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.

Award winning projects from Fall 2022:

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2021 Fall Semester

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

2020 Fall Semester

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