Student Projects

ME and ECE Students Team Up and Place 2nd in Robotics Competition

A team of UDM engineering students (team SEALE) received the second place award in the Robotics Innovation Competition and Conference (RICC) held at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) on November 7-8, 2009. The theme of the competition focused on the development of robotic technologies to improve the quality of life. SEALE, which is an acronym for Stability Enhanced Assistive Lift for the Elderly, is a robot designed to aid a physically challenged individual (elderly or disabled) to transition from a seated position (chair or floor) to a standing posture.

Robotic Window Washer

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UDM Mechanical Engineering students won first place in the Northeast District and Fourth Place in the Nation in the ASME Student Design Competition. The challenge was to create a robotic window washer.

Recent Service Project

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Students working under Professor Rayess design and build a wheelchair accessible crib for a Kalamazoo mother with CP.

Checker Playing Robot

EE and ME students in the Robotics course built a checkers playing robot. To see it in action, download and download and run this video file.

Other Student Projects

Students Katelyn McCutcheon and Ray Gage Demonstrate Their Design with Their Client Stu Foreman	Ray Hannish Demonstrates Transferring from a Wheelchair to the Torso Twist Exerciser Designed by Students.
Freshmen disassemble home appliances to determine form, fit, function, and production method.	Demonstration of Working T-Bird System to Ford's Top Engineering Managers.
UDM SAE BAJA Car Team	Students working in measurements lab
Kirby-mechatronics autonomous vehicle	Students propose a mass transit station design
CAE Students model a pump in Catia, rapid-prototype it, and pump water with it.	CAE Students use Catia to model and study the kinematics of a 4 cylinder engine.
Robotics student develops a Matlab model of a robot tracing out an ellipse.	CAE Students use Catia to model and rapid prototype an RC Robot. See it in action!