Starting week one, we have lost a team member. This brings us down from seven to six members. This week we have been progressing on the modeling for the electrolyzer and the hydrogen storage tanks. This will allow us to determine how much hydrogen the electrolyzer can output based off of a certain amount of PV energy. In addition, one …
Hello friends, my name is Amihan Amargo. I am a 5th year Mechanical Engineering Major with a minor in Digital Arts. My coffee name is Amy, but I’m in the process of thinking of a new coffee name. Puzzles, making lame jokes, and playing guitar are some of the things I do for fun. Once I graduate, I hope to …
Hi there! My name is Aldrin Lupisan and I’m SUPER excited to be on team S.P.A.M! I’ve worked with 3D printers since my freshmen year here at UCI while I worked as a FABcamp Counselor (the FAB short for fabrication) teaching middle schoolers about how awesome it is being an engineer! The goal was to expose the students to the …
Hi! My name is Aaron Hilado, and I am a third year art major with a minor in digital arts at the University of California, Irvine. In 10 years, I hope to have a job somewhere in the art field, whether it be an art director, graphic designer, or photographer. I would also like to have my own company that …
Testing and Prototyping Exosuit had its first review meeting for the winter quarter to showcase the progress. We were able to gain great suggestions and guidance to make the project a success despite the obstacles that had presented in our way. Currently we contacted some companies that are willing to provide samples of the different materials we believe suitable for …
For the past week, our circular UAV team : 1) Got the permission to access the Wind tunnel. 2) Set up a lab space for manufacturing. 3) CAD the model for molding the wings. 4) Contacted Fabworks for manufacturing. 5) Confirmed the manufacturing process. For the next week, we are going to submit purchase orders for parts, prepare models for …
Our group, Exosuit, has been seeking out different avenues of display to showcase our completed soft robotic upper body exosuit for rehabilitation and military uses. In doing this we have found that robotic competitions are more suitable for our end goal of taking the finished product to market. We are confident in our ability to perform well and win at …
For the past week, our Circular UAV team 1. Decided on a manufacturing method (CNC router) 2. Fully dimensioned details of the UAV 3. Decided to run wind tunnel tests on scale model, measuring different metrics such as coefficients of lift and induced drag. For next week, We will be finishing up the detailed CAD model for manufacturing. We will …
Last quarter during Finals week my team and I went to visit Mattel Incorporated in El Segundo, California. We were fortunate to meet with a few of the people in the digital department. They were very welcoming and gave us the run down on their company, their products, and the “phygital” (physical and digital) side of their company. We presented …
This week we received word that FSAE (our project competition’s governing body) approved our Failure Modes Effects and Analysis, FMEA, report. We’d like to start out with a thank you to all the team members who spent a whole week filling it out. The FMEA is a document with 112 different Failure Modes that can/will occur within the electrical system …
