Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership

Project Type: Faculty Led

Faculty Led

Transportation Strategies for Smart Cities

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Team: Yuet Man Kan (CE), Tanat Vanichpipat (CE), Evan Christianson (CE), Pei-Wen Hu (CE), Eindra Aung (CE), Sushmitha Sree Gumireddy (CE), Cong Luo (CE) Advisor: Alexander Skabardonis (CE) Commuters everywhere experience frustration and delays due to traffic congestion. Dense urban areas such as San Francisco create the largest problems. The general solution is to expand… Read More »

Bipedal Robotic Locomotion

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Cassie Moves Autonomously Team: Jonathan Rogers (ME), Bike Zhang (ME), and Shuxiao Chen (IEOR) Advisors: Koushil Sreenath (ME) In the field of robotics, legged robot locomotion is one of the hardest problems. We developed a framework for autonomous locomotion. This was accomplished through controllers, path planning, and computer vision. Problem In 2018, California experienced its… 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 »

Cryotechnology for 3D Bioprinting and Isochoric Preservation of Tissues and Organs

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Increasing access to tissues and organs for millions through on demand 3D bioprinting and quadrupling current preservation times. Team: Alvina Kam (MSE), Chetanya Jain (BioE) Advisor: Boris Rubinsky (ME), Matthew Powell-Palm (ME), Gideon Ukpai (ME) Only 10% of patients worldwide in need of an organ receive one, while the window of organ delivery is currently… 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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Assistive Exoskeleton for Stroke Assessment and Recovery

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Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in US, killing over a hundred thousand people every year. The team builta device to measure the upper limb recovery process of stroke survivors and provided a way to assess their mobility. Team: Ming Chien Chiang, Alex Michon, Gongo Yang Advisor: Ruzena Bajcsy Mentors: Robert Matthew, Christine… Read More »

Self-Driving E-Bike Design

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Bike-sharing programs such as Citibike and Ford Gobike require rebalancing operations that are highly manual-intensive and costly. The team designed self-driving E-bikes that can automatically balance themselves, decreasing the operating cost of bike-sharing programs. Team: Min Kim, Robert Ou, Ivan Xia Advisor: Prof. Seth Sanders Self-driving bikes can make bike-sharing program more efficient. Bikes can be… Read More »

The Million Hands

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Over 200,000 upper limb amputees lack access to customizable, functional, and low-cost prostheses. The Million Hands team designed a selection of body-powered and electrically-powered prostheses, all under $500. Team: Aashish Bhardwaj, Sina Dabiri, Jose Ramirez, Meng-Hsuan Lee, Jacqueline Nguyen Advisor: Alice Agogino An Online Open Source Platform As a newly formed group in 2017, we set out to assess user… Read More »

Design By Morphing

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Design-by-Morphing is a tool that finds the optimal design for objects considering their aerodynamic, hydrodynamic, thermal, and/or structural performance. The team worked to bring this tool to market and to find new applications, industries and partners. Team: Nelly Alandou, Robert Hu, Caroline Jeria, Darshan Mehta, Maitreya Patel Advisor: Philip Marcus Reinventing Design Optimization With Machine… Read More »

Precision Healthcare Analytics

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The team used machine learning to discover correlations between various lifestyle behaviors and two chronic illness: depression and cognitive dysfunction. They found a way to identify these diseases early on, and to provide recommendations for lifestyle changes in order to lessen their debilitating effects. Team: Herbreteau Eléonore, Papanikolaou Vasileios, Ramesh Kapilesh, Shi Yiyu, Vyas Arpit… Read More »