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Interactive Lego Girl Scout Arm
Get PDFThis Senior Project Report document outlines the senior design project for Girl Scouts of California’s Central Coast (GSCCC) led by a team of four Mechanical Engineering students at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. The project encompasses the researching, designing, prototyping, and testing of a LEGO robotic arm for the Girl Scouts to learn more about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and provide support to each Girl Scouts cookie sales in their stores. Their goal was to build a LEGO robotic arm that will interact with customers at the Girl Scout stores and promote the girl scouts\u27 interest in STEM. Therefore, the Mechanical Engineering group was tasked with creating a robotic arm with an interactive feature. Initial sponsor meetings and requirements along with product, customer, and technical research helped the team establish the project specifications. The team constructed a robotic arm that recreates realistic arm movements to execute the Girl Scout honor hand sign through with the use of interactive activation features, as well as safety features. Upon gathering results from initial testing, changes were made to the code and design in order to meet our sponsors\u27 expectations. The final tests were carried out to ensure all specifications were met. Final suggestions for improving the design and testing were made based on the final test results and are presented within this report
Exploring Student Feedback in Order to Help Build an International Summer Program
Get PDFStudying abroad presents students with the opportunity to acquire and develop a diverse range of employability and life skills. Exposure to diverse cultures introduces you to innovative ideas and ways of thinking that you might not have thought of otherwise. International travel is extremely beneficial to those working in the construction industry as they can study foreign business practices, architectural styles, and intercultural communication. While Cal Poly has had a successful summer study abroad program in the past, the faculty leaders are looking for student feedback to help better structure the program and in turn hopefully increase enrollment. This project is designed to gauge interest from the Cal Poly Construction Management student body of a summer program in Prague. Students were sent a survey that asked them to answer 6 questions regarding the future program. Five multiple choice and one free response question. The design of this survey aimed to provide both quantitative and qualitative data which could be used to inform the faculty leaders of student interest and suggestions in a construction management study abroad program. Survey results confirmed student interest in the summer program as well as the desired courses, delivery method, and duration
Investigation of the Effects of Cladding Layers on Longitudinal and Transverse Mechanical Properties in Composite Laminates
Get PDFThe addition of cladding layers to composite laminates is used in industry to improve bond adhesion and the ease of manufacturing. However, there is no public data on the effects of cladding layers on the mechanical properties of composite components. To directly observe how cladding layers affect mechanical properties, four laminates with zero, one, two, and three cladding layers of twill fabric were added symmetrically to a biased core. The mechanical testing performed was tensile, short beam strength, and compression testing in the longitudinal and transverse directions. The measured strengths were related to the longitudinal properties of the core, and this was done to model the trends beyond this specific laminate. Second, third, and fourth order polynomials were tested for all testing methods and directions. The polynomial with the highest R2 value above 0.90 was selected to model a trend if it was observed for the method-direction groupings. If a trend was not observed, adding a cladding layer does not need to be considered for that grouping. The significant trends can be described as a decrease in the longitudinal tensile strength, an increase in the transverse tensile strength and short beam strength, and the other test conditions did not yield a significant and meaningful correlation
Dallidet Adobe and Gardens Vegetable Renovation
Get PDFThis paper will construe the steps of determining the original concept design by discussing the challenges of the current conditions of the scope work, coordinating with the Garden Director by insuring all his requests were met, recycling existing material, implementing skills learned in surveying, installing a new brick walkway, and renovating 31 planter boxes. All of this was designed and installed in the San Luis Obispo Dallidet Adobe & Gardens. These gardens are a historic site located in the heart of San Luis Obispo where the public can utilize this area for certain events. The goal for this project was to renovate the vegetable garden area where it was more appropriate and safer for people to walk through and make more appealing to the eye. This project was broken up into two parts one part being the brick walkway and the other being the renovation of the 31 planters in the vegetable garden. Being two CM students on the project they each took a part however, the students worked collectively to deliver the project. There will be images throughout the paper demonstrating the before and after of each part with a budget breakdown on the savings done on the project
Exploring the Post-Funicular at Cal Poly
Get PDFIn this studio we investigated the design and construction of a shell structure through form finding, form testing, and form making. By using a physics-based approach through Kangaroo on Grasshopper, we were able to create a form that minimized tension in the shell. Once a form was found, testing followed through full-scale construction. An iterative process between architectural engineering students and architecture students helped to create a realistic and elegant design
Digital Forensics Range
Get PDFThe Digital Forensics Range was developed to serve as an online training for groups interested in computer forensics. This year\u27s team had the goal to expand upon last year, by adding a new forensics image, unity scenario, and additional AWS functionality. The team still wanted to continue with last year\u27s goals of keeping the training easily runnable, quickly deployable, and rapidly scalable through the use of the cloud. Adding to last year\u27s work, this year\u27s team hoped to further increase the educational value of the simulation with more practice, and the addition of feedback. The training is meant to be easily approachable, and beneficial to all levels of forensics knowledge
The Poly Rover Project
Get PDFThe Polyver Project is an idea born from the curiosity of a few students who wondered what the interaction between a physical person and a rover as the host of random internet users would look like. It is also an experiment to enhance the exploration of real world sites in real time while also having the power of interaction.
The goal of the Polyver Project is to build the foundation for a system that can serve as the interface between the internet and a fleet of rovers. Each rover is equipped with at least a camera, microphone, and a speaker that can enable it to be used to interact with people and tour the area it was deployed in. The project serves as both a unique social interaction tool and an interesting experiment where distances become irrelevant and anyone in the world with a decent internet connection can have the opportunity to experience an area without being anywhere near it
HVAC Hardware Modeling Using Programmable Automatic Controller
Get PDFThe primary purpose of this project is to use the donated programmable logic controllers (PLC) from Schneider Electric to develop experiments for a future lab class at Cal Poly. Our goal as the first group working on this project is to develop an experiment where the PLC can control the HVAC system based on temperature and humidity sensors and user inputs to maintain a desired consistent temperature. The PLC will be controlled using Unity Pro XLS/Control Expert software for simulations. The overall purpose of the experiments will be to demonstrate the potential of the PLC to minimize manual intervention while operating electrical devices. The end result of the project was that we successfully emulated an HVAC system utilizing DC Brushless Motor computer fans and the PLC. Much of the project also involved learning how to use the Unity Pro XLS/Control Expert software, designing a Functional Block Diagram in Control Expert based on the logic we want the PLC to act upon, designing the hardware setup with the drivers and temperature sensors, constructing the system, and ultimately implementing the PLC with the HVAC
Spheres Development Package
Get PDFThe Spheres, live work play development concept is located adjacent to Higuera St, along an arterial road that primarily contains industrial and commercial land uses. The proposed development site is intended to enhance the city of San Luis Obispo by addressing the necessities of the surrounding community.
The development proposal adopts the Urban Design principle, Smart Growth Planning, designed to direct development into areas that have adequate utility capacity and transportation networks and to encourage walkable communities. The Spheres development site fosters fluid spaces, where residents live in a walkable radius to work, eliminating long commutes, in order to eliminate an automobile dependent society. The development proposal accommodates all aspects of live-work, through the integration of communal kitchens, small lounge spaces, and office style workstations
Developing a Miniature Smart Boat for Marine Research
Get PDFThis project examines the development of a smart boat which could serve as a possible marine research apparatus. The smart boat consists of a miniature vessel containing a low-cost microcontroller to live stream a camera feed, GPS telemetry, and compass data through its own WiFi access point. The smart boat also has the potential for autonomous navigation. My project captivated the interest of several members of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo’s (Cal Poly SLO) Marine Science Department faculty, who proposed a variety of fascinating and valuable smart boat applications