For my senior capstone project, I worked on a team of five students to develop a lighter, more refined, and easy to carry device for detection of unexploded ordinances (UXOs). UXOs can range from small bomblets to artillery shells that have failed to explode. They are remnants of conflicts all over the world and pose a significant threat to civilian lives. The device consists of seven transmitter coils that produce magnetic pulses, and six receiver cubes that then detect the UXOs.
My team’s sponsor had a UXO detection device that needed mechanical design improvements. My team optimized device weight and volume, modernized the device, and reduced manufacturing labor costs.
I built the final Solidworks model for our five-hundred part frame, did the drawings for machining, and wrote a fifty page build book on how to construct it. I also did material optimization analysis to determine what the strongest and most cost-effective material the device should be built out of.
I collaborated to wind seven coils and construct a 0.25 cubic meter fiberglass frame. The frame was designed to be collapsible for easy device transporation.
