Projects
This page lists some of the recent notable work done at Crosby Hall
MEE487/488 Capstone Land Drone 2 (2016-2017)
Dylan Hanscom, Donald Bistri, Cameron, Poussard, and Maitham Alabbad were tasked with building an autonomous off road vehicle for their senior capstone experience in mechanical engineering. They were the first group to complete all the objectives of the Land Drone Challenge.
MEE/MET Joint Capstone Project – Gasifier Fuel Pellet Mill (2016-2017)
Aaron Kress, Jeremiah Henderson, Mark Risinger, Matthew Buotte, and TJ Cormier were tasked with building a specialized pellet mill to create internal combustion engine fuel from non-woody biomass. The special pellets were then used in a biomass gasifier from Northern Self Reliance. They successfully met all of their objectives, creating a machine that produced a hard, glossy pellet from shredded leaves. When burned the leaves had a 9% ash content.
Doctoral Dissertation – Theoretical and Experimental Evaluation of Heading Instability of Moored Ships in Waves and Winds by Razieh Zangeneh, PhD. (2017)
An FPSO (Moored-Tanker) model was built and instrumented at Crosby Hall Marine Ocean and Offshore Research (MOOR) laboratory, utilizing the support of a summer intern through the Brazilian International Exchange program. An experimental campaign is designed and conducted to generate a comprehensive database of the dynamic responses of a turret-moored tanker system under non-collinear wind and wave conditions.