I am currently enrolled in Senior Design. My project has been described throughout these assignments.
My group consists of myself (EE), Eva Santos (CPE), Nathan Lancia (ME), Gabby Khoury (ME), Mike Reinhart (ME), and Alex Rybarski (ME). Our team advisor is Prof. Mishah U. Salman of the Mechanical Engineering Department.
This semester, we have successfully completed two report deadlines, three presentations, and are moving forward with our alpha prototype of the extruder design. The alpha prototype is due in mid-February. We have placed a purchase order for most of our materials and will continue to refine our design over winter break.
From an electrical standpoint, we have started our automation and coding for the sensors throughout the system. Eva and I are working together to determine monitoring requirements and process logic. In addition, we are continuing to determine power requirements based on the equipment design.
We will compete in the Ansary Pitch Competition and showcase our final project at the Senior Innovation Expo in April.