Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “2016-2017”
Hi readers, This is Ethan with our third progress blog on the X-Fade Flight Simulator. This week, all the senior design students had an hour long mandatory safety workshop to learn to always be aware of the work place environment and follow standard procedures of the lab he or she is working in. Besides the safety workshop, we also had …
This past week 5 of Fall quarter, we began the process of sketching possible designs for the Mechanical Pet Feeder. Our assignment was to attack each need and design a way to satisfy that need. A technique to brainstorm collectively is using half sheets of paper in which the ideas were roughly sketched and discussed. We came together as a …
In week 4, we determine the minimum viable product and we get our first ice traction design. After our group discussion, we decided to focus on three features, which are “can wear it anywhere,” “non slip” and “durable.” We are enlightened by mechanism of the ball pen and we hope our customer can transfer between state “engaged” and “disengaged” by …
In this week, we kept doing research on the Wrist Exo project. Based on previous meeting with Doctor Terry Wang and Professor David Reinkensmeyer, we gradually determine the direction of research and project. We made up a patient/doctor survey so that it will be easier for us to know the user’s’ needs, requirements and expectations. What is more, we established …
Each step we take, no matter the size, is a step forward to achieving our goals. This week has been busy as the members of UAV Forage juggle homework assignments, midterms, and the project itself. The Propulsion team has repaired an quad copter from our old works with a 3mm pure CF plate frame to do research on helicopter propeller …
The Thermal Energy project group’s mission is to convert heat into electricity. The heart of this concept is having a temperature difference and using thermoelectric generators. Engineers have previously developed travel mugs that can charge a phone and built flashlights that are powered from the heat of a hand. The Thermal Energy Project is moving forward to build the body-powered …
Project Six consists of nine students from the University of California, Irvine. The project is a collaboration between The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and the Claire Trevor School of the Arts combining technical and creative expertise into one. As a team we receive an idea, do research, design, and create. We will design a fully functional bed, convenient to …
CREATEProject Six consists of nine students from the University of California, Irvine. The project is a collaboration between The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and the Claire Trevor School of the Arts combining technical and creative expertise into one. As a team we receive an idea, do research, design, and create. We will design a fully functional bed, convenient to …
Hello readers! My name is Ethan Peng and I am the document manager for X-Fade Flight Simulator. We are at the end of week 4 and have done some modifications with our project. What makes our flight simulator different compared to others is that we will be incorporating Oculus. Oculus is a popular virtual reality gear. Having Oculus will not …
This week’s meeting was based around getting a second six wheeled robot up and running. As there was already a chassis built for this second six wheeled robot, our main goals for the meeting were disassembling and rewiring the motor system to comply with the already agreed upon design and wiring in all the sensors. The sensor platform we were …
