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Welcome to the website of
MAE171b, MAE175b and MAE126b. The aim of the MAE171b, MAE175b and
MAE126b (advanced) laboratory course is
to work on a mechanical, aerospace or environmental related research
project
that involves the research and experimental analysis of a fluid
mechanics, environmental, energy
or (electromechanical) control system.
This
lab course is an extension and more detailed design and analysis of the
experimental work conducted in the MAE171a/MAE1715a/MAE126a laboratory course.
The aerospace course MAE175b is an elective course for the aerospace
engineering
students, whereas MAE126b and MAE171b are mandatory course for the
environmental and mechanical engineering
students.
In the
course you will work on a particular project to integrate the following
three main aspects of engineering and science: research (small literature study), experiment design (to develop an
experiment) and experimental analysis
(actual experiments or computations in a laboratory environment). The
course takes place mostly in a laboratory,
where most of the experimental analysis of the experiments is being
done. Students form
groups of 4 (max 5) people that coordinate the work to be done for a
specific
laboratory project. For those groups using the undergraduate laboratory
(UGL) and undergraduate control laboratory (UGCL) specific laboratory
time
will be assigned. Typically, a group will be allocated one day
per week exclusive use of a research facility in the UGL or UGCL.
Additional
time can be arranged and coordinated with the staff.
Progress
of the project will be monitored by a Project
Advisor and a Course Advisor.
During the laboratory times interactions with the Project Advisors and
course TA's are used to deal with specifics of
the particular project. Additional support will be provided in the
design
and installation of laboratory equipment, machining queries, parts and
supplies ordering. In addition to the laboratory times there are weekly meetings with Course Advisors (either Prof.
Beg, Prof.
de Callafon, Prof. Kleissl or Dr. Shevchenko)
to evaluate progress
on project, discuss individual participant activities, group
coordination,
and delegation of responsibilities.
Nick Busan is available for general
laboratory facilities and certain
technical experimental queries. Steve Roberts is available for
electronics and electrical wiring queries. All drawing for any parts
that need to be machined for a laboratory experiment must be approved
by both the project advisor and Tom
Chalfant.
The last day for drawing to be approved by Tom Chalfant will be
Friday May 9, 2008. Any drawings not approved by then will have
little
chance to be completed by the 10th week.
The course staff consists of Course
Advisors, Project Advisors,
TA's and supporting staff.
The Course Advisors are Prof.
Beg, Prof.
de Callafon, Prof. Kleissl
and Dr. Shevchenko and they can be contacted at:
The supporting staff consists of Nick
Busan
and Steve Roberts and Tom Chalfant. They can be contacted at:
For most of the experiments, Teaching
Assistants
(TA's) are available for additional help and guidance during the
laboratory
hours.
Mechanical
engineering students enrolled
in MAE171B, environmental engineering students enrolled in MAE126b and
aerospace engineering students whom wish to enroll in
MAE175B
must
attend the first lecture, as laboratory time and space
assignment
will done in this lecture. Students will be required to attend 4
additional
lab hours per week. Lectures and presentations will be given in YORK 2622 from 5:00pm till 6:50pm.
Only the following two
lectures/classes
have been scheduled:
- Monday March 31: First Class.
Outline of
Course, Description of Projects, Organization of Groups and Contacts.
Those
students without a group or project as of this class will be organized
in groups to work on specific projects.
Next to
the lectures, oral presentations
have
been scheduled for all the groups. The presentations are part of the
examination
and are used to judge the progress and achievements of the research and
laboratory projects.
Attendance is required for everyone and the following two
presentations
have been scheduled:
- Monday
April 28, Wednesday April 30 and Friday May 2: Midterm
presentations. This should be a five-ten minute
presentation
(including questions) per group to provide overview of research and
laboratory project,
literature survey, organisation of group and projected outcome/goals.
- Date/time
to be assigned by Course Advisor of your project: Final Presentations and Report (actual
time of final presentations should be consultated with your
course advisor). Final presentations should
be a fifteen minute presentation per group to provide
completion
of the project, possibly along with a poster design (consult wit your
course advisor). The final
presentations, the poster and the
written report
are due during finals week. The exact time and location of the final
presentations and the due date of your final report will be given by
your course advsior.
The
grading of the project during course
is done on the basis of a
midterm and a final
examination. Both the midterm and the final examination consist of
a
written report, an oral
presentation and a poster (in
case of final examination).
The written reports should be completed and hand in during the
presentations.
Midterm presentations will be held on Monday
April 28, Wednesday April 30 and Friday May 2.
All midterm
reports are due on Monday April 28th at the beginning of the
presentations.
Midterm Exam:
30% of grade and consists of
- an oral ten minute
presentation (10%)
- a written 8 page max. report
detailing
literature survey, organisation of group, project
outline & goals, work to date (20%)
Final Exam:
70% of grade and consists of
- final presentation (and accompanying
poster, if applicable) (25%)
- a written 20 page max. report
detailing entire
project description, analysis of design and experiment, errors and
limitation,
accomplishments, and future work recommended (45%).
In order
to choose a project, you
must first form a group of 4 students to work
together.
It is the responsibility of each student to get his/herself into a
group,
but
only groups of four students can be considered for a project.
Discuss projects with project advisors if more details are necessary to
determine if the project is appropriate for your group. Note that all the students in your
group
do not have to be signed up at the same laboratory sections on
studentlink.
During the first lecture we will consult with your group and the
project
advisor what the best time for the laboratory time and section is and
you
group will be accomodated as much as possible. Also, you do not have to
form the same groups as in MAE171A/175A/126A.
Project Signup
To sign
up for a project, e-mail
Prof. de Callafon starting
on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 9:00am (and not earlier).
Decide on a
project that
you
would like to work on, you should indicate up to
four choices in
order
of priority
and make sure the projects are indeed open for signup. Projects
are assigned on a first come first serve. Any
e-mail sent before Monday, March 17, 2008, 9:00am will be discarded.
So wait until that time to send your requests.
When you e-mail
your project request *you must provide the
following information*:
- The names of each member of your
group
(must
be four-five members).
- The phone number and e-mail
address
(if available)
for each member.
- Assign a member of the group as
Group
Leader
to function as lead contact for the group. This person must have an
e-mail
address and regularly reads their mail as most correspondence for the
course
will be via e-mail. Only the group leader will be contacted for
messages
sent to each group.
- Designate a member to be the parts
ordering
person and another to be the machining and drawing person.
- Provide the Name and Project
Numbers
for your first four choices in order of priority. Note that,
obviously,
projects that have already been assigned, are not open for sign up
anymore.
Note again, contact Prof. de Callafon via
e-mail starting 9:00 am on Monday, March 17,
2008.
Any e-mail sent before that time will be discarded.
For
a list of projects with their corresponding project numbers, please see
the available projects below.
| MAE
171b/175b/126b Projects for Spring Quarter 2008 |
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The
projects proposed for Spring Quarter
of
2008 of MAE171b/MAE175b/MAE126b are
listed below. The project are
categorized according to the specific engineering disciplines:
Each project description is accompanied
with a short
description and/or a link to a PDF file (click on Project number) to
view the project aims and emphasis. In order to view the PDF file, you
will need Acrobat
Reader. Each
project
requires a group of 4 students. A smaller group of students
(2-3)
can sign up for a project only if this is explicitely mentioned in the
description of the project. Projects that are particular suited for AE
students
(MAE175b) are indicated by AE project. However, ME students (MAE171b)
or EE students (MAE126b) can
also sign up for these projects if they find them interesting.
| Energy
and Fluid
Mechanics Projects for Spring Quarter 2008 |
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Project B1: Creating sun and starts in the
laboratory
Project Advisor: Dr. M. Wei,
email: mswei@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Prof. Beg.
Project members: Lorentz, Thomas David & Fan, Daniel
Honghu.
Project B2: 3D Magneto-Hydrodynamic Simulation of
Plasma Jets
Project Advisor: Dr. S. Bott,
email: sbott@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Prof. Beg.
Project members: Grothman-Pelton, Joshua Daniel (open for signup for 1
project member with simulation background)
Project B3: Optimization of Aerodynamic Aids
forAutocross Racing
Project Advisor: Chris Cassidy,
email: ccassidy@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Prof. Beg.
Project members: Crummett, Philip M & Blanco, Ernest
Steve & Tse, Alexander Brian & Khorsandian, Behrang &
Apperley, Adam James.
Project B4: Suspension Frequency Optimization
Project Advisor: Prof. Beg.
Course Advisor: Prof. Beg.
Project members: Anderson, Joseph H & Le, Trinh H &
Leung, David T-C & Seung, Harrison.
Project B5: Design and Analysis of Brake Rotors for
a Formula Car
Project Advisor: Prof. Beg.
Course Advisor: Prof. Beg.
Project members: Iwashita, Randall Toshiya & Mata,
Cristian & Yamasaki, Taku Ellis & Niemi, Brian Matthew.
Project B6: Particle Separation Of Biomass Gasifier
Sample
Project Advisor: Prof. Cattolica,
email: rcattolica@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Prof. Beg.
Project members:
Project B7: Shock Absorber Tuning
Project Advisor: Prof. Beg.
Course Advisor: Prof. Beg.
Project members: Freerksen, Isaiah & Bloom, Neal Brandon
& Molina, Norman Ner & Nguyen, Vinh Trong.
Project B8: Biometric Fin Design for Undulating
Underwater Propulsion
Project Advisor: Prof. Lauga,
email: elauga@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Prof. Beg.
Project members: CANCELLED
Project B9: Surface Drag Reduction Via Surface
Texture for Underwater Vehicles
Project Advisor: Prof.
Tartarkovsky, email: dmt@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Prof. Beg.
Project members: CANCELLED
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and Signal Processing Projects for Spring Quarter 2008 |
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Project C1: Design and Control of a Magnetic
Levitation System
Project Advisor: Nima Ghods,
email: nimaghods@gmail.com.
Course Advisor: Prof. de Callafon.
Project members: Olney, Karl Liberty & Gollner, Michael
John & Gray, Philippa Erin Kay & Powers, Alicia Michelle.
Project C2: Coordinated Tracking of Mobile Robot
With Extremum Seeking
Project Advisor: Nima Ghods,
email: nimaghods@gmail.com.
Course Advisor: Prof. de Callafon.
Project members: Halim, Benjamin Joseph & Howarth, Cody
Charles & Xie, Yang & Gaudlitz, Erika.
Project C3: Depth Stabilization of Pneumatic
Submersible Drogue
Project Advisor: Jule Jaffe
(Scripps) and Prof. de Callafon.
Course Advisor: Prof. de Callafon.
Project members: Maghy, Scott John & Lui, Derrick
Hon-Chiu & Fishler, Benjamin Edward & Harris, Mitchell Clark.
Project C4: Motor Control Experiment for MAE170 lab
Project Advisor: Mike Watson,
email: mwatson@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Prof. de Callafon.
Project members: (open for signup
for 4
project members)
Project C5: Experiments on Optical Underwater
Communication
Project Advisor: Steve Roberts,
email: steveroberts@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Prof. de Callafon.
Project members: Datu, Marissa Guevarra & Kim, Daniel
Chang & Lu, Ken Jian & Peng, Kevin Tsuan-Yu.
Project C6: Ballast Control System for UUV
Project Advisor: Nima Ghods,
email: nimaghods@gmail.com.
Course Advisor: Prof. de Callafon.
Project members: Dacoron, Larry Ferrer & Chen, Yi Pei
& Li, Pengchong & Urquhart, Bryan Glenn.
Project C7: Modeling and Control of the Switchblade
Project Advisor: Prof. Bewley,
email: tbewley@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Prof. de Callafon.
Project members: Marshall, Kassandra Leigh & Hayes,
William Joseph & Brune, Anson Eliot & Fall, Scott Alexander.
Project C8: Collision Detection System for
Manned/Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
Project Advisor: Prof. Oliviera,
email: mauricio@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Prof. de Callafon.
Project members: Bequilla, Richell R & Cadavona, Brent
Daniel & Lubong, Mark John & Rosano, Rossano D &
Tebcherani, Rodolph Elias.
Project C9: Foot Pressure Sensor for Physical
Therapy with Children
Project Advisor: Dr. Delson,
email: ndelson@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Prof. de Callafon.
Project members: Abnoosian, Edmond & Ang, Paulo B &
Castillo, Eduardo Alejandro & Guevara Jaramillo, Leonel.
Project C10: Multi-Touch Display: Improvement of the
Signal-to-Noise Ratio
Project Advisor: Dr. Delson,
email: ndelson@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Prof. de Callafon.
Project members: Robinson, Evan Kendal & Miller, Joshua
James & Nguyen, Truong Binh & Zhang, Yupeng.
Project C11: Coordinated Tracking of Mobile Robot
With Extremum Seeking
Project Advisor: Nima Ghods,
email: nimaghods@gmail.com.
Course Advisor: Prof. de Callafon.
Project members: Choi, Chun Fai Jeffrey & Aung, Zaw Win
& Lau, Hing Lawrence & Law, King Yiu & Madeira, Eugenio
Bettencourt Gregor.
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Engineering and Fluid
Mechanics Projects for Spring Quarter 2008 |
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Project E1: Jack in the Box Goes Green
Project Advisor: Prof. Linden,
email: pflinden@mae.ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Project members: Tang, Erik E & Thai, Diana Connie &
Chow, Chi Wai & Zvanut, Gregory Albert & Wong, Mariel Christine.
Project E2: Mobile Environmental Sensing
Platform on the UCSD Shuttle
Project Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Course Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Project members: Hsi, Eddy H
& Lawson, Jonathan P & Kerins, James J & Lau, Ka Shing.
Project E3: Mobile Environmental Sensing
Platform for RIMAC Water Use
Project Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Course Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Project members: Sangel,
Jonathan Harris & Pogue, Michael Tyson & Keller, Samuel Edward
Julian & Kromsky, Yuri.
Project E4: Indirect environmental turbulence
measurements using a model airplane
Project Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Course Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Project members: Sankur,
Michael Derin & Patel, Ambrish Pramod & Taylor, James Zachary
Belyea & Rosenberg, Charles Geoffrey & Khandekar, Kunal
Chandrashekhar.
Project E5: Mobile Environmental Sensing Platform
or Autonomous Environmental Data Aquisition
Project Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Course Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Project members: Dutton, Justin James & Hay, Shawn G
& Taylor, Nathaniel Elliot & Vonplaten, Darren Lane.
Project E6: A remote sensing platform for airborne
measurements
Project Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Course Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Project members: project cancelled: closed for signup.
Project E7: Reduction of vehicle drag through slipstreaming:
Consequences for CA fuel consumption
Project Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Course Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Project members: Whitmore, Alexander Jason & Worobec,
Spencer T & Adams, Drew Anthony & Gregory, David John.
Project E8: Smart Grids for Renewable Energy
Project Advisor: Prof. Kleissl
and Nick Lieven.
Course Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Project members: Harper, James Patrick & Rodriguez,
Andrew S & La Marche, Jean-Paul Pinamonti & Malkonian, Hayik
Agob.
Project E9: Solar Photovoltaic Performance
Project Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Course Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Project members: Lieu, Kimberly L & Lynch, Kevin Michael
& Chang, Amy Elizabeth & Nguyen, Chau Ngoc
Project E10: Temperature, Humidity, and Trace
Gas Calibration Chamber
Project Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Course Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Project members: Andeck, Michael D & Jara, Gary &
Kim, Edward Young-Whan & Na, Jacob & Hassanein, Ahmed Esmat.
Project E11: UCSD Building Energy Use
Project Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Course Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Project members: Henderson, Michelle Lynn & Denton,
Megan Aileen & Victorino, Chad Lewis & Fujiyoshi, Christopher
Kotaro.
Project E12: Measuring Urban Heat Islands
Project Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Course Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Project members: Nguyen, Lamson
Vu & Kim, Daniel Kyungmin & Lee, Robin Hahn & Bui, Thuy
Nguyen.
Project E13: Particulate Matter
Project Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Course Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Project members: Hill, Melissa & Wick,
John Charles & Ripley, Barry S (open for signup for 1
project member)
Project E14: Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED) at UCSD
Project Advisor: Margaret Souder.
Course Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Project members: Haar, Eric Kenneth & Munoz, Jorge
Alberto & Ochoa, Monique Nicole & Rahman, Mohammad Arafater
& Volberding, Benjamin Todd.
Project E15: Acoustic Propulsion
Project Advisor: Prof. Lauga, email: elauga@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Prof. Kleissl.
Project members: Cheng, Mu-Hua & Lew, Eric Richard &
Phan, Linda Do & Tse, Jessica Ga-Yee.
Project E16: Elastic Swimming
Project Advisor: Prof. Lauga, email: elauga@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Dr. Shevchenko.
Project members: Ly, Jacky & Ashur, Dor Yisrael &
Tay, Sonny Mun & Nikaiyn, Damoon M.
Project E17: Swimming torus
Project Advisor: Prof. Lauga, email: elauga@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Dr. Shevchenko.
Project members: Zargaran, Sammy & Martinez, Derrick.
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Physics Projects for Spring Quarter 2008 |
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Project M1: Mechanical Properties of
Demineralized/Deproteinated Bone
Project Advisor: Prof. McKittrick,
email: jmckittrick@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Dr. Shevchenko.
Project members: TBA (open for signup for 4
project members)
Project M2: Fracture Toughness of Bone and Antlers
Project Advisor: Prof. McKittrick,
email: jmckittrick@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Dr. Shevchenko.
Project members: Sadr, Ideen & Rayatparvar, Ali T &
Sheppard, Frederick Alonzo & Nguyen, Chieuduong.
Project M3: Mechanical Properties of Ram Horns
Project Advisor: Prof. McKittrick,
email: jmckittrick@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Dr. Shevchenko.
Project members: Peppe, Patrick
Kevin & Collier, Mark & Szijarto, Steven & Baumgart, Bryce
Gantt & Fischman, Guy.
Project M4: Mechanical Properties of Turtle Shells
Project Advisor: Prof. McKittrick,
email: jmckittrick@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Dr. Shevchenko.
Project members: Thou, Tittya
& Ouyang, Eric Hsu & Danh, Rosi & Quan, Long T.
Project M5: Fabricating bone minerals from solution
Project Advisor: Prof. McKittrick,
email: jmckittrick@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Dr. Shevchenko.
Project members: Goon, Kevin
David & Shiao, Stephen
Conway & Yoshida, Reo Tony & Toubi, Jacob.
Project M6: Measurement of the Corneal Tensile
Stress Under Applied Loads
Project Advisor: Dr. Schanzlin.
Course Advisor: Dr. Shevchenko.
Project members: Yoo, Aram
& Rebollo, Kelvin Oswaldo & Roshandell, Melika & Weiller,
Robert Claude.
Project M7:
Design and Analysis of Inline
Skating Wheels
Project Advisor: Prof. McKittrick,
email: jmckittrick@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Dr. Shevchenko.
Project members: Shehab, Kareem Gamal & Kuo, Shao-An & Wang,
James Chun-Cheng & Wang, Pangli
Project M8:
Silicon Carbide Reinforced
Composites
Project Advisor: Prof. McKittrick,
email: jmckittrick@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Dr. Shevchenko.
Project members: Youtsey, Sean Paul & Machado, Morgan
Reed & Rose, Brian Douglas & Yee, Zachary Allan.
Project M9: Turbulence
Flow Stimulation for Bioluminescence
Project Advisor: Dr. Michael Latz, email:
mlatz@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Dr. Shevchenko.
Project members: Burrell, Kelsey L & Eib, Andrew Paul
& Sjobom, Leslie Dawn & Sutterley, Tyler Clark.
Project M10:
Sufrboard Material Testing and
Correlation to Finite Element Model
Project Advisor: Nick Busan, email: nbusan@ucsd.edu.
Course Advisor: Dr. Shevchenko.
Project members: Abadie, Charles Hedrick & Kaluzny, Joel
V & Olivieri, Simon Jonas & Schwartz, Kenneth Ian.
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