SCOPE

Identifying Manufacturing Variations in Computerized Stitching

Our team worked with New Balance to investigate certain manufacturing processes for New Balance shoes at their Lawrence, MA factory.  

Push Test Automation

Our team worked to automate a physically taxing process by designing tooling that reduces the manual strain on thumbs and improves the consistency of the quality check.

Financial Assistance System Redesign for Families in Need

The SCOPE team is working with the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care through a user-oriented collaborative design process to improve on the current family user experience of the Childcare Financial Assistance (CCFA) process, making it faster and easier for families to get assistance. 

Accelerate Wind

STORY: Olin Alumna Comes Full Circle as SCOPE Sponsor

Laura Christakis ’11, who first worked with Boston Scientific in her own SCOPE project, is now the company’s liaison with Olin for this culminating senior project.

Data Illuminators: Scalable Data Collection for Nighttime Crosswalk Lighting

Our SCOPE team aimed to provide a streamlined, efficient data collection method and analysis process to inform decisions of street lighting and pedestrian-vehicle safety teams for 2-3 municipalities in Massachusetts and beyond.

Clinical Supply Process Optimization Tool

Open-source Biotech Robot Orchestrator ​

The Moderna SCOPE team is developing an open-source lab orchestration solution, improving the speed and quality of automated biotech labs. ​

Empower: A Consent Framework for Health Data

The 2024-2025 collaboration between Microsoft Research NERD's Resolve team and Olin College’s SCOPE team focuses on creating a public-facing consent framework for the community served by flok Health. This framework is tailored for individuals managing rare metabolic conditions, offering them clear, accessible ways to control their data sharing and research involvement. The project emphasizes secure, ethical data handling practices and seeks to build trust within marginalized health communities by prioritizing informed consent. Ultimately, it aims to increase community engagement in research by ensuring that people maintain agency over their data.

CV Detection of Powerline Encroachment

LineVision is challenging the Olin SCOPE team to investigate the performance capabilities of our next-generation edge infrastructure through the development of a proof-of-concept system for real-time monitoring of the transmission-line right-of-way

Sustainable Design for Forceps' Lifecycle

This project involved the development of processes and design changes which can enhance the sustainability of Boston Scientific Single Use Biopsy Forceps, assisting them in meeting their goal of being carbon neutral by 2050.

Creating Generative-AI Powered Learning Systems to Facilitate Equitable K-2 Literacy Education

The BU WISE SCOPE team worked with generative AI models to create a web-app that will act as a “reading buddy.”

Conformal Coating Rework Machine

A semi-automatic robotic spray-coating machine for simplifying and accelerating Blue Origin’s current in-house PCB rework process.

Robotic Manipulation using Tactile Feedback

To help Amazon Robotics' research and development efforts, this year's SCOPE team created a robotic system that utilizes tactile and vision sensors to grasp a ball and throw it to reach a specified target.

STORY: Sustainability Comes to SCOPE

New partnerships with clean tech companies and more reflect growing student interest and talent.

NEWS: Olin College Announces 2023-2024 SCOPE Sponsors

Olin College of Engineering is pleased to announce the 13 sponsors of this year’s Senior Capstone Program in Engineering (SCOPE) projects.