SPUR
Associate Professor Chunmei Ban and her research team are exploring the use of sodium-ion batteries as an alternative to lithium-based energy storage. Sodium is widely distributed in the Earth's crust and is an appealing candidate to remedy concerns over resource scarcity with lithium-ion batteries.
As ME SPUR participants, Kirsty Hodgkins, Evan Kirk andÌýPaula Pérez worked with Professor Jana MilfordÌýto understandÌýhow reduced traffic, telecommuting and reduced industrial activity during Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ's Stay-at-Home and Safer-at-Home orders have affected air quality with goals that the project would inform future strategies for improving air quality.
As an ME SPUR participant,ÌýRyan Smith worked with Assistant Professor Nick Bottenus to use medical image data to develop 3D finite element models of the abdominal wall and perform various compressions to mimic clinical practice.Ìý
As an ME SPUR participant, Paul DiTomas worked with Research Professor John Pellegrino to perform analysis for scenarios of the minimum energy requirement for robotic missions that will be used in a review article about portable power devices for next-gen robots.
As an ME SPUR participant,ÌýSydney Evans worked withÌýAssistant Professor Kaushik Jayaram toÌýdevelop a novel robot capable of sticking to and navigating virtually any surface, leveraging electrostatic attraction.
As an ME SPUR participant,ÌýJonathon Gruener worked with Associate Professor Svenja KnappeÌýto create a testing environment for highly-sensitive miniature magnetic field sensors withÌýnon-invasive brain imaging, spaceÌýand industrial applications.
As an ME SPUR participant, Andrew Beiter worked with Assistant Professor Debanjan MukherjeeÌýto develop an in-house library of models for arterial hemodynamics in human patients, using CT and MRI scans and microscopy image data. HisÌýsummer research project was titled,ÌýImage-Based Modeling for Cardiovascular Systems.
As an ME SPUR participant,ÌýJulia Beattie worked withÌýProfessor Corey Neu toÌýmeasure intranuclear mechanics.ÌýThe goal was to provide a non-invasive framework to investigate the mechanobiological function of subcellular and subnuclear domains limited only by the spatiotemporal resolution of the image acquisition method.
As an ME SPUR participant,ÌýJustin Hall worked withÌýAssistant Professor Carson BrunsÌýtoÌýdevelop a desktop application that will allow scientists to control a robot that automates weighing and dispensing chemicals, running chemical reactions and purification.
As ME SPUR participants, Christopher Doyle and Anika LevyÌýworked withÌýScholar in Residence Dan RiffellÌýto compile and organize a standard resource that wouldÌýallow consumers and designers make informed choices about which products to use or purchase based on energy costs of those products.