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Farmacy Food
(2021)
Farmacy Food is a Detroit based start-up looking to provide the local community with healthy, organic, dietary minded food at an affordable price. At the core of its business, it wants to make healthy food a more accessible ...
Path Dependencies and Emergent Design Failure in the NA470 Ship Design Course
(2021)
In this capstone project I sought out design failures in my NA470 ship design course and examined why they occurred, why they continued, how they plagued the design and what could have been done differently. In doing this ...
Control of Fibroblast Differentiation in Acoustically-Responsive Scaffolds using Ultrasound-Induced Matrix Stiffening
(2021)
Cells respond to biochemical and biomechanical cues (e.g., stiffness) from the surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM). Cellular differentiation into more specialized cell types is a common cellular response intimately ...
Electrooculography-controlled Cursor
(2021)
People with motor disabilities or those with amputated limbs may lack the capability to operate a computer using a standard mouse. In today's world, the use of a computer is necessary for everyday tasks and the inability ...
Writing-to-Learn in introductory Materials Science and Engineering
(2021)
We present a study on the impact of Writing-to-Learn (WTL) assignments on student learning in introductory materials science/engineering. WTL promotes deeper thinking by asking students to address “real-world” situations ...
Synthetic Dry Adhesives for Human Scaled Climbing of Vertical Surfaces
(2021)
Dry, reusable, washable adhesives based upon Geckos' ability to take advantage of van der Waals forces, and previously studied at UMass Amherst, were designed and fabricated for research. The studies performed on the ...
Pre-Figurative Structures for Social Connection
(2021)
The world has many structures that foster social connection. Especially in the age of the internet, there are many off and online worlds that do so. Alternative festivals, temporary communities and electoral guerrilla ...
Increasing Parent Involvement at Carver STEM Academy
(2021)
Carver STEM Academy is a public school in Detroit, Michigan with students in pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. Currently, the school is experiencing low parent involvement rates at school events, including monthly parent ...
Postural Support Device for Children in Low-Income Families
(2021)
Alison (14) and Monica (9) are two young girls, suffering from poor posture due to stages 4 and 5 of cerebral palsy. They are in need of a postural and neck support device, which helps with spinal alignment and does not ...
MERGING SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE AND DEEP CONVOLUTIONAL NEURALNETWORK FOR STATE-BASED ONLINE MACHINE-PART INTERACTIONCLASSIFICATION
(2021)
Machine-part interaction classification is a key capability required by Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), a pivotal enabler of Smart Manufacturing (SM). While previous relevant studies on the subject have primarily focused on ...