Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership

Project Year: 2018-19

2018-19

[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 »

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 »

[Asurion] Improving Customer Experience using Machine Learning

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Get your tech support questions answered faster! Our AI can understand the difficulty & complexity of your inquiries! Team: Felix Ren (IEOR), Jinlin He (IEOR), Zihang Pan (IEOR), Pierre-Louis Missler (CEE), Reehan Shah (IEOR) Advisor: Damien Thoulouse (Asurion), Lee Fleming (IEOR), Alex Beliaev (Fung) A major drawback in tech chat support is that it takes… Read More »

[Imperative Care] Exploring Post-Stroke Neural Recovery Via Exogenous Electromagnetic Field Therapy

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Heralding a new era of stroke treatment Team: Yu-Shuo Chen (BIOE), Paula Schultheiss (BIOE), Kylua Chen (BIOE), Matthew Kennedy (BIOE), Jesse Yang (BIOE) Advisor: Syed Hossainy (BIOE) Ischemic stroke, characterized by the restriction of blood flow to the brain due to mechanical blockage via blood clot, leads to significant mortality in both developed and emerging… Read More »

[Blue Goji] Improving Mobility for Elderly Users of Infinity Treadmill

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Utilizing Sensor Data to perform Gait and Posture Analysis for Rehabilitation Team: Clara Shu Qi Lim (IEOR), Emma Leiner (IEOR), Kenneth Lim (IEOR), Minsoo Kang (IEOR), Ziyu Li (IEOR) Advisors: Coleman Fung (Blue Goji), Gabriel Gomes (ME) “A growing number of older adults fear falling and, as a result, limit their activities and social engagements.”… Read More »

Developing a Virtual Reality Tool for the US Patent Office

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Providing a strategic platform for streamlining the examination process of patents using Virtual Reality. Team: Saurabh Parikh (BIOE), Prithiv Natarajan (BIOE) Advisors: Lee Fleming (IEOR), Andrew Toole (USPTO), Nicholas Pairolero (USPTO), and James Forman (USPTO) The established routing process to a patent’s approval from its issuance, at the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office),… Read More »

[C Light Technologies] Retinal Image-Based Eye Tracker for Neurological Diagnoses

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AI-powered eye tracking technology with unprecedented speed and accuracy Team: Andy Zhang (BIOE), Arjun Bidesi (IEOR), Chiaohan Chuang (BIOE), Younes Sherkat (BIOE) Advisors: Christy Sheehy (C. Light Technologies), Zach Helft (C. Light Technologies), and Austin Roorda (UC Optometry) The burden of multiple sclerosis (MS) costs the US healthcare system upwards of $28B annually. Delayed MS… Read More »

[Blue Goji] Velocity: Making Stationary Bikes Fun with Virtual Reality

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Virtual reality equipped exercise bike: Leave traditional stationary bikes in the dust with a new immersive experience. Team: Mikio David (ME), Liang Dong (ME), Jordan Francis (ME), F. Patrick Lai (ME), Kristjan Sigurdsson (ME), John Young (ME) Advisors: Coleman Fung (Blue Goji), Gabriel Gomes (ME) Imagine biking down a mountain path, fighting to keep your… Read More »

[Post Road Foundation] Electric Load Forecasting and Optimization for Distributed Energy Technologies

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Creating Value for Rural Electric Communities in Michigan Team: Zihao Zhang (NE), Liwei Chen (CEE), Elizabeth Foster (ME) Advisors: Seth Hoedl (Post Road Foundation), Gabriel Gomes (ME) Small electric utilities often lack the sensor infrastructure to monitor their load effectively. This lack of data hinders their ability to take advantage of new distributed energy resources… Read More »

[General Motors] Modeling the Energy Impact of Autonomous Vehicles

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Smoothing the Way to Save Energy Team: Eunice Pui (IEOR), Abby Shelton (IEOR), Shivam Mistry (IEOR), Louis du Chassin (ME), Kumudra Aung (ME), Julien Yu (IEOR) Advisors: Matt Zebiak (General Motors), Wayne Delker (Fung) The transportation sector was responsible for 28.5 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2016, but the automotive industry is trying… Read More »