Fall 2009 Senior Design Projects



Automatic Power Switch
Kyle Gibson, Patrick Potter

Solar Water Distiller
José Aviles, Geoffrey Oliveria, Cristobal Rodriguez

Isolation Amplifier for an ECG
Joe Kuhn, Jay Patel

Jet Engine Educational Display
Aaron Farmer, Bryan Folsom, Alyson Koch

Knee Joint Corrective Device
Matt Bradley, Jaymi Love,
Elliot Sumner, Chris Wyble

UV Solar Radiation Powered Water Purification System
Bradley Handziuk, Clinesa Lindsay, Miguel Maxwell



 

Senior Design Projects allow students to test their engineering knowledge in a real-world setting prior to graduation. On each project, three to four students collaborate to design, build, and test a realistic engineering system under faculty supervision. Each project is completed for a real-world client in industry, thereby giving students an opportunity to experience engineering challenges paralleling those found in the real-world. While working on the projects, students must consider safety, economic, environmental, and ethical concerns.

Automatic Power Switch
Kyle Gibson (EEE), Patrick Potter (EEE)

Project Goal: To design, build, and test an automatic power switch that can switch to and from the powergrid according to the state of the battery pack, and its ability to run the home. (Mercer Team's part to design) The Mercer University Team, in conjunction with the National Formosa University in Taiwan, and Long Shenq electronics in Taiwan, has been tasked with designing and building a three-part home renewable energy power source. Photo Album
Client: Dr. Jeng-Nan Juang
Evaluator: Dr. Hodge Jenkins
Tech Advisors: Dr. Kevin Barnett, Dr. Edward O'Brien

Solar Water Distiller
José Aviles (MAE), Geoffrey Oliveria (MAE), Cristobal Rodriguez (MAE)

Project Goal: To design, build, and test a solar water distiller in Liberia. Liberia is currently in need of a water distiller to provide pure, clean water to a bank of batteries already in use. The batteries cannot make use of normal "dirty" water as it will contaminate the battery cells thus making them useless. Photo Album
Client: Mr. David McClellan
Evaluator: Dr. Hodge Jenkins
Tech Advisors: Dr.Loren Sumner

Isolation Amplifier for an ECG
Joe Kuhn (EEE), Jay Patel (BME)

Project Goal: To design, build, and test an isolation amplifier. Photo Album
Client: Dr. Sinjae Hyun
Evaluator: Dr. Loren Sumner
Tech Advisors: Dr. Kevin Barnett, Dr. Hodge Jenkins, Dr. Sinjae Hyun

Jet Engine Educational Display
Aaron Farmer (MAE), Bryan Folsom (MAE), Alyson Koch (MAE)

Project Goal: To design, build, and test an educational display using the M701C-500 Jet Engine. Photo Album
Client: Dr. Loren Sumner
Evaluator: Dr. Hodge Jenkins
Tech Advisors: Dr. Richard Kunz

Knee Joint Corrective Device
Matt Bradley (BME), Jaymi Love (BME), Elliot Sumner (MAE), Chris Wyble (MAE)

Project Goal: To design, build, and test an apparatus to account for limb-length discrepancy, and an unnatural gait. Photo Album
Client: Dr. Ha Van Vo
Evaluator: Dr. Hodge Jenkins
Tech Advisors: Dr. Ha Van Vo, Dr. Richard Kunz

UV Solar Radiation Powered Water Purification System
Bradley Handziuk (EVE), Clinesa Lindsay (CPE), Miguel Maxwell (ISE)

Project Goal: To design, build, and test a small, inexpensive system that will purify surface water with the natural resources available to a third-world African village.
Photo Album
Client: Dr. Laura Lackey
Evaluator: Dr. Hodge Jenkins

Tech Advisors: Dr. Scott Schultz, Dr. Philip McCreanor, Dr. Donald Ekong

 
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