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Team 1
G.A.P. - Guidance and Pathfinding Drone
Students: William Huang (EE), Glenda Rodrigues Santos Giordani (ME), Jordan Calhoun (CE), Timothy Roach (EE), Florian Leinfellner (CE)
Advisor: Dr. Rachmadian Wulandana, Co-advisor: Dr. Wafi Danesh
Description: This project is a G.A.P. (Guidance and Pathfinding) drone with planned features such as wireless charging, GPS navigation, weather protection and return-home functions. The primary goal is to build a vehicle that can autonomously follow a set path, handle GPS navigation, wirelessly charge and offer user friendly controls.
Team 2
Advanced Battery Pack - Design and Characterization
Students: Fetah Medunjanin (ME), Dean Schepisi (EE), James Pousson (ME), Tenmetey Tetteh-Nartey (ME), Anthony Ramirez (ME)
Advisor: Dr. Ping-Chuan Wang
Stakeholder: IKM Technology
Description: Many large battery packs produce concerning levels of heat inside of the pack and can be dangerous once the pack becomes damaged. The objective of our design is to create a housing for individual cells that will more efficiently distribute and dissipate heat created by the individual battery cells inside of the casing. Another objective is to decrease the risk of any volatile reactions occurring if the battery cells do fail. The battery pack should be able to house enough cells to power a small electric scooter and should be removable and rechargeable.
Team 3
Height-Adjustable Bed Frame
Students: Ryan Cairns (ME), Nate Cosentino (ME), Peter Hade (ME), Antonio Gonzalez (ME)
Advisor: Dr. Ping-Chuan Wang, Co-advisor: Professor Graham Werner
Stakeholder: Accessadoor/Dana Jones
Description: Our project aims to help those who suffer from ailments or medical conditions where an adjustable-height bedframe may ease the process of laying down for bed. This could make something that is simple for many people easier for those that have a hard time doing tasks such as standing up and sitting down fluidly.
Team 4
Development and Testing of New Sensors to Detect Ice Accumulation on Aircraft Wings
Students: John Urban Quezada (EE), Kevin Lopez (CE), Simon Maranga (EE), Derreck Suhul-Torres (ME)
Advisor: Professor Graham Werner
Stakeholder: PYTHEAS Technology - Simon Clement (CTO)
Description: When planes fly, they accumulate ice on their wings, which decreases lift due to the change in airfoil surrounding the wing of the aircraft. Currently, there is not a form of ice detection integrated into aircraft systems apart from visually identifying ice accumulation. This project aims to address this by developing an ice detection system.
Team 5
Development of Off-Grid Lighting Product
Students: Shelly Yousoufov (EE), Joshua Vital (EE)
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Shanley, Co-advisor: Dr. Damodaran Radhakrishnan
Stakeholder: Selux
Description: The issue that drives this project is the need for more sustainable lighting options. Having a solar lighting product eliminates the need for using off-grid electricity. This can also become a cheaper alternative for consumers.
Team 6
Advanced Power Tracking System
Students: Marco Hermida (ME), Markus Meyer-Pflug (EE), Kyle Leon (EE), Aboud Abbas (ME)
Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Zunoubi
Description: Solar power tracking systems have been continuously improved since 1954 when the first solar cells were developed. Our goal is to further improve solar power tracking to make it more efficient and cost effective. This affects all people who use technology that uses power. Solar power tracking affects us because it allows for more solar energy to be collected efficiently. Solar power also impacts the environment because it reduces the dependance of fossil fuels.
Team 7
LUROX 26 Bipedal Droid
Students: Venn Engstrom Heg (ME), Juan Franco Guzman (ME), Andrew Keefe (EE), Brianna DiBianco (ME), Brian Ordonez (CE), Taheemuddin Ahmed (EE)
Advisor: Dr. Julio Gonzalez, Co-Advisor: Mahdi Farahikia
Description: The end goal of Project LUROX 26 is to produce a bipedal humanoid robot capable of following basic instructions, understanding speech, and walking. The robot must be fully assembled, capable of walking in a straight line, withstanding external forces, and mechanically stable to grab objects and complete basic tasks. The robot must be electrically safe and provide a stable output of electricity to all computer systems and motors. The robot must be able to identify each motor and control each motor. In addition, the robot must be able to recognize objects and understand speech.
Team 8
Innovative Inductive Charger
Students: Lucas Douglas (EE), Noah Silliman (ME), Julia Bossonis (EE), Steven Kumas (CE)
Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Zunoubi
Description: Current generation Qi-chargers do not charge efficiently if improperly aligned. While some phones contain magnets for aligning with proprietary chargers (e.g. iPhones), other phones and chargers lack this ability. At this point in time, not all devices can reliably use wireless charging without worrying about alignment.
Team 9
Voice-Controlled Boom-Box
Students: Oliver Trzcinski (ME), Sabina Sobhy (EE), Uriel Cruz (CE), Brian Lopez (EE), Corey Barber (EE), David Lin (CE)
Advisor: Dr. Vincent Liao, Co-advisor: Graham Werner
Stakeholder: Mike Maclsaac
Description: This project is aimed at addressing the lack of a boombox that has the sound quality of higher end speakers (i.e. JBL’s), yet also combines the practical features of Amazon’s Alexa. The main goal is to produce a unit of higher end sound quality with the ease of voice control such as Alexa devices that will benefit the average consumer.
Team 10
Wrist-Mounted Grappling Hook
Students: Marcus A. Pena (ME), Montana Prais (ME), Matthew Selvaggio (ME), Jean Merejildo Diaz (ME), Omri Downes (ME), Jacobus Hockx (EE)
Advisor: Dr. Mahdi Farahikia
Description: The objective of this project is to develop a gas-propelled grappling hook that can be used for item retrieval and/or climbing purposes. It is intended to be compact, safe, fun, and effective for the user.
Team 11
Wind Turbine
Students: Justin Wagner (ME), Alban Kalaj (ME), Alenton Findley (ME), Puneet Mangat (EE)
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Shanley
Description: There is a need for an alternative power source for lighting in non-serviceable areas. The goal of this project is to design a portable wind turbine with an electricity output of at least 100 watts. This design could then be used to provide alternative powered lighting for people in off-grid areas.
Team 12
LawnPilot: Wireless Smart Lawn Care System
Students: David Candia-Domingo (ME), Kimani Frankson (ME), Jonathan Mitchell (CE), Pavan Kang (ME), Faith Apostilides (ME)
Advisor: Dr. Heather Lai, Co-advisor: Professor Kerry Ford
Description: The problem that this group has decided to tackle is the remote use of lawn care/trimming device. Specifically, being able to operate a lawn care device if the user has a disability, is sick, is elderly, too young, or simply from the comfort of the user’s home.
Team 13
GPS Operated RC Car
Students: Ryan Zhang (CE), Ryan Schubert (CE), Mark Camitan(EE), Benjamin Weisfeld (EE), Alexander Krupinski (ME), Owen McGarrity (ME)
Advisor: Dr. Wafi Danesh, Co-advisor: Professor Kerry Ford
Description: Our concept addresses time management and human laziness by proposing a GPS-enabled remote control automobile that automates food retrieval on the SUNY New Paltz campus. The automobile frees students and campus users up to prioritize other activities and duties while guaranteeing prompt and effective food retrieval by enabling them to schedule pickups and deliveries in advance.
Team 14
Convective Cooling Experiments for Thermal Fluid Lab
Students: Sophia Banks (ME), Adam Bass (EE), Kyra Burnside (CE), Shahed Herzallah (ME), Roberto Sanchez (ME)
Advisor: Dr. Rachmadian Wulandana, Co-advisor: Dr. Amr Abdo
Description: The purpose of this project is to develop various test fixtures for use in the Thermal Fluids lab. The intent of these fixtures is to facilitate problem solving techniques used in the thermal lab.
