http://www.centralfloridafuture.com/story/news/2015/04/26/student-engineers-show-inventions-at-design-showcase/26414741/ Student engineers show inventions at design showcase Bernard Wilchusky April 26, 2015
[images http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/2b73faae5ea59de857193a6e3c998aabadcaa7c9/c=2-0-1917-1440&r=x404&c=534x401/local/-/media/2015/04/26/CentralFloridaFuture/CentralFloridaFuture/635656577255895246-haev.JPG The Human Assisted Electric Vehicle could reach speeds of up to 40 mph and has a range of about 50 miles. The entire vehicle cost about $4,000 to produce.(Photo: Bernard Whilchusky, Central Florida Future) http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/eeccbc223e67becdb7f99ae9d10aaf0ac8b9f70e/c=115-0-1933-1367&r=x513&c=680x510/local/-/media/2015/04/26/CentralFloridaFuture/CentralFloridaFuture/635656518687682219-Engineering-Senior-Design-Showcase-2015-7.JPG The HAEV takes a spin around the UCF campus. (Photo: Bernard Wilchusky, Central Florida Future) video flash Seniors of the UCF College of Engineering showcase their latest inventions. Bernard Wilchusky, Central Florida Future ] The annual showcase, hosted from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the atrium of Engineering Building I, challenged outgoing students to design new and inventive solutions to real-world problems. Student groups, ranging in size from three to six members, labored for months to make creations such as a portable drone charging platform, a low-cost mode of transportation and even a new stress-testing suite for use in aeronautical design. Groups were required to find materials and fund for their projects, many of which cost up to $2,000 in parts alone. [image] Senior mechanical engineering students Garrett Chapman, Chris Harris and Zachary Loparo stand in front of their invention, the Human Assisted Electric Vehicle. (Photo: Bernard Wilchusky, Central Florida Future) For members of the Enhanced Alternative Transportation team, the goal was to design a safe and cost-effective mode of transportation. Their invention, a teardrop-shaped tricycle called the Human Assisted Electric Vehicle, had a final cost of $4,000, said Caleb Amy, a member of the team. "We designed this vehicle to bridge the gap between cars and bicycles," said Amy, a senior mechanical engineering major. "It's a lot cheaper than a car, but it also protects you from the weather. It can cruise at about 40 mph, has a range of 50 miles, and it protects the rider from the rain. Not to mention, it's pretty comfortable." The team behind the Supply and Command Roller for an Autonomous Multicopter set out to make a mobile, remote-controlled charging platform for long-range drones. Its device, a large platform flanked by twin photovoltaic panels, boasted a small processing suite nestled between its four wheels that would allow operators to control and move the platform remotely. "The best way to think of it is as a big, fancy charging station," said Tom Czachur, a senior aerospace engineering major. "It's like if your phone charger had wheels and a big, fancy solar charger, except it doesn't plug into a phone, it plugs into a hexacopter." The Hypersonic Environment Testing team designed a particolored metal rig that placed airplane components under the kind of thermal, mechanical or sonic stresses the team would experience during regular operating conditions. Michael Sanchez, a senior mechanical engineering major, said that the testing rig was the first system that was able to test all three stresses simultaneously. "Our testing rig simulates hypersonic flight conditions," Sanchez said. "We're trying to simulate mechanical loading, thermal stress and acoustic loading. Our testing for that last one is really loud; you need earbuds to be near it. It's the equivalent of being next to a really, really loud music concert, which is like being at Mach 5." [© centralfloridafuture.com] For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Enclosed-human-electric-hybrid-spins-around-the-UCF-campus-tp4675294.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)