North Carolina’s own team 900 had a strong showing at this past weekends FIRST Robotics Competition Championships. I was an engineering mentor when Team 900 first started out and it is good to see how far they have come from the boxes on wheels that struggled to move in those early seasons.
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Dynamic Design Competition Could Benefit U.S. Military | UNC GA.
2015 3D Printing Competition Winners from left: Dr. Brandon Conover (Practical Scientific Solutions, Inc.), Henry Goodell (UNC Chapel Hill), Patrick Fain (UNC Charlotte), James Haig (UNC Charlotte), Nathan Lambert (UNC Charlotte), Eric Fleischhauer (UNC Charlotte), Anthony Brock (USASOC), Dr. Stephen Lee (U.S. Army Research Office).
Belated congratulation to Patrick Fain and the rest of the UNC Charlotte team for taking 1st place in the 3D printing design competition last month. The team utilized their combination of additive manufacturing experience and military service to devise an improved air drop container. The container design employed a latticed interior to dissipate the energy of impact, allowing the delivering helicopter to travel faster and at higher altitudes during the delivery, reducing the threat of hostile fire. The team envisioned the container being used to deliver ammunition, medical supplies, or even blood to special operations forces who were actively engaged with hostile forces.
Updated:
A more thorough release from the College of Engineering, detailing the team and their winning design.
http://engr.uncc.edu/news/49ers-win-3d-printing-competition
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Best of luck to Patrick Fain as he represents UNC Charlotte in a 3D printing competition over 2 days in Fayetteville, sponsored by the US Army Research Office, US Army Special Operations Command, University of North Carolina, and 3D Systems.
Congratulations to David Vutetakis on being accepted into a NASA Academy for an intense research experience over the summer. David is a research assistant who has worked on the Mission Critical Operations project as well as being a member of the 2014 NASA Robotic Mining Competition team that placed 7th at last year’s competition.
Magnetic Gear Development for Renewable Ocean Energy – YouTube.
A video of conversations from our trip last fall to the UNC Coastal Studies Institute as well as some lab footage of the gears in action.
