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1. Design of Novel Energy-Absorbing Composites for Impact-Resistant Transportation and Defense Applications

Keyword:: Novel Materials, Material Engineering, Composites, Design, Strengthening Mechanisms, and Energy-Absorption
Creator:: Layam, Kiana-Karla, Saladino, Joseph, Boisvert, Matthew, and Ruddat, Mark
Advisor:: Lados, Diana A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2024-04-22
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

2. Lightweight and Efficient Manifold Design for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

Keyword:: multi-jet fusion printing, manifold, hydrogen fuel cell, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, proton exchange membrane, and design optimization
Creator:: Islam, Sophia, Purtell, Avery, Bonito, Michael, Cassidy, Jack, and Hemmerling, Liam
Advisor:: Sabuncu, Ahmet Can
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2024-04-23
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

3. Design of a High-Impulse Mechanical Apparatus for Dynamic Testing of Novel Energy-Absorbing Composites

Keyword:: Metal Foam, Safety, Reduced Carbon Emissions, Composite, Testing Device, and Vehicle Safety
Creator:: Amkreutz, Andrew, Kodhimaj, Alessia, Abraham, Cory, and Nikolaychuk, Konstantin
Advisor:: Lados, Diana A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2024-04-22
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

4. The Design and Prototyping of a Low-Cost & Efficient Ocean Cleanup Robot

Keyword:: Ocean Robot, Mechanical Design, Efficiency and Optimization, Autonomous, Plastic Pollution, and Cleanup
Creator:: Espinosa, Gabriel, Valle, Sebastian, Wadsworth, Alexander, and Ngo, Danny
Advisor:: Bertozzi, Nicholas, Guceri, Selcuk, and Aloi, Vincent
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2024-04-25
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

5. Coastal Clean-Up Vessel

Keyword:: Rocky Shoreline, Environment, Ocean Vessel, Coastline, Plastic Pollution, and Mechanical Design
Creator:: Aljundi, Mohamed, Connor, Madeline, Villalobos, Raul, and Lipka, Nathan
Advisor:: Aloi, Vincent, Guceri, Selcuk, and Bertozzi, Nicholas
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2024-04-25
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

6. Lab-Scale Railway Testing Prototype Design

Keyword:: Labratory-Scale, Rail, and Train
Creator:: Palosky, Jacob
Advisor:: Powell, Adam Clayton
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2024-02-29
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

7. Investigating Passive Drag Reduction Through Nature Inspired Surface Textures

Keyword:: Biomimicry, Airfoil, Riblets, Drag Reduction, Wind Tunnel, and Computation Fluid Dynamics
Creator:: Thornton, Nicholas and Niemiec, Kenneth
Advisor:: Gnanaskandan, Aswin and Ebadi, Alireza
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-10-18
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

8. Electric Jetski

Creator:: Hammel, James, Tufts, Isaac, Therrien, Zachery, Pedersen, Blake, Hyland, Patrick, Fredo, Matthew, Boudreau, Samuel, Torres, Antonio, and Michaud, Mathieu
Advisor:: Bhatia, Mehul A. and Bitar, Stephen John
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-04-27
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

9. High Energy Density Magnesium-Air Battery for Shipping, Rail and Aviation Electrification and Grid Storage

Keyword:: Grid Storage, Battery Technology, Rail, Shipping, Magnesium-Air Battery, and Aviation
Creator:: Riggs, Tyler, Miller, Edward, Simon Villacis, Jaqueline, and Lindenthal, Kurt
Advisor:: Powell, Adam Clayton
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-04-25
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

10. Boot Insole-Based Triboelectric Power Generation in Military Applications

Creator:: Ferrecchia, Andrew, Hyers, Robert, Morissette, Katherine, and MacPherson, Kyle
Advisor:: Rao, Pratap M. and Noetscher, Gregory
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-04-24
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project