ME Senior Design Spring 2011

EML 4905 Senior Design Project - Spring 2011
Presentations to Industrial Advisory Board
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) Meeting and Spring 2011 Senior Design presentation participants included Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) Members Mr. Allan Arch, Dr. Quinhua Chen, Dr. Ian Cobham, Mr. Fred Moscoso, Dr. Ivan Muguercia, Dr. Chip Tomonto, Mr. Nestor Vega, Mr. Shusheng Ye, and Mr. Ramon Duran.

Dr. Joel House and Ms. Erin Silva joined us from the U.S. Air Force Research Lab, Elgin AFB, as special guests.

Faculty members and staff attending the presentations included Dr. Yiding Cao, Dr. George Dulikravich, Dr. Ali Ebadian, Ms. Carolyn Meeker, Dr. Norman Munroe, Ms. Stephanie Strange, Dr. Ibrahim Tansel, Dr. Sabri Tosunoglu, Ms. Maite Martha Trasancos, Dr. Andres Tremante, Dr. Igor Tsukanov, Dr. Kuang-Hsi Wu and Mr. Richard Zicarelli.

Design Optimization of Winglets for Wind Turbine Rotor Blades, Rinaldo Gonzalez, Juancarlo Rodriguez, Diego Moreno (l to r)

Dr. Ian Cobham (first row), Ramon Duran, Weir Mesa, Texas, Dr. Joel House and Erin Silva, Elgin AFB (second row, l to r)
Shusheng Ye, Fred Moscoso and Allan Arch (third row), Stephen Wood and Nestor Vega (fourth row)

Middleweight Spinner BattleBot, Giancarlo Mafiol, Ricardo Solozabal, Carlos Aranguren (l to r)

Dr. Chen, Dr. Muguercia, Dr. Tomonto and Dr. Cobham, IAB members (front row)

Ryan Ortiz and family

Robert Erwin and mom

Modular Range Extender for Electrical Bicycles, Javier Antonio Hoyos, Jose Amador, Chi-Hang Cheung

Michael Martinez, Chi-Hang Cheung, Javier Hoyos and Jose Amador

Francis Fernandez and wife

Dr. Ali Ebadian

Mini Class BattleBot, Jaime Franco, Joseph Villamor, Aron Rasool

Dr. Igor Tsukanov and Nestor Vega

Stephanie George and Cesar Rivera

Vertical Wind Tunnel (VWT) for Skydiving, Alexis Anchundia, Freddy Leal, Jorge Botero

Optimization of a Bulk Packaging System for Titan America, Winton Pierson, Rafael Mestril, Carlos Banks

Stephanie Strange

Carlos Banks, Rafael Mestril, Winton Pierson

Nestor Vega, Dr. Norman Munroe, Allan Arch (l to r)

A Complete Hurricane Protection System, Christine Tarud, Rafael Gonzalez, Senyon Romero

Maite Martha Trasancos

Ocean Wave Energy Generator, Bader Ale, Alfonso Parra, Francis Fernandez

Byron Gaskin, Christopher Roath, Gregory Burrow

Bader Ale

Graphene Based Composite Heat Spreaders for Laptop CPUs, Gregory Burrow, Byron Gaskin, Christopher Roath

Heat Waste Energy Recovery System, Ryan Ortiz, J Rivero De La Guardia, Allen Cuadra

Francisco Morocz receives departmental best graduating BSME student award

IAB member Dr. Chip Tomonto receives departmental appreciation award for his service and dedication

IAB member Mr. Allan Arch receives departmental appreciation award for his service and dedication

IAB member Dr. Ian Cobham receives departmental appreciation award for his service and dedication

FIU SAE Supermileage Competition, Philip Clarke, Jenai Alexis, Roger Laurence

Unmanned Aerial Reconnaissance Vehicle, Ana Puente, Seyed Alavi, Natalia Posada

GENAI Robot Assistant, Andres Pacheco, Jaime Mudrich, Leonardo Ampie

Dr. Ibrahim Tansel

Dr. George Dulikravich and Dr. Andres Tremante

Micro Hydroturbine Module, Francisco Morocz, Randy Gonzalez, Octavio Oliva

Randy Gonzalez

Francisco Morocz

Octavio Oliva

Heat Chambers and Components for a New Heat Engine, Julio Perez, Livan Roque, Stalin Centeno

Philip Clarke

Jeffrey Karpf

Panther Rage: Shell Eco-Marathon Electric Car, Ryan Sampath, Byram Quiceno, Pablo Salamea

Trim Removal System, Paul Hoffman, Omar Espino, Walter McKinley

Walter McKinley

SAE Aero Design East 2011, Jesse Grant, Robert Erwin, Timothy Rogers

Robert Erwin

Robert Erwin, Jesse Grant, Timothy Rogers

Alfonso Parra

Alexis Anchundia and Juancarlo Rodriguez

Winton Pierson and Carlos Banks

Natalia Posada, Dr. Sabri Tosunoglu, Stephanie George, Dr. Andres Tremante and Ana Puente

SENIOR DESIGN FINAL REPORTS - SPRING 2011

Team 1: CHPS: A Complete Hurricane Protection System, Senyon Romero, Christine Tarud

Team 2: Ocean Wave Energy Generator, Bader Ale, Francis Fernandez, Alfonso Parra

Team 3: Unmanned Aerial Reconnaissance Vehicle, Seyed Alavi, Natalia Posada, Ana Puente

Team 4: Heat Waste Energy Recovery System, Allen Cuadra, Ryan Ortiz, J Rivero De La Guardia

Team 5: FIU SAE Supermileage Competition, Jenai Alexis, Philip Clarke, Roger Laurence

Team 6: Graphene Based Composite Heat Spreaders for Laptop CPUs, Gregory Burrow, Byron Gaskin, Christopher Roath

Team 7: GENAI Robot Assistant, Leonardo Ampie, Jaime Mudrich, Andres Pacheco

Team 8: Micro Hydroturbine Module, Randy Gonzalez, Francisco Morocz, Octavio Oliva

Team 9: Heat Chambers and Components for a New Heat Engine, Stalin Centeno, Julio Perez, Livan Roque

Team 10: Panther Rage: Shell Eco-Marathon Electric Car, Byram Quiceno, Pablo Salamea, Ryan Sampath

Note: Panther Rage team represented FIU at the Shell Eco-Marathon Americas 2011 Competition held in Houston, Texas, on April 14-17, 2011, and ranked 5th in the km/kWh category.

Team 11: Trim Removal System, Omar Espino, Paul Hoffman, Walter McKinley

Team 12: SAE Aero Design East 2011, Robert Erwin, Jesse Grant, Timothy Rogers

Note: Golden Panther Aviation team represented FIU at the SAE Aero Design East Competition held in Marietta, Georgia, on April 29 - May 1, 2011, and ranked 5th in the Micro Class category out of a total of 17 teams.

Arun Renganathan and Naveen Singamsetti, graduate students in Mechanical Engineering,
recorded presentation videos. Johnson Ng processed and uploaded videos to the server.

SENIOR DESIGN STREAMLINED VIDEO PRESENTATIONS - SPRING 2011