Online Design Portfolio-Jeffrey Gross Engineering Design/Graphics 100

Section 9

Submitted By: Jeffrey Gross

Submitted To: Xinli Wu, Ph.D., P.E.

Submitted On: December 16, 2014

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Abstract: Here you will find links to some of my works as a student at the Pennsylvania State University. This portfolio focuses on my works as an engineering student and reflects only the work I completed in Dr. Xinli Wu’s Engineering Design 100 class. You will find many CAD (Solidworks) designs and drawings, two design projects, as well as other various supporting documents and materials.

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Table of Contents: Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………ii

Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………………………iii

Resume…………………………………………………………………………………………….1

Course Syllabus…………………………………………………………………………………...1

Design Project 1…………………………………………………………………………………...2

Design Project 2…………………………………………………………………………………...3

Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………...4

Resume

Course Syllabus

Design Project 1: Project Description Page

Solid 3D Model:

Assembly Drawing:

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Three Detail Drawings:

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Main Design Features:

*As noted in the final report.

Group 7’s prototype is mechanically efficient and successful at making no less than ten dumplings per minute. The dumpling maker that was designed starts production by inserting premade dough into a trough for the dough. The dough is made by hand, from scratch, in a separate structure designed only for making dough. Once the dough is placed in it’s trough, rollers at the bottom of the trough begin to flatten the dough to the proper thickness. On the rollers, there are small cutters that cut the dough as it is being rolled. So, once the dough exits the trough, perfect, uniform, circular dumpling dough sections are formed. After the dough is rolled and cut, it drops down onto a conveyor belt to make its way down to be filled and clamped shut. At the end of the conveyor belt, the dough drops down onto the clamp. Before being clamped, however, the dough is filled. Directly above the clamp, there is a second container in which the filler for the dough is held. A manual press on top of the filler allows the operator to push the filling down and out of the filling trough. Once the dough is filled, it is clamped. The clamp is circular in shape but consists of two, half-moon shaped sections that move independently of each other. Each half-moon section is pinned to the main structure of the dumpling maker. When the dough is ready to be clamped, the half-moon shaped sections rise simultaneously clamping the dough together to form a complete, half-moon shaped dumpling. To remove the dumpling from the clamp, one simple lets one of the half-moon clamp sections down while keeping the other half up in the clamped position. This allows the filled and clamped dumpling to exit the clamp and proceed to cooking. Overall this dumpling maker is efficient and incorporates new, innovative ideas to accomplish the task of efficiently making 10 or more dumplings per minute.

Final Report

Design Project 2: Project Description Page

Solid 3D Model:

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Three Detail/Assembly Drawings:

Main Design Features:

*As noted in final report.

Our emergency system would use GPS technology to communicate between the emergency vehicles and the nearby drivers. The emergency vehicle would send out a signal and vehicles within half a mile of the emergency vehicle would receive the signal and a warning would pop up on their display. The warning would indicate the volume of emergency vehicles, the distance they are from you, and the direction they are coming from. This would give the drivers ample time to prepare for the oncoming vehicles. Older vehicles without GPS or a Display would have to purchase a kit if they wanted to get the system added to their car.

Final Report

Conclusion: This semester certainly sparked my interest in engineering to a whole new level. The dedication that the professor and teaching assistants put forth to make it an excellent class was unrivaled. I learned many things that will apply to my future education and life as an engineer as you can see above. This class will forever be one of my favorites taken at Penn State.