MEMS 411: Mechanical Engineering Design Project
Student groups work on an open-ended mechanical design problem and finish the semester by presenting a physical prototype and a formal report to an external review board. Groups are guided through the engineering design process by completing a set of project deliverables. This course emphasizes the importance of user-centric design, communication and presentation skill, consideration of real-world constraints, sketching and creativity, prototyping, and data-driven decision making using engineering models and analyses.
Submissions from 2024
MEMS 411: ASME Ball Bearing Sorter, Gurks Bansal, Natalia Klim, and Helen Ma
MEMS 411: Adjustable Desk, Catryn Cattoor, Natalia Pilpil, Jamie Burgasser, and Adam Wong
MEMS 411: Automatic Ball Bearing Sorter, Rachel Charendoff, Matt Cheifetz, and Andres Weida
MEMS 411: DBF Wind Tunnel, Jeremy Choh, Stefan Hester, David Howard, and Yang Yang
MEMS 411: Water Surface Tension Breaker, David Arthur D'Alessandro III, Ben Davis Miller, Jared Ethan Appel, and Parker Monnig
MEMS 411: Ball Bearing Sorter, Abdissa Effa, Juliet Whitehead, and Ayub Shifa
MEMS 411: Mini Syringe Pump, Rachel Foulk, Braxton Hart, and Camilo Hernandez
MEMS 411: Diving Surface Breaker, Chandler Gartner, Freddy Phillips, Maya Sumra, and Olivia Slemmer
MEMS 411: Pipe Climbing Robot, Trevor S. Gilkerson, Nick M. Gunter, Phillip H. Le, and Andru N. Mangkusubroto
MEMS 411: Group V Ball Bearing Sorter, Matthew Hernandez, Sean Huffert, and Ethan DeLair
MEMS 411: RECLÉM Clothes Washer Group X, Andrew Johnson, Eleni Kambouris, Ana Morgan Canales, and Sheridan Lee
MEMS 411: Gentle Washing Machine for RECLEM Clothing, Sadie Karp, Anna Clyne, and Gabby Kogler
MEMS 411: ASME Ball Bearing Sorter, Ryan Lively, Joseph Huster, and Wil Collins
MEMS 411: Hydroponic Gardening System, Tiger Lu, AJ Shanahan, Jaquelin Guzman, and Brandon Lacy
MEMS 411: Ball Bearing Sorting Device, Claudia Markel, Max Cusick, and Tomás Collado
MEMS 411: A diving surface breaker The JetCycle, Amanda McLaughlin, Nicholas Harris, Alice Hu, and Steven Xiao
MEMS 411: Custom Surfacing Machine, Katherine Minielly, Gaelen Clayton, and Estela Villacis
MEMS 411: Timed Mosquito Egg Container, Daniel Nordquist, Preston Gee, and Stephanos Mavrommatis
MEMS 411: Talking Goniometer, Jeffrey Reinhold, Matthew Ren, Corin Riahi, and Moises Rodriguez
MEMS 411: Diving Bubbler, Yasmin Ruff, Maya Ghatalia, and Selva Moslehikhah
MEMS 411: Automated Assistive Toilet, Alex Scaff, Kenna McGahren, and Daniel Sibley
MEMS 411: Mailbox Assistant, Peter Scholl, Benjamin Cortes, Garbiel Arcas, and Colin Zeiss
MEMS 411: RC Plane Mount for CFD Validation, Jake Schwartz, Margot Jay, Ian Torres, and Sam Ehrman
MEMS 411: The EZ-Push FSAE E-Assisted Pushbar, Ian Snider, Hunter Tate, Erik Lillegard, and Maxwell Wrasman
MEMS 411: Timed Mosquito Egg Container Design Project, Paige Warren, Witt Ciesla, and Ethan Sobel