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Santos Family Foundation / Volpe Center
Sponsor: Santos Family Foundation/Volpe National Transportation Center
Faculty Advisor: C. Jason Woodard
Ruina: Advancing Crash Data Reporting for Improved Road Safety
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SparkCharge Roadie V3 Environmental Hardening
Sponsor: SparkCharge
Faculty Advisor: Lawrence Neeley
A major obstacle to the widespread adoption of electric vehicles is the inability to refuel as efficiently as their internal combustion counterparts. SparkCharge, a leader in mobile EV charging solutions, currently serves markets across the United States, with services ranging from out-of-charge assistance to large-scale fleet charging. To ensure SparkCharge products are capable of providing consistent and reliable coverage at all times, the SparkCharge SCOPE team aimed to introduce retrofittable solutions to the Roadie V3 system that eliminate vulnerabilities during severe weather conditions.
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Sustainable Design for Forceps' Lifecycle
Sponsor: Boston Scientific
Faculty Advisor: Jessica Townsend
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.
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Sustainable Investing: Developing a Novel ESG Tool for the Next Generation of Investors
Sponsor: Fidelity Center for Applied Technology
Faculty Advisor: Lynn Andrea Stein
Our SCOPE team developed OVBI (Olin Value Based Investing), an experimental accessible and user-friendly values-based investing tool that could serve as a comprehensive method for evaluating and grading different companies based on their genuine practices.
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The Automated Lift Object System
Sponsor: Amazon Robotics
Faculty Advisor: Alessandra Ferzoco
This year's SCOPE team built off a perception system for remote control of a robot developed by last year’s team resulting in increased manipulation efficiency and reduced onboarding duration and complexity for operators.
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VIEW 2.0: Direct Vision Assessment System
Sponsor: Santos Family Foundation/Volpe National Transportation Center
Faculty Advisor: Lynn Andrea Stein
Our SCOPE team collaborated with the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, the Santos Foundation, and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) to reinvent VIEW, a blind-zone measurement tool for vehicles and a crowd-sourced database of blind-zones created by the 2017-2018 SCOPE team. VIEW 2.0 will be used to help design, select, and deploy safer vehicles, demonstrating the importance of direct vision for traffic safety involving vulnerable road users.
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Water Everywhere: Understanding & Preventing Frozen Pipe Bursts with Modern IoT
Sponsor: Semtech
Faculty Advisor: Alessandra Ferzoco
Our SCOPE project aimed to solve the pipe-freezing problem by upgrading existing plumbing systems with intelligent sensing and action-taking. Specifically, we explored how LoRa®, modern low-power IoT (Internet of Things) technology from Semtech, can let us predict potential pipe bursts and take action to mitigate the problem.
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Watts Water Technologies
Sponsor: Watts Water Technologies, Inc.
Faculty Advisor: Jessica Townsend
Watts Water: Future of Water Infrastructure
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Watts Water Technologies
Sponsor: Watts Water Technologies, Inc.
Faculty Advisor: Alessandra Ferzoco
Watts Water Energy Harvesting
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