
Surgical Loupe Improvement
A device that allows surgeons to adjust the declination angle of their loupes to improve posture during long operations.

Characterizing Single Photon Emitters in Silicon Nitride
Nicholas Achuthan Mentors Professors Pablo Postigo and Jaime Cardenas Abstract Single photon emitters (SPEs) are a key building block for integrated quantum photonic circuits, but current implementations rely on heterogeneous…

Pupil mask mask system for a MEMS DM segmented mirror model
Antony Georgiadis Mentors Professor James Fienup and Joseph Tang Abstract Wavefront sensing via phase retrieval algorithms are critical to enabling the use of large aperture systems on the ground and…

Nonlinear Propagation of Volumetrically Full Poincaré Beams
Tatsunosuke Hanano Mentor Professor Robert Boyd Abstract Light with structured polarization is called polarization structured beams, and they have gotten attention because of their ability to process more information per…

Using Raman Analysis to Identify Microplastics in Environmental Samples
Kaleigh Rook Mentors Dr. Andrew Berger and Dr. Samantha Romanick “Everything you make returns to the Earth as either food or poison.” Abstract Microplastics have permeated every corner of our…

ASML Computational Imaging to Compensate Optical Aberrations
The purpose of this project is to create a computational algorithm capable of taking an aberrated image and correct it to a sharp high contrast image. We used optical design…

CubeSat
Team Customer Dr. Daniel Brooks – Optimax Systems Inc. Mentor Dr. Aaron Bauer – Institute of Optics Abstract The goal of this design project was to demonstrate the capabilities of…

IRL
Team Mentor Prof. Jennifer Kruschwitz Background IRL Glasses is a product with the goal of minimizing the amount of technology people have to interact with on a daily basis. The first…

META360 – Hybrid Refractive-Metalens Design
The META360 project seeks to enhance the current Circle Optics 360º field-of-view stitch-free camera system using novel meta-optics technology. Using Synopsys’ new MetaOptic Designer software, we explore the use of meta-optics in a hybrid lens design.

RMSC
Team Mentor Professor Greg Schmidt Abstract Our Group’s Senior Design Team was tasked with designing a museum exhibit for RMSC that offered a fun experience for participants of all ages…

SPLAY
Optical Design of a Compact Projector Lens for a Portable Display Project Vision The desired product is a portable display consisting of a collapsible screen and a compact projector with…

AGR – A Hyperspectral System with Spatial Resolution
Team Mentor Professor Greg Schmidt Abstract Advanced Growing Resources (AGR), is pioneering targeting systems that send mass pesticide blanketing towards obsolescence. The targeting system that was designed during this project…

ASML Broadband Single-mode Fiber Coupler
DCORE4 Team Mentors Govind P. Agrawal, Julie Bentley, Jacob Roccabruno Abstract The optical senior design class at the University of Rochester strives to tackle engineering problems through engineering processes and…

iTEST
Team Mentor Brandon Zimmerman Abstract The Clear Eye Exam allows for users to take an eye exam from their home and obtain an eye prescription. This lets people have an…

Myopia Control with Optical Design
This senior design-driven project creates accurate Zemax ray-tracing models of the human eye to evaluate diffractive-refractive hybrid contact lenses for correcting wavefront error and chromatic aberration. The eventual goal is to apply the technology to school-aged children to prevent the progression of myopia development.

Nighthawk Solutions DIY Telescope Kit for Kids; Inspiration for Science and Technology
Mission Statement The goal of our project is to create a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) telescope that provides an engaging and educational experience for kids. The telescope will come fully disassembled, empowering…

The Robot Postal Service
Are you tired of wasting time and money delivering packages and items around the University of Rochester campus? Look no further than our cutting-edge Autonomous Delivery Robot! With this autonomous robot (nicknamed RPS), you can rest assured that your deliveries will be made safely and efficiently, without the need for constant human intervention.

CelluCov
Increase Accessibility to Healthcare CelluCov aims to provide sustainable solutions that are accessible to everyone, without sacrificing quality or performance of the device. While eco-friendlier manufacturing processes are often more…

Machine Learning Decision Support Tool For Trauma Activation Level
ML Based classification model to detect triage level for patients arriving at trauma centre, and thus allocate appropriate resources. This was achieved using patients’ data from URMC (Department of Paediatrics).

Mid-Wave IR Read-Out Integrated Circuit
Team Mentor Professor Mottley and Professor Phinney Abstract Wildfires burn 7 million acres of land in the US every year. We present a read-out integrated circuit (ROIC) designed to be…

Line of Sight Communications
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…

Danbury Mission Technologies – Creating an Optical Polisher
Design an interchangeable, fixed offset, fixed gear-ratio eccentric tool spindle for gravity-loaded optical polishing procedures.

Omnidirectional Modular Robot
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.

Rochester Transit Service
Team Yihe Chen Harry Huang Junting Chen Kehan Yu Mentor Cantay Caliskan Abstract Predictive Analytics for Demand Responsive Para- transportation Vision & Goal ● Create a productive schedule for Demand…

MacroX-Nightlights
This project uses the luminescence of the nighttime sky as a predictive features for economic activity.

URMC-COVID Resource Allocation
This project aims to observe, visualize, and model the trends in which COVID-19 patients at the University of Medical Center were allocated ventilators. Descriptive analyses are performed to investigate the relationships between variables such as but not limited to recovery rate and length of ventilator allocation and gender, race, and age.

City of Rochester
This project aims to build a model which detects features such as crosswalks and curb ramps at intersections in the city of Rochester.

GIDS-2
Team Qianqian Gu (Project Manager) Wei Wu Chen Yao Hanyang Zhang Mentor Ajay Anand Abstract The Goergen Institute for Data Science (GIDS) masters admission office wants to better understand applicants’…

Vnomics
Team Steven Dai Zachary Mustin Uzoma Ohajekwe Duy Pham Sponsor Vnomics Corporation Matt Mayo Mentor Prof. Ajay Anand Abstract Our task is to predict imminent failures in Diesel Particulate Filters…

GIDS-1: Masters Admissions
Team Xiaoen Ding Jiecheng Gu Sung Beom Park Joseph Smith Mentor Ajay Anand Sponsor Lisa Altman Gretchen Briscoe Abstract The Goergen Institute for Data Science wants to understand the types…