The team included Gregory Dibb, Clark Johns, Justin Jorgensen, James Sampson, Jed Taylor and Jason Westmoreland. The eight-month project was sponsored by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners.
Businesses often supply the projects for the students.
The projects are part of a popular BYU student program, Capstone, which gives students hands-on experience in solving engineering problems. Most projects are eight months long, so that students can finish the projects during their senior year. The entries to the graduate division of the ASME student mechanism design competition were based on work associated with students' master theses. Gregory Roach and Scott Lyon took first place at the mechanism design competition. They presented an innovative design for a one-way ratchet and pawl clutch.