Spring 2025 Senior Mechanical & Multidisciplinary Engineering

Fri, 02 May 2025 16:14:47 -0400

Good Afternoon UMBC Capstone Community,
Clients, Faculty and Staff and More!

Dr. Paris von Lockette, Dr. Chuck Laberge, Prof. Adam Bridendolph (Shady Grove) and Dr. Jamie Gurganus, the Senior Design instructors, extend a warm invitation for you to join us either in person or online for the:

Spring 2025 Senior Mechanical & Multidisciplinary Engineering
Capstone Design Showcase
May 9th, starting at 9am in ITE 237

We're thrilled to present the progress of 18 teams as they share their projects, tracing the path from the inception of their ideas to the refinement of their final products. The Mechanical Engineering & Multidisciplinary Capstone teams have dedicated themselves tirelessly over the semester or year (~15 weeks or 9 months) to ensure excellence in their creations. We extend a warm invitation to the community to join us in witnessing the final stages of development before graduation.

Please know that we have several ASME Professional Engineers joining us that day who will be asking the majority of the questions. They will be selecting awards for ASME Best Project and ASME Best Presentation of the Semester. And, YOU will also be able to vote for the People’s Choice Award. Although ALL of them are amazing!

Schedule for the day (detailed list of presentations is below and attached)

We will have two sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, each with presentations (ITE 237) followed by demonstrations (ENGR Atrium). Seating will be limited in the presentations, but the atrium will be open to all.

Please let us know if you are NOT a student presenter, but are planning to attend in person using this form so that we can estimate a head count.

· 9 – 11AM: Presentation Session 1 (ITE237)

· 11 – 12PM: Demonstration Session 1 (ENGR Atrium)

· 12 -1PM: Presentation Session 2 (ITE237)

· 1-3PM: Demonstration Session 2 (ENGR Atrium)

Streaming

If viewing online, please join using the WebEx Links below. Only the presentations will be streamed.

· Session 1 Webinar: Join (password: xJS2P3MG43A )

· Session 2 Webinar: Join (password: ZMeS2dp3mc2 )

Course Description:

· The Capstone course empowers engineering students to embark on a comprehensive system design journey, culminating their curriculum experience. It serves as the pinnacle of a series of design courses essential to the undergraduate program, facilitating the integration of diverse technical knowledge acquired in earlier studies. Through this course, students develop a solid grounding in team leadership and project management, equipping them to navigate their professional endeavors with clarity and effectiveness, thereby making meaningful contributions to their chosen fields. Additionally, students may have the opportunity to choose projects sponsored by industry partners, nonprofit organizations, or faculty/organizations affiliated with UMBC.

Looking forward to seeing you there!! It's an exciting time!

Appx. Start Time | Session 1 Presentations: 9 - 11 AM (ITE 237)
9:00 | ME Team 4 | Compact and Transportable Crane for Assembly and Disassembly of a Reactor Model
9:12 | ME Team 5 | IZOD Impact Tester for Plastics and Polymer testing
9:24 | ME Team 6 | Flexible Thermoelectric Bulk Generator Devices
9:36 | ME Team 7 | Educational Haptic Platform
9:48 | ME Team 11 | Foot Brace Mechanical Test Instrumentation Device
10:00 | ME Team 12 | Proof of Concept Bistable Mechanism to Aid Single Ventricle Heart Defects
10:12 | ME Team 13 | Low Cost 3D Printer for Ceramics and Thick Pastes Built from a Creality Ender 3
10:24 | ME Team 14 | Regenerative Brake System for Vehicles Using Wasted Kinetic/Wind Energy
10:36 | ME Team 15 | 3D Printing of Building Blocks for Visualizing Protein Molecules

Demonstrations to follow
11AM - 12PM
ENGR Atrium

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Appx Start Time | Session 2 Presentations: 1 - 3PM (ITE 237)
1:00 | ME Team 1 | Quinn’s Adaptive Fishing Rod Holder & Casting Device
1:12 | ME Team 2 | Smart HVAC System
1:24 | ME Team 3 | Thrust Stand Extension - Reaction Moment Measurement System
1:36 | ME Team 8 | Shoulder Exoskeleton for Assistive Robotics
1:48 | ME Team 9 | Design and build a fluidic control board for pneumatic/hydraulic actuation of soft robotic ventricular sleeves
2:00 | ME Team 10 | Oyster Cage Retrieval System for Oyster Farming (ID 17)
2:12 | Interdisciplinary 1 | Consumer Unit Test Rig (CUTR) for BGE
2:24 | Interdisciplinary 2 | 3D Haptics
2:36 | Interdisciplinary 3 | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Super Group (2x Time)

Demonstrations to follow
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Engr Atrium