Engineering

Welcome to the Fall 2021 STEM Expo Engineering Projects Page

Below you will find short videos describing the projects our students worked on this semester. Please enjoy the show!

We would love to hear from you. Please leave a comment or a question for the participants in the comments section at the bottom of this page. Be sure to note the title of the project if the comment is regarding a specific project. Participants will be checking the comment section daily from 12/13/2021 through 12/17/2021 and replying to questions and comments.

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Arduino Based RC Transmitter and Receiver

Course: EE 110 Circuit Analysis I

Presenter Names: Felipe Dandolini

Faculty Name: Tracey Vincent

Brief Description: Wireless multifunctional radio controller and receiver.

Database Access Services for Adults on the Autism Spectrum

Course: EE 110 Circuit Analysis I

Presenter Names: Stephen Lucas

Faculty Name: Tracey Vincent

Brief Description: Database Access Services for Adults on the Autism Spectrum who do not have an Intellectual Disability in MA.

IoT Plant Monitor

Course: EE 120 Digital Electronics

Presenter Names: Miguel Burgos Jr

Faculty Name: Tracey Vincent

Brief Description: This project uses the ESP32 microcontroller to monitor a plant via a web app.

Touch Sensor Mini Piano

Course: EE 110 Circuit Analysis & EE 120 Digital Electronics

Presenter Names: Cristian Alvarado Lopez

Faculty Name: Tracey Vincent

Brief Description: A programmed Arduino with touch sensor board capability to produce a mini piano with different tones at each key.

Useless Box

Course: ET 111 iCREAT

Presenter Names: Cristian Alvarado Lopez, Faith Osnard, Kevin Lahr, Dianne Pereira

Faculty Name: Tracey Vincent

Brief Description: Our project is a Useless box that is controlled by two arduinos. One will control the the LEDs, piezo buzzer, and ultrasonic sensor. The second one will create the movement of the arm where it will make contact with the switch that sticks out on top of the box.

Engineering Grand Challenges - Infrastructure

Course: MN 125 Engineering Computation

Presenter Names: Max Goduco, Jacob Belouin, Jesse Okoche

Faculty Name: Tracey Vincent

Brief Description: Using data to illustrate why Infrastructure has become one the main Engineering Challenges of our time.

Adaptive Cutting Board

Course: MN 130 Engineering Design I

Presenter Names: Chris O'connor, Douglas Santivanez Chumpitaz, Kevin Ramos

Faculty Name: Marina Bograd

Brief Description: Adaptive Cutting Board

Electronics Storage Unit

Course: MN 130 Engineering Design I

Presenter Names: Alec Chan, Tomas Plasencia, Shannon Petrik

Faculty Name: Marina Bograd

Brief Description: A storage unit designed to hold electronic devices and media with built in cable management

Mechanizing The Car Jack

Course: MN 130 Engineering Design I

Presenter Names: Kamyar Kolahi, Brian Terrell and Jesse Okoche

Faculty Name: Marina Bograd

Brief Description: The aim of our project was to reduce the amount of time we spend changing our tires by introducing a device which can help to quickly work our standard scissor car jack, as well as to the lug nuts of our wheels.

Engineering challenge of Carbon Sequestration

Course: MN 125 Engineering Computation

Presenter Names: Ignacio (Nacho) Rendon, Steven Hopkins, Dennis Botus

Faculty Name: Tracey Vincent

Brief Description: Illustrating the different facets of Carbon Sequestration using data.

Engineering Grand Challenge of Clean Water

Course: MN 125 Engineering Computation

Presenter Names: Lainia Aguida Machado Domingos, Joe Remondi, Lina Adkins

Faculty Name: Tracey Vincent

Brief Description: The problem of access to clean water

Analog Hand Prosthetic

Course: MN 130 Engineering Design I

Presenter Names: Ashley Lemus and Cody Harris

Faculty Name: Marina Bograd

Brief Description: A 3D printable analog hand prosthetic that is low cost and made from sustainable materials.

Cookie Cutter Forming Tool

Course: MN 130 Engineering Design I

Presenter Names: Maria Servare, Jacob Belouin, and Kayo Sousa

Faculty Name: Marina Bograd

Brief Description: Our product is a manually driven assembly that forms cold rolled steel sheet metal into shaped cookie cutters. This device will stamp out cookies repeatedly in he shape of the MassBay Buccaneers logo

The Plastic Bottle Shredder

Course: MN 130 Engineering Design I

Presenter Names: Miguel Powell, Alexis Gamez, Matthew Laakso

Faculty Name: Marina Bograd

Brief Description: The plastic bottle shredder is a tool designed for office spaces or multi-unit tenancies. With this tool, plastic water bottles can be shredded to improve the recycling process.

Versatile Trunk Carrier

Course: MN 130 Engineering Design I

Presenter Names: Jason Yee, Geralis Rosario Borges

Faculty Name: Marina Bograd

Brief Description: What we have designed, is a Versatile Trunk Carrier. The purpose of this carrier is to help people stay organized in their trunk space weather it has to do with transportation, delivery service or just everyday road trips.

Lab work in the time of COVID - sensors and Matlab

Course: MN 125 Engineering Computation

Presenter Names: Tracy Vincent

Faculty Name: Tracy Vincent

Brief Description: Project Using the dynamic cell phone features namely sensors to collect data to do some analysis.

Pet Food and Medication Dispenser

Course: MN 130 Engineering Design I

Presenter Names: Frances Power, Jorge Ramirez, Lindsay Lemoi

Faculty Name: Marina Bograd

Brief Description: We created a timed dispenser for pet food and medication to automate giving pets medication in addition to foo

Parts Blasting Rack

Course: MN 121 Mechanical Detailing

Presenter Names: Owen Driscoll, Travis Burke, Steven Towne

Faculty Name: Marina Bograd

Brief Description: Sand-blasting parts is a necessary finishing step in cleaning manufactured parts. It can also be a painful step if the operator has to hold the part while working on it; a frustration that insulated gloves can only mitigate. Team BTD has a different solution; a parts rack that can hold your parts mid-blasting so the operator can keep their hands completely away from the target! Comes with a bucket for mass parts, an adjustable rack for larger or smaller parts, and a turntable base to blast at every angle.

Pocket Stand

Course: MN 121 Mechanical Detailing

Presenter Names: Alexey Voyakin, Cameron Moccaldi

Faculty Name: Marina Bograd

Brief Description: 3 in 1 stand that includes the functions of a smartphone stand, with a lock nut for the camera and a charge-power bank embedded in the design.