Spring 2024 Senior Design Projects

Guardian Cradle

Objective: To create a portable device capable of surveying infant safety by monitoring environmental conditions. Develop a UI to alert caregivers of potential danger.

Team Members:

• Kaley Blake
• Brianna Geurts
• Nate Griepentrog
• Samuel Hauke

Advisors:

• Jacob Rammer, Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering
• Grace Fasipe, Biomedical Engineering

Presentation: Tuesday, May 7 from 1-3 pm in EMS 250

Project Findings:

TBD

Giggly Gears Prosthetics

Objective: To design an electronically controlled below-the-knee leg prosthetic that is extendable for children between the ages of 5-8 years old. The product will be 3D printed and controlled via EMG sensors.

Team Members:

• Walaa Alhammad
• Corey Huffman
• Seth Kornelsen
• Julie Sandria
• Adam Schultz

Advisors:

• Jacob Rammer, Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering
• Grace Fasipe, Biomedical Engineering

Presentation: Tuesday, May 7 from 1-3 pm in EMS 250

Project Findings:

TBD

414 Engineering

Objective: The goal is to redesign and improve Lake Dr. from E Kensington Blvd to E Edgewood Ave while accommodating pedestrians and bicyclists and their safety, and also providing adequate parking.

Team Members:

• Kyle Brahm
• Andrew Innerbner
• Grace Mayes
• Will Poellot
• Nathan Samuelson

Advisors: Sarah Blackowski and Clayton Cloutier, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Project Presentation: TBD

Fresh Coast Engineering

Objective: The goal is to redesign a 1.3 mile strip of N. Lake Drive. The minor arterial has been described as dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists and our design promotes pedestrian safety as well as local travel.

Team Members:

• Sophia Governatori
• Patrick McSorley
• Adrien Prange
• Benas Urbietis

Advisors: Sarah Blackowski and Clayton Cloutier, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Project Presentation: TBD

Premier Engineering

Objective: The goal is to redesign a 1.3 mile segment of Wisconsin 32 Lake Drive including an Atwater Park addition with the focus on upgrading the community’s infrastructure.

Team Members:

• Ashley Drzewiecki
• Byron Edwards
• Michael Goulder
• Cayla Robinson
• Orlando Shelton Blake

Advisor: Sarah Blackowski, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Project Presentation: TBD

JAMS Engineering

Objective: The goal is redesign the stretch of Lake Drive between Kensington and Edgewood to accommodate better transportation for bikers and pedestrians in addition to providing an appropriate amount of parking.

Team Members:

• Angel De Jesus Ortiz
• John Kelliher
• Josh Kosky
• Shriya Mehrotra

Advisors: Clayton Cloutier and Sarah Blackowski, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Industry Mentor: Tim Anheuser, Kapur Inc.

Project Presentation: TBD

NRT Engineering

Objective: The new proposed WIS 32 consists of a roadway with pedestrians and bicyclists in mind. The project would include pavement rehabilitation of a four-lane roadway.

Team Members:

• Thomas Johnson
• Nash Rettler
• Ruben Zavala

Advisors: Sarah Blackowski and Clayton Cloutier, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Project Presentation: TBD

Fitness Progress Tracker

Objective: The goal is to develop a user-centric fitness app using cutting-edge tech to address market gaps, foster community engagement, and promote wellness worldwide.

Team Members:

• Michael Terrence Constable
• Jacob Ryan Hanson
• Soham Nandi
• Phani Ram Teja Ravipati
• Zachary James Walensa

Advisor: Avinash Rajendra, Computer Science

Restaurant Server Scheduler

Objective: The goal is to design a web-based application that can be used by restaurants as an in-house organizational tool.

Team Members:

• Amna Ataullah
• Anna Fronk
• Jose Rodriguez
• Maram Saleh
• Hudson See
• Demi Urive

Advisor: Avinash Rajendra, Computer Science

Faze Wireless Headphones

Objective: To create a new design of wireless, rechargeable, headphones with mobile application attachment capable of adjusting individual audio settings such as EQ, bass, treble, and compression.

Team Members:

• Ahmed Ataullah
• Dimitrije Jovanovich
• Andrew Rich
• Tyler Swenson
• Patrick Whalen

Advisor: Jeff Kautzer and William Dussault, UWM CEAS Electrical Engineering

Presentations: Friday, May 10 in E250 & E237

Major Features:

• Voltage range is 0-10 V
• Frequency range is 0 to 500 kHz
• Battery capacity of more than 8000mAh

Intended Market:

• US market

Cost: 

• Sales Price: $400, Component Cost: $30, Assembly & Test Costs: $50

Environment:

• Indoor, Outdoor, Wearable
• Operating Temp Range: 0 to 70 C
• Humidity Range: 100% Max

Power Input:

• AC Power: 120 VAC
• Battery Power:  8.4V

Major Functions:

• Modes: On, Off, Standby, Sleep

Major Interfaces, User Controls & Displays:

• Smart Phone App

Portable LCR Meter

Objective: To design a portable and rechargeable LCR meter that can measure inductance, capacitance and resistance with an accuracy of 0.2%.

Team Members:

• John Mark De Guzman
• Joshua Nathaniel
• Touxai Xiong
• Alexander Yang

Advisor: Jeff Kautzer and William Dussault, UWM CEAS Electrical Engineering

Presentations: Friday, May 10 in E250 & E237

Major Features:

• Measures 1 time constant in a simple RC or RL circuit (parallel)
• Measures the voltage across a test resistor to find the resistor value being measured
• Operates on a (2 cell) 3.7V Lithium-ion battery with a battery life of 7.5 hrs on a single charge

Intended Market:

• US market

Costs: 

• Sales Price: $600
• Materials Cost: $130
• Assembly, Test & MFG Costs: $30
• Development Cost: $560,000
• Labor: $150/hour

Environment:

• Indoors or outdoors (dry conditions)
• Operating Temp Range: (-10 to 55°)
• Operating Humidity Range: (0%-100%)

Power Input:

• Battery Power: ( 2 Cell) 3.7V @ 2.6 Ah

Major Functions:

• Rechargeable battery unit with up to 7.5 hours of battery life
• Manually measures and displays values of LCR
• Min Resistance range of 100 Ω to 10 kΩ
• Min Capacitance range of 20 nF to 20 µF
• Min Inductance range of 20 µH to 20 mH
• Basic accuracy of 0.2%
• Indication of a low battery of the LCR meter

Major Interfaces, User Controls & Displays:

• Smart Phone App

Power Quality Immunity Test Generator

Objective: To design a single-phase power testing system that simulates AC drop-out and brown-out periods and mimics the IEC-61000-4-11 Class III testing modes.

Team Members:

• Belle Dionido
• Alyssa Frisch
• Alexander Gersch
• Riley Krueger
• Tyler Vincent

Advisor: Jeff Kautzer and William Dussault, UWM CEAS Electrical Engineering

Industry Mentor: Balaji Sankarshanan, GE HealthCare

Presentations: Friday, May 10 in E250 & E237

Major Features:

• Single Event Manual Injection Buttons for 40%, 70% and 80% dip and 100% dropout
• Mimic IEC61000-4-11 Single Phase Class III Testing Modes

Intended Market:

• US market

Cost: 

• Sales Price: $5,000, Component Cost: $2,100, Assembly & Test Costs: $200

Environment:

• Indoor
• Operating Temp Range: 15 C to 35 C
• Operating Humidity Range: (10% to 85% Non-Condensing)

Power Input:

• Residential AC Power: min 108CAC – max 132VAC @ 10 Amps Max

Major Functions:

• Temperature and Humidity Display
• Single Event Manual Injection Buttons for 40%, 70%, and 80% dip and 100% drop out
• Zero Cross Switching to minimize inrush loading
• Over-current protection for Load, Full Isolation from AC Mains Power
• Low Noise – complete linear technology using Step Down Transformer
• Repeat Cyclic Mode with Programmable Sequencing

Wireless Guitar Amplifier

Objective: To design of a portable, battery-powered, solid-state, electric guitar amplifier with a wireless instrument plugin and onboard pre-amp.

Team Members:

• Ali Alshakhs
• Sean Benet
• Kanwar Chawla
• Erik Erlandson
• Dylan Statler

Advisors: Jeff Kautzer and William Dussault, UWM CEAS Electrical Engineering

Presentations: Friday, May 10 in E250 & E237

Major Features:

• 1 x 6.5″ midrange 8Ω loudspeaker
• Power amplification stage with 5W peak output
• Analog low, mid, treble, and gain adjustment knobs for tone shaping
• Wireless 1/4″ jack instrument adaptor unit with onboard preamp and Bluetooth communication

Key Differentiating Performances:

• Completely cable-free operation
• Signal-to-noise ratio of 85+ SNRdb
• Up to 10-meter range

Cost: 

• Sales Price: $300, Component Cost: $200, Assembly & Test Costs: $25

Environment:

• Mobile, can be used indoors and outdoors. Ingress protection.

Power Inputs:

• Amplifier and Adapter: Battery Power, rechargeable

Major Functions:

• 24-bit ADC for Bluetooth transmission of guitar signal, 24-bit Audio Output
• 85 dB signal-to-noise ratio; Full audio range bandwidth
• EQ, Volume, Gain
• Amplifier output: 5 Watts Max

Contractor Route & Fleet Optimization

Objective: The goal of this project is to develop a methodology to get the optimum number of routes for FedEx Ground contractors, and use this routing methodology to determine the optimal truck fleet makeup (truck types) and employee requirements.

Team Members:

• Bandar Alharbi
• Mohammad Altuwaijri
• Wyatt Graczkowski
• Raul Medina Castello

Project Advisor:

• Matthew Petering, Industrial Engineering

Industry Mentor:

• Jugal Pandya, FedEx

Project Presentation:
TBD

Connected Systems Institute
(East of Golda Meir Library)

Facility Layout

Objective: The project goal is to provide an improved layout for the Keeper Goal facility based on factors such as distance between machines, WIP storage, and 6S.

Team Members:

• Mason Leedle
• Kat Van Booven

Project Advisor: Iftekharuddin Khan, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering

Industry Mentor: Adam Fink, Keeper Goals

Project Presentation: TBD

Project Findings:

TBD

Establishing Inventory & Asset Tracking

Objective: To implement a digital inventory management system for the Connected Systems Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, to enable seamless and real-time track and tracing of the manufacturing testbed’s work in progress.  We are utilizing our project sponsor’s hardware and software. This is the inaugural senior design project done using the CSI testbed. 

Team Members:

• Devin Arfstrom
• AJ Holzheimer
• Kevin Pedley

Project Advisor:

• Wilkistar Otieno, Chair, Industrial Engineering
• Dah-Chuan Gong, Industrial Engineering

Industry Mentor:

• Scott Kogler, Brady Corporation

Project Presentation:
Thursday, May 11, 2023 from 5:00-5:20 pm

Connected Systems Institute
(East of Golda Meir Library)

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Cast White Iron Heat Treatment

Objective: The goal of our project is to improve the life of a component through improvements in the heat treatment process.

Team Members:

• Jordan Fuller
• Pranav Roy
• Michael Wilke

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ben Church, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Industry Mentor: Paul Meyer, Industrial Associates

Presentation: Thursday, May 9 from 11 am – ~12:30 pm in EMS W119

Digital Image Analysis of Steel Microstructure

Objective: Identify phase transformation temperature in various grades of steel and create a predictive formula that will allow the identification of transition temperature for untested grades.

Team Members:

• Matt Utter
• Elijah Etten

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ben Church, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Industry Mentor: Ted Fitzpatrick, Process Metallurgist, Charter Steel

Presentation: Thursday, May 9 from 11 am – ~12:30 pm in EMS W119

Bond Strength of Metal-Matrix Composite Insert Casting

Objective: Design a test method to measure the mechanical bond strength between a metal-matrix composite (MMC) and aluminum for an insert casting process. 

Team Members:

• Pong Lee
• Gavin Schmer
• James Veltri
• Steven Wenninger

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ben Church, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Industry Mentor: David Weiss, VP Research and Development, Eck Industries

Presentation: Thursday, May 9 from 11 am – ~12:30 pm in EMS W119

Safe Passivation of a Pyrophoric Powder

Objective: Design a process that allows for safe, controlled passivation of pyrophoric aluminum metal powder by forming an outer layer of aluminum oxide.

Team Members:

• Chloe Hotze
• Luis-Agustin Moctezuma
• Katelyn Sprandel

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ben Church, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Industry Mentor: Dr. Ben Schultz, Manager, Alloys and Composites, MATSYS, Inc.

Presentation: Thursday, May 9 from 11 am – ~12:30 pm in EMS W119

3D Parts Cleaner

Objective: The goal of the project is the make a device that washes and cleans the resin off of the 3D parts that are built in the ‘figure 4 modular 3D printing system’.

Team Members:

• Jacob Ford
• Josh Olson
• Chayank Pawar
• Parker Stelter
• Ian Sobojinski

Project Advisor: Mohamed Yahiaoui, Senior Lecturer Mechanical Engineering

Industry Mentor: Jordan Nowak, Engman-Taylor

Project Presentation: TBD

Project Findings:

TBD

Cabin Heat Exchanger

Objective: The goal of this project is to design a cabin heating system that fits the Cirrus SR20 plane. It will heat the cabin interior to comfortable temperatures during high-altitude flights.

Team Members:

• Richard Bennett
• Joshua Estell
• Halah Idrissi
• Andrew Oja
• Shawn Roscoe

Project Advisor: Mohamed Yahiaoui, Senior Lecturer Mechanical Engineering

Industry Mentor: Joe Delany, Deltahawk

Project Presentation: TBD

Project Findings:

TBD

Cap Sealer Material Handling System

Objective: The project goal is to design a cap sealer handling system that reduces the amount of current team lifts during the manufacturing process of the cap sealers.

Team Members:

• Cameron Abbey
• Matthew Deacon
• Frank Lauerman
• Benjamin Olson

Project Advisor: Mohamed Yahiaoui, Senior Lecturer Mechanical Engineering

Industry Mentor: Nate Ryan, Enercon Industries Corporation

Project Presentation: TBD

Project Findings:

TBD

Clarifier Panel System

Objective: The project goal is to design a panel mechanism that absorbs forces acting on the center well of clarifiers that experience seismic events while maintaining the efficient operation of the clarifier.

Team Members:

• Kellen Johnson
• Payton Leonardelli
• Hannah Schroeder
• Kevin Tong
• Grant Woodruff

Project Advisor: Mohamed Yahiaoui, Senior Lecturer Mechanical Engineering

Industry Mentor: Allen Lepak, Zylem

Project Presentation: TBD

Project Findings:

TBD

Fabrication Fixture System

Objective: The project goal is to produce a fixture system that can assist in the manufacturing of components for zero-turn electric motors.

Team Members:

• Kyle Ihrke
• Mason Ihrke
• Jeremy Oommen
• Carolyn Scharnick
• Felix Woehl

Project Advisor: Mohamed Yahiaoui, Senior Lecturer Mechanical Engineering

Industry Mentor: Richard Rapant, Industrial Engineer, Generac

Project Presentation: TBD

Project Findings:

TBD

Autoloader for Fir Tree Mechanical Testing

Objective: The project goal is to automate the Fir Tree testing process so a person can load up a batch of parts, push go, and the tester will cycle through all the parts.

Team Members:

• Brennen Beck
• Rajab Elsharef
• Zachary Herbert
• Jacob Weber
• Isaac Wolf

Project Advisor: Mohamed Yahiaoui, Senior Lecturer Mechanical Engineering

Industry Mentor: Joey Friedli, Hellermann Tyton

Project Presentation: TBD

Project Findings:

TBD

Folding Aluminum Goal Improvement

Objective: The project goal is to address the most common VOC issues with Keeper Goals’s folding aluminum soccer goals. Specifically, these issues stem from the center support bars currently used.

Team Members:

• Megan Andresek
• Clara Broecker
• Zachary McFarland
• Jenna Van Hoogstraten

Project Advisor: Mohamed Yahiaoui, Senior Lecturer Mechanical Engineering

Industry Mentor: Adam Fink, Keeper Goals

Project Presentation: TBD

Project Findings:

TBD

Universal Nest Fixture

Objective: The project goal is to create a universal tool stand so Hellermann Tyton can test their competitors’ tools as well as their own.

Team Members:

• Shpejtim Avidiu
• Brett Baumann
• Graden Gibson
• Yousef Zahran

Project Advisor: Mohamed Yahiaoui, Senior Lecturer Mechanical Engineering

Industry Mentors: Aaron Sherman and Ryley Walter, Hellermann Tyton

Project Presentation: TBD

Project Findings:

TBD