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THE SCHOOL OF
ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
presents the
Class of 2004Senior DesignProject Presentationsand Demonstrations
Lake SuperiorState University
Friday • April 30, 20041:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
in theCenter for Applied Science
and Engineering Technology
The School of Engineering and Technology iscomprised of the following disciplines:
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering Technology
• Engineering Management
All of the senior engineering and technologystudents at Lake Superior State University arerequired to complete a challenging seniordesign project.
The students work in teams and use a com-posite of their technical and general educationcourses to successfully complete these projects.
Each project requires a detailed technicalengineering analysis and is a challenging andrealistic experience for our senior graduates.The intention of the senior design project is toprovide valuable engineering experience thatwill help the team members gain employmentin industry.
More project information can be seen at:http://engineering.lssu.edu/Students/03_04/
The following students, who have orwill be completing their senior design
projects through cooperative educationemployment at various industries,participated with this year’s teams
during the fall 2003 semester:
ECS: Vesa Luomaranta
ITS: Kevin Luft
MSE: Nicole Peterson
SIMULATED ROBOT SOLUTIONS
Team Members:Bob Davis, Richard Gomes andBrenton C. Kemmer II
Faculty Advisor: Jim DevaprasadProject Sponsors: Applied ManufacturingTechnologies (AMT), Lake Superior StateUniversity (LSSU) and DELMIA CorporationIndustrial Customer Contact:
Philip Gilbert-Senior Engineer (AMT)
Presentation: 1:30 p.m., CAS 123Demonstration: 3-3:45 p.m., CAS 125 Annex
A research project was conducted on the application of anew Windows-based robotic simulation software packageprovided by the DELMIA Corporation. Integration of thissoftware offers transitional challenges to companies likeAMT, who currently use DELMIA’s older UNIX-basedsimulation package. SRS has aided in the validation of thissoftware through real-world applications, educationaldevelopment and robotic calibration.
SUPERIOR WORKCELLAUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY
Team Members:John DeRosia, Ron Hins, Patrick Murphy,Chris Romig, Jason Schopp and Adam Smith
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Nael BarakatProject Sponsor:
DANA Brake Parts / Canada (Sudbury, Ont.)Industrial Customer Contact: Martin Castillo
Presentation: 3 p.m., CAS 123Demonstration: 1:30-2:15 p.m., CAS 122
An Automated Robotic Workcell Prototype was designed anddeveloped for DANA Brake Parts/Canada. It will reduce thenumber of human operators in a hazardous environment aswell as labor and production costs resulting in an increase ofproduction while maintaining better quality.
Robotics SimulationSoftware Integration
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of Brake Cores
ENERGYCONVERSIONSYSTEMS
Team Members:Michael Bunker, Tony Prevo, Ryan Risley,Ben Skupien, Brad Sochacki and Seth Timm
Faculty Advisor: Jon CoullardProject Sponsor: Aggressive Manufacturing
Innovations IndustriesIndustrial Customer Contact: Jim Klopfenstein II
Presentation: 3 p.m., CAS 212Demonstration: 1:30-2:15 p.m., CAS 122
A Tube Endforming Machine was designed and built toform the ends of steel tubes up to a 1-inch diameter in avariety of shapes used mainly by the automotive industry.The machine utilizes a PLC to control the pneumatic,hydraulic, and safety systems to ensure a quality endformedtube. The machine will be used as a prototype design forsubsequent machines to be built by AMI.
Team Members:Erin Becker, Ryan Earegood, Gary Gazankas,Caleb MacDonald, Dave McAulay andLucas Smart
Faculty Advisor: David McDonaldProject Sponsor: Tenaris Algoma TubesIndustrial Customer Contacts:
James Kucher and Marcos Franco
Presentation: 3:45 p.m., CAS 212Demonstration: 2:15-3 p.m., CAS 122
Energy ConversionLaboratory Trainer
Team Members:Matt Fitchett, Lester Jensen, Andy Rynearson,Gary Van Sickle and Grant Wood
Faculty Advisor: Paul DuesingProject Sponsor: Lake Superior State UniversityIndustrial Customer Contacts:
Dr. Matthew Carroll and David McDonald
Presentation: 2:15 p.m., CAS 123Demonstration: 3:45-4:30 p.m., CAS 122
ECS has developed, in cooperation with Lake Superior StateUniversity, an energy conversion laboratory trainer. Thetrainer will enhance the laboratory experience in mechanicaland electrical engineering. It will also allow the faculty ofLSSU to stress the teaching of fundamental engineering con-cepts in thermal-fluids, power generation, and heat transfer.
ENDFORMER PROTOTYPEINDUSTRIAL CONSULTING
Tube Endformer
INDUSTRIALTOLERANCING SYSTEMS
Tube EndMeasurement System
A tube end measurement system was developed by ITS thatwill determine at what point the tube transitions from outof specifications to within tolerance. The machine move-ment will be controlled by a PLC and the measurement takenby lasers will be acquired using a data acquisition system.
MOUNTAIN SIMULATIONENGINEERING
Brake ComponentTesting Systems
Team Members:Matthew Gibbs, Michael Hilderley,Anthony Pink, Seth Reenders,Jeremy Wilhelm and Eric Wuchte
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Abhiman HandeProject Sponsor: Continental Teves, Inc.Industrial Customer Contact: Bob Andersen
Presentation: 1:30 p.m., CAS 212Demonstration: 3-3:45 p.m., CAS 120
Team Members: (seniors)Claude Carrier and David O’Gorman
Faculty Advisor: Morrie WalworthProject Sponsor: Lake Superior State UniversityIndustrial Customer Contact: Morrie Walworth
Presentation: 2:15 p.m., CAS 212Demonstration: 3:45-4:30 p.m., CAS 125 Annex
ROBOT FOR AQUATICDEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH
Remotely-OperatedUnderwater Vehicle
The team’s goal was to build upon the success of last year’sunderwater robot, and produce a significantly enhancedROV by re-designing many of the on-board systems as wellas the user interface equipment to improve the ROV’s us-ability and functionality.
Team Members: (senior)Adam Pagot
Faculty Advisor: Morrie WalworthProject Sponsor: Continental Teves, Inc.Industrial Customer Contact: Bob Andersen
Presentation: 3:45 p.m., CAS 123Demonstration: 2:15-3 p.m., CAS 125
SUPERIOR DATAACQUISITION SYSTEMS
Data Acquisition: EnhancedVehicle Safety Testing
The SDAS team has produced a system for testingContinental Teves’ automotive products. The system isdesigned to collect data from a variety of analog and digitalsensors, then transfer it to a PC for display and storage.
Two separate brake component testing systems were designedand built for Continental Teves. The systems, a force sensinghitch and a load simulating trailer, will be used to performheat testing locally at the Brimley Development Center in-stead of the current location in Death Valley, California.The systems accurately represent the forces acting on an auto-mobile as it climbs and descends a mountain.