AME 47560: Independent Design Project - Goehler

Students are welcome to propose a 1-3 credit independent design project in the areas of mechanism design, robotics design, or biomechanics design (including prosthetics and exoskeleton systems).

This project should be pursued during the third or fourth year of the undergraduate curriculum to ensure that enough fundamental knowledge has been obtained to be successful.

Previous examples:

  • Design/building a novel subsystem/robot for the Robotic Football Club (new controller, new drive system, completely different QB/Center, etc...)
  • Designing/manufacturing a suspension system for an off-road, electric "motorcycle" (it's definitely a scooter...).
  • Design/manufacturing a testing system for a vibration-damping grip for cyclists.
  • Creating G-code to CNC mill a replica of the Golden Dome.
  • College Mentor for a FIRST Robotics team (which includes producing CAD files for the design).

Note that if multiple students want to work together on a single project, then each student will have to write their own final report at the end of the semester.

Name of research group, project, or lab
Independent Design Work
Logistics Information:
Project categories
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Student ranks applicable
Junior
Senior
Student qualifications

Must be comfortable with programming and have taken Mechanics II (Dynamics) and Linear Algebra.

Hours per week
1 credit / 3-6 hours
2 credits / 6-12 hours
3 credits / 12+ hours
Compensation
Research for Credit
Number of openings
5
Contact Information:
Mentor
Craig Goehler
cgoehler@nd.edu
Associate Teaching Professor
Name of project director or principal investigator
Craig M. Goehler
Email address of project director or principal investigator
cgoehler@nd.edu
5 sp. | 0 appl.
Hours per week
1 credit / 3-6 hours (+2)
1 credit / 3-6 hours2 credits / 6-12 hours3 credits / 12+ hours
Project categories
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering