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An electrically assisted human powered vehicle (e-HPV) was designed by a team of ME seniors, and the capability of this vehicle was evaluated in the ASME’s e-HPVC competition against other colleges that were designed to accomplish the same goal at UNC Charlotte.

This is a leaf-blower powered hovercraft designed by Team Crocodile. It will race against Team Alligator on Design Day.

A Cassegrain telescope is a type of telescope that uses two reflective mirrors to form an image, like the Hubble Space Telescope. Our project was to assemble and test a current table-top Cassegrain telescope and based on those findings, design, manufacture, simulate and test our newly designed telescope.

This project redesigns MicroEra Power’s THERMAplus system into a compact, modular thermal energy storage unit that improves installation efficiency, reduces pressure losses, and enhances maintainability. The system enables off-peak energy storage and flexible heat delivery using a single reversible heat pump across multiple operating modes.

Parallel jaw grippers for the Sawyer Robotic Manipulator lack the degrees of freedom to replicate the motion and flexibility of a human wrist. This project focuses on combining a 6 degree of freedom (DOF) wrist joint using a “Stewart Strut” platform and a parallel gripper.

Hi! We’re the Plastic Recycling and Fabrication team and out project is to make a small scale recycling system tailored to UR needs.

The Houston Astros need a way to measure the moment of inertia (MOI) of baseball bats—a key factor in swing feel and performance. Current tools only measure weight and length, missing critical data that affects player consistency and injury risk. There is no portable, accurate, or non-destructive MOI measurement device on the market. Our system fills this gap, giving the Astros a tool to optimize bat selection across players.