Making Mobility: Folding Tricycle Attachment for Standard Wheelchairs in Tanzania
dc.contributor.author | Holcomb, Brian | |
dc.contributor.author | Klonick, Alex | |
dc.contributor.author | Swift, Michael | |
dc.contributor.author | Tran, Michael | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Sienko, Kathleen | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-05-26T02:44:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-05-26T02:44:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-04 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/62473 | |
dc.description | Final report and team photo for Project 19 of ME450, Winter 2009 semester. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Thousands of Tanzanians are unable to attend school, work, or participate in the community due to an immobilizing disability. Those lucky enough to have a wheelchair are frustrated by long trips across rough terrain. Hand-powered tricycles are easier for long trips but are too big to use inside or on a bus. The goal of this project is to produce a low-cost, foldable, and stowable tricycle attachment for standard wheelchairs in collaboration with an MIT course. This hybrid design will allow users to travel freely between regions and more effectively function within their community. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | Kathleen Sienko (Mechanical Engineering, U of M); Mentor: Amos Winter (MIT) | en |
dc.format.extent | 56965 bytes | |
dc.format.extent | 10632783 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | image/jpeg | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
dc.subject | ME450 | en |
dc.subject | W09 | en |
dc.subject | Wheelchair | en |
dc.subject | Tricycle | en |
dc.title | Making Mobility: Folding Tricycle Attachment for Standard Wheelchairs in Tanzania | en |
dc.type | Project | en |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Mechanical Engineering | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Engineering | |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Students | en |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/62473/2/ME450 Winter2009 Team Photo - Project 19 - Folding Tricycle Attachment for Wheelchairs.JPG | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/62473/1/ME450 Winter2009 Final Report - Project 19 - Folding Tricycle Attachment for Wheelchairs.pdf | |
dc.owningcollname | Mechanical Engineering, Department of |
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