2020-2021: This student team pursued design improvements for the SmithVent open-source ventilator design, which had won the international CoVent-19 Challenge in July 2020. The continuation project included liaisons from the CoVent-19 Challenge organizers, Ximedica, and the original SmithVent team of…
Design of a Device to Detect Acidosis/Alkalosis in Diabetics
2011-2012: In collaboration with four engineering students at Marquette University, this entrepreneurial student team designed and built a proof-of-concept device to detect acidosis or alkalosis in sleeping patients. Acidosis and alkalosis are conditions that result from increased acid or alkali…
Design of an Automobile Suspension System for the Vehicle Design Summit
2008-2009: The Vehicle Design Summit (VDS) Global Consortium is a student-led, non-profit collaboration to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the creation of energy efficient vehicles. With support from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, this student team designed an…
TextbookAlley: Design of an Online Book Exchange Site for Smith
2006-2007: With support from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, this entrepreneurial student team designed and developed an online business through which Smith students could buy and sell books between each other. Buying college textbooks can be an expensive…
Design of a Robotic System to Identify Mis-Shelved Library Books
2005-2006: With support from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, this entrepreneurial student team designed and prototyped an autonomous robot to shelf-read in a library, identifying mis-shelved books by utilizing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and pattern recognition technology. This…
Design of a Non-Visually Accessible Campus Mapping/Database Interface
2004-2005: With support from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, this entrepreneurial student team designed and developed a portable navigation device for visually impaired students to use on the Smith College Campus using GPS (Global Positioning System), GIS (Geographic…