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The Friday Five with Capstone Design Team Adaptable Mechanics
Get to know the mechanical engineering team Adaptable Mechanics, who will showcase their project, “Quiet cooling alternatives to direct water cooling of magnetically levitated nano-precise scanning,” at the fall 2022 Capstone Design Expo.
Students Showcase Senior Capstone Design Projects at First-Ever Virtual Capstone Mini-Expo
On Tuesday, July 21, 11 teams showcased their senior capstone design projects at the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering’s first-ever online Capstone Design Mini-Expo. A record-breaking 150 attendees, including 24 judges, joined the annual summer event to hear innovative project presentations from over 60 Georgia Institute of Technology students.
FanaticusXR and Georgia Tech ME Capstone Design Team Bring Quidditch to Virtual Reality
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FanaticusXR is a start-up located in Tech Square with a focus on developing immersive, virtual reality experiences that everyone can enjoy. The start-up will use mixed digital realities and specialized hardware to create storyliving experiences that are themed after major franchises as well as original content. Team ‘Wizards of Woodruff Place’ is building a broomstick for users to ride while wearing a VR headset to create a realistic Quidditch experience. Links: GA Tech News |
ME Capstone Teams Create Proofs of Concept for Not Impossible Labs
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The mission of this project, called Vaccine: Not Impossible, is to develop, pilot, and implement creative solutions that alleviate issues related to ‘Last Mile’ logistics and that aid in delivering vaccines to the millions who are left isolated from conventional efforts. This semester, Not Impossible Labs is sponsoring two Mechanical Engineering teams to create proofs of concept that can be later be used in pilot programs in Africa. Links: GA Tech News |
Lapdog Securities Sponsors Capstone Design
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LapDog Securities, a small start-up that was founded about a year and half ago. The company focuses on designing a small, carefree device that sits on a laptop to effectively and subtly prevent theft. The company has started working with a team of mechanical engineering seniors of Georgia Tech to design a creative solution. Links: GA Tech News |
HanesBrands Supports Capstone Design Expo Projects
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HanesBrands is constantly innovating and striving for the cutting edge design. Improvements in current designs and new designs altogether require employing mechanical, electrical, and thermal systems as well as material sciences. Spring 2018 is the first semester for Hanes as a corporate sponsor for Capstone design, and they are supporting 3 exciting design projects with a team on each one, all from Mechanical Engineering. Links: GA Tech News |
Capstone Design – The AGCO Experience
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AGCO Corporation, headquartered in Duluth GA, is a global agricultural equipment manufacturer considered a world leader in design, manufacture, and distribution of agricultural solutions. AGCO leveraged the Capstone Design program, sponsoring two participating Capstone teams, in order to explore creative solutions for two sensitive issues faced by their customers in the tractor market. Links: GA Tech News , Mother Nature Network |