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Recent Departmental Runner Up Awards

Capstone Design Projects

Tracheostomy Support System

2020-2021 - Winter

Team: 7

Team Members

Udai Kandah
Philip Lin
Karie Madrid
Ryan Yamamoto

Contact Team
Nearly 85,000 Americans receive a tracheostomy annually. Amongst them, about 12.5% develop skin deteriorations and pain due to prolonged contact with ventilation tubing. Our project addresses this issue through the use of an inflatable silicone support that can automatically adjust based on force sensor readings. This device aims to tackle an unaddressed global problem in the hospital with a novel design idea centered around biocompatible materials, control automation, and air flow mechanics.
Inflatable support device that can automatically adjust in height using force sensor feedback.

Sole Survivors

2020-2021 - Winter

Team: 12

Team Members

Garrett Crotty
Miles Kieler
Jordan Pham
Ho Wong

Contact Team
This project focused on creating a solution to reduce the amount of stingray stings for a user, which could be achieved by either a footwear item that is puncture proof or a deterrent that scares away stingrays before they are able to be of harm. The team created a footwear item named “Sole Survivors” that is puncture resistant in key areas on the sole, top, and back of a user's foot to protect the user from the stingray’s venom.
Final prototype of the Sole Survivor

Ultrasound Transducer Guide for Dental Imaging

2020-2021 - Winter

Team: 16

Team Members

Ariel Ubaldo
Nicolas Kumkom
Steven Luyapan
Sung Bum Lee

Contact Team
The ultrasound transducer guidance system was designed to aid the process of scanning the oral cavity while collecting necessary position data for 3D image reconstruction. The manually operated device has a patient position their head on a chin rest while the operator manipulates the transducer. An axial encoder and a linear encoder gather the position data of the transducer tip during the ultrasound scanning process which will be used by our sponsor to reconstruct 3D images of the oral cavity.
A front view and a 3/4 view of the ultrasound transducer guidance system for dental imaging fixed to a table top.

Mice Vapor Control

2020-2021 - Winter

Team: 21

Team Members

Claire Stone
Quiana Stodder
Victoria Thai
Kaifan Yue

Contact Team
The Hnasko Lab aims to investigate the effects of opioid addiction using mice. This project sought to design an airtight and automated study chamber that allows mice to voluntarily intake drug vapor and enables the researchers to send behavioral cues using LEDs, speakers, and food pellets.
Mice Vapor Control Project Image

MRI Safe Hybrid-Fluid Actuator

2020-2021 - Winter

Team: 9

Team Members

Alexander Luke
Chi-Chung Wang (Johnson)
Hoi Man Lam (Kevin)
Jared Walker

Contact Team
The design and manufacture of a hybrid air-water actuator system, which provides mechanical power transmission over a distance and enables usage of electric motors in robot-assisted intraoperative CT & MRI surgeries.
A pair of hybrid-fluid actuators can be used to transmit motion over a distance, enabling the development of MRI safe robot-assisted surgical systems.

Rotational IR Sensor Array

2004-2005 - Winter

Team: 4

Team Members

Michelle Darley
Sam Hutsell
Ben Penney
Brent Rust
Thomas Sarmiento

Spine Tester

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 1

Team Members

Chris Hohn
Nick Statom
Ed Lachman
Omar Amin

Surface Force Macroscope

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 2

Team Members

Jeremy Sorensen
Adam Rusch
Raymond Hsu

Cultivator Implement

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 3

Team Members

Anthony Kralj
Zaid Karim
Stephen Perez
Jack Raley

Harddisk Drop Tester

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 5

Team Members

Khanh Le
Ken Chen
Oscar Guerrero
Amorsolo Lacanilao

Ink Cartridge Test-Bed

2004-2005 - Winter

Team: 8

Team Members

Kevin Loewke
John McCague
Linda Hau
Kuroudo Iwanaga

SUV Rack System

2004-2005 - Winter

Team: 7

Team Members

Chad Fondiller
Ukoh Obot
Tyler Mayer
Eric Lin

LADAR Isolation Mount

2004-2005 - Winter

Team: 6

Team Members

Chris Choi
Kyung Park
Steve Geist
Rick Sozzi
Annie Monkowski

RoboPogo the Hopping Robot

2004-2005 - Winter

Team: 5

Team Members

John Bell
Jenny Dyck
Isad Cimanes
Ying Lang Lao
Andrew Marshall

Film Cutting Automation

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 4

Team Members

Daniel Arnold
Jonathan Costabile
Matthew Oliphant
Brian Uiga

Thermoelectric Power Supply

2004-2005 - Winter

Team: 3

Team Members

Jeff Aller
Sarah Au
Katie Bottum
Rick Harrison
Alex Zimmerman

Muscle Fiber Fixture

2004-2005 - Winter

Team: 2

Team Members

Mashia Ghods
Elaine Karaelias
Nelson Bravo
Dustin Wong

Thermal Interface Fixture

2004-2005 - Winter

Team: 1

Team Members

David Allen
Rosalyn Esteves
Lucas Fornace
Jon Hart
Raquel Timmer-Beck

Toy Adapter

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 14

Team Members

Edsel Villar
Hung Ma
John Haesle
Kenan Juntsal

Non-contact Temperature Control

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 12

Team Members

Jason Poulos
Wendy Chen
Nicholas Matteson
Kyaw Win

Scanner Analyzer

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 6

Team Members

Linda Galaviz
Ka Lok Lui
Ronald Roath
Nicholas Tawa

Automated Washing System

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 7

Team Members

Arash Khalifeh
Dan Miller
Darmawan Setiawan
Parminder Ubhi

Pheromone Releaser

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 8

Team Members

Tyler Bettendorf
Ainsley Chiang
Kazu Otani
Lowell Tejada

Glass Disc Automation

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 10

Team Members

Ernesto Garcia
Vanty Do
Jasmine Cheong
Austin Reid

2 Stage Refrigeration

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 11

Team Members

Jozefik Zoltan
Roy Z. Li
Tom Y. Lee
Jayson Q. Shi

Foot Joystick Mouse

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 13

Team Members

Andy Barbour
Eric Kim
Dominic Ghianni

Optical Fuel-Air-Ratio Sensor

2004-2005 - Spring

Team: 9

Team Members

Carlo Scarinci
Andrew Gray
Grego Ardley
Geoff Hoffmann

Fluid Heat Exchange System

2005-2006 - Spring

Team: 6

Team Members

William Chow
Joseph Chun
Andy Ferng
Hoang Nguyen

Dolphin Wave Drag Measurement

2005-2006 - Spring

Team: 7

Team Members

Todd Groth
June Monzon
Ben Reed
Matt Whigham

The Hydraulic Turbine Design Project

2005-2006 - Spring

Team: 9

Team Members

James Chung
Ramon Paz
Fabiola Camacho
Kenny Nguyen