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Wild Game Tracking System
Ribby, Travis; Beery, Jeffrey; McElroy, Clinton; Bal, Mert
The objective of this project was to design a mechanical carrier that attaches to the end of an arrow which was outfitted with a radio frequency transmitter placed inside of a potted housing. Once the arrow was fired, the mechanical carrier delivered the RF transmitter to the target and become detached upon impact. With the transmitter attached to the target, the user could use the RF receiver to follow the beacon and locate the target. Testing was performed to measure the RSSI at any given distance. It was expected that the RSSI would get lower as the transmitter got further away from the receiver. The RSSI was measured at five different distances and decreased with distance, as intended.
Up Down Vote Badge
Eisenbrandt, Nicole; Mohamed, Liban; Speckert, Robert E.
This project endeavors to generate a battery-controlled vote tabulating device (badge) with count capabilities for future analytical and behavioral study use. Goals: • To produce a battery-controlled vote tabulating device for analytical and behavioral study use, as Miami's Psychology Department sees fit. • To design the device so that there are two indicators, an up and down arrow mimics the vote tabulating machines in the episode, Majority Rule, from the Fox series TheOrville. The user, or other individuals, chooses their indicator based upon their, or others, reaction to behavior, where the device counts in an upwards fashion. • To display the device's count, choose and utilize smart components to connect the tabulating device to the internet via Bluetooth. • To create an application (App) interface that will display count results. This App design interface creation is to be done in conjunction with Miami's Psychology Department input once the general purpose (showing results) is complete.
Triple Falling-Ball Viscometer Small-Scale Pipeline System
Shirk, Ted; Nguyen, Thuc; Rufer, Kyle; Speckert, Robert; Yu, Zhiyuan; Dinc, Murat
The purpose of this project is to design and build two lab components (The Flexible Triple Falling-Ball Viscometer and Small-Scale Pipeline) used in the fluid mechanics classes at Miami University. These components are being designed, built, and tested so they can be reproduced for both Miami campuses and regional locations. With this in mind we developed the following goals: ● To design and build lab components for Miami University’s fluid mechanics classes. ● Provide components which will give the student an opportunity to learn and apply concepts and principles learned within the class. This project will enhance our experience and understanding in our field of study, as well as provide others with components to enhance theirs also.
Prototype Vacuum Former
Bach, Mindy; Gagliano, Danielle; Speckert, Robert; Yu, Zhiyuan
The purpose of this project is to design a small vacuum forming machine capable of running both prototype tooling and service parts for prior models that have ended their production life. This project will create a smaller, more easily manageable, vacuum former to improve the process for producing prototype samples, running early trial orders, and manufacturing prior model service parts. Due to their low volume production of these parts, it becomes too costly and time consuming to produce these on their current machines that are intended for manufacturing high volumes and require multiple people to run.
Multi-Purpose Motorcycle Trailer (MPMT)
Hester, Tony; Street, Logan; Dao, William; Guggenheim, Kyle; Drigel, Gary
The purpose of the project is to design and modify a trailer to be pulled by a motorcycle that will allow the user to bring up to two dogs with them. The trailer will also be able to be used as a dry storage space for their motorcycle gear or a short camping trip. The trailer can also be converted back to a flatbed trailer that can be pulled with a truck or an SUV for various purposes. A strong aerodynamic design is the intent to keep the trailer stable from the wind, so riders and pets will have a safe ride.
King of Kings TechBed
Klopfenstein, Jacob; Waidelich, Chris; Abrishambaf, Reza
The purpose of this project is to create a new king size bed that will stand apart from everything else on the market by incorporating a sound system, minifridge, and other Raspberry Pi driven technology into a bedframe that has a natural wood appearance, functional design, and built-in drawers beneath the mattress for efficient floor space usage. The idea was chosen because it included aspects in both fields that Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technologies covers: mechanical engineering for the design of the bed structure and electrical engineering for the design and integration of technology and Raspberry Pi circuitry. Designing and building this bed will gave both valuable experience and knowledge to the members of this team and made them more competent in their relative fields of study.
Electric Motor Assisted Caster Cart
Drew, Greg; O’Brien, James; Purdy, Kendall; Sargent, Tyler; Drigel, Gary S.
To take a pre-existing cart product provided by Hamilton Caster and retrofit it with as many off the shelf parts as possible, in order to prototype an electric motor assisted cart. This project will serve as a functional prototype, while attempting to source parts for the eventual final design. Our group came to this project after Hamilton Caster was looking for volunteers to take on this project. Seeing the integration of mechanical and electrical functions and features, this project seemed to fit our group in how we wanted to pursue our senior project.
Battlebot
Bakenhaster, Braden; Newton, Nicholas; Abrishambaf, Reza
Battlebots are machines that have been popular to niche crowds over the past two decades. The show Battlebots first aired in the year 2000 and is still creating new episodes today. There are other similar robot fighting shows that have also been aired including Robot Wars, and battlebots have made other pop culture appearances such as in an episode of The Big Bang Theory. The battlebot arena has harbored many designs over the years. In our battlebot design, we have tried to draw from those designs to create our own bot that is designed to be effective, and affordable with reference to other bots in its class. We are going to construct a battlebot with a custom-built spinning weapon mechanism that will be able to compete at a high level against other battlebots within an acceptable budget. The battlebot will be built within the guidelines presented by the official Battlebot rules provided on the Battlebots website. The bot must be under 250 pounds, less than 8’ x 8’ in size, have the required safety on/off switches, and the power supply must be under 60 volts. These rules set a standard to keep the contestants somewhat evenly matched, but do not impede on creativity.
Automated Livestock Barn System
Law, Gabryella; Wengard, Michael; Hashman, Joshua; Bal, Mert
The objective of this project is to provide monitoring of livestock, automated animal care, and user safety. It has several systems to meet these objectives: fire detection, watering system, feeding system, temperature control, dusk to dawn indoor lighting, video monitoring system, and a WIFI enabled web page or application for alarm and monitoring system data. This project does not encompass every need a customer may have in the farming industry for livestock due to the time constraints of one semester. This project was designed to build upon and redesign a past project students did during their senior year in a PLC class at Zane State College.
Child Safety Seat Occupant Detection and Alert System
Candray, Oscar; Tully, Thomas; Whitt, John; Drigel, Gary; Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology (EMET)
This report covers the design, build, and testing if an IoT (Internet of Things) device which uses signal attenuation as a detection condition. The device's intended purpose is to detect when a child has been left in a car seat. The functionality of the created device, and the results of its operation are analyzed.
Senior Design 498 - Universal Test Stand
Gregory, Tyler; Kincaid, Keith; Drigel, Gary; Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology (EMET)
Final report for Senior Design - ENT 498 - Universal Test Stand
High Temperature Limit Sensor for Compressor Connecting Rod
Fischer, Joey; Newman, Jon; Drigel, Gary; Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology (EMET)
Student Engineers researched and designed a method to measure temperature on the bearing of an Ariel Corporation compressor connecting rod. Placing a high temperature shut off device in the connecting rod will allow for the compressor to shut down faster in response to bearing failure. The design work will assist Ariel Corporation as they install the device on new compressors.
Septic Tank Monitoring Device
Guffey, Christian; Meermans, Brian; Calhoun, Cameron; Drigel, Gary; Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology (EMET)
Student Engineers have modified and updated a current septic tank control panel. This panel has more up-to-date components that gives homeowners and service providers more control over septic systems. The panel will operate all components necessary in a system as well as monitor and notify a service provider when a component had failed and is no longer operating properly. This panel will also include an update timer which will eliminate the current obsolete timer and will also increase dose timing accuracy.
Adapting a Parker proportional valve for use with a Festo hydraulic trainer
Fields, Audrey; Poeppelman, David; Clements, James; House, Luke; Speckert, Robert; Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology (EMET)
Student engineers designed, built, and tested the adaptation of a Parker Proportional Valve with Festo Hydraulic Trainers for educational use at Edison State Community College. The system will accompany lectures given by Edison State Community College faculty to educate students on the applications of proportional valves and PID controls with respect to powering a variable load on a hydraulic motor.
Guided Object Fetching Robot
Westbay, Eli; Storey, Isaiah; Francis, Nkrumah; Bal, Mert; Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology (EMET)
This is a reflection on what the GOFR group has accomplished in the pursuit of making an Autonomously Guided Vehicle (AGV). This document will lay out the steps and research performed in order to design and build a functional AGV that improved upon a previous group’s attempt. The importance of this project is that the GOFR will be able to receive and deliver pallets autonomously. The expectation is that the GOFR will yield higher efficiency than current processes. Using Robot Operating System (ROS), Lidar technology for Localization, linear actuators,a Pixy2 Object-tracking camera for pallet locating and docking, and mecanum wheels for omnidirectional movement, an AGV capable of delivering parts to and from different robotic cells is created for the Phelp’s Hall Robotics Lab at Miami University, Hamilton.
Senior Project X-Ray Plate Holder (The Wilds) Final Report
Williams, Austin; Moss, Kyle; Campbell, Landon; Duty, Ryan; Bal, Mert; Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology (EMET)
Our group is creating a robotic x-ray plate holder for The Wilds so that they can x-ray the legs of giraffes while they are standing and non-sedated. The Wilds reached out to Zane State College for this project due to their old x-ray plate holder wearing out. The old x-ray plate holder was created by Adam Davis who is the head of animal management and came to us for this project. There are many requirements for a project like this since it deals with live animals. The x-ray plate holder will need to be quiet, slow moving, lower and raise from the ground up to 48 inches, extend arm at least 12 inches, withstand a warm and humid atmosphere, and be easily movable in case the animal lashes out. Our goal is to complete this project so that The Wilds has a reliable x-ray plate holder that they can easily and effectively use.
Remote Machine Monitoring
Lydy, Joshua; Arron, Ben; Abrishambaf, Reza; Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology (EMET)
Clippard, A well-known company in Cincinnati Ohio that manufactures pneumatic valves, cylinders, and fittings, provided us with a challenge to build a system for them. This system will monitor 16 CNC machines during the off hours as they only work 1st shift. They are relying on the machines to stay running thought-out the afternoon and night. When a CNC machine goes down it stays down till the morning when a technician comes in to restart it. This leaves a substantial amount of unnecessary down time for the company. They have requested a system to be designed and built to alert a technician by text or email when either a machine is down or if the fire suppression system is triggered. Our group brainstormed several different ideas of how to get two signals to a computer through the internet to phone or e-mail. Given the company’s environment around each machine, we concluded that wireless signals through the WiFi system would be the best fit. The machine monitoring system will work with an ESP8266 NodeMCU that will be wired into each machine to communicate with the server. Using a digital input on the chip (GPIO pins) will give us our signal. The ESP8266 chip is programmable to connect to Wi-Fi then using IEE 802.11 protocol. This signal will be a publish only to the MQTT Mosquitto broker which is installed on the Raspberry pi. Node-Red will then receive and translate the signals to be displayed on the dashboard and be sent as notifications in the form of email or text message. Node-Red is a flow-based development tool for visual programming. Node-Red will process the data and if an alert is detected, it will send the email or text as it is programmed to do. The Mosquitto MQTT broker along with Node-Red will be hosted on a Raspberry Pi 4. The Raspberry Pi a low cost, credit-card sized computer that plugs into a computer monitor or TV and uses a standard keyboard and mouse.
Automated Wire Stripper
Inkrott, Joshua; Bischoff, Andrew; Heuerman, Wes; Abrisham Baf, Reza; Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology (EMET)
For our groups ENT 498 Senior Design Project we decided to design and build an automated wire cutter and stripping machine. Our final machine can automatically feed, cut and strip wires to a given length and quantity. Our end goal was to have a functional machine that was not only reliable and budget friendly but also easy to use and aesthetically pleasing. The main motivation behind this project was to eliminate the need for a person being required to hand measure, cut, and strip large quantities of wires. With our machine, they can input their desired parameters through an onboard HMI and then let the machine do the tedious and repetitive work. This automated task frees up a worker and allows for a huge increase in productivity, thus making it a very valuable asset in industry. In order to make this project successful, we had to rely on what we have learned through our academic and professional careers, as well as teach ourselves some new concepts along the way. This project was a huge milestone for our academic careers and gave us invaluable insight to what we may be doing in the workforce after we graduate.
Remote CO₂ Laser Engraver/Cutter
Dick, Jason; Abernathy, Jonathan; Lewis, Nicholas; Bal, Mert; Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology (EMET)
The goal of our project was to develop and manufacture a CO2 laser engraver capable of being remotely controlled via the internet using a custom-built interface. The purpose of our project was to provide access to individuals who may be interested in creating custom laser engraved works but who didn’t necessarily have access to a CO2 laser engraver. Our product would allow users to design and monitor their own custom works from the comfort and security of their own homes. Our basic designs were inspired from multiple DIY examples that we found online, but nothing we found had remote access. To add this functionality, we used Microsoft Visual Studio and Client – Server based communication protocols to provide real time information about the status of the laser. We believe that our project is relevant, especially today amongst the COVID-19 outbreak, when remote access and control have become the new normal.
Universal Robot Gripper
Amelung, James; Dyer, Catherine; Klass, Chandler; Speckert, Rob; Speckert, Rob; Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology (EMET)
This project will consist of multiple goals and milestones to achieve the desired result of assessing the feasibility of a more universal type of gripper used for material handling in the Rimrock Corporation.

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