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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Seattle University Science and Engineering Project Center
(College of Science and Engineering)

All senior engineering students participate in a sequence of courses which is considered a "capstone" design experience bringing together all other aspects of their own departmental curriculum as well as the interdisciplinary nature of solving "real world" problems. Through the Seattle University Engineering Project Center, student design teams work on industrially sponsored projects under the direction of a faculty member and a liaison engineer from the sponsoring company.

Mechanical Engineering Departmental Design Coordinator: Dr. Teodora R. Shuman

Mechanical Engineering Projects

2005-2006

Test Method Improvement for Out-of-Plane Tensile Strength in Composite
Boeing 787 Fuselage and Interiors LCPT

Emergency Evacuation Slide Loading Tool
The Boeing Company

Boeing 787 Trash Management/Recycling Cart
The Boeing Company
Candle Lantern Redesign
Industrial Revolution
Passive Cab Extender
Kenworth Truck Company
Sleeper Insulation Analysis Methods
Kenworth/PACCAR
Dynamic Braille Display
Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind

2004-2005

Airplane Boarding Chair Redesign
Boeing 7E7

Thermal Improvements in Galley Food Carts
Boeing 7E7

Servovalve Calibration System
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Truck Energy Efficiency Improvement
Kenworth Truck Company
Solar Panel Installation on Seattle University Student Center
Seattle University/Seattle City Light
2003-2004
Robotic System Positional Accuracy Improvement
Electroimpact

Tension Applying Device for Wire Ropes in Winch Applications
Ingersoll-Rand

Performance Enhancements of Underhood Cooling Components
Kenworth Truck Company
Fuel Concentration Measurement in an Experimental Pulse Detonation Engine
Pratt & Whitney Seattle Aerosciences Center
2002-2003
Absolute Accuracy Compensation for Conventional Articulated Robot
Electroimpact
ME 03.2

Dual-Purpose Aero Panels
Kenworth Truck Company

Finite-Element Simulation of Ultrasound Probe Temperature Rise
Siemens Medical Systems
2001-2002

Dynamic Cab Extender Project
Kenworth Truck Company

Vision Enhancement System
Kenworth Truck Company

SPARC Torque-Sensing and Activation of Power Assist
SRAM

2000-2001

Please direct questions or comments to balayj@seattleu.edu