All Past Projects

Purdue Polytechnic Institute Tech Expo

All Past Tech Expo Projects

Spring 2022
Due to the legalization of cannabis from the Farm Bill of 2018, products must be tested to ensure the THC content is less than 0.3% by dry weight. This testing causes toxic chemicals that need to be neutralized for safe disposal.
Spring 2025
In order to aid ZF in their efforts to have a cleaner energy system, three different energy systems will be created and compared. These energy systems include solar, wind, and a hybrid of both that will be implemented into the Lafayette ZF Plant.
Spring 2025
Identifying damage left behind from reloding dies on bullet casing to trace back remanufactured bullet casings to the die that reloaded them.
Spring 2025
These products can quickly become illegal contraband if not properly dealt with in a timely manner. In addition, these products frequently have packaging that develops a greasy texture, that has a negative impact on the customer when purchasing and potent
Spring 2025
Forensic Gait Analysis
Spring 2022
During an emergency, many entrances and exits can get overcrowded due to the amount of people trying to exit from the same place. Our project aims to direct individuals to alternative exits, therefore increasing evacuation times and reducing injuries.
Fall 2024
This team has designed and built a low pass I/O filter to attenuate an information signal between 530kHz and 5.6GHz and achieve electromagnetic compatibility.
Fall 2023
SIP Test
Spring 2025
Our project introduces a sensor-integrated gelatin system to capture real-time pressure data during impact, offering a more precise analysis of internal damage and improving military safety and effectiveness.
Spring 2025
Many rape kits are collected incorrectly due to a shortage of trained Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs), especially in rural areas. SANE training programs often struggle with high costs and a lack of medical volunteers to provide realistic practice.
Spring 2024
Ensuring factory workers use PPE (personal protective equipment) is a daily challenge. Current enforcement includes inconsistent monitoring through manual checks or signage. Many injuries result from inadequate PPE usage. Our team will create an intellige
Spring 2025
Make the fine depowdering process more efficient.
Spring 2025
Through our team's communication with William Serre, the representative of John Deere Moline, IL. Plant, we have located an engineering problem of needing to identify conveyor malfunctions before any failure occurs.
Spring 2025
SOET students are tasked with recreating the Mold-A-Rama, a novelty blow molding machine from the 1950's. This process uses injection molding to create a plastic souvenir, with our intention being to create Purdue related memorabilia.
Spring 2023
When products/packages open and spill it is called amnesty. Amnesty causes damage to the conveyors that causes downtime and loss of revenue. Packages break because they experience too much force and are not protected and prepped to meet force requirements
Fall 2023
Our goal is to design/create a rehabilitative walking cane that targets the knee adduction moment in order to test how much we can alleviate the stresses of walking that can develop into knee osteoarthritis later in life.
Spring 2025
To improve the turn around time for pressing apples by creating a way to empty the pomace faster.
Spring 2024
The goal of this project is to create a mobile workstation capable of cutting, milling, and tapping 80/20 aluminum. By incorporating all three of these operations into one location, the use of 80/20 becomes more available to students.
Fall 2023
We aim to enhance chainsaw safety by improving performance and maintenance, addressing the stagnation in their design. While other power tools have evolved with technology, chainsaws lag behind, leading to a higher risk of accidents.
Spring 2023
Bumpers must have a resistance to ground of 1MΩ or less. To meet this requirement, an automated measurement process has been implemented that can accurately measure bumper resistance within 42 seconds.
Spring 2023
The team at the Honda plant needs a solution to more efficiently perform maintenance on their ES-200 and ES-165 robotic welding arms. Currently the method being used by the Honda employees to support robot arms is causing that are making maintenance mor
Fall 2023
The problem our team has been assigned is to either increase the output force of a solenoid actuator by 50% or reduce its overall response time by 50%, while maintaining the same physical dimensions.
Fall 2023
The SoET needs an effective way to store and Charge the headsets.
Spring 2024
Develop and construct a stationary unit for the Imagination Station that demonstrates the workings of Endress+Hauser sensors in an engaging and interactive way.
Spring 2022
The team has been tasked with designing, manufacturing, and testing an image module that utilizes an image sensor selected by a previous Capstone team to match the capabilities of the new miniature wearable microscope developed by the client.
Spring 2025
Our group was tasked to come up with a solution to effectively measure the amount of force applied by a user on an assistive walking cane. We as a group need to design technology that can withstand daily use by the end user.
Fall 2024
Pro-Seal requires the testing of several seal designs at various temperatures and pressures. The analytical results of the test data will allow Pro-Seal to distribute better seals to their customers and better compete with other companies.
Fall 2024
Door Closers require manual adjustment by technicians, whose lack of standardization can lead to errors. We will assemble a sensor package to measure door performance and provide recommendations to technicians.
Fall 2024
The focus is to design, build, and test a robotic system capable of autonomously collecting waste on beaches. The end-customer for this project is the local community, tourists, and environmental conservation agencies. The goal is to improve the beachgoer
Spring 2024
The engineering problem that we are faced with is producing a black box that integrates a range of measurables from gait analysis that have been determined essential.
Spring 2024
The engineering problem that we are faced with is producing a black box that integrates a range of measurables from gait analysis that have been determined essential.
Spring 2025
The engineering problem is to identify the energy inefficiencies throughout the plant to maintain plant operation efficiency. The result of this capstone project is to maintain ZF’s competitiveness in the driveline and chassis technology industry by impro

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