Science and Mechatronics Aided Research for Teachers with an Entrepreneurship Experience (SMARTER)

Projects

Projects
Constructing an Actuated Passive Walker

by Debra Rust
Report (pdf)

Fish-bots to Conduct Controlled Experiments on Fish Behavior

by Deborah Kalloo and Christopher Lynch
Report (pdf)

Game-based Tele-rehabilitative Solutions for Stroke Patients

by Andrew Rose
Report (pdf)

Measuring Mechanical Force Exerted by Cells

by Sherlyne Gilles
Report (pdf)

Rapid Microfluidic Devices in Cancer Research-Fabrication

by Scott Carlson
Report (pdf)

Vertically Driven Inverted Pendulum

by Dr. Gregor Winkel
Report (pdf)

The Effects of Non-Biodegradable Waste Materials and Glass Microspheres on Cement

by Brian Palacios and Lauren Schulman
Report (pdf)

Implementation and Actuation of a Fish Replica to Study Schooling in Danio Rerio

by Brian Lam and Horace Walcott
Report (pdf)

Measuring Energy Expenditure in a Robotic Arm to Determine Optimal Trajectory

by Ramona Fittipaldi and Marc Frank
Report (pdf)

Making Things Talk in the Physical World with the Use of Augmented Reality

by Phil Cook and Iulian Irimina
Report (pdf)

Stroke Rehabilitation Biometry Device

by Hau-Yu Chu and Daniella Dilacqua
Report (pdf)

Sensing Capillary Action in Soil

by Yaqi Xiong and Tchnavia D. Merrick
Report (pdf)

The Effect of Hemp Concentration in Natural Fiber Composites

by Charisse A. Nelson and Sarah Wigodsky
Report (pdf)

Energy Consumption Rate in a DC Motor

by Prasad Akavoor and Yancey Quiñones
Report (pdf)

The Enhanced Development and Testing of the Abaxial Appendage of a Bio-mimetic Platform for Fish Mating Behavior

by David Arnstein and Horace Walcott
Report (pdf)

The Feasibility of Growing Medicago Sativa in a Transparent Hydrophilic Medium

by Angeleke Lymberatos and Louis Morgan
Report (pdf)

Tracking and Distance Detection Methods for a Humanoid Robot

by Lisa Ali and Michael Zitolo
Report (pdf)

Teaching Emotion Recognition to Autistic Children with CAESAR

by Ulugbek Akhmedo and Lee Hollman
Report (pdf)

Design and Function of Robot-Head, A Humanoid Robot

by Alexa Goldstrom and Zulficar Habib
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf)

Development of an Air Quality Measurement Module for an Aquatic Mobile Robot

by Channa Comer and Dwight Young
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf)

Effect of Heat Treatment on the Hardness of Magnesium Alloy AZ91D and The Effect of Microballoon Density and Strain Rate on the Properties of Syntactic Foam Composites

by Jason Rann and Charisse Nelson
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf)

Facial Recognition and Learning with Embedded Computing

by Kelly Brandon and Jigar Jadav
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf)

Measuring Electric Current in a Motor for the Purpose of Determining Energy Consumption

by Timothy Dennis and Peter Tsun
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf)

Testing a Transparent Hydrophilic Copolymer as a Suitable Soil for the Observation and Study of Plant Root Growth

by Linda Dombi and Jason Econome
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf)

Analysis of Soft Materials Using Microindentation and Nanoindentation

by Seth Guiñals-Kupperman and Mingyu Li
Presentation (pdf) | Lesson Plan (pdf) | Poster (pdf)

Desigining a Robotic Buoy Controlled By an I-Device

by Noam Pillischer
Presentation (pdf) | Lesson Plan (pdf) | Poster (pdf)

Development and Testing of a Permeameter to Simulate Vertical Fluid Seepage Within Assorted Soil Specimens

by Ryan Cain and Russ Holstein
Presentation | Lesson Plan | Poster

The Effect of Fiber Orientation on the Mechanical Properties of Epoxy-based Fiberglass Composites

by Mangapathi Rao Donthini and Rebecca Cruz
Presentation (pdf) | Lesson Plan (pdf) | Poster (pdf)

iPhone Controlled Robots

by Jeffrey S. Bernhardt, Hilary Mallar, and Lindrick Outerbridge
Presentation (pdf) | Lesson Plan (pdf)

Analysis of PVC Foam and Carbon Nanofiber Syntactic Foam

by Jozef Pistek and Greg Sciame
Presentation (pdf) | Lesson Plan (pdf) | Poster (pdf)

Art as an Integrator for Research, Education, and Outreach

by Donna Gobin
Presentation (pdf) | Lesson Plan (pdf) | Poster

The Behavior of Recycled HDPE Under Vertical Loads Using Stepped Isothermal Methods via TCI

by Toufik Ayoub and Marcia Moore
Presentation (pdf) | Lesson Plan (pdf) | Poster (pdf)

Development and Testing of a Sub-Carangiform Biomechanical Fish to Mimic Thresher Shark (Alopias sp.) Locomotion

by Horace E. Walcott and Russell J. Holstein
Presentation (pdf) | Lesson Plan (pdf) | Poster (pdf)

iPhone-Controlled Robotic Project

by Matthew Fisher and Vanessa Geraldi
Presentation (pdf) | Lesson Plan (pdf)

Matlab Modeling of Retina Structure and Function

by Jason Farina
Presentation (pdf) | Lesson Plan (pdf) | Poster (pdf)

Stochastic Surface Effects on Nanobeam Behavior

by Robert Jim Calungsod
Presentation (pdf) | Lesson Plan (pdf) | Poster (pdf)

Biomimetic Sound-Localization in the Plane Utilizing Head-Related Transfer Functions

by Jason Farina
Report (pdf) | Poster (pdf)

Creep Test on HDPE and RFG Using the Stepped Isothermal Method. Temperature Control Instrument

by Toufik Ayoub and Leila Cohen
Presentation (pdf) | Lesson Plan (pdf) | Poster (pdf)

Detection and Characterization of Damage in Beams via Chaotic Excitation

by Seth Akomah
Presentation (pdf) | Lesson Plan (pdf) | Poster (pdf)

Evaluation of Fiber-Optic Loop-Sensor Mounting on Laminated Glass Fiber Composites Based on Power Modulation

by Robert Gandolfo and John Schineller
Presentation (pdf) | Lesson Plan (pdf) | Poster (pdf)

iPhone/iPod Touch as a Data Acquisition and Control Device

by Lindrick Outerbridge
Presentation (pdf) | Lesson Plan (pdf) | Poster (pdf)

A Microcontroller Based Design and Realization of a Two Degree of Freedom Laser Doppler Velocimetry Traverse System

by Henry Penna and Mirlene Leveille
Presentation (pdf) | Lesson Plan (pdf) | Poster (pdf)

The Codon Decoder

by Vera Mihalcik and Cameron Jahn
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf)| Video

Coefficient of Restitution the Bouncing Ball

by Lennon Safe and Carol Obler
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf)

Earth’s Seasonal Heat Absorption and Climate Regions Model

by Joseph Renna and Rodolfo Vera
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf) | Video

Finding the Critical Angle of a Prism

by Mustafa Kilic and Thomas Byrne
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf) | Video

The Heat Seeking Flame Probe

by Michael Francesco and Fady Ishak
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf) | Video

Robo Submarine

by Joy Hinds and James Kevin Mcmahon
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf) | Video

The Smart Resonance Tube

by Joe Rodichok and Robert Morris
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf) | Video

Vehicle of Revolution

by Henry Penna, Michael Fishenfeld, and Douraine Stewart
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf)

I Push! You Push Back!

by Dvora Geller, Ed Gruber, and Denise McNamara
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf) | Video

Quantum Leap

by Amanda Gunning and Ram Avni
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf) | Video

The S.M.A.R.T. Intersection

by Michael G. Koumoullos and Robert H. Winstonbr
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf) | Video

The SMARTER Weather Balloon

by Ronald Occhiogrosso and Lennox Henry
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf) | Video

Velocity Monitoring via Magnetic Interaction

by Vincent Pereira and Steven Scharf
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf) | Video

Automated Distinguisher

Full Video

Catch Me If You Can

by John Luvera and Michael McDonnell
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf) | Demo | Full Video

The Physics of Projectile Motion

by William Leacock and Marlene McGarrity
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf) | Demo | Full Video

Project BOA - Audio Enabled Emergency Hexapod

Full Video

The RoboClock

by David Deutsch and MiChelle Carpenter-Smith
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf) | Demo | Full Video

The Smart Road

by Clay Davis and Richard Balsamel
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf) | Demo | Full Video

Static Equilibrium

by Robert Gandolfo and Paul Friedman
Presentation (pdf) | Report (pdf) | Demo | Full Video