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Dual-Country Middle School Science Air Quality Curriculum Guide, Cassandra R. Sendra
Dual-Country Middle School Science Air Quality Curriculum Guide, Cassandra R. Sendra
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The focus of this unit is to engage and enrich students’ perspectives on the human impact on Earth in different areas of the world. This unit will allow students to interact and learn about students in another country, learn about the air quality similarities and differences and what could affect the results of testing the air quality in two communities in different parts of the world. The goal of this unit is to have the students understand how humans impact the world around them and to compare their community to another community. The students will be accomplishing this goal utilizing …
Manual Material Handling Lift-Assist System For Occupational Exoskeleton, Erik Goes, Daniel Guthrie, Trevor Ward
Manual Material Handling Lift-Assist System For Occupational Exoskeleton, Erik Goes, Daniel Guthrie, Trevor Ward
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It is no secret that lifting heavy objects is one of the premier causes of workplace injury, and the modern worker needs help to remain healthy. Workers need something they always have with them that makes their work safer as well as easier; our solution is an active lift-assist exoskeleton. The proposed exoskeleton design includes a military backpack exoskeleton frame, on which two actuators pull cables attached to end effectors that the operator will be holding. This system can adjust to conform to a wide variety of operator sizes, without restricting any of their range of motion. This leads to …
Novel Mobility Device For Conjoined Twins, Allyson Bowgren
Novel Mobility Device For Conjoined Twins, Allyson Bowgren
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This project provides a solution to a problem proposed by a pair of conjoined clients. With their desire to become fully independent, the clients need an improved mobility device. Being joined at the head, moving around was always difficult for them and their situation did not get any better after an accident left one of them immobile. Their current device was a decent and quick solution at the time it was first needed. However, since its conception the device quickly became obsolete, and they are now in need of a more effective device that allows them to travel easier. This …
Self-Driving Retrofit Kit For Self-Propelled Lawn Mowers, Dominic Heye
Self-Driving Retrofit Kit For Self-Propelled Lawn Mowers, Dominic Heye
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An in-depth look at the design process and research for a device that can fit onto currently used self-propelled zero-turn lawn mowers and can record and replay routes, to automate lawn mowing, a traditionally monotonous task. Discusses previous solutions and why this Retrofit Kit is needed, as well as how it differs from the previous solutions and patents. This report outlines the design of the RetroFit Kit, explaining why this specific design was chosen to solve this problem, as well as how the subsystems are divided and how they interact with one another. Thorough discussion of mechanical and software design, …
Iot-Based Patient Monitoring Device, Matthew R. Baldwin, Tyler Dieter, Matthew Lowe
Iot-Based Patient Monitoring Device, Matthew R. Baldwin, Tyler Dieter, Matthew Lowe
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The goal of this project was to design a mobile IoT patient heath monitoring device that can be given to patients by their doctors. This device will be different from typical smartphone health apps in that it will be much more secure and much easier to use for the average user. The device will be controlled by a Raspberry Pi 4 model B (Rpi) unit and powered by a battery pack. The device will have around a 7-8 hour lifespan for intermittent use by the user. The device will connect via Bluetooth to and receive data from health sensors. A …
Noninvasive, Wireless Chargers For Implantable Devices And Epidermal Electronics, Natalia Dmitruk, James R. Jersey, Karla E. Perez Lopez
Noninvasive, Wireless Chargers For Implantable Devices And Epidermal Electronics, Natalia Dmitruk, James R. Jersey, Karla E. Perez Lopez
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Conventional powering of implanted medical devices like pacemakers requires periodic invasive surgery for battery replacement. These surgeries can be a physical, psychological, and financial burden on patients. In the case of epidermal health monitoring electronics, power is supplied through large invasive wires which can damage the fragile skin of neonatal babies. This wiring also reduces human interaction for these infants, a vital component in development after birth. Wireless charging presents a solution to these problems by providing a convenient, noninvasive, and elegant alternative power source. Wireless charging promises to eliminate the need for battery replacement surgeries and the network of …
Robotic Exoskeleton For Neuromuscular Rehabilitation And Exercise (4th Generation), Nicole E. Hoffmann, Andrew Elsten, Aletta Johnson, Moises Reynoso Jr.
Robotic Exoskeleton For Neuromuscular Rehabilitation And Exercise (4th Generation), Nicole E. Hoffmann, Andrew Elsten, Aletta Johnson, Moises Reynoso Jr.
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With an aging population comes an increased need for advanced rehabilitation. Modern technological advances in the field of robotics are paving the way for high-tech yet cost-efficient biomedical devices. Exoskeletons allow for the rehabilitation of the neuropathways as well as an increased ability in motor function. The fourth-generation design of the robotic exoskeleton for neuromuscular rehabilitation and exercise is the embodiment of this idea. Using the information provided by the three previous generations, as well as the understanding granted from studying other designs and patents, an easy-to-use and sustainable rehabilitation device comes to fruition.
Project Icarus, Amro A. Shanshal
Project Icarus, Amro A. Shanshal
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Project Icarus is an autonomous surveillance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) prototype designed to aid first responders by providing rapid aerial assessment of locations affected by disaster. Additionally, Project Icarus is capable of restoring local Wi-Fi based communications during grid failure. Icarus has the capabilities to provide logistical assistance to emergency personnel by providing immediate aerial surveillance of ongoing dangerous situations. Furthermore, the Icarus platform operates on an umbilical system that provides a long-term aerial surveillance solution and can be easily modified to accommodate specific situations using its modular design. The low-cost system that does not require a drone pilot is …
Decreasing Check-In To Discharge Time In The Ptc, Grant Nonnemacher, Shekinah Bergmann, Natalie A. Sheehan
Decreasing Check-In To Discharge Time In The Ptc, Grant Nonnemacher, Shekinah Bergmann, Natalie A. Sheehan
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The Physician Treatment Center at Central DuPage Hospital was born out of the Emergency Department. It was conceived as an idea of how to keep patients from being admitted to the hospital through and emergency visit for non-emergency situations. It is a unique hospital department, and it offers a variety of services. The PTC offers medication infusions, blood transfusions, wound care, and avast number of procedures. The project team partnered with Northwestern Medicine’s Performance Improvement Office at Central DuPage Hospital to tackle this project. The project team utilized Six Sigma’s DMAIC methodology to approach this project. DMAIC is broken down …
Fluid Flow Within Porous Media, Greg Fischer
Fluid Flow Within Porous Media, Greg Fischer
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The objective of this project is to observe the flow of fluid within a saturated, rectangular, two-dimensional, porous media that is being heated from the side.