3. Programs Archive

Team Mentor Professor Mottley and Professor Phinney Abstract Our project aims to solve the problem of communicating within line-of-sight in a noisy environment. To solve this problem, we designed and…

Generating Green Energy on Campus Sustainable green energy generation has been agreed upon by many as the most important combatant to global warming. There are wide-scale green energy options available,…

Team Mentor Patrick Ellsworth Project Overview Abstract The aerospace industry has embraced additive manufacturing to increase efficiency and lower the costs of satellite and rocket components. The goal of this…

Team Kermit Cart Project Description The drill-powered cart allows for an alternative, more affordable and accessible option to that of your standard internal combustion engines. Three teams competed, within the…

Abstract/Introduction Getting around campus effectively is a daily struggle at the University of Rochester. This project aims to create a drill powered vehicle to navigate campus which is an affordable,…

Design an interchangeable, fixed offset, fixed gear-ratio eccentric tool spindle for gravity-loaded optical polishing procedures.

Investigating the influence of heat sources on the Laboratory for Laser Energetics' Omega-60 transport mirror structure.

URMC Orthopedic Rehab Senior Design Team Jose Luis Corredor Alvarez, Keagan Hemsley, Gabriel Lundy, and Joseph Moore Mentor Monica Zaso Abstract        The objective of this senior design project is…

Team Mentor Seth Werlin Abstract The purpose of this project is to create a more accessible way for children to draw pictures on paper. In this project, the team attempted…

Team Mentors Sponsor Dr. Calvin Uzelmeier Project Manager Professor Christopher Muir Abstract Sponsored by the Rochester Museum and Science Center (RMSC), the team was tasked with creating an interactive display…

This project's goal was to develop an easily reproducible robot for use in ECE216 for students to learn about motor controllers. The robot was required to be modular, so each wheel has its own module that can be controlled independently and can move/rotate in any direction.

Team Mentor Christopher Muir Project Description The Human Powered Vehicle Competition (HPVC) is an annual competition hosted by ASME where various universities build vehicles to compete in a 2.5-hour endurance…