Affiliations: | STEM Research Leadership |
Project Leader: | Jared Lilly jplilly25@tamu.edu Aerospace Engineering |
Faculty Mentor: | Darren Hartl, Ph.D. |
Meeting Times: | TBA |
Team Size:
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4 |
Open Spots: | 0 |
Special Opportunities:
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This is a great opportunity to learn FEA (a highly valued engineering skill) and optimization methods. Conference publication is likely for this project – dedicated team members will receive co-authorship and possibility to attend conference. Excellent performers may be offered research lab employment.
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Team Needs:
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Interest in structural analysis, passion for design, and desire to help the environment highly valued. |
Description:
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In this project, students will design a single-use plastic fork to minimize its time in a landfill. Students will use finite element analysis tools to optimize a fork geometry that must perform adequately as a fork (i.e. carry loads applied by stabbing food) while optimizing quantities such as surface area to promote biodegradation. No prior FEA experience required; 2 semester involvement requested. |