The tool will be used to pick and place plastic molded parts and is being designed to have a variable pressure setting to ensure that adequate yet sensitive gripping force be applied. This team worked to build a low cost, cooling system for missionaries Larry and RoseVan Zee in Nigeria. The first unit will be for a missionary in the Niger region of Nigeria. Being a third world country, there are many constraints of this design. A prototype will be built, tested and then shipped to Nigeria for use.
Radioactive tritium is used in engine oil as part of an engine testing procedure.
This oil must be cooled in a heat exchanger using city water. A secondary heat exchange loop will be design and tested in an effort to better protect the environment against a leak. The main component is a new heat exchanger, which must be portable, easy to set up, durable, affordable and easy to manufacture. Team Navy Blue is designing the anechoic and reverberation chambers in the Calvin College Engineering Building. The anechoic chamber absorbs sound waves, and the reverberation chamber reflects sound waves.