EV battery thermal management is critical for performance and life of Li-ion batteries, but pack level testing is expensive and hazardous. Students on this team will develop a lab-scale hardware in the loop testbench (to be used as teaching tool) to help safely bridge the gap between cell level tests and pack level system performance evaluation.

Single use plastic cartridges and mixing rods for adhesives and sealants are convenient and popular, but they are not environmentally friendly. Students on the PPG team will bring their creative ideas and generate a very wide range of packaging containment, mixing, and delivery concepts and produce conceptual demonstrations and feasibility evaluation for the most promising concepts.

Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) markets the number one single-serve coffee brewing system in the United States. Students on the Keurig team will design, prototype, and integrate a method to heat and froth dairy and flavorings into an existing brewer and brew engine to deliver a one-step coffeehouse style beverage to home consumers.

Surgeons use electrosurgical pencils in the operating room, but the smoke generated by this operation is hazardous. The students on this team will redesign and prototype Stryker’s smoke evacuating surgical pencil with the goal of making it so easy to use that surgeons fight for it, while make surgeries safer and more precise.

Help us redesign our market leading live-cell research product, Incucyte. Students on the Sartorius team will provide the initial conceptual design and prototype work to develop a new, miniaturized, precision Live-cell Research Platform. Instead of placing our microscope inside and incubator, can we put the incubator inside the microscope?

Tangential flow filtration (TFF) membranes are used for purifying proteins and other biological molecules that are grown in cell cultures. Students on the Donaldson team will characterize mechanisms for membrane fouling (i.e., clogging) during crossflow filtration, and investigate solutions to mitigate this issue which degrades performance.

Cargo ships of the future will need to reduce their emissions to remain competitive and lower their environmental impact. Students on the Fincantieri team will analyze the effects of the shape of the bulbous bow on fuel efficiency and design a reconfigurable bow that reduces drag under variable speeds and sea conditions.

To maintain cost competitiveness when moving production on a popular product from Asia to the US, Reverie needs to increase the automation of the assembly and packaging process. Students on this team will evaluate the design of the EZ-Lift™ Universal Foundation, develop an approach to automate the assembly, and perform the business case analysis to support moving the manufacturing location to the US.

Moving patients in hospitals is a complex procedure that requires the caregiver to monitor the patient while pushing the stretcher while also managing any external equipment. Students on the Stryker Autonomous Stretcher project will design and develop a system that allows the stretcher to operate autonomously, freeing up valuable caregiver resources for other related activities.