UVM uses significant amounts of salt to mitigate ice on campus. UVM wants to reduce salt use while still being effective. Design a device that reduces the amount of deicing chemicals used and spreads at controlled rates in the desired locations, in a manner that is sensitive to ergonomics for the custodial staff using this. This project builds on SEED projects from the past two years. 

Sponsor: UVM - Custodial Services
Student Team: Beaven Rutter, Lyle Cordes, Robert Krattli
Mentor:  Professor Keith Epstein

AHA’s mission is to preserve the culture, community awareness, charitable endeavors and outreach of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki People. Create a portable machine that can process ash logs to separate the tree rings (splints) from the log and turn into splints for storage until able to process to make baskets.

Sponsor: Abenaki Helping Abenaki
Student Team: Joe Les, Kyle Engle, Micah Munro, Sam Tull
Mentor: Professor Laura Treers

HD Medical builds devices to improve the recovery of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients. Design a lower extremity restraint and agitation monitor for patients confined to hospital beds that allows for maximum patient movement and comfort, notifies staff of high agitation levels and protects them from unintended agitation related behavior.

Sponsor: HD Medical 
Student Team: Cole Drozdek, Josh Bozek, Lincoln Lewisesquerre, Trevor Hultgren
Mentor: Professor Yves Dubief

Benchmark Space Systems (BSS) provides space mobility systems. Design and build a test fixture and then use it to characterize the flow behavior of various screens, filters, valves, orifices, etc. that are used in BSS propulsion systems. This data will help increase confidence and utility of BSS system models.

Sponsor: Benchmark Space Systems 
Student Team: Alec Murray, Bernard Mcgrath, Charles Dubrule, KJ Mccrosson
Mentor: Professor Yves Dubief

UVM’s Next-gen Energy Systems Simulation Technology (NEST-VT) lab. This project will develop a hardware-in-the-loop grid simulation prototype for characterizing the interactions between inverter-based DER with the electrical limits of the power system.

Sponsor: VELCO
Student Team: Alec Benedict, Emily Ninestein, Janessa Green, Kendall Meienhofer
Mentor: Professors Amrit Pandey, Samuel Chevalier

Redesign and change processes to build a portable tailgating table to avoid infringing on patents and or processes and to reduce product cost to market. The desire is to be manufactured domestically.

Sponsor: Catepsys
Student Team: David Poulin, Graham Mclaughlin, Kate Sleeper, Kieran Schutt
Mentor: Professor Zach Ballard

BrandSafway designs suspended platforms for the construction industry. Perform structural analysis of BrandSafway’s QuickDeck (QD) suspended platform system to better understand the forces and stresses associated during unique design layouts. To support the structural analysis, testing of the QD platform components is required, which will require design, fabrication and assembly of special testing fixtures. 

Sponsor: BrandSafway
Student Team: Brittany Russo, Gabe Johnson, Hayden Adams, Will Mccarthy
Mentor: Professor Keith Doyle

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems is a global aerospace and defense company. Design and build a device to delink and link ammunition for testing in GD-OTS development systems.. 

Sponsor: General Dynamics OTS
Student Team: Brad Beckerman, Chip Coffin, Hayden Pavlovi, Maxwell Burka
Mentor: Professor Dryver Huston

LMS creates fuel probes to measure aircraft fuel tank levels. Design and build an electro/mechanical fixture to secure a printed circuit board assembly and test a specific circuit toggling a relay during a 24 hours thermal cycle.

Sponsor: Liquid Measurement Systems
Student Team: Eli Pay, Jay Montagna, Michael Beske-Somers, Ryan Igo
Mentor: Graduate Teaching Assistant Emma Fenlon

GF manufactures semiconductor devices. Design and build a test setup to measure the torque and power output of a small stepper motor used as the drive motor for vehicles on an automated material handling system.

Sponsor: GlobalFoundries
Student Team: Adam King, Ben Spiro, Braiden Farr, David Knickerbocker
Mentor: Professor Keith Doyle

GF manufactures semiconductor devices. Research, design, and build a versatile hardware setup to enable advanced electrical vector test methods in an electrical failure analysis lab.

Sponsor: GlobalFoundries
Student Team: Agusten Hoen, Caden Beamis, Emily Rygula, Erik Simkins
Mentor: Professor Dryver Huston

GF manufactures semiconductor devices. Redesign a chemical recirculation probe to reduce cost and provide a manufacturable solution for producing many identical units. The probe must be compatible with existing and new chemical containers.

Sponsor: GlobalFoundries
Student Team: Eli Beinner-Desranleau, Ian Kendall, Jared Heather, Leo Rabinovich
Mentor: Professor Rachael Floreani

GF manufactures semiconductor devices. Design a sensor which detects misalignment of wafers if they have shifted during load/unload and stops the process tool accordingly before damage to wafers and equipment occurs. 

Sponsor: GlobalFoundries
Student Team: Henry Stanton, Ruairidh McNeil, Ryan Lathrop, Teva Leshem
Mentor: Professor Keith Epstein
 

GF manufactures semiconductor devices. Create a device that can semi-automatically sharpen handheld tungsten carbide wafer scribes. This device will be used directly in the GF Failure Analysis labs to help improve wafer cross-section accuracy, reduce wear and tear on precision cross-section tools, and reduce sample rework/loss. 

Sponsor: GlobalFoundries
Student Team: Ben Bazis, Colin Beeck, Ethan Putvain, Lowel Cattaneo
Mentor: Graduate Teaching Assistant Lucas Glenn
 

NRG Systems manufactures meteorological measurement equipment for renewable energy installations. Create a digital temperature sensor interface to be used in commercial solar energy projects, to provide solar module temperature data to the supervisory control systems. It must mount to a solar module in a weatherproof enclosure.

Sponsor: NRG Systems
Student Team: Carter Belog, Jj White, Mitch Skellie, Will Gambero
Mentor: Professor Zach Ballard
 

Hayward Tyler designs, manufactures and services performance-critical electric motors and pumps for the energy industry. Expand Hayward Tyler Inc (HTI)’s ability to characterize fluid-film journal bearing performance under radial load in a controlled environment by prototyping a testing rig that HTI will use for bearing performance verification.

Sponsor: Hayward Tyler
Student Team: Aidan Mcdermott, Evan Trombley, Louis Chailleux, Will Kobberger
Mentor: Professor Will Louisos

m2 is a design, engineering, and production firm specializing in ratcheting buckles and straps. Update the existing m2 Radial Expansion Testing Machine Design and build a new and improved Radial Expansion Testing Machine designed for cyclical loading. 

Sponsor: m2
Student Team: Aspen Overy, Ben Mays, Sophia Mazzone, Trevor Fleischman,Daniel Arilla Hernandez
Mentor: Professor Keith Epstein
 

Analog Devices is a global semiconductor company. Develop a small three-dimensional positioning system that is non-conductive, electrically quiet with the ability to be computer controlled.

Sponsor: Analog Devices
Student Team: Andrew Stern, Andrzej Prince, Haley Brewster, James Fitzgerald
Mentor: Professor James Kay
 

Hazelett makes metal strip casting machines. Develop new method for applying coating to “snouts” which are used to inject molten aluminum into casting machines. Your designs must save time, money, and material in a manufacturing environment. 

Sponsor: Hazelett
Student Team: Kelly Decarlo, Luca Shaffer, Zach Jones, Zen Gomez Merlo
Mentor: Professor Yves Dubief
 

DR Power manufactures professional grade outdoor power equipment. DR Power is seeking creative solutions to a known customer problem of the switching of different accessory heads in a timely fashion. A quick-change solution is desired where the team will evaluate competitive solutions, IP of the current design space, Design Matrices for potential solutions, and the selection, concept design, and prototype of the proposed potential solution. 

Sponsor: DR Power Equipment
Student Team: Colin Rudy, Michael Rizzo, Paige Koterba, Sam Hughes
Mentor: Professor Doug Fletcher
 

DR Power manufactures professional grade outdoor power equipment. DR Power’s trimmer mowers could benefit from the ability to use the base tool with multiple tool heads. The multitool product team will need to evaluate IP, Product Requirements, Subsystem Design and Analysis, and realize a conceptual design as a proof of concept as part of the DR Power Technology Development Process.

Sponsor: DR Power Equipment
Student Team: Adrian Hayden, Alex Benz, Alex Shuman, Elijah Clarke
Mentor: Professor Will Louisos
 

Harbour Industries engineers and manufactures high temperature and high-performance cable. Develop an easy-to-use and reliable machine for cable abrasion resistance testing that meets aerospace standards. The standards will be provided.

Sponsor: Harbour Industries LLC
Student Team: Abby Hughes, Colton Glasgow, Jack Donovan, Tyler Sperry
Mentor: Professor Dryver Huston
 

Collins Aerospace is a supplier of aerospace and defense products. Design and develop an inductive based pressure sensor utilizing existing Collins technologies. The sensor should measure pressure with a moving ferrous target that varies the inductance based on target movement, and provide an analog and digital pressure measurement output to a standard Collins controller.

Sponsor: Collins Aerospace
Student Team: Danny Burger, Parker Lin-Butler, Whit Stephenson, Will Oates
Mentor: Professor Eva Cosoroaba
 

Design and build an autonomous weeding robot for farms/gardens that uses a 3D LiDAR to allow the detection of undesired plants for their removal. This project is also competing in a $10,000 SICK LiDAR prize competition.

Sponsor: University of Vermont
Student Team: Aaron Wilson, Caroline Rooney, Jack Mctasney, Liam Collins
Mentor: Professors Luis Duffaut Espinosa, Hamid Ossareh
 

Design and manufacture a durable toilet seat hinge for a local company that designs and sells fun, beautiful toilet seats. The toilet seat hinge ideally would be under $30, manufactured in Vermont, and add aesthetic value.  

Sponsor: Point of Shift
Student Team: Jack O’Connor, Katie Brooks, Luke Randall, Paul Kelso
Mentor: Professor Rachael Floreani
 

A water-cooled prosthetic liner designed to address excessive heat buildup at the residual limb site in lower-limb transtibial amputee prosthetic users. This project aims to enhance thermal comfort and reduce the risk of skin irritation during extended prosthesis use. 
 
Student Team: Luke Camarao, Nathan Fritz, Aliyah Johnson, and Michael Marcotte 
Mentor: Dr. Nic Fiorentino
 

Ventilator-induced Lung Injury impacts a substantial number of the 60 million patients who receive mechanical lung ventilation each year. We propose a non-invasive forced-oscillation device to provide lung mechanic metrics in real time to prevent this injury by better informing anesthesiologists. Working with preliminary hardware, we have developed a user interface, further optimized hardware components, and verified patient safety. 

Student Team: Abby Howard, Zach LaRochelle, Ella Stasko, and Ben Wilson 
Mentors: Dr. William Tharp, Dr. Vitor Mori, Dr. Jason Bates

NexDose Solutions is revolutionizing opioid overdose intervention with a reusable, intranasal naloxone delivery device designed to empower community workers and first responders. Our innovative design features a reloadable canister system that ensures precise, customizable dosing, addressing the critical need for more adaptable overdose care. Through partnerships with local organizations and healthcare providers, NexDose aims to improve accessibility and reduce waste in overdose reversal efforts. With a focus on compassionate, evidence-based care, we are committed to enhancing public health outcomes and providing scalable solutions to communities disproportionately impacted by the opioid crisis. 

Student Team: Arai Lubas, Gwen Roundy, and Eli Borrin 
Mentor: Lauren Bass