All York College engineering majors are required to complete a number of engineering design projects as members of a design team. Engineering design projects begin in the freshman year as part of the EPADS I and EPADS II courses and finish in the senior year as part of Thermal System Design, Senior Design I, and Senior Design II courses. The projects are generated from current technical needs of the IAC or are competitions sponsored by various technical societies and/or agencies. Projects generally include creative conception, design, fabrication, testing, and performance of a physical system or component. Written reports and oral presentations are generally required, the latter being made before a group of faculty, students, project sponsors, parents, and visiting evaluators from local industry. These projects include:
Senior Design Projects |
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2007 Senior Design in its 1st year of entry in the Formula SAE Competition held in Michigan at the Ford Michigan Proving Grounds on May 16 - 20, 2007. The Formula SAE Series competitions challenge teams of university students to conceive, design, fabricate and compete with small, formula style, autocross racing cars. |
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In its fourth year of competition and the first year with multiple entries, Team Mini Baja represented YCP well during the Mini Baja Midwest competition in Troy, Ohio, on June 16-19, 2005. Click here for information and photos of YCP Mini-Baja Racing Competitions |
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YCP Racing Team 109 - 2005 Results Summary:
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YCP Racing Team 110 - 2005 Results Summary:
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Machine Design Projects |
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| SAE Walking Machine Challenge The Society of Automotive Engineers Walking Robot Challenge engages undergraduate students from all over North America to design, build, test, and utilize a robot capable of walking with or without the assistance of a human operator. Four students (Team HERMES), from the Mechanical Engineering program at York College of Pennsylvania, designed and fabricated a completely new two-legged robot to fulfill their Senior Design project requirements. Click on one of the following competitions for more information: |
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| Components about to be assembled for BattleBot Competition in Arizona. |  |
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YCP Engineering students take 7th place in SAE Heavy Lift RC Airplane Competition held at Daytona Beach. |
Statics -- Pasta Bridge Competition |
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The goal of this project was to construct a bridge, using only uncooked spaghetti and hot glue, that has the highest strength to weight ratio. The bridges, build by students working in teams of 2, were required to span a gap of 24 inches. Each bridge was weighed and then loaded at its midspan until failure occurred. The bridge with the highest load to weight ratio was deemed the winner. |
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Engineering Practice And Design Studio (EPADS) Projects |
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EPADS I -- Robot Competition-- Fall 2006 Freshman Robot Competition -- The ultimate objective of this project was to build a semi-autonomous vehicle that could successfully traverse an obstacle course and complete a ball pickup and delivery operation. The robots were built and controlled using parts from a LEGO Mindstorms kit. |
EPADS II -- Bottle Filling/Capping Device Competition -- Spring 2007 This project required each team to design, build, and fabricate a bottle filling and capping device. Students were required to fill 3 empty Snapple bottles with 12 ounces of fluid from a supplied reservoir and then cap with a tennis ball. Click here to view the photo gallery |
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