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Mechanical Engineering Teams Place in 2005 ASME Competition
Two undergraduate teams from the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering competed in the 2005 ASME Competition. Out of a total 15 teams, Notre Dame’s Team Burja placed third, and Team Acme received fourth place.
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Both student groups were part of AME 470: Mechanical Design, the senior capstone course for mechanical engineering majors. Every year in this course seniors are responsible for the development of a product concept, formal proposal, fabrication, and demonstration of a complete system to an industry review panel. This year the students were able to choose from three options: a bulk material transporter, an intelligent hand tool, or a mine detection system. Students designing the bulk material transporter also had the option to enter their product into the 2005 ASME Design Competition. Team Burja – Matthew Bertke, Paul DeMott, Patrick Hertzke, and Will |
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Sirokman – designed
their remote-controlled vehicle according to ASME competition specs.
Each vehicle had to maneuver over a stepped course, transporting a
payload of rice from the starting area to a receiving box. The vehicle
that moved the most rice in a 10-minute period while staying on the
course won. For a video of Team Burja’s vehicle in action at
the ASME contest,
Associate Professor Michael M. Stanisic taught
the senior design course. He was assisted by Stephen M. Batill, professor
and chair of the department; Greg Brownell, microprocessor
technician; John Koenigshof, professional specialist;
and graduate students Alejandro Espinoza, Craig Goehler,
Andrew Henrick, and Neal Patel. To learn
more about Team Burja, Team Acme, and the other student projects
in the senior mechanical engineering design course, <click
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The
students of Team Acme – Andrew Henebry, Thomas Lauducci,
Megan Snyder, and Timothy Stonelake – developed
a vehicle with regular wheels and cam-shaped wheels to help it move
across flat ground as well as the stairs. An electromagnetic pin
held their rice cargo in place until the vehicle reached the receiving
box. Department News Faculty News Alumni News |
Copyright 2005. University of Notre Dame.
