BEAR Day 2020

 

Recent Submissions

  • Portable Solar Panel for Military Use
    Stephen Hill; Michael McCarthy; Loren Sumner; Logan Bradford; Michael Quinn; Will McCarthy
    Portable solar charging system for military applications.

  • PID-Controlled Electric Kiln
    Anthony Choi; Loren Sumner; Robert Gill; Jacob L Sokolove; Jonathan Wood; John Rightmyer
    The client requests that an electric kiln be designed such that a variety of metals can be heat-treated in a safe, automated, and efficient system. This poster covers the design process for the kiln.

  • Smart Automatic Door Poster
    Anthony Choi; Alireza Sarvestani; Kevin Barnett; Eric Wiley; Regan Hinman; Connor Herne
    This is the poster for the Smart Automatic Door Senior Design project completed by Eric Wiley, Connor Herne, and Regan Hinman in Spring of 2020.

  • Seismic Water Depth Meter
    Michael McCarthy; Joshua Knight; Ariel Dornisch; Gabrielle Sims; Timothy Hood
    A low cost seismograph that can detect the depth of groundwater.

  • Pediatric Drop Foot Brace
    Ha Van Vo; Joan Burtner; Blair Gatland; Joseph Preziosi; Courtney Ton-Nu
    The teams goal is to make a lightweight brace that is durable, inexpensive, and can be used for a longer period of time.

  • Universal Prosthetic for Forefoot Amputations
    Ha Van Vo; Trung Le; Zach Brumbalow; Caleb Thompson
    In this project I designed and built a universal prosthetic for patients with forefoot amputations.

  • Sequencing Batch Reactor
    Richard Mines; Stephen Hill; Nicholas Riddell; Yu Binn Lim; Sebastian Sanchez-Lara
    A sequencing batch reactor is a way to treat wastewater. This documents the bulilding and tesing of one.

  • Multi-Sensor Measurement Device
    Stephen Hill; Scott Schultz; Robby Gill; Michael Marcoux; Ty McLemore; Andrew Deloach
    Our goal for this project is to deliver a portable device that measures pressure, carbon dioxide, temperature, and humidity.

  • Brazing Cell Workstation Layout Redesign and Jig Construction
    Stephen Hill; Miles Lewis; Jared Williamson; Ben Myers
    The brazing cell layout at Marvair was redesigned to be more ergonomic and improve the flow through the workspace. An improved jig was also designed to reduce process variation and improve ease of use.

  • Z Beans Scheduling Application
    Scott Schultz; Donald Ekong; Blair Gatland; Alexandra Frink; Nicholas Rogie
    Currently, the Z Beans employee schedule is manually entered by the manager using Google Sheets. The team created a suggestive scheduling algorithm to improve the efficiency and ease of use of scheduling employees at Z Beans.

  • Technical Mentorship of FIRST Tech Challenge Team
    Philip McCreanor; Anthony Choi; Harrison Verhine
    Mercer undergraduates formed and mentored a robotics team comprised of high school students from the Macon area.

  • The Design and Application of a Flow Chamber to Study Leukocyte Migration In Vitro
    Alireza Sarvestani; Loren Sumner; Sinjae Hyun; Madison Judd; Blake Chester; Connor Reed
    Our team (Blake Chester, Madison Judd, Connor Reed) were tasked by Dr. Alireza Sarvestani to design and build a flow chamber device to study the effect the endothelial cell wall rigidity has on leukocyte migration.

  • Functional Pediatric Prosthetic Hand
    Ha Van Vo; Kayla Mamrick; Spencer Laue
    Advised by Dr. Vo, we have been working to design a pediatric prosthetic hand that features a full five-finger range of motion to be used on the MOM to Vietnam.

  • Thermal Conductivity Apparatus
    Stephen Hill; Kevin Barnett; Dazia Enriquez; Justin Theophile; Jahari Moore
    The goal of this project is to provide our client with an apparatus that will accurately measure the thermal conductivity of different materials while minimizing the heat loss from the system.

  • Marvair Line 1 Redesign
    Scott Schultz; Melinda Hollingshed; Laura Moody; Brandi Lewis; Michael Cosby; Tayla Scott
    In order to improve the overall efficiency and productivity of assembly Line 1 at Marvair, an HVAC manufacturer, our senior design team developed a recommendation plan for the company to improve the line.

  • Photopolymer suitability for a 3D printed model of the bile ducts
    Joanna Thomas; Nicholas Faist; Leia Troop
    Material characterization of different commercially available photopolymers to be used in an in vitro model of the extrahepatic billiary ducts. For use in rapid stent prototype evaluation.

  • Optimizing Home Energy Efficiency and Solar Power
    Michael McCarthy; Michelle Graham; Alviez Chagan
    Implementation and investigation of low-cost solar energy in middle- to low-income communities.

  • Data-driven Control Theory & Application
    Makhin Thitsa; Maison Clouatre
    A short visual summary of recent theoretical and analytic results produced from a thorough study of data-driven control theory and its applications.

  • Wheel Hub Redesign and Implementation of Speedometer on the Off Road Vehicle
    Scott Schultz; Kevin Barnett; Robert Gill; Jonathan Ely; Jordan Mangham
    Senior Design project centered around redesigning the wheel hubs and implementing a speedometer onto the MUSE off-road vehicle.

  • Gray Water Controller
    Philip McCreanor; Kevin Barnett; Richard Mines; Deion Davis; Riley Carlson; Andrew Thaxton
    Senior Design poster for the Gray Water Controller project

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