THE SCHOOL OF

ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

presents the

Class of 2004Senior DesignProject Presentationsand Demonstrations

Lake SuperiorState University

Friday • April 30, 20041:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

in theCenter for Applied Science

and Engineering Technology

The School of Engineering and Technology iscomprised of the following disciplines:

• Computer Engineering

• Electrical Engineering

• Mechanical Engineering

• Manufacturing Engineering Technology

• Engineering Management

All of the senior engineering and technologystudents at Lake Superior State University arerequired to complete a challenging seniordesign project.

The students work in teams and use a com-posite of their technical and general educationcourses to successfully complete these projects.

Each project requires a detailed technicalengineering analysis and is a challenging andrealistic experience for our senior graduates.The intention of the senior design project is toprovide valuable engineering experience thatwill help the team members gain employmentin industry.

More project information can be seen at:http://engineering.lssu.edu/Students/03_04/

The following students, who have orwill be completing their senior design

projects through cooperative educationemployment at various industries,participated with this year’s teams

during the fall 2003 semester:

ECS: Vesa Luomaranta

ITS: Kevin Luft

MSE: Nicole Peterson

SIMULATED ROBOT SOLUTIONS

Team Members:Bob Davis, Richard Gomes andBrenton C. Kemmer II

Faculty Advisor: Jim DevaprasadProject Sponsors: Applied ManufacturingTechnologies (AMT), Lake Superior StateUniversity (LSSU) and DELMIA CorporationIndustrial Customer Contact:

Philip Gilbert-Senior Engineer (AMT)

Presentation: 1:30 p.m., CAS 123Demonstration: 3-3:45 p.m., CAS 125 Annex

A research project was conducted on the application of anew Windows-based robotic simulation software packageprovided by the DELMIA Corporation. Integration of thissoftware offers transitional challenges to companies likeAMT, who currently use DELMIA’s older UNIX-basedsimulation package. SRS has aided in the validation of thissoftware through real-world applications, educationaldevelopment and robotic calibration.

SUPERIOR WORKCELLAUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY

Team Members:John DeRosia, Ron Hins, Patrick Murphy,Chris Romig, Jason Schopp and Adam Smith

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Nael BarakatProject Sponsor:

DANA Brake Parts / Canada (Sudbury, Ont.)Industrial Customer Contact: Martin Castillo

Presentation: 3 p.m., CAS 123Demonstration: 1:30-2:15 p.m., CAS 122

An Automated Robotic Workcell Prototype was designed anddeveloped for DANA Brake Parts/Canada. It will reduce thenumber of human operators in a hazardous environment aswell as labor and production costs resulting in an increase ofproduction while maintaining better quality.

Robotics SimulationSoftware Integration

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of Brake Cores

ENERGYCONVERSIONSYSTEMS

Team Members:Michael Bunker, Tony Prevo, Ryan Risley,Ben Skupien, Brad Sochacki and Seth Timm

Faculty Advisor: Jon CoullardProject Sponsor: Aggressive Manufacturing

Innovations IndustriesIndustrial Customer Contact: Jim Klopfenstein II

Presentation: 3 p.m., CAS 212Demonstration: 1:30-2:15 p.m., CAS 122

A Tube Endforming Machine was designed and built toform the ends of steel tubes up to a 1-inch diameter in avariety of shapes used mainly by the automotive industry.The machine utilizes a PLC to control the pneumatic,hydraulic, and safety systems to ensure a quality endformedtube. The machine will be used as a prototype design forsubsequent machines to be built by AMI.

Team Members:Erin Becker, Ryan Earegood, Gary Gazankas,Caleb MacDonald, Dave McAulay andLucas Smart

Faculty Advisor: David McDonaldProject Sponsor: Tenaris Algoma TubesIndustrial Customer Contacts:

James Kucher and Marcos Franco

Presentation: 3:45 p.m., CAS 212Demonstration: 2:15-3 p.m., CAS 122

Energy ConversionLaboratory Trainer

Team Members:Matt Fitchett, Lester Jensen, Andy Rynearson,Gary Van Sickle and Grant Wood

Faculty Advisor: Paul DuesingProject Sponsor: Lake Superior State UniversityIndustrial Customer Contacts:

Dr. Matthew Carroll and David McDonald

Presentation: 2:15 p.m., CAS 123Demonstration: 3:45-4:30 p.m., CAS 122

ECS has developed, in cooperation with Lake Superior StateUniversity, an energy conversion laboratory trainer. Thetrainer will enhance the laboratory experience in mechanicaland electrical engineering. It will also allow the faculty ofLSSU to stress the teaching of fundamental engineering con-cepts in thermal-fluids, power generation, and heat transfer.

ENDFORMER PROTOTYPEINDUSTRIAL CONSULTING

Tube Endformer

INDUSTRIALTOLERANCING SYSTEMS

Tube EndMeasurement System

A tube end measurement system was developed by ITS thatwill determine at what point the tube transitions from outof specifications to within tolerance. The machine move-ment will be controlled by a PLC and the measurement takenby lasers will be acquired using a data acquisition system.

MOUNTAIN SIMULATIONENGINEERING

Brake ComponentTesting Systems

Team Members:Matthew Gibbs, Michael Hilderley,Anthony Pink, Seth Reenders,Jeremy Wilhelm and Eric Wuchte

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Abhiman HandeProject Sponsor: Continental Teves, Inc.Industrial Customer Contact: Bob Andersen

Presentation: 1:30 p.m., CAS 212Demonstration: 3-3:45 p.m., CAS 120

Team Members: (seniors)Claude Carrier and David O’Gorman

Faculty Advisor: Morrie WalworthProject Sponsor: Lake Superior State UniversityIndustrial Customer Contact: Morrie Walworth

Presentation: 2:15 p.m., CAS 212Demonstration: 3:45-4:30 p.m., CAS 125 Annex

ROBOT FOR AQUATICDEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

Remotely-OperatedUnderwater Vehicle

The team’s goal was to build upon the success of last year’sunderwater robot, and produce a significantly enhancedROV by re-designing many of the on-board systems as wellas the user interface equipment to improve the ROV’s us-ability and functionality.

Team Members: (senior)Adam Pagot

Faculty Advisor: Morrie WalworthProject Sponsor: Continental Teves, Inc.Industrial Customer Contact: Bob Andersen

Presentation: 3:45 p.m., CAS 123Demonstration: 2:15-3 p.m., CAS 125

SUPERIOR DATAACQUISITION SYSTEMS

Data Acquisition: EnhancedVehicle Safety Testing

The SDAS team has produced a system for testingContinental Teves’ automotive products. The system isdesigned to collect data from a variety of analog and digitalsensors, then transfer it to a PC for display and storage.

Two separate brake component testing systems were designedand built for Continental Teves. The systems, a force sensinghitch and a load simulating trailer, will be used to performheat testing locally at the Brimley Development Center in-stead of the current location in Death Valley, California.The systems accurately represent the forces acting on an auto-mobile as it climbs and descends a mountain.