Projects
7 of 7 projects
Inconel 718 in Jet Engine Turbine Disks
Materials selection study tracing creep resistance back to atomic structure
650 °Cservice temperature limit
High Bandwidth Piezoelectric Amplifier
Rhombus amplifier that beat the commercial unit's blocking force by 32%
5.6×measured displacement amplification
Rotating-Arm Launcher — Model Against Measurement
The model said it would overshoot by 6 m; the real launcher could not release the ball
6 mpredicted overshoot at the commanded speed
Portable Camping Water Heater
Hit a $200 budget with 53 cents to spare, and specified a pump that could not prime
$199.47total build cost, against a $200 ceiling
Load-Bearing Cantilever Truss
105.5 g balsa cantilever that took first place, with rivets placed by analysis
105.5 gfinal assembly mass
Quick-Release Clamp Teardown
Commercial clamp reverse-engineered to a complete dimensioned drawing package
Stirling Engine
39-part assembly modelled, drawn and machined to a running engine
39parts modelled, with a full drawing package