MECH 423 Mechatronic Product Design – Multi-scale Design Laboratory

MECH 423 teaches fundamental concepts in electrical and mechanical design that enable students to develop innovative mechatronic products. Key topics include data acquisition, user interfaces, embedded systems, motor control, rapid prototyping, product innovation, and interfaces for sensors and actuators. A central aspect of the class is a final project where students take the initiative to conceive, propose, develop, and build a mechatronic product. Students are given complete latitude in proposing their projects, where ambition and creativity are encouraged and supported. After graduation, students often find these projects to be an effective demonstration of their skills, which can be leveraged into interesting jobs and careers.

Here are some example projects from previous years:

[accordions collapsible=true style=accordion-container] [accordion title=”2017″ style=”accordion-style1″]

The Plotbot Maxwell (Zhaoshuo) Li, Minghua Wu	R3TINA Benjamin Evers-Staples, Atif Shoukat Ali
KaleCV Joey Limmena, Phil Pomeroy	Instrumented Climbing Wall Alannah Yip, Kenneth Martens
3DOF Ball Balancing Stewart Platform Jeffrey Leong, Angus Wong	CNC Cake Plotter Samuel Berryman
Automated Buoyancy Control Device Simon Honigmann, Adrian Spira	The Intoxicator Alexander (AJ) Kay, Siddhant Malik
Automated Ping Pong Return Robot Lynx Lu, Jayvee Velayo	MORSE Scott Bennett, Andrew Moon
Ramboni Taylor Simpson, Nathaniel Martin	Basketball A. F. Tiffany Tsu, Victor Lu, David Luo

[/accordion] [accordion title=”2016″ style=”accordion-style3″]

Kinetic Art Table Jordan Wong, Daniel Lin	The Masterhand Marshall Lu, Dale Hoban
PiPoPa Derek Schaper, Tyson Costa	Persistence of Vision Clock Phillip Cho, Jian Lik Ng
Smart Mirror Somesh Daga, Han Zhang	Automatic Guitar Tuner Andrew Yasumiishi, Ahmed Zakaria
Bubble Shot – Bubble Team Machine Will Tsai, Bruce Long	Intramedullary Nail Test Machine Adrien Guichet, Joyce Teodoro

[/accordion] [accordion title=”2015″ style=”accordion-style3″]

Air Hockey Player Johnny Li, Brian Wang	PerfEGGct Jason Liang, Justin Lim
Sign Language Interpreter Glove Jeffrey Chow, Jame Lee	Fluidized Bed Coffee Roaster Chris Pertulla, Paiman Parmaei
BY Bike Yen Po Liu, Bruno Lima	Balloon Controller Edward Li, Jason Raymundo
Weather Clouds James Howard, Tungesh Kapil	Sunlight Position Simulator Zhenhe Lu, David Wong
The a-MAZE-ing Machine Andrew Kang, Sze Kei Luk	Cue Stroke Processor Owen Lu, Justin Li
2DOF Environmental 3D Laser Scanner Albert Lagman, Arnold Yeung	Advanced Useless Machine Blair Kloos, Dean Kyfiuk

[/accordion] [accordion title=”2014″ style=”accordion-style3″]

Trainable Robotic Arm Giles Fernandes, Ajaydeep Singh	Smart Blinds Harsh Sharma
GoGoRC Jordan Karyanto, Kelvin Poon	MSP430 Oscilloscope Evan Cook
EVO Josh Begin, Thomas Guerard	Automated Garden Nick Reeves, Trevor Uittenbosch
Throttle by Wire John Henderson, Katelyn Currie	Camera Stabilizer Andrew Wong, Shen Sunny Zhong
Automatic Notebook Scanner Anna Gabaldon, Alice Lam	Garbage Sorter Will Rau, Simon Wu
Tea Brewer Tom Antle, Jordan Traas	GoBot Alexander Gosselin, Francis McGee

[/accordion] [accordion title=”2013″ style=”accordion-style3″]

Robot Rubik’s Cube Solver Kristopher De Asis, Kevin Luu	Bicycle Turn & Brake System Eric Moller, Billy Fung
BioCopter Marco Lolic, Mustafa Emre Caliskan	Mind-Controlled “Flappy Bird” Game Victor Hok, Patrick Wong
Vision Tracking Turret Justin Yan, Jeffrey Chiu	Automatic Paintball Gun Turret Andrew Lim, Denise Wong
Bluetooth Vehicle Key Joel Jansen, Christian Villar	3D Object Scanner Jason Beatch, Jeong Hyun Lee

[/accordion] [accordion title=”2012″ style=”accordion-style3″]

Dance and Conduct with Kinect Kenard Agbanlog, Shalaleh Rismani	Glove-Controlled Animatronic Hand Timothy Lee, Iftikhar Azam
MIDI Instrument Controller & Air Drum Kit Terence Woo, Tom Curran, Dan Preda	Race Car Data Logger Graeme Adamson, Peter Xing
Door Freind Colin Schlosser, Nico Petch	Heat Tracking Laser Scott Bennett, Joseph Chow
Music Driven Light Show Colten Dumonceau, Laurence Kao	Automated Light Shutter Aline Santoso, Chao Jin, Xi Qin
Remote Control Quadcopter Connor Schellenberg-Beaver, Andrew Pires	Line Tracking Car Milad Ghafourzadeh Yazdi, Min Hian Tee

[/accordion] [accordion title=”2011″ style=”accordion-style2″]

Robotic Arm with Face Tracking B. Drew	Home Power Meter Andrew Nobles, Kevin Lowe
Inverted Pendulum Bot Howard Zhu, Lok Tin Lam, Nasir Zulkafly	LED Musical orb I. Tang

[/accordion] [/accordions]