Record Participation Slated for Design Showcase

  • by Leon Szeto

DAVIS, Calif.; May 18, 2016—This year’s UC Davis College of Engineering Design Showcase will be the largest in the school’s history with more than 170 student teams participating. Students present a range of projects from a parking enforcement drone to a scale that weighs bees to a water-conserving grape cleaning robot and DIY electric powered wheelchair. Video from the 2016 event: https://www.facebook.com/UCDavis/videos/10157005527400215/

The 2016 Engineering Design Showcase
The 2016 Engineering Design Showcase will be June 2, 2016 at the Pavilion, UC Davis.

Download the 2016 Engineering Design Showcase Program (PDF); features descriptions of all participating student teams.

The event will take place Thursday, June 2, 2016, from 2-4 p.m. at The Pavilion on the university campus. To accommodate the 25 percent increase in participation this year, student projects will be displayed on the lower and upper levels of The Pavilion. The Department of Computer Science has a record number of projects this year, as well as the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. The event is open to the public and admission is free.

The annual Engineering Design Showcase features work produced by the culminating experience for graduating seniors. A senior design experience is required for all students in an engineering major. Teams complete a capstone project in which they design and prototype a product, device, process, or software system. Fields such as aerospace, mechanical engineering, medical and veterinary technology, electronics, chemical engineering and computer science are represented.

Download the 2016 Engineering Design Showcase Program (PDF)

 2016 Design Showcase Preview

  • Concussion Assessment Tool – iOS app to allow immediate assessment by non-professionals to determine if a patient has a concussion.
  • Weighing Bees – understanding bee colony behaviors by using PVC tubing to measure the weight of bees and pollen loads as they fly into the beehive.
  • Parking Enforcement via Drone – automating city parking enforcement with the help of drone quadcopters.
  • Solar Car: Regenerative Braking and Anti-lock Braking System – electrical system recaptures braking energy as electricity to recharge a  solar vehicle.
  • Instrumented Strawberry Picking Cart – produces yield maps to help harvest fruit picked by hand.
  • GlycoCube: Rapid Detection of Glycated Products – diabetes test using a smartphone for use in third world countries. 
  • Vexima – portable blood sampling collection device.
  • Wheelchair Adaptation for Physical Education Participation – user can throw a baseball or kick a soccer ball by a simple push of a button.
  • CPWear – wearable device paired with a mobile device for CPR treatment, ability to monitor progress and quality of CPR performance.

Videos from previous Design Showcase events:

(Videos produced by Conner Frey ’16, Maria Ines Vargas-Perez ’17, Michelle Tran ’14, and Watson Lu ’14. Except ##, produced by Isabel Fischer of UC Davis News Service)

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