2013-2014: This team worked in collaboration with the Department of Defense Special Operations Command (DoD-SOCOM) through the Stevens Institute Capstone Design Marketplace. Maintaining core body temperature is vital to Special Operations Forces when they are on missions in hot environments.…
Design of an Adjustable Impeller Eye Labyrinth Seal
2013-2014: In collaboration with Dresser-Rand this team designed an impeller eye labyrinth seal that allows clearance to be adjusted without disassembling the centrifugal compressor that houses the seal. Leakage across the impeller eye seal is a critical factor influencing the…
Design of a Plastic Waste Management System for Portobelo, Panama
2013-2014: This team worked in collaboration with Future Scientist, a charitable organization that conducts science-based community development projects. Portobelo, a small Panamanian town on the Caribbean seacoast, has irregular garbage collection and no home collection for recycling. Solid waste, particularly discarded…
Design of a Radar System to Count Bat Population
2013-2014: In collaboration with the MITRE Corporation this team designed a radar and signal processing system to determine the population of bat colonies accurately and precisely. Bats are considered an indicator species, meaning that the biodiversity and health of an ecosystem…
Design of a Radar-Laser System to Zap Malaria-infected Mosquitoes
2013-2014: In collaboration with the MITRE Corporation this team designed a radar and signal processing system to provide aiming information for a mosquito-zapping laser in malaria-prone areas. The radar system was designed to be ground-based and deployed close to a mosquito…
Design of an Affordable Silage Leachate Treatment System
2013-2014: In collaboration with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) this team developed an affordable, scalable waste treatment system for use on small dairy farms. The project was initiated by a design team during the 2011-2012 Design Clinic and continued by this…
Sustainable Stormwater Management Designs for the Mill River
2013-2014: This team worked in collaboration with the Northampton Department of Public Works and Office of Planning and Sustainability and the Smith College Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and Sustainability. The project sought to improve water quality and wildlife…
Design of a Device to Grow Organic Single Crystals for Use in X-ray Diffraction Experiments
2013-2014: This team worked in collaboration with Pfizer to design a simple and flexible laboratory device that can be used by medicinal chemists to identify conditions and reliably grow single crystals in a short time period. An important tool for characterizing…
Design of an Economically Competitive Membrane Distillation System
2013-2014: In collaboration with W. L. Gore and Associates this team designed a membrane distillation system to produce potable water from seawater. Membrane distillation (MD) is a thermally-driven separation process in which one component of a hot liquid mixture preferentially evaporates…