Manufacturing Engineering (1st)
These projects are at the midpoint of a two-semester sequence. They are not complete.
M1.01 Radio Board
Sponsor: Dr. Blagoy Rangelov
Student Team: Preston Grimes, Dani Gardois, Ryan Riker, Darren Basta
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Shahin
Our team is excited to be responsible for designing and manufacturing the radio communications board for Texas State's first-ever cube satellite. The radio board, in conjunction with several other components, will be a fully functioning satellite and will be designed to leave space for future added functionality. After the satellite's build is complete, the University will coordinate with NASA to have the satellite launched on a NASA spacecraft and deployed into Earth's shallow orbit.
M1.02 Control Board for Satellite
Sponsor: Evan Jellison
Student Team: Amador David Palacios, Grayson Rohrbacher, Mason Chirafis, Erik Frausto
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Shahin
The control board of the satellite is the most critical part of the satellite. Within it contains the satellites varies sub-functions needed to obtain data from the atmosphere. This will be the first satellite build in house by Texas State University making this project a tremendously exciting opportunity.
M1.03 Protocol Frame
Sponsor: Dr. Blagoy Rangelov
Student Team: Reagan Spencer, Holt Pierce, Abigail Han, Ezequiel Jimenez
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Shahin
We are designing the structural frame for a standard-sized small satellite called a CubeSat. Our goal is to design the CubeSat in a way that is reproducible using the equipment that is available at Texas State and choose a material that will survive the vacuum of space without being too expensive. We also need to document how to manufacture the CubeSat as well as our reasoning for decisions such as material selection and process selection.
M1.04 Penny Press
Sponsor: Hunt & Hunt and Ingram School of Engineering
Student Team: Claire O'Brien, Jacob Hugonin, Baxter Moore, Cole Lindbeck
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Shahin
The Penny Press Project was first developed by partnership between Hunt & Hunt Ltd and former students at Texas State University in 2019. The original objective was to develop a multi-mechanism device to press and dispense a commemorative coin from a standard US penny. Today the penny press has been decommissioned and has multiple opportunities for improvements that need to be addressed to make the mechanisms more robust and withstand use over time. The new objective is to redesign and manufacture the original penny press that incorporates aspects of the old design but addresses the complications it has encountered while making the addition of a counting device that tracks the number of pennies that pass through the press.
M1.05 Post-Consumer Plastic Recycling Shredder
Sponsor: Hunt & Hunt
Student Team: Michael Quinto, Amaris Rodriguez, Alex Kinney, Seth Heggie
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Austin Talley & Dr. Mohammad Shahin
This project is part of the greater initiative, Bobcats Repurpose, which aims to establish methods for the Texas State University community to recycle post-consumer plastic materials on campus. Our team is designing and manufacturing an improved plastic shredder to efficiently process material for recycling. The new shredder will incorporate basic design elements from the first iteration with improved key features that prioritize safety, usability, and process controls.
M1.06 Calendaring Roll Mill
Sponsor: Ingram School of Engineering
Student Team: Garrett Godfredson, Noah Hagan, Tyler Parker, Landon Sweat
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Shahin
The purpose of the project is to build a rolling calendering mill used to impregnate composite materials. The machine will drive dry composite materials through a heated resin bath where the material will absorb the resin. The material will then be laminated and partially cured then stored on a roller for later use. The goal of our machine is to manufacture pre-preg composite materials for use in future research at Texas State University.