e-Human Powered Vehicle 2025
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.
Light Relay Apparatus for the Laboratory of Laser Energetics
Designing a light relay apparatus for an experiment at the Laboratory of Laser Energetics
Math Department Mace
The Mathematics Department at the University of Rochester requested a ceremonial mace for their department graduation. A way to confer degrees, the mace is a symbol of authority. This mace includes iconography important to the math faculty and undergraduates, and was designed by a team of senior mechanical engineering students from the class of 2024.
Gold Etchant Characterization
This project explores the effects of an iodine based etchant on the etch rates of both electroplated and sputtered gold coated silicon wafers.
Danbury Mission Technologies – Creating an Optical Polisher
Design an interchangeable, fixed offset, fixed gear-ratio eccentric tool spindle for gravity-loaded optical polishing procedures.
Purification of LUV Dye Using Column Chromatography
In this project, a lab-scale chromatography process was developed to purify crude LUV dye. Upon scale up at Eastman Kodak Company, the chromatography process would be able to purify 2 kg/day.
Quinton Dang, Waad Magram, Zhiwei Wang