April 2018

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Senior Design: Building The "Heart and Soul" of an Electric Car (Part 2)

 

With good intentions in mind, the Electrical and Computer Engineering Senior Design team of Daryl Biron, Ernesto Ortega-Hernandez, and Alain Tshipamba set out to build not only the powertrain of an electric car, but also realize their dream of seeing it race in the summer. With time ticking down, only one of those two goals seems likely.

 

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Submarine Engineers Simulate Real-Time Conditions to Test Key Components

 

Existing laboratory test methods don't allow submarine engineers to test how a motor will vibrate in real-world conditions on a ship at sea, so designers take the conservative approach to prepare for the worst. But a team of UConn engineers has developed a method to test vibrating, manufactured components, using actuators and shake tables, sensors, and mathematical formulas that can replicate the system-level, real-time conditions.

 

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Remembering Dr. John Enderle, The Educator and The Nurturer

 

A loving husband, father, brother, friend, colleague and mentor, Dr. Enderle enjoyed a long and illustrious career as a professor and inspirational leader, admired for his unfailing dedication and support for students, a legacy honored by his family establishing the John Enderle Fund memorial scholarship.

 

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Senior Design: Using Vibrational Therapy to Change the Outlook for Cerebral Palsy Patients (Part 2)

 

Entering the final stretch of their Senior Design journey, the biomedical engineering team of Brianna Perry, Morgan DaSilva, Brittany Morgan, and Katie Bradley are realizing the crushing realities of real-world results versus perfect-world expectations.

 

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Javidi Wins Prestigious Award from The Optical Society

 

Dr. Bahram Javidi, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, is the 2018 winner of the prestigious Joseph Fraunhofer Award / Robert M. Burley Prize from The Optical Society. The award, given to one person in the country every year, was bestowed upon Javidi for his "seminal contributions to passive and active multi-dimensional imaging from nano- to micro- and macro-scales," according to the award citation.

 

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You're Invited to Senior Design Demonstration Day!

 

Please join us for 2018 Senior Design Exhibition Day where you can tour 228 projects, speak with students, and learn about their government, industry, and academic-sponsored team efforts. Following the exhibition, join us for a reception featuring UConn Dairy Bar ice cream.

 

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Upcoming Events

 

Senior Design Demonstration Day
Apr 27, 2018

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May Commencement
May 5th, 6th, & 7th, 2018

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May Innovation Connection - Agriculture in CT: Technology, Business & Opportunities
May 8, 2018

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