MAE156B Projects

Previous ASME Award Winner

GA - Foam Shell Culling Station

Recent Departmental Runner Up Awards

Stereo Panorama Imaging - Terapan
5G Tabletop Antenna Range Tester
Adaptable Torsion Test Device

Capstone Design Projects

Endotracheal Tube Support System

2020-2021 - Spring

Team: 7

Team Members

Shanlin Chen
Rufu Gong
James Knights
Dylan Haselton

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The purpose of the endotracheal tube support system is to reduce the pressure placed on the posterior larynx by the endotracheal tube during the length of the intubation period. Our team developed a sleek, strong, and durable clip which, once applied, guides the endotracheal tube to bend away from the posterior larynx therefore decreasing the chance of the patient’s voice box being permanently injured while intubated.

Elbow clip design with various angles and an example of 90-degree clip application.

MRI Compatible Hydraulic Arm

2020-2021 - Spring

Team: 21

Team Members

Anthony Jiang
Dan Truong
Jimmy Do
Julia Doan
Lucas Jonasch

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Sponsored by UC San Diego’s Advanced Robotics and Controls Lab, this project focused on the development of a MRI compatible hydraulic arm, which serves as a base for future research and development. The project’s motivation was to develop a system that can robotically perform needle biopsies to enable physicians to diagnose and operate on medical conditions without requiring line-of-sight to the anatomy.

CAD render of arm system and MRI machine

Baseball Fielding Machine

2020-2021 - Winter

Team: 1

Team Members

Tyler Collins
Nicolas Compton
Dain Lee
Don Lee

A remote-controlled baseball fielding machine capable of launching balls up to 70 mph and aiming up/down/right/left at various trajectories.

Picture of the baseball fielding machine on the field.

Solar Turbines Alignment Mechanism

2020-2021 - Spring

Team: 5

Team Members

Nigel Coseip
Alberto Guardado
Vicente Lopez-Espinosa
Daniel Lopez Villa
Nicholas Pereyda

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The purpose of this project was to investigate a new mounting foot design for a Solar Turbines Titan-250 turbine. Our solution would need to incorporate an actuation method which can produce precise movement, and a locking mechanism capable of arresting the feet under all conditions. The team identified two actuation solutions: a set of jacking bolts, and a worm gear screw jack. Both designs have their own advantages such as cost, maintenance, and ease of operation.

A view of the Jacking Bolt and Worm Gear solutions

Precision Hydrogel Injector

2020-2021 - Spring

Team: 10

Team Members

Avinash Laha
Jiansong Wang
Justin Oshiro
Aziz Mogannam

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We focus on a biomedical device that creates a suction mechanism to grip onto a rat intestine model and is built with an insertion tunnel that allows a hydrogel syringe to inject the fluid at the intestinal site. The 3D printed device successfully gripped the rat intestine underwater, through which 1 μL water with red dye was injected. Red staining of the intestinal wall indicated successful delivery into the submucosal layer.