| CAE USA |
| Automated Instructor Operator Station Construction |
| Description: Create software to automate much
of the process of developing a new flight simulator's instructor/operator
interface. |
| Class 1 |
| Wireless Flow Measurement Device |
| Description: Development of an easy-to-use wireless
fire hydrant water flow measurement system for municipal
applications. |
| CSX Transportation |
| Evaluation of Rail-Highway Crossing Materials |
| Description: Evaluation of multiple highway-rail
crossing materials to determine the best product to use
on the basis of economics, engineering qualities, reliability,
and speed of construction. |
| Dell Computer Co. |
| BIOS Testing Tool |
| Description: Development of automated software
to test BIOS firmware on Dell servers, including the accuracy
of the server configuration, and reconfigurability for
future server designs. |
| Dell Computer Co. |
| I2C/SMbus Fault Analyzer Tool |
| Description: Develop an I2C bus diagnostic device
capable of analyzing normal bus activity and violating
standard protocols in a way that potential fault conditions
may be found and corrected. |
| Dow Chemical |
| Online Particle Measurement System |
| Description: Development of an imaging system
for the detection of colored particles in samples of a
nominally white polymer called "Cellosize". |
| Dynacs Inc. |
| Lift-Off Simulator Automation |
| Description: Design of an digital system to automate
the control of a lift-off simulator and to serve as a training
platform for new operators. |
| Florida Power & Light |
| Control Rod Drive System Solid State Motor-Generator
Set |
| Description: Develop a solid-state replacement
for the current reactor control rod motor-flywheel-generator
set. |
| Gainesville Regional Utilities |
| Solids Control in Chlorine Contact Basins |
| Description: Development of a system to prevent
solids accumulation in the chlorine contact basins at the
Kanapaha Water Reclamation Facilty, an advanced wastewater
treatment plant. |
| General Dynamics |
| Low Cost Course Correction Diverter Section Safetying |
| Description: Development of safety shield to minimize
injury to personnel as a result of inadvertant projectile
diverter firing, and diverter firing circuitry to incorporate
firing safety lockouts. |
| Harris Corporation |
| Deployment Mechanism for Aerospace Structure |
| Description: Design and fabricate a prototype
mechanism to deploy a 1 meter solid parabolic antenna. |
| Harris Corporation |
| Optics bench data simulator |
| Description: Implement a reprogramable test fixture
for the setup of the optics head that is currently in production
for DryView Imager Medical Film Printers models 8300, 8600,
and 8610. |
| Honeywell Space |
| High Speed PMC I/O Protocol |
| Description: Design and construction of 2 reconfigurable
computing components using large scale radiation hardened
programmable logic for space applications. |
| Intersil |
| Digital PID Controller |
| Description: Develop a digital replacement for
the current analog controller in a power supply. |
| Jabil Circuit |
| Low Volume / High Mix Contract Manufacturing |
| Description: Re-engineer a low-volume high-mix
production process using lean manufacturing principles. |
| Jabil Circuit |
| Supplier Performance System |
| Description: Design an Internet-based suppliers
performance monitoring and evaluation software with a built-in
feedback mechanism. |
| Kimberly-Clark |
| Separation of Polymers by Grinding |
| Description: Develop a process to separate different
polymeric materials of similar properties for the purposes
of recycling. |
| Lockheed Martin |
| Telescoping UAV Wing Design |
| Description: Design and optimize the telescopic
wing extension of an unmanned aerial vehicle to increase
its range. |
| Lockheed Martin |
| Distributed Metric Collection and Reporting System |
| Description: Develop a web-based distributed database
system for collecting and reporting metrics on the recruitment
efforts by the University Relations Department. |
| Maxwell House |
| Design and Control of a Bean Buster |
| Description: Design and optimal deployment of
a coffee bean pre-crusher to improve the capacity of the
grinding and canning processes. |
| Medtronic Xomed |
| Disposable Nerve Locator/Stimulator |
| Description: Redesign, using six sigma procedures,
ergonomic designs and DFM optimization, a handheld throwaway
device for the location of nerves which might otherwise
be damaged during facial surgery procedures. |
| Raytheon |
| Biometric Authentication |
| Description: Develop a testing framework for Biometric
Authentication (BA) systems, test specific, low-cost BA
systems, and develop Windows 2000 compatible middleware
for integrating multiple BA systems simultaneously. |
| Siemens |
| Bandwith on Demand System |
| Description: A web/SNMP based server that is accessed
by DSL subscribers to control their bandwidth upon requests
for changes in speed, and automatically bill the client's
account accordingly. |
| Solutia |
| Softer Singed Yarn |
| Description: Improve a process that singes yarn
used in carpet production to yield a softer singed yarn
while maintaining the benefits of singeing. |
| Sunbeam |
| New Technology Steam Iron |
| Description: Integrate a microprocessor, low effort
steam and mist controls, and a modern user interface in
a consumer steam iron. |
| USAF |
| Rocket Deployable Tactical GPS Dropsonde |
| Description: Modification of existing "hurricane
hunter" dropsonde for 2.75" rocket launch to collect wind
profiles over military targets. |
| USSOCOM/Battelle |
| Remote Camera Control and Display System |
| Description: Integrate commercial-off-the-shelf
(COTS) portable, wireless computing and camera devices
to provide field implemented observation. |
