Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Project Achievements”
Last Friday, we met with Terry Wang in order to discuss our deliverables for this quarter. We discussed the tasks each member is responsible for. It seems as though we are in good shape as long as we continue to stay motivated. Our poster which won the Dean’s Choice Award is now on display at UCI’s Ayala Science Library along …
We are back and ready for our final quarter! A lot has happened since our last blog! Winter Design Review was a great success. We are excited to report that our project received the Dean’s Choice Award during the Winter Design Review last quarter! After many hours of practicing and editing our presentation & poster, we were able to show …
This blog is devoted to documenting the progress of our MAE188 Automated Pipetting Robot project. Advised by Professor Farzad Akhmadkhanlou and Professor Vince McDonnell, and sponsored by Professor Tony Long, the goal of this project is to develop a robot that can efficiently move an array of 24 pipettes in order to transfer fluids, which will facilitate Professor Long’s research …
We have finished the fabrication of vector thrust gimbal system This is the test video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT_OfHLh5ao
Our biggest accomplishment this week was that our team came in 5th place out of the 26 teams that participated for the winter peer review. Because we placed in the top 7, we were invited to present to industry representatives on March 11th. This quarter our team was more prepared due to the constructive criticism we received from the fall …
This week we prepared for the Quarterly Peer Review. It was very nice to have our advisor attend and support us as we presented. Mike did a great job putting together everyone’s presentation materials and leading the presentation. We sent out the purchase orders for some parts we needed to fix the cooling system, and we received them this week. …
This week we are continuing our MATLAB fuel cell model. This model will be able to tell us how much electricity the fuel cell can output depending on the higher heating value (HHV) of our fuel cell and a varying efficiency. This efficiency depends on changing temperature and desired power output. This is the base load for the data center. …
UC Irvine’s HyperXite team beat out more than 100 others to finish fifth in the international Hyperloop Pod Design competition Jan. 29-30 at Texas A&M University. The Hyperloop is a concept first proposed by Elon Musk and SpaceX to design and build extreme high-speed, energy-efficient transportation. More than 1,000 students from 20 countries competed in the event, vying for the …
During Week 8, we took apart some of the exhaust system of the fuel cell to troubleshoot why this portion of the cooling system does not work. After electrically testing the exhaust fan, we found that the fan works but the potentiometer does not work. We have designed a solar panel array structure and are awaiting confirmation with our advisor …
After Week 7, our main designs for the structure has been finalized. We are also finalizing our list of purchases, so we can start getting things purchased. Our initial projections were estimated to be about $15,000; however, after talking to AFRL, they will be able to help provide some materials and electronics that will help us reduce the costs of …
