There are currently two collaborative projects in Task 2-The product Realization Projects. The first project "Non-Destructive Drum Opening" involves two universities, and the second project "Micro-Baja" involves five universities.
Robin O'Neil Graduate student M.E. team leader
Basheerah Enahor Junior M.E.
Shih-Liang Wang Faculty Advisor M.E.
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Sandra r.Davis Senior M.E. team leader
Nag V.cao M.E.
Sheetal k. Sareen M.E.
Teresa E. Lintzenich M.E.
Richard Sisson Faculty Advisor Professor of Manufacturing Engineering
A&T graduate student Robin O'Neil and undergraduate Basheerah Enahora work on a project for the non-destructive opening of 55 gallon drums containing mixed-waste. Four students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute(WPI) join the project. Two of WPI students use this project as their Major Qualifying Projects for credits. The WPI team focuses on the first task of this project:to remove the bolt from the c-ring on a 55 gallons drum. A&T team is responsible for the whole process of drum opening and collaborates with the WPI team to work on Task 1. The two teams hold weekly video-conference via PictureTel, and communicate through e-mail and fax. Web sites for this project are established on both sides.
The Department of Energy has identified a need to investigate the design and development of robotic tools to open the drums containing low-level radioactive waste, which are at the end of their storage life. With a non-destructive process, the drums could be reused to store the sorted waste for incineration, and not become secondary waste that must be disposed of separately.
1. Cut, shear, or unfasten the bolt
2. Remove the c-ring
3. Remove the lid
4. Remove the top of the liner
Micro-Baja
A&T Participants:
Trentiss Agnew M.E. Senior Team leader
Wilbert Pettiford I.E. Junior
Shih-Liang Wang Faculty Advisor M.E.
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The objective of this project is to build a toy truck with a 5-college
team to enter the SAE Micro-Baja race in November 1996. In this time race,
each toy truck runs through a track of different obstacles without remote
control. PictureTel video conference is being held weekly among teams from
Cornel, WPI, and A&T. Teams from MIT and Tuskegee have not joined the video
conference so far and they are communicating with WPI team using phone and
e-mail.
A&T's task is primarily on the design of guides, steering, and tires.
The entry should be ready for a race on April 27, 1996 at WPI.
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