Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership

Industry: Manufacturing and Materials

Manufacturing and Materials

Breathing Facade: A Sustainable and Affordable Cooling and Dehumidification Solution for Public Schools in the Tropics

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Team: Satomi Angelika Murayama (Fritsch) (ME), Hazelynn Khoo (ME), Meijun Liu (CEE) Advisor: Hayden Taylor (ME) Today, public schools in tropical countries such as Singapore do not have typical cooling and dehumidification systems, like AC, installed in classrooms. The Berkeley Breathing Facade team is tackling this issue with a new way to cool down the… Read More »

Precision Freezing 3D Bioprinter for Large Scale Tissue Engineering

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Team: Alex Wolcott (BIOE), Martin Banet-Rivet (ME), Pablo Amo (ME), Ruobin Liu (ME) Advisors: Boris Rubinsky (ME), Gideon Ukpai (ME) The organ shortage for transplants is a growing problem all over the world. Bioprinting could be a solution to this however current attempts at 3-D printing biological materials are encumbered by the slow rate of… Read More »

[Arris Composites] Optimizing the Design and Manufacturing of Aligned Carbon Fiber

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From Porsche to your pocket: bringing carbon fiber to the masses Team: Paul Ceralde (MSE), Arnaud Dyen (ME), Harsh Raj Chauhan (ME), Juan Pablo Viaux (ME), Michelle Satkin (IEOR), Somsakul Sombon (IEOR) Advisors: Scott Perkins (Arris Composites), Matthew Sherburne (MSE) In 1855, a process for inexpensively manufacturing aluminum was developed, and the price dropped from… Read More »

Object Scanning and Replication Using 3D Camera

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Don’t Know CAD? Just Scan It! Team: Ada He (ME), Daniel Tian (ME), Sean Zhou (IEOR), Shine Shan (IEOR), William Wu (IEOR) Advisor: Gabriel Gomez (ME), Eugen Solowjow (Siemens), Chengtao Wen (Siemens) 3D printing technology is not only becoming ever more pervasive in design and manufacturing applications, but it is also making an increasing impact… Read More »

Affordable Electrochromic Glass

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Unleash the true potential of smart glasses leveraging an affordable chemical process Team: Xianxin Zhang (ME), Yue Meng (MSE), Yueming Li (MSE), Zhuokai Xian (MSE) Advisors: Junqiao Wu (MSE) Electrochromic (EC) coating is one of the ways to alter glass attributes through the application of voltage on conductive layers. However, current manufacturing processes for such… Read More »

[Siemens] Coding-Free Robot Control: Rapid Learning for Automated Processes

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Show it once, and leave the rest to the robot Team: Zhe Wang (ME), Gordon Li (ME), Tsegab Mekonnen (ME) Advisors: Chengtao Wen (Siemens), Gabriel Gomes (ME) Industrial robot arms are widely used in various fields including manufacturing automation. When these robots need to adapt to a new production task, reprogramming of the control is… Read More »

Next Gen 3D Printer Materials

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As 3D printing technology becomes increasingly more important, users' demand for 3D printing material has also become more complex. The team designed and produced a newly-fashioned 3D printing filament material (PLA + Carbon Fiber) at a lower overall operational cost with sustainability and also developed the industrial application of this new material. Team: Johann Chow
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Nanoscale Manufacturing

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The team evaluated opportunities for fabricating electronic devices using a new exfoliation process, called "Covalent Bond Exfoliation." They sought to apply this method to transfer 2D materials reliably and manufacture heterostructure devices massively to make impacts to the society. Team: Shu-Ting Ko, Nai-Wen Hu, Jing Chao Yang Advisors: Daryl Chrzan, Joel Ager, Ali Javey, Hayden… Read More »

QuickFlash

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The team developed manually controlled transition lenses to help workers who need safety eyeglasses to adjust the shade of their lens and protect their eyesight. Team: York Chen, Xing Lin, Runqi Wang, Runlin Wang, Egan Felgus, Ruihan Guo, Jeff Lin Advisor: Prof. Junqiao Wu Problem Workplace Eye Injury According to the Industrial Safety & Hygiene… Read More »