Mechatronics Design
ME102B provides students with an opportunity to integrate mechanical and electrical systems to create “smart” mechatronics devices. Over the course, students become familiar with event-driven programming, common machine elements like gears, and electromechanical actuators with drive electronics. The course culminates in an Inventor’s Open House where students demonstrate their projects. This page highlights these projects.
An archive of project videos from all years (that Prof. Stuart taught the class) can be found on the class channel of Youtube playlists. More information about each semester provided below, including project reports.
This year’s Showcase was hosted in Jacob’s Hall Room 310 on Thursday 12/8 from 10-11:30a.
The first 2/3 of the semester covered a wide range of topics, from gears to embedded programming. The last 1/3 of the semester was almost all dedicated to fulltime work on an independent team capstone project.
Once again, student projects were partially funded by the ASME MakerGrant program.
During the live Showcase, a set of impartial judges selected award winners from among the class. The winners were:
Mechanical Design Award: Group 12 (Runners up 9)
Electromechanical Design (MEECS) Award: Group 11 (Runners up 21)
Design Innovation Award: Group 19 (Runners up 18)
Societal Impact Award: Group 6 (Runners up 1)
Commercial Value Entrepreneurship Award: Group 5 (Runners up 28)
A playlist of video descriptions created for each project can be viewed at this Youtube playlist. See below for the complete set of the project reports.
| Group 1: WalkerAssist Marco Abbiate, Joseph Benedetti, Calvin Stephens Report | Group 2: Pet Interaction Extravaganza Keilani Adachi, Sydney Chan, Laura Dabundo, Nate Pellini Report | Group 3: El Pinatatron Constance Angelopoulos, Troy Keslinke, Romy Mastel, Anthony Moody Report |
| Group 4: Lock Breaker Xavier Barneclo, Michael Jia, Pranav Kalra, Annika Yong Report | Group 5: Planty Bot Youssef Elias, Nhi Phan, Miguel Salazar-Rivera, Martin Beshara Report | Group 6: Overhead Obstacle Detection Device for Visually Impaired Individuals Dylan Lee, Shanon Lee, Yarah Feteih, Emily Blum Report |
| Group 7: Cajonament Tolou Pharokhipanah, Tzuyi Chang, Anya Shrivastava, Sam Phillips Report | Group 8: monkeybot Kevin Cheng, Massimiliano de Sa, Julie Hoang, Jessica Lee Report | Group 9: Continuously variable differential transmission Toh Ming Xian, Brian Chuan Jie Sim, Jovon Jun Wei Lim, Megan Choo Ming Hui Report |
| Group 10: Horse racer game Alex Castillo, Luis Flores, Jesse Medina, Eymon Wong Report | Group 11: The Auto Spice Dispenser Jacob Gottesman, Alvin So, Nikhil Gupta, Amy Jiang Report | Group 12: Autotrike Weston White, Magnus Gu, Kevin Oh, Sarah Kung Report |
| Group 13: Mech-E robot Adam Stewart, Ben Shoemaker, Jaeyun Ha, Seong Ho Yang Report | Group 14: Pin Bot Elaine Llacuna, Gissell Jimenez, Hannah Dam, and Tristan Villanueva Report | Group 15: Affordable Glasses Prescription Samuel Ang, Carlos Karve, Jingzhou Song, Manraj Gill Report |
| Group 16: Automatic drink and mixing machine Ethan Lee, Elianna Peng, Max Ries, Rishi Wadgaonkar Report | Group 17: Autonomous Cat Toy Alan Monge, Austin Kim, Danny Kwon, Marcos Marmolejo Report | Group 18: The Porter transportation solution Andrew Zhu, Hubert Liu Report |
| Group 19: Ball Balancing Board Casey Wilson, Ziven Posner, Tristan Schwab, John Gilbreth Report | Group 20: Walking linkage Aakash Ramachandran, Ingrid Shan Report | Group 21: AutonoTech Xiangyu Hong, Ziyi Wang Report |
| Group 22: Personal Bot, Bot-ler Abdullah Alhamood, Fahd Althukair, Zachary Douglas Report | Group 23: Automatic Pet Care Device Travis Carroll, Lauren Robson, Laurice Hawatmeh, Yixin Tang Report | Group 24: Snail Bot Kevin Lam, Gumer Ho, Guanhua Fu Report |
| Group 26: Perfect Beer Pour Bot Nana Porter-Honicky, Jun Yeob Lee, Alexandr Nechay, Hayden Ye Report | Group 27: Laser Light Show Blaise Hahs, Deven Matthews, Anuj Raichura Report | Group 28: Autonomous trash Claudia Renero, Ambrose Liu, Angelo Braganza Report |
| Group 29: TreaToss John Kenny, Donghun Lee and Luke Seybold Report | Group 30: Automated Cling Wrap Dispenser Sam Averitt, Tae Lee, Yuke Nakano, Todd Russell Report |
Award winning projects from Fall 2021:
The showcase occurred on Wednesday, 12/8/2021 from 12-1:30pm at Jacobs Hall room 310. Attendees were able to witness the ingenuity and skill of our amazing mechanical engineering students! The event was live and in-person.
This semester, half of the class consisted of individual labs and assignments in order to learn specific mechatronics skills. Therefore, the project represents the second half of the semester’s work, to deepen and apply lessons in a more integrated product. This semester was also the debut of the ASME MakerGrant system, led by students in the ASME student group, which provided students with funding to help support their project realization.
During the live Showcase, a set of impartial judges selected award winners from among the class. The winners were:
Mechanical Design Award: Group 7, LightDisc
Electromechanical Design (MEECS) Award: Group 12, Billiard Robot
Design Innovation Award: Group 16, Domino Placer
Societal Impact Award: Group 17, Assistive Cabinet
Commercial Value Entrepreneurship Award: Group 10, Icarus Solar Seeker
See below for the complete set of reports and videos submitted by students this year.
| Group 1: Autonomous Card Sorting Robot David Guo, Jenny Mei, Kenneth Song, Taewon Kim Report | Group 2: Roll-On-You-Bot Mark Theis, Elizabeth Gammariello, Han Nguyen Report | Group 3: Kid Candy Machine Maria Padilla, Levi Evans, Maikel Masoud Report |
| Group 4: DrinkBot Dixun Cui, Andrew Chen, Mayank Gupta, Ocean Zhou Report | Group 5A: Circoloco Joel Parks and Sina Shakeraneh Report | Group 5B: Pipe Inspector Tonya Beatty, Ryan Norris, Komal Thind Report |
| Group 6: Automated Rice Dispenser Oniqa Urmi, Alejandro Diaz, SooMin Kang Report | Group 7: LightDiscs Kai Chorazewicz, Michael McNabb Report | Group 8: Pyrovalve Trevor Zinky, Dylan Potter Report |
| Group 9: Height-adjust desk Ben Liao, Alexis Wei, Allison Yuan, Atlas Yuen Report | Group 10: Icarus Thena Guttieri, Julia Pecego, Cassidy Powers Report | Group 11: Morphing Airfoil Richard Tee, James Yoo Report |
| Group 12: Billiard Robot Yuting(Elizabeth) Chen, Haoxiang Huang, WenHao Li Report | Group 13: Bear Fold Bernardo Fichman Lacerda & Thomas Ragsac Report | Group 14: Fully Automated Coffee Machine Junlong Li, Ivan Shao, Zelin Ye Report |
| Group 15: Wealth Inequality Claw Machine Jesse Thiara, Miguel Nepomuceno, Conor Blackburn Report | Group 16: Domino Placer Tess Callan, Jorell Gotamco, Tachpol (Pond) Posaphiwat Report | Group 17: Assistive Cabinet Monet Garrett, Mohamed Mohamed, Kevin Rubio Report |
| Group 18: Spice-bot Deborah Lin, Navid Nassiri Report | Group 19: High-rise Glass Cleaner Braeden Swidenbank, Kyle Pedersen Report | Group 20: Bio-Inspired Monopedal Jumping Robot Stanley Wang, Steven Salah-Eddine, Andrew Boutros Report |
| Group 21: Dishwashing robot arm Janek de Silva, Adit Roychowdhury Report | Group 22: Automated Projector Austin Nguyen, James Nguyen Report | Group 23: UkƐ John John Huddleston, Hadar Gamliel, Shaan Jagani Report |
| Group 24: Bike Car Ethan Cardenas, Alexander Park, Henry Smith Report | Group 25: Dorotea Macri, James Lee, Hae Young Jang Report | Group 26: Boston Terrier Karen Chen, Bryant La, Moises Medrano Report |
| Group 27: Violin-bot Uriel Barragan, Anjana Saravanan, Rohan Castelino Report | Group 28: Actuated Camera Platform Chengdu Xu and Aaron Luo Report | Group 29: Bear Boost Mark Kallos, Ricardo Alfaro, Jake Glick Report |
| Group 30: Robotic Cat Toy Collin Nilsen, Varun Rao, Matthew Walker Report | Group 31: Pet Feeder Machine Canberk Hurel, Aaron Wagner, Joshua Fong Report | Group 32: Rubble Robot Alex Chemali, Matthew Nelson, Alejandro Orozco Report |
| Group 33: Light Show Eric Kang, Mirabelle Huang, Sebastian Baehr Report | Group 34: Self-Playing Guitar Julia Estrada, Sharjeel Laeeq, Cooper Clark Report |
This semester, the class and showcase were conducted remotely / virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The teaching team included Prof. Stuart, Prof. Kazeooni and GSI Joseph Skelley. The majority of this class consisted of lab assignments using a home lab kit. This MicroKit is a newly developed tool, featured on the front page of the first ever ME Dept. Newsletter.
Then, the mini-project was conducted over the last 3 weeks of class. The students chose to either produce a rough mechatronics product at home (PDF + video) or produce a more detailed mechanical design in CAD (PDF only). These projects are a part of the Jacobs Winter Design Showcase. The Jacob’s staff would like you to be able to connect with the students: “Help provide student feedback and nominate your favorite projects for our Student Projects page, using our feedback form – all are welcome to submit!” This form is a great way to celebrate the wonderful achievements of the students and let them know if you were impressed with their work. Students are also encouraged to apply for the Jacobs Institute Innovation Catalysts program to get a “Spark” or “Ignite” grant to continue working on their ideas!
See the complete set of reports and videos submitted by students here.
| Welcome by Prof. Hannah Stuart | Hamster Heating System by Kevin Antonino Report | Dog Bell by Matthew Blanchard Report |
| Automated Pour-over Coffee Machine by Evan Borzilleri Report | Rise and Shine by Kevin Brown Report | Cellphone Casket Countdown Timer by Juan Carrillo Melendez Report |
| Mini-Excavator by Ho Tin Chau Report | The “Stokowski” EZ-Conduct by Eatone Cheng Report | Gyroscope Controlled RC Car by Yingying Chen Report |
| Automatic Dice Roller by Henry Cheung Report | Hands Free Stirrer by Jinman Cho Report | Cooling Fan for Fried Food by Ethan Chung Report |
| Automatic Nail Filer by Wonsik Chung Report | ESP32 VU Meter by Jonathan de Laine Report | ToastBot by Ashlyn D'Orazio Report |
| Ultimate Cat Feeder by Mahsood Ebrahim Report | Automatic Window Opener and Closer by Zaxhary ElShaer Report | Bubbles the Clown Animatronic by Katelyn Gerhardt Report |
| Quarantine Buddy by Srishti Goswamy Report | Automatic Tea Maker 3000 by Arda Hatay Report | The Welcomer by Vanessa Hernandez-Cruz Report |
| Drink Stirrer by Frederick Houghton Report | Single-Motor Robotic Hand by Jay Huber Report | Merry’Go Round Recycling System by Alberto Ibarra Report |
| Sonar Alarm Security System by Michael Ingerman Report | V-12T: Bluetooth Controlled Vehicle by Kiaria Johnson Report | Dynamic Elevate by Tiana Johnson-Kidd Report |
| Ajoy Temperature Control by Sam Johnson Report | Package Pick-Up Mechanism by Jeonghyun Jo Report | Lifting Spirits by Chung Min Kim Report |
| Light Controller by Eric Kim Report | Pet Food Dispenser by Caitlyn Lee Report | Simple Self-Driving Vehicle by Gunn Lee Report |
| Tresspassing Alarm Security System by Sang Joon Lee Report | Butter Buttler by Christian Leycam Report | Automatic Clamping Phone Holder for Car by Ericson Li Report |
| Edge Bikes by Joe Li Report | Elevator for Air Quality Sensor by Yilan Lu Report | 3D scanner by Casper Max Report |
| Lightweight Staircase Lift by Wenny Miao Report | Automatic Plant Watering Device by Sara Mirza Report | Prosthetic Joint by Edmund Narh Report |
| Scoop Evener by Alex Orr Report | Shower Temperature Controller by Rees Parker Report | Egg Smasher by Shane Pauker Report |
| Leggy, the Legged Robot by Natalia Perez Report | Package Detector by An Phan Report | Softball Swing Trainer Prototype by Ashley Reilly and Jeremy Rine Report |
| Tea Steeper Prototype by Elsa Robertson Report | Temperature Operated Summer Fan by Rishabh Roy Report | Study Helper by Jung Won Shin Report |
| Car Autopilot System by Ye Song Report | Humidifier Assistant Fan by Ognyan Stefanov Report | Bluetooth Blinds by Dimitri Stetsenko Report |
| Line Follower Robot by Jeremiah Teofil Report | Haptic Mouse Bungee by Eric Wang Report | Micro control curtain with weather station by He Wang Report |
| Curtain Assistant by Shaobo Wang Report | Mini Conveyor Belt by Linnea Warburton Report | Robotic Arm Prototype with Hand Sanitizer by Nicolas Williams Report |
| Literally Just A Sign by Leon Wu Report | Motorized Window Blind by Charlie Xu Report | Mechanical Gripper Arm with Touch Sensor by Alexander Yang Report |
| Makeshift Rock Tumbler by Asena Yildiz Report | Swipe to Squeeze: No-contact Hand Sanitizer Dispenser by Howard Yoon Report | Automatic Paper Rotor by Licheng Yu Report |
| Roof Vent by Steven Zadourian Report | Boxer's Pinata by Victor Zendejas Lopez Report |
The teaching team this semester included GSI’s Wilson Torres and Sareum Kim.
Pictures from ME102B showcase, Fall 2019.
This semester we piloted the brand new California Mechanics for the Greater Good Design Excellence Competition.
Cal Athletics video highlighting the work of one student in class this semester, Matthew Messman, and his team: