Previous ASME Award Winner

Recent Departmental Runner Up Awards

Capstone Design Projects

Thermal Switch

2020-2021 - Spring

Team: 24

Team Members

Julia Guerrero
Caleb Kobriger
Samantha Lee
Brooke Pauken
Noah Sheen

Contact Team
The thermal switch project, sponsored by Professor Carlos F. Coimbra and Gregory Specht, studied the effectiveness of a gas-filled expansion switch design. Specifically, the focus of the project was to prove or disprove the possibility of a gas powered thermal switch to be used on rovers in Lunar and Martian missions.
CAD model of upside small go-pro like camera within a clear encasement. Attached to the camera are a heat sink, bellow (spring like cylinder), and thermal insulating material. On the top and bottom of the encasement are aluminum plates.

Dermal Cooling Vest

2020-2021 - Winter

Team: 13

Team Members

Joshua Choi
Tyler Compo
Edgar Favila
Vladimir Melnik
Jocelyne A. Perdomo Kú

Contact Team
Improper thermoregulation can be seen in field workers who perform physical activity in hot and/or humid environments. Medical patients can also experience it as a symptom or side effect of the treatment of certain diseases. In these cases, cooling vests can be used to remove excess heat from the skin which assists in thermoregulation. Our sponsor, Dr. José R. Suárez, proposes a novel cooling vest that utilizes thermoelectric cooling devices (Peltier devices).
This image depicts the final cooling vest. Both the inner cooling vest with circulating tubing and outer insulation vest can be seen.

Ultrasound Transducer Guide for Dental Imaging

2020-2021 - Winter

Team: 16

Team Members

Ariel Ubaldo
Nicolas Kumkom
Steven Luyapan
Sung Bum Lee

Contact Team
The ultrasound transducer guidance system was designed to aid the process of scanning the oral cavity while collecting necessary position data for 3D image reconstruction. The manually operated device has a patient position their head on a chin rest while the operator manipulates the transducer. An axial encoder and a linear encoder gather the position data of the transducer tip during the ultrasound scanning process which will be used by our sponsor to reconstruct 3D images of the oral cavity.
A front view and a 3/4 view of the ultrasound transducer guidance system for dental imaging fixed to a table top.

ATA Smart Animatronic Figure Breakaway Joint

2020-2021 - Spring

Team: 1

Team Members

Vi Ly
Xuebin Zhu
Ze Zhuang
Matthew Henry
Devanshu (Dev) Gulati

Contact Team
The primary goal of the project is to refine the functionality of an animatronic figure that ATA will use to enhance their analytical design, robotics, and controls capabilities. The project involves: (1) designing and implementing a breakaway mechanism at the upper arm segment of the animatronic figure, (2) creating a dynamic model that predicts arm breakaway under different motion profiles, and (3) developing a control strategy that safely operates the arm in the event of a breakaway.
Our animatronic figure waving hi!

FSAE Composite Anti-Intrusion Plate

2020-2021 - Spring

Team: 11

Team Members

Norman Chen-Liaw
Dante Khandelwal
Amy Liang
Saketh Madamala
Efran Martinez

The design, manufacturing, and testing of a composite anti-intrusion plate for the front impact structure of a Formula SAE vehicle.
CAD render of the final composite anti-intrusion plate design showing the face skin, honeycomb core, and inserts.

Thermal Interface Fixture

2004-2005 - Winter

Team: 1

Team Members

David Allen
Rosalyn Esteves
Lucas Fornace
Jon Hart
Raquel Timmer-Beck

Muscle Fiber Fixture

2004-2005 - Winter

Team: 2

Team Members

Mashia Ghods
Elaine Karaelias
Nelson Bravo
Dustin Wong

Spine Tester

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 1

Team Members

Chris Hohn
Nick Statom
Ed Lachman
Omar Amin

Thermoelectric Power Supply

2004-2005 - Winter

Team: 3

Team Members

Jeff Aller
Sarah Au
Katie Bottum
Rick Harrison
Alex Zimmerman

Surface Force Macroscope

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 2

Team Members

Jeremy Sorensen
Adam Rusch
Raymond Hsu

Rotational IR Sensor Array

2004-2005 - Winter

Team: 4

Team Members

Michelle Darley
Sam Hutsell
Ben Penney
Brent Rust
Thomas Sarmiento

Cultivator Implement

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 3

Team Members

Anthony Kralj
Zaid Karim
Stephen Perez
Jack Raley

RoboPogo the Hopping Robot

2004-2005 - Winter

Team: 5

Team Members

John Bell
Jenny Dyck
Isad Cimanes
Ying Lang Lao
Andrew Marshall

Film Cutting Automation

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 4

Team Members

Daniel Arnold
Jonathan Costabile
Matthew Oliphant
Brian Uiga

LADAR Isolation Mount

2004-2005 - Winter

Team: 6

Team Members

Chris Choi
Kyung Park
Steve Geist
Rick Sozzi
Annie Monkowski

Harddisk Drop Tester

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 5

Team Members

Khanh Le
Ken Chen
Oscar Guerrero
Amorsolo Lacanilao

SUV Rack System

2004-2005 - Winter

Team: 7

Team Members

Chad Fondiller
Ukoh Obot
Tyler Mayer
Eric Lin

Scanner Analyzer

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 6

Team Members

Linda Galaviz
Ka Lok Lui
Ronald Roath
Nicholas Tawa

Ink Cartridge Test-Bed

2004-2005 - Winter

Team: 8

Team Members

Kevin Loewke
John McCague
Linda Hau
Kuroudo Iwanaga

Automated Washing System

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 7

Team Members

Arash Khalifeh
Dan Miller
Darmawan Setiawan
Parminder Ubhi

Pheromone Releaser

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 8

Team Members

Tyler Bettendorf
Ainsley Chiang
Kazu Otani
Lowell Tejada

Optical Fuel-Air-Ratio Sensor

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 9

Team Members

Carlo Scarinci
Andrew Gray
Grego Ardley
Geoff Hoffmann

Glass Disc Automation

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 10

Team Members

Ernesto Garcia
Vanty Do
Jasmine Cheong
Austin Reid

2 Stage Refrigeration

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 11

Team Members

Jozefik Zoltan
Roy Z. Li
Tom Y. Lee
Jayson Q. Shi

Non-contact Temperature Control

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 12

Team Members

Jason Poulos
Wendy Chen
Nicholas Matteson
Kyaw Win

Foot Joystick Mouse

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 13

Team Members

Andy Barbour
Eric Kim
Dominic Ghianni

Toy Adapter

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 14

Team Members

Edsel Villar
Hung Ma
John Haesle
Kenan Juntsal

Dolphin Wave Drag Measurement

2005-2006 - Spring

Team: 7

Team Members

Todd Groth
June Monzon
Ben Reed
Matt Whigham

Wheelchairs for Developing Countries

2005-2006 - Spring

Team: 20

Team Members

Ana Trinh
Masami Shibuya
Chris Suh
Leo Tsai

CO Detector Component Assembly

2005-2006 - Spring

Team: 8

Team Members

Adam Ariely
Tim Erkebaev
Ronald Ong
Michael Sung