Hospital Patient Lift

As part of my MEC325:Introduction to Engineering Design course, students were assigned a team-based semester-long project with the objective of innovating a given product by the end of the semester. My team and I were assigned a hospital patient lift system. Students were given a design roadmap to follow, which outlined all of the stages and information needed to successfully design a system. Problem Analysis, Concept Design, and Detailed Design were the three primary stages in the design process. Problem Analysis entailed carefully researching already existing products on the market, creating several situated use cases (SUCs), Personas, and functional requirements for our projected system based on the research and Human Factor Capabilities. Concept design was established after System Design (identifying subsystems and interfaces). Every team member formulated conceptual sketches based on select embodiments that were determined by the team beforehand. Finally, Detailed Design combined everything together to create a CAD model for the final product. Each team member was responsible for a specific subsystem to CAD and afterward, the team came together to create an assembly that comprised of over 300 parts. Throughout the entire process, our team tracked our progress using a Kanban board and there were monthly team assessments to ensure overall team success.

Team members: Youssef Helly, Charlie Aston-Blough, Joshua Capaz, Zuhair Al-Qumbarji, Niyousha Salahshour, Parssa Zangiabadi.