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Vibration Alert Bracelet For Notification Of The Visually And Hearing Impaired, Kelsey Conley, Alex Foyer, Patrick Hara, Tom Janik, Jason Reichard, Jon D'Souza, Chandana Tamma, Cristinel Ababei Oct 2019

Vibration Alert Bracelet For Notification Of The Visually And Hearing Impaired, Kelsey Conley, Alex Foyer, Patrick Hara, Tom Janik, Jason Reichard, Jon D'Souza, Chandana Tamma, Cristinel Ababei

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

This paper presents the prototype of an electronic vibration bracelet designed to help the visually and hearing impaired to receive and send emergency alerts. The bracelet has two basic functions. The first function is to receive a wireless signal and respond with a vibration to alert the user. The second function is implemented by pushing one button of the bracelet to send an emergency signal. We report testing on a prototype system formed by a mobile application and two bracelets. The bracelets and the application form a complete system intended to be used in retirement apartment communities. However, the system …


Improving 3d Printed Prosthetics With Sensors And Motors, Rachel Zarin Jul 2019

Improving 3d Printed Prosthetics With Sensors And Motors, Rachel Zarin

Honors Projects

A 3D printed hand and arm prosthetic was created from the idea of adding bionic elements while keeping the cost low. It was designed based on existing models, desired functions, and materials available. A tilt sensor keeps the hand level, two motors move the wrist in two different directions, a limit switch signals the fingers to open and close, and another motor helps open and close the fingers. All sensors and motors were built on a circuit board, programmed using an Arduino, and powered by a battery. Other supporting materials include metal brackets, screws, guitar strings, elastic bands, small clamps, …


3d Printed Smart Mobile, Bingfang Chen May 2019

3d Printed Smart Mobile, Bingfang Chen

Publications and Research

The goal of this research project is to design and build a prototype of a smart mobile robot to participate and compete in IEEE Micro-mouse and similar competitions. The robot has to find its way out of a maze as quickly as possible, by exploring and learning the paths in the maze. 3D printing technology will be used to build a lightweight robot frame so that it can move at a fast speed.


Modeling And Numerical Simulation Of Tissue Engineering Scaffold 3d Printing Process, Congping Chen, Jieguang Huang, Hu Qiong, Yanhua Ran, Li Bo Jan 2019

Modeling And Numerical Simulation Of Tissue Engineering Scaffold 3d Printing Process, Congping Chen, Jieguang Huang, Hu Qiong, Yanhua Ran, Li Bo

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In the process of tissue engineering scaffold fabrication using injecting 3D printing, the viscous fluid material is extruded out with a style of microfilament, which is deposited on a substrate layer by layer. The materials spread, pile up, remelt and solidify as a consequence of the couple effects of gravity, surface tension, viscous force and solidification drag force. Aiming at the above issues, the forming process of scaffold with homogeneously-sized space pores is studied with a CFD approach to research the pore forming mechanism. The results show that the viscous fluid is cooled mainly by the substrate, and heat …