Project Overview The purpose of this project is to design and produce a functional lock and key system from entirely 3D printed components. The team anticipates that most of the components will be straight forward to …
Spring 2021
Tensile Strength Characterization of FFF printed parts
Introduction Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) is among the most popular additive manufacturing (AM) technologies available. Materials used in FFF are primarily polymers, low melting temperature metal alloys, and even composite materials. Studies have been performed to determine …
Rocket Fuel Grain Casting
Our Project Currently our senior design project is to create a hybrid rocket engine that operates on a solid fuel and liquid oxidizer. The solid fuel is a mixture of a Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) fuel and Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) as …
Composite Bike Saddle
Project Overview Optimization of a part can change many details of the design. We will be looking at the design of a bike saddle. We have inherited this project from a graduate student who is …
Tap Handle for Hidden Cave Cidery’s Tasting Room
By: Jack Fahy, Gunnar Maples, Evan Ogren Explanation: Tap handles are a vital component in a beverage’s branding. Owner of the local brewery Working Draft Ryan Browne called them a “mini-billboard” to the consumer. …
Custom Hydrofoil
What is being done and why? Figure 1: Hydrofoil used to ride a small wave. [1] Hydrofoils are a unique way of reducing drag on water vessels. In simple terms, they are wings designed to …