{"62726":{"#nid":"62726","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Expo","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESee the creativity of engineering seniors at Thursday\u0027s Capstone Design Expo -- the culmination of their work in the final undergraduate Capstone course at Georgia Tech. Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Industrial Design student\u0026nbsp;teams will display 40 projects at this free event, which is open to the public.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the Capstone course, undergraduate student teams systematically design, build and report solutions to a variety of problems from industrial sponsors or their own imagination.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESome of this year\u0027s exciting projects include: \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe Voyager Vacuum \u2013 Development and demonstration of underwater bottom-cleaning equipment for large tanks in the Georgia Aquarium.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u0026nbsp;Advertisement Blimp \u2013 Autonomous floating blimp for indoor store or mall advertising, capable of following a flight path.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u0026nbsp;Rice Husk Gasification Stove - Improving the design of a rice husk gasification stove for use in Nicaragua.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPaper-to-Plastic Recycling - A scaled down process development demonstration for separating paper from plastic for recycling.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGlobal Soap Project - Design of a volunteer-operated factory to recycle soap from U.S. hotels to distribute to refugees in Africa.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECash prizes will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams. Judging is done by faculty and industry sponsors.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBelow is the schedule of the event:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\n\n5:00 p.m. - Tours of the course\u0027s Invention studios with fabrication tools. \u003Cbr \/\u003ELocation: MRDC lobby\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E5:45 p.m. - Judges preparation meeting and pizza. \u003Cbr \/\u003E Location: Marcus Nanotechnology Building\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. See\/judge the teams. \u003Cbr \/\u003ELocation: Marcus Nanotechnology Building\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E7:45 p.m. - Winners announced and cash prizes presented!\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMechanical and Biomedical Engineering seniors display their projects at the Capstone Design Expo, the culmination of their semester\u0027s work in the Capstone course.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The culmination of the senior design project."}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2010-11-12 18:41:07","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:53:28","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2010-12-09T16:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2010-12-09T19:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2010-12-09T19:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2010-12-09 21:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2010-12-10 00:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2010-12-10 00:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"hg_media":{"63087":{"id":"63087","type":"image","title":"Capstone Design Expo","body":null,"created":"1449176649","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:04:09","changed":"1475894552","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:32","alt":"Capstone Design Expo","file":{"fid":"191725","name":"100429BR247.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/100429BR247_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/100429BR247_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4237336,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/100429BR247_0.jpg?itok=4lxdMfll"}}},"media_ids":["63087"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.capstone.gatech.edu\/","title":"Capstone Design"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"9835","name":"capstone design"},{"id":"541","name":"Mechanical Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1791","name":"Student sponsored"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERona Ginsberg, director of communications for the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-3214\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Erona.ginsberg@me.gatech.edu\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}