Technical Presentation Schedule
Engineering Design EXPO capstone teams will formally present their industry sponsored projects on Thursday, April 27 from 2 - 6 p.m. and on Friday, April 28 from 2 - 5 p.m. All technical presentations will be delivered via Zoom.
These sessions are open to the public.
Thursday, April 27, 2 - 6 p.m.
Attend this Zoom Session to view the following project presentations:
- 2:00 p.m. MLM Armrest Adjustment Locking Mechanism (sponsor: Hyster-Yale Material Handling)
- 2:30 p.m. Universal Circuit Board Pallet (sponsor: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories)
- 3:00 p.m. Reciprocating Saw End-Effector for Hot-Cell Robotic Arm (sponsor: Idaho National Laboratory)
- 3:30 p.m. Impulse Measurement Device: Measuring Forces Created by Rimfire Ammunition (sponsor: Vista Outdoor)
- 4:00 p.m. Oil Film Interferometry (sponsor: Kodiak Aircraft)
Technical presentations in this session will be facilitated by Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Matthew Swenson.
Attend this Zoom Session to view the following project presentations:
- 3:00 p.m. Kootenai County Integrated Clinic (sponsor: KPFF)
- 3:20 p.m. Nezperce Sewer Reuse System (sponsor: J-U-B Engineers)
- 3:40 p.m. New Office Building for General Contractor (sponsor: Tamarack Grove Engineering)
- 4:00 p.m. SH-3 Potlatch River Bridge Replacement (sponsor: Idaho Transportation Department)
- 4:20 p.m. Lacrosse Ave intersection and Expansion (sponsor: Welch Comer)
- 4:40 p.m. Oreana Dam Replacement (sponsors: Geotek & TO Engineers)
- 5:00 p.m. Post Falls Apartments (sponsor: TO Engineers)
- 5:20 p.m. Solids Management Improvement Project (sponsor: MWH Constructors)
- 5:40 p.m. USACE Fish Ladder Temperature Control Design (sponsor: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
Technical presentations in this session will be facilitated by Civil Engineering Associate Professor Richard Nielsen.
Friday, April 28, 2 - 5 p.m.
Attend this Zoom Session to view the following project presentations:
- 2:00 p.m. Gamified Virtual Worlds and Computer Simulation (sponsor: U of I CS Dept.)
- 2:30 p.m. Automated Visio Construction (sponsor: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories)
- 3:00 p.m. Autocalibration Software for Optical Receiver Arm Alignment (sponsor: Hansen Photonics)
- 3:30 p.m. Automated Insertion of Keys (sponsor: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories)
- 4:00 p.m. Big Data Analysis for Elliptical Pattern Identification (sponsor: U of I ChBE Dept.)
Technical presentations in this session will be facilitated by Computer Science Senior Instructor Bruce Bolden.
Attend this Zoom Session to view the following project presentations:
- 2:00 p.m. Mars Javelin (sponsor: NASA ISGC)
- 2:30 p.m. Infrasonic Wildfire Detection and Reporting Devices (sponsor: Stanley Solutions)
- 3:00 p.m. Secure Helios Processor Demonstration (sponsor: Idaho Scientific)
- 3:30 p.m. AI/ML based Natural Language Interfaces to Databases (sponsor: U of I CS Dept.)
- 4:00 p.m. Detecting and Locating Cancelling Faults in Shunt Capacitor Banks (sponsor: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories)
Technical presentations in this session will be facilitated by Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professor Yacine Chakhchoukh.
Attend this Zoom Session to view the following project presentations:
- 2:30 p.m. Stem Cell Tendon Bioreactor (sponsor: U of I ChBE Dept.)
- 3:00 p.m. 3D Printed Flexible Spine Model for Drug Delivery to the Brain (sponsor: U of I ChBE Dept.)
- 3:30 p.m. Measuring Nerve Response in Earthworms from Electrical Stimulus (sponsor: U of I ChBE Dept.)
- 4:00 p.m. Leg Exoskeleton for Multiple Sclerosis (sponsor: Dean and Cindy Haagenson Endowment)
- 4:30 p.m. Evaluation of Biofilm Resistant Coatings for Systems (sponsor: NASA EPSCoR)
Technical presentations in this session will be facilitated by Biological Engineering Associate Professor Russell Qualls.
Attend this Zoom Session to view the following project presentations:
- 2:00 p.m. Pendant Controller for Automated Fork Truck (sponsor: Bastian Solutions)
- 2:30 p.m. Aircraft Fuel Crash Shutoff Safety Valve (sponsor: Kodiak Aircraft)
- 3:00 p.m. Robotic Assembly of Photovoltaic Arrays (sponsor: NASA ISGC)
- 3:30 p.m. Cryogenic Tensile Tester (sponsor: NASA ISGC)
- 4:00 p.m. Prandtl-D Flying Wing Demonstration (sponsor: NASA ISGC)
- 4:30 p.m. Demonstration of Small-Scale Continuous Casting (sponsor: Idaho National Laboratory)
Technical presentations in this session will be facilitated by Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Mike Maughan.
Attend this Zoom Session to view the following project presentations:
- 2:00 p.m. Plastic Waste to Fuel: Recycling in Bali (sponsor: U of I ChBE Dept.)
- 2:30 p.m. Pyrolysis Oil Purification Design: Closing the Plastic Economy (U of I ChBE Dept.)
- 3:00 p.m. Pressure Swing Adsorption: Separation of Nitrogen and Oxygen from Air (sponsor: U of I ChBE Dept.)
- 3:30 p.m. Optimization of the Mixstix Platform (sponsor: Nanoracks)
Technical presentations in this session will be facilitated by Chemical Engineering Associate Professor Matthew Bernards.