loading conditions. A closer look at the data using nonlinear signal processing techniques may give warnings as cracks initiate and grow. In one application, this method can be contrasted with current crack detection techniques for a benefits study. In a business application, students may look at ways to make the analysis portable and applicable to specific systems. Please don’t choose this project. If the idea speaks to you, please come see me. 4. Temperature Controlled Environmental Chamber. (hot pocket) Students would design and build a chamber sized to house a range of experiments in a temperature controlled environment. Considerations must be made regarding insulation, heat generation and distribution, sensing and control. Students working on this project would get to work with Drs. Doughty and O’Halloran.

These have not been approved by the ME481/482 Faculty. Please discuss any ideas with them to ensure it will satisfy the course requirements. While some of the following competitions are not really helpful ideas for projects, they can be a valuable activity for students. Participating in competitions help give you exposure, they give you something to talk about in an interview and to include in your resume, and they are fun. Some have monetary incentives.

ASME Competitions (http://www.asme.org)

Potential Senior Projects: Human Powered Vehicle Competition (HPV) HP Submarine Competition RSC- Controlled Baja Car Contest RSC- Student Design Contest. These change every year and sometimes are very good senior projects, some times not so).

Misc – non-senior design project competitions that should be taken advantage of (see asme.org): "Old Guard" Oral Competition (any senior project works well for this)* "Old Guard" Poster Competition* Continuity Contest