2014-2015: In collaboration with Medtronic (formerly Covidien), this student team designed a reusable clip applier attachment for the Lapro-ClipTM clip applier device, which is used in Minimally Invasive Surgery to ligate blood vessels. The goal of the attachment was to…
Process Design for Waste Heat Recovery
2014-2015: In collaboration with Dresser-Rand, this student team focused on waste heat recovery in manufacturing facilities. The project had two main components: developing a process design for implementing a waste heat recovery (WHR) system and then applying this process to…
Design of a Low-Cost, User-Serviceable Closing Mechanism for an Electrochemical Cell
Dam Rehabilitation Design for the Tyler Dam in Marlborough, MA
2014-2015: In collaboration with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, this student team completed a dam rehabilitation design for the Tyler Dam in Marlborough, MA to prevent erosion of the earthen portion during overtopping flows. Tyler Dam requires rehabilitation so that…
Design of MassCentral Rail Trail Spur to Main Street in Leeds, MA
2014-2015: In collaboration with the Northampton Department of Public Works (NDPW), the Northampton Office of Planning and Sustainability (NOPS), and two community groups (the Leeds Civic Association and the Mill River Greenway Initiative), this student team designed an access spur…
Design of a Low-flow Measurement Device for Integration with a Vortex Flowmeter
2014-2015: In collaboration with Schneider Electric, this student team designed a low-flow measurement device for integration into Schneider Electric’s current vortex flowmeter, thus expanding the vortex flowmeter’s range of use in low-flow applications. The team conducted a thorough review of…