Current projects

FOR THE 2ND YEAR BIOENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATE DESIGN PROJECTS

This compulsory module is carried out by all students in large groups (normally 6 groups of about 12 students). Each group is given a particular sport to research e.g. Adaptive Rowing, and is expected to suggest an aspect of the technology that they can improve or develop, which then forms their project. The students then have 5 months to design, manufacture and test the new product before a demonstration and assessment in March.

Projects 2014-15

Group 1 – Low Cost Powered Knee Prosthesis

Group 2 – Tennis racquet grip system for players with quadriplegia

Group 3 – Powered wheelchair for entry into the Cybathlon

Group 4 – Powered Exo-skeleton for entry into the Cybathlon

Group 5 – Para-canoeing system for canoeist with paraplegia

Group 6 – Weightless training rig for swimming

Group 7 – Rowing prosthesis for Paralympic rower

Group 8 – Squat rig for athlete with chronic asymmetry

BIOENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC, CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MSC/3RD/4TH YEAR GROUP/INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS

Students carry out an extended research project on a choice of topics suggested by a member of academic staff. These projects are carried out individually by MSc and BEng/MEng students in their final year, and in groups by MEng students in their 3rd year.

Each year a number of the projects offered in each department are Paralympic-related and are carried out under the direction and guidance of the academic staff and their research group. The students have 8 months to design, manufacture and test their concept before a demonstration and assessment in June.

Projects 2014-15

Cybathlon - Virtual Reality setup for neuroprosthetic race

Cybathlon - 3D printed neuroprosthetic hand/wrist

Cybathlon - Mechatronics for 3D printed neuroprosthetic hand/wrist

Cybathlon - MMG muscle activity sensors for neuroprosthetic hand/wrist

Cybathlon - BCI EEG

Cybathlon - Decoding eye movements for neuroprosthetic race

Cybathlon - Embodiment boost for neuroprosthetic race (Feryal)

Cybathlon - Powered Wheelchair

Cybathlon - Powered Exoskeleton

Cybathlon - Powered Wheelchair

Cybathlon - Powered Wheelchair

Cybathlon - Powered Exoskeleton

STRENGTH TRAINER - Upper limb strength trainer

PROPEL - Wheelchair propulsion system

WHEELCHAIR RUGBY - Wheelchair rugby armour

Climbing arm prosthetic

Aquacam – underwater camera and swimmer tracking

Electronic cycling switching gear

Motion monitoring and training aid

INNOVATION DESIGN ENGINEERING (IDE) AND GLOBAL INNOVATION DESIGN (GID) COURSES (ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART/IMPERIAL COLLEGE)

Students on the IDE course have an intensive project run over a period of four weeks that follows a commercial project process that has been successfully applied to a diverse range of areas in the past. The style of teaching is focused on workshops and talks on specific technical areas and requires students to perform pre-project research, conceptual development and experimental design. They then develop a functioning prototype and prepare for a critique that takes place at the module. The theme of this year’s Challenge was extreme conditions,

• Sea,
• Desert,
• Air,
• Space.