SCOPE Expo 2014

Table of Contents

Page Welcome Message 4 ____________________________________________________________________

Mission Configuration Architecture for Precision Agricultural Systems 5 AGCO ________________________________________________________________________

Spectral Imaging Technology 6 Analogic ________________________________________________________________________

Electromechanical and Navigation Systems for a Lawn Mower 7 Ariens ________________________________________________________________________

Advanced Sensing for Small Autonomous Ground Vehicles 8 Army Research Laboratory ________________________________________________________________________

New Concepts for Engine Mounting 9 Boeing ________________________________________________________________________

Improving Early Detection of Lung Cancer 10 Boston Scientific ________________________________________________________________________

Rapid Prototyping of Microfluidic Foil Chips 11 Brandeis University/National Science Foundation _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _

Orthopedic Surgical Device Development 12 DePuy Synthes Mitek Sports Medicine ________________________________________________________________________

Improving the Facebook Android Application Experience for Users in Emerging Markets 13 Facebook ________________________________________________________________________ Exploration of Strategies to Increase Electrical Power Efficiency 14 Harley-Davidson ________________________________________________________________________

Spark: Development of a Mobile Job-Seeking Experience 15 Intuit ________________________________________________________________________

Reconfigurable Antenna for Mismatch Mitigation 16 Raytheon ________________________________________________________________________

TripAdvisor for Business 17 TripAdvisor ________________________________________________________________________

Catalyzing a Movement to Reinvent Modern Education 18 What Matters Most ________________________________________________________________________

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Welcome from the Director of SCOPE

Olin College of Engineering, established in 1997, has pioneered a new kind of

engineering program designed to educate and inspire extraordinary engineering

innovators who can solve the world's complex future challenges. To do this we

start with the right raw materials: talented students who crave big challenges

and who want to change the world. Add enterprising, inspiring faculty

dedicated to undergraduate teaching and shaking up engineering education,

and place it all in a campus engineered for creative interaction. Next, we

create a curriculum and culture that has students learn engineering by tackling

actual engineering problems. At Olin, students dive right in from day one in a

program that's demanding, rigorous, mind-stretching and fun.

Our Senior Capstone Program in Engineering (SCOPE) is a unique industry-

university collaboration, and the culminating experience of an Olin student's

education. Over the course of a full academic year, seniors work in multi-

disciplinary teams to provide innovative solutions to a company's real-world

problems. Notably, sponsors retain full rights to all intellectual property

developed by the team. When possible, inclusion of Wellesley College students

and Babson College MBA candidates add to the diversity of the teams.

We invite you to visit our campus and interact with our students to learn more

about this year's SCOPE projects, which range in topic from improving early

detection of lung cancer to integrating electromechanical systems onto a lawn

mower.

Alisha Sarang-Sieminski

SCOPE Leadership Team:

Alisha Sarang-Sieminski Director of SCOPE Associate Professor of Bioengineering

Ruth Levine Director of Business Development

Tracy Tully SCOPE Program Manager

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AGCO “Mission Configuration Architecture for Precision Agriculture Systems” The AGCO-Olin SCOPE team concentrated on research and development of a resource planner for an autonomous crop monitoring and treatment system. Their focus was on integrating high-level planning software with multiple autonomous vehicles to assist in crop and field management. Faculty Advisor: Andrew Bennett Team Members: Shivam Desai Berit Johnson Ben Kroop Kevin McClure Adela Wee

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Analogic “Spectral Imaging Technology” Analogic produces custom medical imaging systems for original equipment manufacturers to incorporate into their most advanced medical imaging scanners, such as Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging systems. The Analogic-Olin SCOPE team worked on a new imaging technology involving spectral imaging to enhance image quality. In the medical imaging field, the more detailed information captured, the better the final image will be and the better doctors can see and diagnose medical conditions. Spectral imaging may improve image quality by reducing sources of noise during the imaging process. Additionally, doctors try to minimize the radiation dose to which patients are exposed, as it can potentially be linked to complications such as cancer. With spectral imaging, it may be possible to provide the same image quality at a lower radiation dose as another option for clinicians. The team’s goal was to develop signal processing algorithms that optimize the quality of the image output by a spectral imaging system and the hardware to deploy it. Faculty Advisor: Brad Minch Team Members: Aliesha Garrett Janice Guan George Herring Patrick Varin Jason Zhu

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Ariens

“Electromechanical and Navigation Systems for a Lawn Mower” The Ariens-Olin SCOPE team integrated electromechanical systems onto an Ariens lawn mower. These systems provided additional sensory feedback and precision control that enabled higher level navigation systems to be implemented onto the lawn mower. Basic navigation systems, including straight line drive and precision turning, were implemented and tested to demonstrate the capabilities of the system. Faculty Advisor: Andrew Bennett Team Members: John Arakaki Asa Eckert-Erdheim Mark Giolando Silas Hughes John Paton Matthew Rush

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Army Research Laboratory (ARL) “Advanced Sensing for Small Autonomous Ground Vehicles” The Army Research Laboratory-Olin SCOPE team developed a sensor suite for improved navigation in small autonomous ground vehicles. When navigating an unknown or challenging environment, a robot must be able to accurately sense the traversability of its surroundings. Many current, state-of-the-art sensors struggle to do this when faced with extreme environments such as thick fog, dust and dense vegetation with hidden obstacles. The team investigated these edge case environments and developed a new sensor suite that complements the currently-used Lidar, touch sensors and camera sensors and enables more effective sensing. The final sensor suite was integrated with the Olin-designed SPEAR robot and will be used by ARL for the development of advanced navigation algorithms. Faculty Advisor: David Barrett Team Members: Juliette Chevallier, Wellesley College Kimly Do Murphy Kitchell Nicholas Ostrom Sarah Seko

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Boeing “New Concepts for Engine Mounting” This project concentrated on the pylon that attaches the engine to the wing of an aircraft. Boeing is focused on staying innovative and working toward the best airplane possible. As part of this effort, they found an area of opportunity involved with redesigning the pylon. The Boeing-Olin SCOPE team worked on developing an improved novel design concept for the pylon. They created iterations of this design to improve the benefits it can offer. The team analyzed these iterations and compared them to several relevant metrics to determine the advantages and disadvantages of each compared to the current design. The team created CAD models of the design and tested it with finite element analysis. Faculty Advisor: Erin Byrne Team Members: Zachary del Rosario Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Jefferson Lee Mark Muraoka Gracie Sanford

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Boston Scientific “Improving Early Detection of Lung Cancer” Currently, 75% of lung cancer is diagnosed after it has already reached stages III or IV. The 5-year survival rate is less than 15%. Diagnosis involves several steps. Low-dose computed tomography (CT) scans show physicians any dense areas of tissue, or lesions, in the lungs. If the lesion has a high risk of being cancerous, the physician takes a biopsy of the tissue in the lesion by delivering forceps or a biopsy needle through a catheter to reach the lesion. However, it is difficult for the physician to be certain whether the biopsied tissue is from the lesion or from surrounding tissue. The Boston Scientific-Olin SCOPE team explored a non-traditional, in situ lesion detection method to address this issue. During the first semester, the team explored several of the options that the previous year’s SCOPE team suggested, chose one to pursue and developed a prototype device that used this method. During the second semester, the team validated the method’s effectiveness in detecting lung cancer, explored the strengths and limitations of different prototype designs and worked towards integration of the method into currently used bronchoscopic probes. Faculty Advisor: Rebecca Christianson Team Members: Ashley Guertin Larissa Little Jennifer McConnell Jea Young Park Lisa Park

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Brandeis University/NSF “Rapid Prototyping of Microfluidic Foil Chips” This project was sponsored by a National Science Foundation MRSEC grant through Brandeis University. The goal of the project was to develop processes for inexpensive, rapid fabrication of thermoplastic microfluidic devices that can be used in a variety of chemical and biological applications, such as protein crystallization research. The Fraden Research Group at Brandeis University created a prototype of a thermal linear press that can produce Cyclic Olefin Co-Polymer (COC) chips; however, the process had not been optimized to perform at the speed and accuracy they desired. The team optimized a thermal linear press that can successfully hot-emboss 50 μm wide by 50 μm tall channels in COC. Faculty Advisor: Aaron Hoover Team Members: Elliott Donlon Suzy Hong Kathryn Lau Avery Louie Katherine Stegner Alison Wu Markus Ludwig, Brandeis MRSEC

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DePuy Synthes Mitek Sports Medicine “Orthopedic Surgical Device Development” The SCOPE team looked for opportunities to expand Mitek Sports Medicine’s line of orthopedic surgical devices. The team applied human-centered design principles to develop a deep understanding of procedures and identify problems with existing devices through surgeon interviews, market analyses and hands-on experience. Through these activities, the team developed potential concepts for innovative new instruments. Based on simulation, lab testing and surgeon feedback, the team refined one of these concepts into a usable proof-of-concept prototype that can be used as a basis for future development by Mitek Sports Medicine. Faculty Advisor: Alisha Sarang-Sieminski Team Members: Charles Behling Jordyn Burger Janaki Perera Brett Rowley Kelsey Schilperoort Brendan Quinlivan

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Facebook “Improving the Facebook Android Application Experience for Users in Emerging Markets” The Facebook-SCOPE team has investigated ways of improving the Facebook Android application for users in emerging markets. These users have slow network connections and limited data plans that detract from the user experience.

The team explored methods of reducing data consumption by sharing overlapping data directly from one user to another. The shared data is sent over an ad hoc, peer-to-peer Wi-Fi network. This reduces data consumption by a median of 33%. Sharing data also enables the Facebook Android application to function “offline,” with users receiving only data from peers. The team created a technical demonstration to showcase this data-sharing mechanism. Faculty Advisors: Allen Downey Team Members: Cypress Frankenfeld Keely Haverstock Aman Kapur Sarah Strohkorb

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Harley-Davidson “Exploration of Strategies to Increase Electrical Power Efficiency” The Harley-Davidson-SCOPE team researched and conducted a feasibility analysis on various ways to improve electrical system efficiency. The team generated a wide range of ideas and narrowed down potential solutions based on technical feasibility, cost considerations and adherence to brand image. The technical feasibility analysis used computational models, material testing and testing of prototype systems. Once concept solutions were selected, the team designed a full-scale prototype and performed bench top tests and in-depth financial analyses. Increased electrical efficiency will have many benefits for Harley riders. Faculty Advisor: Chris Lee Team Members: Aaron Crenshaw Kris Groth Eerik Helmick Laurel Kroo Erika Tsutsumi

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Intuit “Spark: Development of a Mobile Job-Seeking Experience” The 2013-2014 Intuit-Olin SCOPE team examined the question of what makes work rewarding. Taking a user-centric design approach, the team explored a variety of mobile application concepts for the hourly hiring space. The output of this effort was a prototyped job-hunting experience for hourly workers that aims to relieve some of the job-seeking pain points. Faculty Advisor: J. Oscar Mur-Miranda Team Members: Chris Hill Trevor Hooton Travis Lewis Rachel Sirkin Helen Wang

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Raytheon “Reconfigurable Antenna for Mismatch Mitigation” The Raytheon-Olin SCOPE team altered a radio frequency (RF) system to include a variable impedance transformer in order to maximize power output and efficiency. In practical antenna systems, properties of these systems fluctuate due to various physical and environmental conditions. As a system changes, the impedance mismatch presented results in a loss of power. The Raytheon-Olin SCOPE team explored methods of dynamically compensating for mismatches as a function of system conditions to improve the quality and power of the output signal. Faculty Advisor: Siddhartan Govindasamy Team Members: Daniel Kearney Christopher Mark Orion Taylor Eric Westman

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TripAdvisor “TripAdvisor for Business” The TripAdvisor-Olin SCOPE team built a mobile application that leveraged TripAdvisor’s reviews and took into account a traveler’s site behavior to make useful recommendations to travelers. The application was built for Android, iOS and mobile web users. Faculty Advisor: Paul Ruvolo Team Members: Arjun Aletty Cory Dolphin Eun Kim Noam Rubin Theodore Thompson

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What Matters Most “Catalyzing a Movement to Reinvent Modern Education” Social change on a national scale comes from a dedicated group of passionate individuals who are able to spread their message. This SCOPE team worked with Ted Dintersmith (Charles River Ventures) and Tony Wagner (Harvard University Innovation Lab) regarding their documentary, “What Matters Most” - in broad strokes, about the failure of our current system to prepare students for the modern era of information abundance and ever-growing demand for innovation. The team designed and specified a massive, interactive, online-streaming of the film, and created a website (www.thank-a-teacher.org) that allows users to write and send a thank you note to a teacher or mentor who had an impact on their lives. In this way, we contributed to bringing the conversation around rethinking education in America into the spotlight. Faculty Advisor: Mark Somerville Team Members: Julian Ceipek Sebastian Dziallas Graham Hooton Chase Kernan Juliana Nazare Chelsea Nayback

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In Appreciation

Thank you to our 2013-14 SCOPE sponsors. Your support of the SCOPE program represents a significant contribution to the advancement

of the College's mission and the creation of a successful and challenging program for our students.

AGCO

Analogic

Ariens

Army Research Laboratory

Boeing

Boston Scientific

Brandeis University/National Science Foundation

DePuy Synthes Mitek Sports Medicine

Facebook

Harley-Davidson

Intuit

Raytheon

TripAdvisor

What Matters Most

A special thank you to Aramark for sponsoring today’s campus-wide barbeque lunch.

SCOPE EXPO

Schedule of Events

9:15 am – 9:45 am

Continental Breakfast and Registration Milas Hall Lobby and Gallery

9:45 am – 10:00 am

Welcome from Olin Leadership Milas Hall Auditorium

10:00 am – 11:00 am

Rocket Talks by SCOPE Teams 1 - 7 Teams will present in alphabetical order Milas Hall Auditorium

11:00 am – 11:15 am Break

11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Rocket Talks by SCOPE Teams 8 - 14 Teams will present in alphabetical order Milas Hall Auditorium

12:15 pm – 1:30 pm Barbeque Lunch Campus Center

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Poster Session Tent in the Oval Rain location: Academic Center, 1st floor

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Reception Tent in the Oval Rain location: Campus Center, 1st floor