Department of Chemical Engineering
Coordinator and Advisor: Don Gray
“Ethanol Production from Corn for use as a Fuel”
“Vacuum-to-Vacuum Degreaser System for Metal Cleaning Operations with Minimal Solvent Emissions”
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Coordinator: Leon Thiem; Advisor: Russ Morgan (GZA)
“Redevelopment of East Providence Chevron Site” (five groups)
Group 1 Sponsor: Maguire Group
Group 2 Sponsor: Crossman Engineering & Fairbanks Engineering Corporation
Group 3 Sponsor: Bryant Associates & Steere Engineering
Group 4 Sponsor: Pare Corporation
Group 5 Sponsor: DiPrete Engineering Associates, Inc.
Department of Electrical, Biomedical & Computer Engineering
Coordinator: Harish Sunak
“3D Imagining & Laser Scanning for a Marine Robot” Advisor: Robert Tyce; Sponsor: University of Rhode Island Department of Ocean Engineering
“Bio-neuro Device for Brain Modulation” Advisor: Walter Besio; Sponsor: University of Rhode Island
“Dark Acquisition System” Advisor: Thomas W. Vrankar & Namir Habboosh; Sponsor: Raytheon
“DC Battery Backup for Server Power Supply” Advisor: Peter Upczak; Sponsor: APC by Schneider Electric
“Low-power Fast Ethernet Transceiver” Advisor: Michael Obara; Sponsor: Naval Undersea Warfare Center
“Nabsys Power Supply” Advisor: Val Dimitrov; Sponsor: Nabsys (three projects)
“Open Source Gaze Tracker for Driver Eye Movement Tracking” Advisor: Manbir Sodhi; Sponsor: University of Rhode Island
“Rail SAR Demonstration System” Advisor: Adam Muratori; Sponsor: Applied Radar Inc.
“Semi-Autonomous Monitor Fleet” Advisor: Peter Swaszek; Sponsor: University of Rhode Island
“Teradactyl: High Performance CPU – Prototype System Testbed Design, Construction and Evaluation” Advisor: Augustus Uht; Sponsor: University of Rhode Island
“Video Test Generator” Advisor: Lewis Collier; Sponsor: Capstone Visual
“Wireless Video Laryngoscope” Advisor: Lewis Collier; Sponsor: Capstone Visual
Department of Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering
Coordinators and Advisors: Bahram Nassersharif, Carl-Ernst Rousseau & Valerie Maier-Speredelozzi
“Air Field Obstruction Assessment” Sponsor: FAA and RIAC
“Asphalt Compactor” Sponsor: Vibco
“Dry Gamma Room Filter,” Sponsor: RI Nuclear Science Center
“Electronic Trigger” Sponsor: Stanley Black and Decker
“High Efficiency Filter Housing” Sponsor: Neptune-Benson
“High Efficiency Filter” Sponsor: Neptune-Benson
“Internal Fission Engine” Sponsor: Bahram Nassersharif
“Mini Baja” Sponsor: SAE/COE/MISE
“Nerf Rail Gun” Sponsor: Hasbro
“Roll Hardness Tester” Sponsor: Toray Plastics of America
“SAR Track” Sponsor: Applied Radar – joint project between ELE and Computer Engineering departments
“Slitter Roll Harder” Sponsor: Toray Plastics of America
“Tenter Chain Cooling System” Sponsor: Toray Plastics of America
“Walking Platform” Sponsor: Hasbro
Department of Ocean Engineering
“Design of Underwater Acoustic Vector Sensor” Advisor: Harold Vincent; Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
“Design Construction, Laboratory and Field Testing, of Small Buoys for Wave Energy Conversion” Advisor: Stephan Grilli; Sponsor: Electro-Standards Laboratories Inc.