by Tim Rooney | Jul 13, 2022
Image sensors, e.g., IR camera, can be installed into advanced manufacturing processes for real-time imaging data collection. The acquired data are form a thermal video, which reflects the entire build process of the manufactured object. The spatial structure of the...
by Tim Rooney | May 24, 2022
Making solar energy economical is one of the Grand Challenges for Engineering in the 21st century. Currently, solar energy provides less than 1 percent of the world’s total energy, but it has the potential to provide much more if lower cost devices can be produced....
by Tim Rooney | May 16, 2022
Batteries are used constantly in our everyday lives, but there are challenges with existing lithium-ion technology in terms of cost and low energy density. The recent $2 billion recall of Chevy Bolts and the previous explosions of Samsung Galaxy Notes due to...
by Tim Rooney | Mar 10, 2022
During this project, the student will be provided with an open wheel electric racecar currently without drive train or battery by the project sponsor, Electric Applications Incorporated. The student will develop an engineering plan to retrofit the drive train and...
by Tim Rooney | Mar 10, 2022
Fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) present an opportunity for a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) with advantages over the better-known electric vehicle (EV). With hydrogen (H2) gas refueling that has an energy transfer that is comparable to liquid petroleum-based fuels, FCVs can be...