MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECTS COMPOSITE MATERIALS & STRUCTURES Crashworthiness of Composite Structures Characterization of Composite Materials Computer-Aided

Aided Design/Manufacturing CAD/CAM Integration

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CAM Integration to the Bridgeport Discovery 308 Machining Center

Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Using CADKEY, EZCAM, and the Bridgeport Discovery 308 Integration of CAD/CAM by the Use of CADKEY and the Rhino ST/8 Lathe

DESIGN & TESTING Compression-Activated Flexion for a Prosthetic Foot Conveyor System Update for a Work Cell Design: Multi-Function Camera Mount Design: Rear Wheel Suspension for Off-Road Bicycles Design: Remote Control Window Operator Design: Starterless Internal Combustion Engine Improvement of Compressor Valve Efficiency Mounting of Ball Bearings in Aluminum Castings Multi-Dimensional Surface Profilometric Data Analysis Retrofit of a V-8 Marine Engine with Multi-Port Fuel Injection Robotic Part Orientation Using Computer Vision Stair Climbing Wheelchair Off-Road Wheelchair

HIGH TEMPERATURE & SOLAR RESEARCH Effects of Welding on the Tensile Properties of an Aluminum-Lithium Alloy High Temperature Solar Thermal Processing: 2TiO2 + C # Ti2O3 + CO

High Temperature Production of Zn from ZnO Using 1) FeO and Fe3O4 and 2) Ultra-High Temperature Solar Energy Post-Weld Strength of Magnesium WE 43-T6 A Thermodynamic Analysis of a Solar Process for Producing Syngas and Zinc or Hydrogen

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MEASUREMENT & CONTROL

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Air Flow Meter with Electronic Output Analysis of the Magnehelic Differential Pressure Gauge Automatic Control of an Electron Microscope Automatic Control of an Oil Spill Recovery System Computer Manipulation of a Three-Component Pneumatic System Determining the Causes of Inaccuracy in the Magnehelic Pressure Gauge Electronic Fuel Monitoring for the Spark Ignition Engine Error in Relative Humidity Determined from Wet-Bulb Temperature Evaluation of an RF Liquid-Level Probe as a Surface Wave Detector Data Acquisition for a Converging Diverging Nozzle Simulation of a Position Control System Use of Labtech Notebook Software for Data Acquisition and Control

SHOCK & VIBRATION Predicting Dynamic Unbalance of Slider-Crank Mechanisms Using Turbo Pascal Modeling Differential Equations with Tutsim Modal Analysis of a Speaker Cabinet Simulation Using SIMAN

MISCELLANEOUS Aesthetic Flow Improvement of Faucet Aerator Alignment Charting and Nomographs for Fluid Flow Equations Cutter Rotation Interlock for a Sunstrand Mill Economic Analysis Using a Spreadsheet Program Fastener Torque Characteristics for Joining Magnesium Alloy Materials

Finite-Element Analysis Using Ideas# and Photoelastic Analysis of Contact Stress Heating and Ventilating Design for a Room in Gellersen Center Machinability of Lead-Free Brass Modal Analysis of a Tennis Racket Numerical Simulation of One-Dimensional Gas Flow in a Nozzle Plastic Recycling Experiment

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