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All Past Tech Expo Projects
Create an iOS application that can take pictures, then pass them to a Python script to predict concentrations of arsenic and mercury, then return the results to the user.
Spring 2021
According to the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), a study from 2005 concluded that bicycle theft in the United States accounted for nearly 3.6% of all larceny incidents. Bicycle theft is shown to have a low police priority but represents much larger
Spring 2021
The modern era has posed many urban transportation problems upon society, and a variety of other transit options are more popular than ever. Many in the newer generations are opting into newer methods of transportation renting or taxi services. The Purdue
To be proactive in fighting COVID-19, many places are in need of solutions to take people's temperatures to determine their health. A product that is inexpensive and can take a user's temperature is needed in order to maintain a healthy society.
Spring 2021
With more than four billion people living in urban areas, present day apartments are increasingly becoming smaller and smaller. This has led to an increased popularity in multipurpose furniture, especially ones that can accommodate overnight guests.
Spring 2021
Design an all metal ladder and a wooden/metal hybrid ladder for Custom Service Hardware.
Spring 2021
Most crime scene training has been done by creating real world models and scenes that students and trainees move through and work in. The Crimes by the Five team now supports virtual reality and artificial reality forensics training products.
Spring 2021
Forensic training is an expensive and complicated process that precludes trainees and professionals from updating or practicing skills. The Crime by Five Teams hope to change this through use of VR training programs allowing for more on demand practice.
Spring 2021
The Oria food disposal system is theorized to give consumers an alternative method to discarding food waste.
Spring 2021
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) wants to challenge Purdue Polytechnic students to design and build an inverted pendulum cart that can balance a single, double, and ultimately a triple pendulum.
Spring 2021
Construct an autonomous solar panel cleaning system able to remove dust and debris without the application of cleaning fluid and be able to operate in the natural elements.
Spring 2021
Users of the Stratasys F370 at Los Alamos need to know how to properly print, orient, and configure parts on the printer bed for best quality printing results.
Spring 2021
Salk is in search of an automated solution to acquire images of plants to eliminate human error and to improve the speed of the acquisition
Spring 2021
To analyze the effects of disruption in natural daily rhythms we need a fruit fly monitoring and feeding system.
Spring 2023
This project was tasked with optimizing light collection through translucent filament using 3D printing, prototyping, and experimental testing methods. The use of a 3D printer, power meter, and lamp were crucial to our research and data collection. The fi
Spring 2021
Create two systems implementing sensors and basic programming alongside technical documentation for the purpose of use in by high school students.
Spring 2021
PPHS is in need of a method to teach high school junior and senior students about Industry 4.0, the current industrial revolution.
Spring 2021
In the aluminum furnaces used by Chrysler for casting, oxidation on the surface can cause quality defects. This oxidation is currently removed manually, requiring the work cell to shut down temporarily and exposes workers to high heat and other hazards.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ tool room at the Kokomo Casting Plant needs an improved maintenance management system that meets the current needs of production and maintenance.
Spring 2021
The current hot chamber die casting machine in the State Farm building needs to be updated with modern controls.
Spring 2021
This project is centered around the improvement on the current leak detection methodology at FCA. The current system in place is slow, not 100% accurate, and requires a lot of resources as a secondary test is for verification after the first test. Though
Spring 2021
Our group was tasked with turning a wooden harp sculpture into a functional musical instrument using laser diodes.
Spring 2021
Serena is an upper arm amputee that has an upper arm prosthetic that costs over $100,000. Last year’s team that took on this project were able to start on a design, but ultimately due to COVID-19, the group could not accomplish what they set out to do. Se
Spring 2021
Stryker is looking for a three-point load system that can detect forces using three ceramic bearings on a mounting device. This sterile interface plate should transmit data at a real-time rate to a Chrome browser using Bluetooth or wi-fi at a rate greater
Spring 2021
Scientists at Eli Lilly are looking to optimize their existing data capturing solutions. By comparing two augmented reality devices in this project, Eli Lilly will allow for standardization and enterprise level scalability for experimentation.
Spring 2024
The team was tasked to conceptualize and prototype an acoustic position sensor that will use proportional control to read the position of a piston inside a rod less pneumatic cylinder.
Spring 2023
The aim of this study is to develop a new product that is economical, sensitive to delicate objects and provides visual force feedback to the user. Testing needs to be conducted to compare the state-of-the-art model hook to a new compliant mechanism. U
Spring 2023
Team 13 was tasked with benchmarking and modeling the performance of a current heatsink generation, which was completed using ANSYS CFD software. ANSYS results were compared and validated by experimentally testing benchmark and SALK heatsinks.
Spring 2023
Allegion’s Schlage Touch dead-bolt lock needs an improved method of adding and removing entry codes. The team has implemented Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology and an iOS App Clip to improve the user experience.
Spring 2023
Our mission is to provide Amazon with a rugged digital monitoring system that will help reduce maintenance downtime on pneumatic systems within Amazon Distribution Centers.
Spring 2022
The objective of this project is to develop and improve an existing assembly line for coasters, to be used at Purdue Polytechnic High School in an educational setting.
Spring 2023
Amazon's Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) team aims to prevent unexpected conveyor belt downtime in fulfillment centers, which costs the company millions of dollars each year. To achieve this goal, the team is seeking a standardized product that
Spring 2023
Manual inspection results in reliability issues for detecting defects for Stellantis’ die-casting facility. Framework product needed to support cameras and determine minor/borderline defects without affecting cycle time (150s for valve body).
Spring 2023
The BorgWarner EMC validation team needs an improved method for charging and discharging batteries to optimize the utilization of the OPTOCAN device for EMC testing.
Spring 2024
This team was focused on creating an analytical model to simulate a future neural network thermostat as well as creating a physical box model that can be used to test said thermostat as well as competitors to compare to.
Spring 2023
Our team will focus on the problem of reducing the load on the lower backs of workers who can potentially overexert their back muscles to the point of injury, by building a passive exoskeleton that puts a supportive force on the chest of the user as they
Spring 2022
Our team's project is to assist Eli Lilly’s engineers and scientists to use the HMT-01 device for live transcription use to improve productivity. We have conducted various tests between three software to find the best software to implement.
Spring 2023
Design, test and build a portable process automation demonstration unit/kit to promote Endress+Hauser sensors’ capability to display fundamental characteristics of fluid mechanics to K-12 and College students on a small scale.
Spring 2024
Students from Kindergarten to High School aren’t given the opportunity or experiences to allow them to explore STEM careers and/or degree upon graduation. Most school systems don’t have the funds or resources to offer these opportunities.
Spring 2023
This project implements a Spiking Neural Network controller on an FPGA to control an autonomous vehicle which follows a guidance line. This will be done using a more natural logic system formed by patterns and associated weights.
Spring 2023
Proportion-Air has tasked us with creating a pneumatic demonstrator to show the variation of pneumatic power by controlling pressure and flow.
Spring 2024
Team 17 is designing a user presence detection system for an Allegion door lock that can meet power and weatherproofing requirements. This system has an adjustable backlit keypad that lights when a user approaches the door.
Spring 2024
o Small Parts Inc. is experiencing difficulties preserving the knowledge that is currently held by many employees nearing retirement. These employees are experts in die manufacturing, servicing, and turning processes. Untrained new employees can cause a d
Spring 2024
Our project seeks to make use of the abundant energy provided through solar light to provide a more cost-effective alternative to solar panels and demonstrate the potential for energy harnessing through LEDs and waveguides.
Spring 2023
Our team strives to make progress in developing a method of carefully aligning carbon nanotubes in a solution that can be manipulated from a liquid to a solid state.
Spring 2023
Team 21 was tasked with attending to the air-cooled-chilled-glycol system at the John Deere Harvester Works Facility in East Moline, IL. The chilled glycol system supplies several workstations around the facility, linked by a large piping network. As the