These reports were produced by students attending the course Analytical Product Design, as part of their coursework. They are made available here for the inspiration of other students. However, they represent copyrighted material and this source must be provided if they are used in other project work. A proper citation would be: Authors' names, Project title, Project number, Analytical Product Design Course (Instructor: P.Y. Papalambros), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, copyright.
2006 |
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M-WIND: a wind power generator; Trevor Campbell, Nolan Sandberg, Nick Schoeps and Chris Worrel [slideshow] |
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The Eco-Core Snowboard; Tom Santoro, Chris Grant, and Curtis Franklin [slideshow] |
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Home Slice Solutions: Lift Assist; Amanda Heath, Mike Long, Molly O'Malley and Danius Silkaitis [slideshow] |
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The T-Bins: Tri-Bin Trash Trolley; Sue Dean, Aki Motoyama, Kevin Ng and Marie Wolbert [slideshow] |
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Bike Security Systems; Smee Anwar, Diane Peters and Esra Suel [slideshow] |
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cycle2STEP; Pramod Prahbu, Thomas Reeve, Eric Schlichting and Rebecca Stoloff [slideshow] |
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Dynamically-Self-Inflating Tire System; Michael Alexander, Anthony Brieschke, Jonathan Quijano, and Lau Yip [slideshow] |
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Expak: Design for modularized portable chair-backpack combination; Kranthi Ganapuram, Ram Vijayagopal and Zhengfei Zhang [slideshow] |
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Eco-ASIST: Interactive Vehicle Display Design; Anupam Garge, Matt Niedzwiecki, Harshit Sarin and Tahira Reid [slideshow] |
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The FantastiCart: Collapsible Grocery Cart; Kyle Klanow, Marisa Liepa, Erling Norheim and Jeffrey Waegelin [slideshow] |
2005 |
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Kangaroo Karriage: baby stroller; Shawn Erving, Michael Prichard, Paul Tyll and Melaina Vasko |
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The Monduke: an ergonomic, one-handed computer input device ; Michael Bauerly, Joshua Danker, Jarod Kelly and Nelson Woo |
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The Notebook Companion: mobile computer transportation and workstation; Anitha Rajeshwari, Rajeshwar Pandravada and Prasad Venkiteswaran |
APD-2005-04 |
Wind powered lifting device; Amy Kopin, Vineet Maheshwar, Kyle Marsh and Diana Moldovan |
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Portable Pop-up Living Module ; Aaron Black, Sheila Ramamurthy, Ariel Sundel and Robert Walsh |
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Lift Assist: standing up made easy for the elderly; Jaw Movement; Subin George, Haydon Hung, Amit Kaushik and Rohit Khattar |
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The Bent Voyage: a collapsible recumbent bicycle; Daniel Lutz, Timo MacGuidwin and Erin Smith |
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Translucence: pure water on demand for families in Thailand; Tanna Alford, Yu-Chun Lin, Nattavut Napaporn and Sarun Virojanakuth |
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MUSt: Multi Utility Storage System ; Varun Gudiseva, Julien Meaud, Mohan Pathalapati and Aditya Rajderkar |
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The Pirate's Pyramid: a multimedia classroom unit to promote healthy eating and exercise for children; Jing Guo, Stephanie Huang and Marc Zawislak |
2004 |
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Solar Hydrogen Production; Amanda Christiana, Thomas Horan and Katie Kerfoot
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Hydrogen Storage and Distribution; Amanda Gore, Jeongwoo Han and Tom Lau |
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Smart Web Energy Control System (SWECS) Actuators; Aakash Patel, Sharath Kumar and Young Chul Song |
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PromoShelf: Revolutionizing the Shopping Experience; Rahul Bagdia, James Forehand, Kyle Harris, Melissa Hennrick and Weichengto Tirtakusumo |
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Driver's Dream Cup Holder; Nick Magnuski, Sophia Reyes, Steve Strine, and Marcy Urbance |
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eSTEP: eSpecially Tailored Elevated PLatform; Ross Gladwin, Jen Krohn and Nicole Sajewski |
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Re-design of manual seat adjustment mechanisms for low-end vehicles; Bhumika Lathia and Freda Yawson |
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Handle System to Aid the Ingress/Egress of Elderly Passengers from Sport Utility Vehicles; Darcy Borlas, Eric Stahmer, Evan Fulford and Jesse Moore |
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"Awarator" Water Temperature Indicator for kitchen faucets; Cristina Bozintan, Bart Frischknecht, Yung Keong (James) Teo and Tosin Yusuf |
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Ambient Energy Monitor; Josh Ravich and Erin MacDonald |
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Design of Craftsman Tool; Hans Henrik Buus, Lars Wulff Rude and Arni Pall Einarsson |
2003 |
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The Traveler's Toothbrush; Adebisi Adewunmi, Deanna McGrath and Adam Ouimet |
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Design of a Roller Coaster's Initial Dropoff & Trough; Lisa Chutorash, David Nay and Kirsten Thomas |
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Design of a Parking Elevator; Takeshi Mizukami and Kotaro Higashihara |
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RBS: Regenerative Braking System for Bicycles; Michael Resciniti, Adi Peshkess and Peter Leonard |
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Design of a Helmet; Chia-Yuan Chang, Chih-Hsiang Ho and San-Yi Chang |
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Human Patient Simulator: Jaw Movement, Panit Arkayamas and Matt Zimmer |
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Design of a Multimedia Storage Rack; Zhijun Li |
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Design of a Heart Rate Monitor; Seda Demiroz and Sarah Buckius |
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Design of an Engine Hoist; Lara Sherefkin and Alice Jakobsen |
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Design of a Wall Clock with an Adhesive Hanger; Ilkin Hossoy and Kristi Schmidt |
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Optimal Design of a Beverage Bottle; Jermaine Bridges, Erica Schmidt and Anupa Shah |
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Design of a Safe Portable Baby Crib; Greg Braziunas, Rob Demsick and Grant Weber |
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Can Opener Optimization; Robert Bartz, Alex Hsu and Bendy Lin |
APD-2003-14 |
Design of a Hub-less Caster; Doug Constantine, Dongkyun Lee and José Rico |
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Analytical Product Development of a Bench Press Passive Spotter Device; Darren Keese, Chad Goldstein and Brian Rhodes |