2012 Illinois - Indiana Section Conference Poster Award Winners 1st
Place ($100): The Claaaaaaw!: A Neuroprosthetic
Teaching Aid Adam B. Furore, Eric D. McLeish, Hobey Tam (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology) A
teaching device to be implemented in a neuroprosthetics
course was designed and fabricated to condition electrical impulses from the
user's innate nervous system to control a claw machine that has freedom of
motion in the 3 principle axes of motion and a claw to enable manipulation of
objects. 2nd
Place ($75): Supersonic
Nozzle Design Nathan Shumway, Dr. Fredrick Haan
(Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology) This
project's goal was to design and create a converging-diverging nozzle and Schlieren system that could work with a small compressor.
After testing the compressor and two different nozzles the system produced
clear images of oblique shocks. 3rd
Place ($50): United
Electrical Engineering and Design Engineering Technology Packaging Project Nick Cocanower, Daniel Grabill
(Trine University) Combining two different engineering
fields, students were forced to experience a real life career situation. The
class was assigned and successful in communicating, resulting in quality
packaging for Electrical Engineering printed circuit boards in a Design for
Manufacturing and Assembly course. |