Design-Build-Test: The Capstone Design Project

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Dong ◽  
J. Dave
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
Design Project ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Sports Events ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Design Build ◽  
National Competition ◽  
University Of Cincinnati ◽  
Capstone Design

Students working toward baccalaureate degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) at University of Cincinnati (UC) are required to complete a “Design, Build, and Test” senior capstone design project. Two of these capstone design projects during the 2005–2006 academic year were to design and build vehicles. One is a Basic Utility Vehicle (BUV), which was geared to meet the needs of developing countries for an affordable transportation. The national competition was held in Indianapolis, IN. The other one is an Autocross racing vehicle, which was built to meet the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Autocross specifications, and raced in the regional/local events. The Institute for Affordable Transportation (IAT) hosts a competition of designing and building BUV each year in Indianapolis, IN. IAT is a not-for-profit organization devoted to improving the living standards and enable economic growth in the developing world by creating a simple vehicle that can be assembled almost anywhere, by almost anyone. The competition tests and judges all of the entries to identify best design and suitable vehicles for developing countries. IAT has donated several vehicles to needy countries in South America and Africa. The SCCA is a 60,000-member not-for-profit organization featuring the most active membership participation in motorsports today. The foundation of the SCCA is its Club Racing program with over 2,000 amateur and professional motor sports events each year. One team of MET students built a BUV, and another team of students built an Autocross racing car as their senior projects. From concept to a final working vehicle with meeting the IAT’s or SCCA’s specifications, there are many challenges. The expertise and knowledge acquired from student’s coursework and co-op were utilized. This paper will give the short description of the senior capstone design course sequence at University of Cincinnati: the list of pre-requisites of its sequence, and partially describes 2005–2006 BUV and Autocross projects and the team experiences of the projects from start to finish.

Experience of Designing and Manufacturing a BattleBot to Compete

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Dong ◽  
Janak Dave
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Weight Class ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
Business World ◽  
Design Project ◽  
National Competition ◽  
University Of Cincinnati ◽  
Complex Project ◽  
The University ◽  
Capstone Design

Students working toward a baccalaureate degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology at the University of Cincinnati are required to complete a “Design, Manufacturing, and Test” senior capstone design project. One of these capstone design projects was to design and manufacture a battle robot to participate in the BotsIQ national competition. This robot was built to meet the BotsIQ 120 lb weight class specifications. A BattleBot is a robot which possesses fighting capabilities and competes against other BattleBots with the intent to disable them. The weapon is the main component of the BattleBots. BattleBots compete one on one and the winner is determined by the amount of damaged inflicted to the other using the weapon. In the 2007–2008 academic year, a team of four Mechanical Engineering Technology students at the University of Cincinnati built a BattleBot as their senior capstone design project. As with all capstone projects, expertise and knowledge acquired from their coursework and co-op were utilized. This project gave them an opportunity to showcase their abilities as well as develop additional skills needed to be successful in a team oriented business world. This team also enjoyed the personal satisfaction of working on a technically complex project from concept-to-design, manufacture, test, and compete against other university participants in the competition. This paper will describe students’ experiences in designing, manufacturing, and competing their robot in the national competition and team experience of the participants.

An Industry-University Collaboration Experience on a Senior Project

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janak Dave ◽  
Janet Dong
Keyword(s):  
Scaled Model ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
Business World ◽  
Senior Project ◽  
Design Build ◽  
University Of Cincinnati ◽  
Commercial Applications ◽  
Complex Project ◽  
The University ◽  
Capstone Design

Students working toward a baccalaureate degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering Technology at the University of Cincinnati are required to complete a “Design, Build, and Test” senior capstone design project. Some of these capstone design projects are done in collaboration with industries to meet their needs. One of the projects during 2009–2010 academic year is to meet the needs of the packaging industry. The student team will design and recommend a specialized End of Arm Tool for palletizing applications. They will build a scaled model and the industrial sponsor may build the full product at the later date. A team of three students from Mechanical Engineering Technology at the University of Cincinnati are working on this project, which gives them an opportunity to showcase the knowledge and skills learned in their coursework and during the co-op (cooperative) experience, as well as to develop the additional skills needed to be successful in a team oriented business world. This team is working on a technically complex project from concept-to-design, build, test, and then to have the possibility of their product being used in commercial applications. This paper will give a description of the MET senior capstone design course sequence at University of Cincinnati and the list of pre-requisites for the capstone design sequence. It will also describe the design of 2009–2010 End of Arm Tool (EOAT) project and the plans for building a scaled model. Included too, is a description of how Industry-University Collaboration can improve student learning.

Design-Build-Test Senior Design Project

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas G. Boronkay ◽  
Janak Dave
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
Bachelor Of Science ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Technology Students ◽  
Senior Design ◽  
Design Build ◽  
Course Sequence ◽  
Capstone Projects ◽  
The University

Abstract Every student in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department must complete a Senior Capstone Design Project course sequence as a requirement for the partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology degree. Mechanical Engineering Technology students at the University of Cincinnati must design, build, and test their product for the satisfactory completion of the Senior Design Project course sequence. At many institutions the capstone projects do not include the build and test components. This paper gives a short description of the Senior Design course sequence, the list of pre-requisite design courses, the design process used by the students to complete their projects. It addresses issues, such as, team versus individual projects, industrial versus personal projects, etc. It also describes typical projects, two of which are being used in industry with minor modifications.

Global Health Disparities: A Pressing Issue and a Student-based Initiative to Help

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Ripsman
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Medical Student ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Healthcare Disparities ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit

Abstract: Developing countries, such as India, suffer profound healthcare disparities compared to developed countries. This commentary explores these healthcare disparities, the barriers to improving healthcare in developing countries, and potential solutions to address these barriers. As an example of a medical student initiative, we highlight a not-for-profit organization that we started with a group of University of Ottawa students, Heart 2 Heart: International Healthcare Relief. Heart 2 Heart provides students at Ontario Universities an opportunity to support the health of low-income individuals in India, Morocco, and Bangladesh.

Multidisciplinary Topics in Senior Capstone Design Courses: Radio Astronomy

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Tatum ◽  
James Linford ◽  
Jeremy Grabowsky ◽  
Lonzell McKenzie ◽  
Paul Con Cline ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Radio Astronomy ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
State University ◽  
Radio Telescopes ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Science And Education ◽  
Capstone Design

The exciting contributions to science and education made by radio astronomy over the last three decades would not have been possible without the development of radio telescopes of increasing sensitivity and power. The Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) is located near Brevard, North Carolina. It was built in 1962 and was a facility for tracking the spacecraft of the NASA Mercury and Gemini missions. In the late 1970's it was used by the National Security Agency for monitoring Soviet satellite activity and was decommissioned in 1992. It was later purchased by PARI and is now used for astronomical education and research as a not for profit organization. During the spring of 2005, Mr. Don Cline, President of PARI and William Craft, began discussing ways in which engineering students could both learn about radio astronomy and contribute to the development to the educational and research programs at PARI. Since North Carolina Agricultural and Technical (A&T) State University is one of the closest engineering colleges, they concluded that student design projects that focused on the enhancement of radio astronomy equipment would both help PARI and provide a challenging capstone design experience to engineering students. The A&T capstone program covers two semesters and six semester credits, and among an initial listing of potential design experiences, we selected four that would enhance the operation of the two 26-meter PARI radio-telescopes. These two twenty-six meter radio-telescopes are known as 26E (East) and 26W (West). Both radio telescopes have roughly the same size and construction. The photo schematic (Figure 1) is representative of each. Note the major (lower) axis is 13 meters from the ground, and the minor (upper) axis is 20 meters from the ground. Both are at right angles to each other and parallel to the ground plane when the dish is in the upright position. The top of the instrument cage is 37 meters high.

scholarly journals HARMONIZATION IS THE ONLY “GAME” IN TOWN; ACTUALIZING THE FUNCTIONALITY OF VITAL ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: A CASE OF WAQFS IN NIGERIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-194
Author(s):  
Oluwaseun Sulaiman Saidu ◽  
Murat Cizakca ◽  
Rodney Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Equal Treatment ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
The World ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions ◽  
Legal Infrastructure

While it is true that more often than not, constitutional democracies might enshrine freedom of religion and thus provide for equal treatment of all religions within a given state, the Islamic characterization of the waqf institution transcends the subsisting limits allowed for in the not-for profit legal infrastructure including their taxation exemption provisions in the Nigerian state. According to modest statistics, Nigeria is home to about 100 million Muslims but her governing laws are at best described as secular. The objective of this research is therefore to harmonize the Islamic law of waqf institution and the extant not-for-profit laws in Nigeria such that the institution can function within the Nigerian state without infringing on the Islamic Shariah whilst at the same time complying with the constitutional dictates of the country. The merits of such an exercise are numerous. It could readily be replicated in other non-Muslim jurisdiction across the world. Nigeria being the largest economy in Africa, the dividends of such an exercise would cascade across the continent consisting mainly so called developing countries.

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