Mechanical Engineering Technology

Team Members

Mohammed Alamer

Mohammed is from Dammam, Saudi Arabia. He graduated from high school in 2011, then decided to study engineering in the US. Alamer came to the US in 2012 and spent a year and a half learning English at the Intensive English Institute at UMaine, then started in the Mechanical Engineering Technology program in 2014. Currently he is a senior student working to finish his degree.

JP Michaud

John Peter, from Waterville Maine is a senior in Mechanical Engineering Technology at the University of Maine. He enjoys skiing, playing basketball and visiting friends and family. JP’s favorite place to live is Maine and he hopes to continue working there upon his graduation.

Connor Lindahl

Connor is from Bridgewater, Massachusetts and in his fourth year of the MET program. In his free time Connor plays rugby for UMaine, and enjoys being with friends and watching sports. Upon graduating Connor hopes to work some where in south eastern New England, closer to where he grew up. Or possibly California, where he can finally escape the snow.

Will Eaton

William is a 4^th year Mechanical Engineering technology student at the University of Maine in Orono. He enjoys auto mechanics and wood working in his spare time and social gatherings with his classmates and friends. William Lives on a small farm in York Maine when he is not at school, where he fixes cars, trucks, motorcycles, and tractors. He has 3 horses, several chickens, some sheep and a few dogs. In the summers he works for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard as an intern and also works for a farm that harvests hay. 

4/23/18 - 4/27/18

We have completed the crane with all 3 degrees of freedom in operation! check out the youtube video demonstrating it!

3/26/18-3/30/18

We have finalized our design and will begin printing parts this week

3/19/18-3/23/18

the team has redesign the joint connections for the crane to a more durable bolted connection. the whole reason we have connections is to make it easier to move from place to place, but we feel that just taking the tower off the crane should give enough freedom to easily move the crane when needed, so the joints don’t need to be quite so easy to take apart

3/12/18-3/16/18

spring break!

3/5/18-3/9/18

the team is looking at a few changes needed to make to accommodate larger stepper motors that are more powerful. Also the pin design we are using seems to be suffering from fatigue after just a few weeks of use. hmm maybe we need to re think things. I guess that’s why they have us build a proof of concept!

2/26/18-3/2/18

the team had a very successful time at the Engineering Expo, we hope you got to stop by and see the concept in action. Now the team will be presenting the concept to their piers in class.

2/12/18-2/16/18

the electric motor and arduino being used in the build have arrived and the team is working on programming the arduino to control the electric stepper motor. parts are still being printed in the 3D print club for the proof of concept

1/22/18-1/26/18

the team is back from break and feeling rejuvenated and ready for a fast paced spring semester finalizing designs and getting the job done

12/11/17-1/19/18

the team is studying for finals and going on a month long beak from school, over break the members will continue researching and developing ideas and processes for when they return so they can hit the ground running for the spring semester.

12/4/17-12/8/17

the team is finishing up the final pieces for the report and preparing for finals and the long winter break

11/27/17-12/1/17

Interim report 3 is due next week and the team has been gathering data for the crane build to present in the report

11/20/17-11/24/17

the team has been continuing discussions with the 3D print club on maximizing efficiency in our printing layouts. They have also printed test pieces of their connection method between the tower sections so they can test them for their strength.

11/13/17-11/17/17

After meeting with the 3D print club we have learn the different steps we need to take to print our structure. Our first step is to print one section of our tower using a few different printing methods. Then we will test the section’s bending strength. Show on the right is the solid model of the tower section we will be printing and testing

11/6/17-11/10/17

We are meeting with UMaine’s 3D print club to learn more about printing our design and what will be involved in printing our entire structure.

10/30/17-11/3/17

We are focusing on development and design of our structure, we plan to 3D print the structure.

10/23/17-10/27/17

We are finishing up the research phase of the project and moving into the design phase.

The University of Maine – Construction Engineering Technology Department