Senior Design Ideas

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Senior Design Ideas

• Team INASAD
• Members
• Jose Medina Joseph Leone
• Andrew Merk Alex Sanders
• Michael Fox

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Agenda

• Past Events
• Current Events 8 Top Project Designs
• Future Events

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Past Events

• Week of January 5th, 2009
• Formed Team
• Created Temporary Team Name
• Team members met on Monday January 12th, 2009.
  Each Team member created 3 or more topics to
  present to the group for possible design
  projects.

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Past Events (cont)

• Topics given
• Jose
• Car door support arm for elderly.
• Snow board training aid.
• Toilet bowl scrubbing device.
• Electric ice scraper.
• Mike
• Automated toilet paper dispenser.
• Motorized toilet bowl cleaner.
• Motorized shelves (for handicapped)
• Fruit coating system

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Past Events (cont)

• Andrew
• Electricity generating swing.
• Seesaw pump.
• Freefall energy harvesting.
• Drill bit loading magazine.
• Human carwash.
• Home wench system.
• A.J.
• Extension arm for installing light bulbs.
• Pike pole with piercing mechanism for
  firefighting.
• Raise able wheel chair that allows user to do
  standard tasks such as cooking on a stove.
• Adjustable laptop computer stand.

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Past Events (cont)

• Joe
• Solar/hydro powered pool filter.
• Multiple angle screw driver.
• Integrating a flashlight into tools.
• Power ratchet.
• Bolt/nut holder.
• Oil proof auto mechanics camera.

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Drill Bit Loading Magazine

• Problem Statement
• Want an ability to easily load drill bits while
  keeping track of bits.
• Methods
• Permanent magazine storage systems that can be
  inserted or adapted to drill for loading, use,
  and unloading.

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Wheel Chair Lift

• Problem Statement
• Want to enhance the quality of life of wheelchair
  bound users by elevating them
• to heights for typical household
• tasks.
• Method
• Create a wheelchair that has the
• seat raise by a mechanism to
• allow comfortable use and range of motion for
  common household tasks.

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Motorized Shelves

• Problem Statement
• Want an ability to reach all levels of shelves
  for people
• of all heights and
• certain handicaps.
• Method
• Motorized shelf system that can
• bring each shelf to reachable levels.

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Hydro Power Pool Filter

• Problem Statement
• Isolated piece of equipment that needs electrical
  power.
• Method
• Use the filter system/water
• flow of a pool to recapture
• enough energy to make
• the pool self-sufficient.

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Automated Toilet Bowl Cleaner

• Problem Statement
• Want an ability to automatically clean toilet
  bowls without having to get hands dirty.
• Methods
• Motor runs a shaft by rotating or piston action
  to scrub toilet bowl in a set course.

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Automated Toilet Paper Dispenser

• Problem Statement
• Want an ability to automate the replacement of
  toilet paper rolls.
• Method
• Using mechanical systems to recognize and replace
  an empty toilet paper roll.

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Vehicle Door Support Arm

• Problem Statement
• Provide support for people in
• need of help getting into vehicles.
• Method
• Make an attachment that uses the vehicle frame or
  door to provide the needed leverage for one to
  get into and out of vehicle.

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Human Car Wash

• Problem Statement
• Create an ability to speed up and simplify the
  common shower.
• Method
• Designing a shower head capable of dispensing
  water and soap mixture.

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Future Week of Work

• In the next week the following will be done
• Formulate Problem Statement
• Create Original Design Partition.
• Create Project Plan.
• Make Task Assignments.