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ME430 List- Spring Semester 2003
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1. MEASUREMENT OF PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION.
A manufacturer produces small glass spheres that
are advertised to be of a certain size. You are asked
to design a measurement procedure, that uses
optical microscopy and image processing, that is
capable of determining the size distribution of
glass sphere samples.
Customer: Michael Anderson and Gabriel Putnam.
2. DETERMINE POWER OUTPUT OF SMALL WIND TURBINE
Design, build and test a device that can be used to
measure power generated by a wind turbine to used in
conjunction with student projects performed in the UI
wind tunnel. The device should be simple to use and
well-calibrated.
Customer: Dr. Donald Elger.
3. DETERMINE PERFORMANCE OF CENTRIFUGAL PUMP
You are requested to determine the performance of
a centrifugal pump. This pump is designed to transport
liquids.
Customer: Michael Anderson
4. DETERMINE THIELE/SMALL PARAMETERS OF LOUDSPEAKER
DRIVER
Loudspeaker driver behavior is determined by
what are known as the Thiele/Small parameters.
These parameters contain information that includes
voice coil mass, magnet strength, etc. You are
requested to determine the Thiele/Small parameters
for a given loudspeaker.
Customer: Michael Anderson
5. COMBUSTION MEASUREMENTS
Customer: Karl Rink
6. FAN VOLTAGE/AIR FLOW VELOCITY CORRELATION
In a current research project at UI, a small
fan is used to generate an airstream in a
small, rectangular channel. The fan is powered
by a DC supply. You are asked to correlate the
voltage provided to the fan to the air flow
velocity.
Customer: Michael Anderson
7. VIBRATION ISOLATION PAD
A laser vibrometer is capable of measuring
very small vibrations. An aspect of performing
measurements with this device is that it is
necessary to isolate the device-under-test from
ambient vibrations. You are asked to determine
the vibration isolation performance of a vibration
isolation system consisting of a fluid-filled
flexible bladder supporting a mass platform.
Customer: Michael Anderson
8. COMPUTER VISION
Determine the ability of a stereo-vision system
to discern the true range to an object, given
that the object may take different shapes, sizes
or colors.
Customer: Dr. Dean Edwards
9. DETERMINE FLOW RESISTIVITY AND DENSITY OF
PAPER PRODUCTS
It has been hypothesized that resistance to fluid
(air) flow by paper is an indicator of quality. You
are requested to determine the air-flow resisitivity
of several types of paper. You should also determine
the mass-per-unit-area of the paper samples.
Customer: Michael Anderson
10. BRAKING SYSTEM
Investigate and rank factors responsible for controlling stopping
distance and average g-force in a scale model of an emergency
braking system. Parameters of interest include surface conditions,
vehicle loading, and load placement.
Customer: Dr. Steven Beyerlein
11. FLAT PART MANIPULATOR
Measure and discern differences in part handling accuracy between
different operating settings associated with this device. Parameters
of interest include part size, part mass, air pressure (rotational speed),
conveyor speed, and vacuum settings.
Customer: Dr. Steven Beyerlein
12. PROFILE WASTE CONTAINER
Measure and discern differences in surface profile under
different measurements operating conditions for this remote inspection device.
Preferably you should compare your measurements to a thoroughly mapped
test canister. Parameters of interest include rotational speed and rate of
vertical scanning by a linear potentiometer that simulates a telerobotic
arm.
Customer: Dr. Steven Beyerlein
13. IMPACT TOOL PERFORMANCE
Make statements with statistical confidence about the number of lugnuts
that can be removed with different volumes of compressed gas, different
regulator settings, and different valving arrangements associated with
a testbench design for Autliv ASP.
Customer: Dr. Steven Beyerlein
14. JOGGLE DIE CALIBRATION
Evaluate repeatability of different die adjustments and make statements
with statistical confidence about the dimensional accuracy of joggles
created by two closely related joggle configurations.
Customer: Dr. Steven Beyerlein
15. FSAE ENGINE TESTING
Determine the effect of water injection on Lincoln engine performance
using the teststand currently under development for NIATT. Make
statements about the impact on fuel economy and emissions.
Customer: Dr. Steven Beyerlein
16. CAN CUTTER PERFORMANCE
Propose a metric for cutting quality. Assess the relative importance
of cutting force and cutting speed on cut quality.
Customer: Dr. Steven Beyerlein
17. PERFORMANCE OF SURGICAL CUTTER
Using a constant speed, disposable cutter prototype determine the
impact of suction line vacuum and cutting speed on the rate of
tissue removal from a meat sample the simulates tissue encountered
in arthroscopic surgery.
Customer: Dr. Steven Beyerlein
18. FORMULA CAR PERFORMANCE
Document differences and trace impact of rich/lean fuel mixtures
and advanced/retarded ignition on vehicle performance during an
acceleration test.
Customer: Dr. Steven Beyerlein, Dr. Edwin Odom
19. GAIN RESPONSE of a MOTIONLESS JOYSTICK
Investigate and discern differences in
electrical output related to different
force inputs under different g...