On November 30, the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering hosted USC’s second annual AME Senior Project Showcase where students enrolled in AME 441a “Senior Projects Laboratory” display their semester-long effort.
In choosing their senior project, students took inspiration from previous experiences in student build teams like USC Racing and the USC AeroDesign Team, suggestions by faculty members, and their own research interests.
“These classes are designed to make engineers out of students,” said Julian Domaradzki, department chair, of the first event in 2017. “It’s not just studying a particular subject in class and solving problems on paper, but implementing knowledge that they acquired in regular classes into building something.”
To energy generation...
"Effect of Blade Geometry on Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines" by Alex Tovar, Mario Portillo, Joshua Pollard and Jacquelyne Tan
Top to bottom: "Rotational Substrate Holder for Plasma Sputtering" by Khoa Dang, Jesus Ojeda and Edson Hernandez; "Propulsion Analysis of a Flapping Fin" by Clifford Lester, Cole Pernitsky, Aarya Suryavanshi and Pooja Moolchandani; "Alternative Wing Loading Distribution to Minimize Induced Drag" by Ana Gabrielian, John Hochschild, Ethan Strijbosch and Ramiro Mendoz; "Analysis of Cape Gannet Plunge-Diving Form" by Kestrel Grevatt, Sofia Sobotta and Hannah Stefaniak; "Biogas Bubble Column Utilization for Breakup & Digestor Mixing" by Nick Abey, Samantha Ko, Ford Noble and Andrew Cecola
Credits:
Ashleen Knutsen