Automated Off-Road Wheelchair
Automated Off-Road Wheelchair
About the Project
Our Senior Capstone project has a main goal to either reproduce, manufacture or redesign
a pre-existing concept of an all-terrain/ off-road electric wheelchair. The overall end goal is
to have a safe and effective way for an individual to use an electric wheelchair outside of its
normal use. It will be able to navigate lightly wooded trails with a control from behind the
wheelchair allowing the user to enjoy the outdoors and activities that most people take for
granted.
Meet the Team
Hometown: Putnam, Connecticut
Maine resident since 2001
College: University of Maine, Mechanical Engineering Tech.
Minor: Renewable Energy Science and Tech.
Member of Student Government, Senate and Cabinet
President of Commuter and Non-traditional Students (CANS)
Vice President of Non-traditional Students Association (NSA)
Proud member of ASME
Goals: Design/ Field Engineer
Hometown: Presque Isle, Maine
College: University of Maine
Major: Mechanical Engineering Technologies
Hobbies: Outdoors (Hunting/Fishing)
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
College: University of Maine, Mechanical Engineering Tech.
Brother of Sigma Chi Fraternity
Hobbies: Fishing/Camping/Robotics
My name is Mitchell Hodgins, and I am a senior in Mechanical Engineering Technology at the University of Maine. I plan on graduating in the Spring of 2016, with a bachelors degree and acquire a career the metal working industry. My hometown is Brewer, Maine. I’ve lived there my whole life. I’ve always been interested in the outdoors and I hope that I can apply this knowledge to make this wheelchair and allow others less fortunate to enjoy the outdoors as well.
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