Mechanical Engineering Technology Showcase - Camosun College

Camosun College
September 20, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Mechanical Engineering Technology
Student Project Showcase
10am-2pm, Friday, September 23, 2011 at Interurban Campus

While other students were squeezing in the last bit of sunshine this summer, Camosun’s Mechanical Engineering Technology students were hard at work perfecting their final graduation projects.
The technology students are excited to invite the public to a showcase of their creations on Friday, September 23, 2011 at Camosun’s Interurban campus, outside in the basketball court.

Over the summer, eight student teams spent many hours in campus labs inventing, designing and manufacturing projects required for their last course, MECH 295 Project Planning and Design.
This year’s projects include:
• Automated street hockey goal tender
• Lightweight military cot prototype
• Highly maneuverable lawn mower
• Racing car simulator with wrap-around screens and dynamic cockpit
• Submersible remotely operated vehicle (ROV) with camera feed
• Lift assist for volatile rapid prototyping materials and heated storage cabinet
• Truck mounted lift/drag/moment sensor for aerospace prototypes
• Automated pneumo-hydraulic punch manufacturing cell

“This year we’ve seen a lot of Industry-sponsored projects including private manufacturers, Canadian Military, and UVic research,” says Jeffrey Stephen, faculty advisor for the Mechanical Engineering Technology program. “I’m very impressed with the quality of work and design that has gone in to the projects and am proud that industry is utilizing our engineering technology students as a design resource.”

Mechanical Engineering Technology is a nationally accredited diploma program that prepares graduates for a career or for further education. Many of the students graduating this month have already found employment, while others will choose to continue their education with Camosun's six-month Engineering Bridge program that leads directly into third year studies of an engineering degree program at UVic or UBC.

The public is welcome to attend the showcase and talk to the students about their inventions and the processes they used for turning their ideas into reality. Hungry guests may join students for a BBQ lunch with great deals.

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For more info, contact:
Jayna Wiewiorowski
Promotions & Event Coordinator, School of Trades & Technology, Camosun College
250-370-4910 wiewiorowskij@camosun.bc.ca

Project details follow.

Camosun College Mechanical Engineering Technology Student Project Showcase
Friday, September 23, 2011, 10am-2pm, Interurban campus

Project Descriptions:

• Automated street hockey goal tender
designed to perfect hockey players’ accuracy by automatically adjusting the size of the target area in the net
• Lightweight military cot prototype
designed to replace the current model that has been in use by the US and Canadian armies since the 1960’s
• Highly maneuverable lawn mower
by pivoting the wheels 45 degrees, the lawn mower is easier to rotate
• Racing car simulator with wrap-around screens and dynamic cockpit
currently sold to a market that includes Indy and NASCAR drivers; the model on display has been sold to Alex Tagliani
• Submersible remotely operated vehicle (ROV) with camera feed
built with a hobbyist demographic in mind
• Lift assist for volatile rapid prototyping materials and heated storage cabinet
used to load 150lb vats containing stereolithography material into the College’s rapid prototyping machine
• Truck mounted lift/drag/moment sensor for aerospace prototypes
built to test the next generation US military drone. (Scale drone will be on display.)
• Automated pneumo-hydraulic punch manufacturing cell
designed to punch metal name tag blanks for a local (student-owned) company