Background: In the fishing industry, some of the most popular lures are hard plastic crankbaits and jerkbaits. Hard plastic lures are currently made from two injection molded halves that are fused together after weights and …
Spring 2022 – Proposal
3D Printed Stainless Steel Glass Furnace Recuperator / Heat Exchanger
Project Overview A glass furnace expels very hot air during its operation. It also takes in relatively cold air in order to operate, using large amounts of energy to maintain operational temperatures. By installing a …
3D Printed Poster Clamp Proposal
Project Overview Framing a poster can be expensive and add a lot of weight to a poster. This excess weight can make large nails a necessity to hang up any posters in a dorm or …
Interventional Lumbar Spine Procedure Model
Emma Hansen, Quinn Kahle, Aris Magoulas, Ryan Lundeen Project Background The medical field currently lacks sufficient technology to properly train residents and fellows learning interventional lumbar spine procedures; many trainees begin by performing procedures on …
Books for the Blind (making books accessible for the visually impaired)
OVERVIEW Goal The goal of the project is to convert children’s books into a form that visually impaired / blind children can interact with. Using additive manufacturing in the form of various geometries and …
3D printing with Polyethylene (PE) Vitrimers
Christina Harmon, Christopher Lawrence, Justin Tan, Oliyad Dibisa, Tommii Zeng Introduction Polyethylene (PE) is a thermoplastic polymer with a variable crystalline structure and a vast range of applications depending on the type. PE is a …
Accelerating Melting via Viscous Heating
Project Overview: The purpose of this project is to perform testing on an innovative new additive manufacturing technology. Traditional extrusion based printers utilize heaters to melt the filament in the nozzle. Not only is this …
Project Proposal – Botero’s Throat
Overview Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques have risen to the forefront of engineering given their capacity to reproduce intricate design features that would otherwise be difficult to attain through traditional subtractive manufacturing processes [1]. One of …
Horizontal Suspension System
Project Background The proposed project is a functional prototype for a newly designed automobile suspension system. The product is based on a double-wishbone suspension structure with a redesigned upper suspension arm. The suspension system can …
Badgerloop Steering Wheel
Figure 1: A screenshot of the CAD model of the steering wheel assembly. Project Overview The goal of our project is to produce part of the steering wheel for the Badgerloop team. Badgerloop is …