Quick Shot

In support of LLE’s 100-Gbar fill-tube project, University of Rochester students in the advanced mechanical design course ME 205 were tasked with creating a device for opening the top of a cryogenic shroud, allowing the shroud to retract without interfering with the encased target. This project was designated as the student’s Capstone Project required for the completion of ME205. A Capstone Project is a multifaceted assignment that serves as a culminating academic and intellectual experience for students. Capstone projects are generally designed to encourage students to think critically, solve challenging problems, and develop skills such as oral communication, public speaking, research skills, media literacy, and teamwork. In most cases, the projects are also interdisciplinary, in the sense that they require students to apply skills or investigate issues across many different subject areas or domains of knowledge. With just one semester to complete this project, the students designed and built a working prototype (displayed in center) and then demonstrated that it met all of LLE’s design requirements. The students are, left to right, Brian Youssef, Devanjith Fonseka, Chayut Teeraratkul, and James Tobias, with their advisor, LLE Research Engineer, Jeff Ulreich. Their poster was displayed at the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Design Day 2017.