Spring 2019 Projects
One-Pete-Band
*Best Engineering Award* by Daniel Toth, Peter Agostino, Aric Peine, Connor Duggan. The toy is a unique mix of engineering and Purdue boilermaker theme. You can hand crank Purdue Pete One-Man-Band playing traditional Boilermaker songs. The idea was a combination of Purdue Pete and All … Continue readingOne-Pete-Band
V8 Combustion Engine Model
*Honorable Mention* by Eli Isom, Stephen Hoke, Joshua David, Joe Stevens. The goal of this project is to design and build a 3-D functional model of a V8, supercharged combustion engine. This product is an easy-to-assemble kit aimed for educational purposes in schools and labs … Continue readingV8 Combustion Engine Model
The Great BoilerDash
*Honorable Mention* by Cece Carlson, Isaac Smallwood, Julius Walliser, Till Laube. The Great BoilerDash is a combination of popular mobile games such as Subway Surfers and Temple Run and brings them into reality with a Purdue theme. This interactive toy features a moving track with … Continue readingThe Great BoilerDash
Cow Crusader
*Honorable Mention* by Adeline Hauck, Christian Lehman, Ben Knight, Morgan Shoop. Cow Crusaders is an interactive, physical arcade game loosely based on Space Invaders. Oncepowered by a switch, the alien spaceship drops marbles in hopes of knocking down seven ‘cows’ as flaps.The marbles are directed … Continue readingCow Crusader
Mario and Cappy
*Honorable Mention* by Omar Benkhye, Lucas Eichenberger, Jack DeWolf, Joe Tordi. A Mario and Cappy toy with a motion range of 130 degrees for Mario’s right hand and the cappy raising to 1.5 inches, both working autonomously without user input. The toy is targeted at … Continue readingMario and Cappy
BB-8
*Best Engineering Award* by Nicolas Wilkinson, Sara Swanlund, Jack Reynolds, Kristin Vose. Bring a science fiction and fantasy character droid, BB-8 to life in a way that allows the user to play with it as a general remote-controlled toy, but also as a platform to … Continue readingBB-8
Globe Trottle
*Best Market Potential* by Jack Hawkins, Daniel Ventura, Tyler Hand, Fred Hoham. An amalgamation of a physical globe and the popular online game “Geo-Guesser”, The game functions by a pointer hovering over a country on the globe and the LCD display showing four options for … Continue readingGlobe Trottle
Desk Buddy
*Best Innovation* Noah Boursier, Elena Krizman, Gavin Noel, Jake Paré. A desk companion, named the Desk Buddy, moves and “interacts” with someone working at their desk in order to improve mood and productivity during long working hours.
Gumball Launcher
*Best Aesthetic Design* by Joseph Kim Enrico Setiawan Sam Dumoulin Max Cohen. The gumball launcher looks to improve the old and outdated gumball design and make the user experience more exciting. The gumball launcher has a competitive edge over the traditional gumball machine because of … Continue readingGumball Launcher
Wall-E
*People’s Vote* by Ashlynne Ross, John Dustman, Lexi Loyot, and Luke Dreyer. The Wall-E Action Toy is a push-driven mechanical robot inspired by the movie Wall-E. The push action actuates the door flap opening and closing as well as the eyes tilting up and down.
Creeper in Minecart
*People’s Vote* by Yong Sung Kim, Jackie Fung He, Nick Will, Alex Lam. Inspired by the game Minecraft and the character of the Creeper, Creeper in a minecart that can be driven around using a phone application. The user can also push a button on … Continue readingCreeper in Minecart
MERRdur Tank
*Best Engineering Award* by Richard Tang, Matt Brown, Rithwik Raghuram, Erik Costello. The toy is a remote-controlled tank with directional controlled projectile firing capabilities. The idea originated from expanding on the RC car but including a fun shooting feature anyone would enjoy. The firing mechanism … Continue readingMERRdur Tank
USS GEAR
*People’s Vote* by Graciela Hernandez, Aniket Roy Chowdhury, Emeka Onwuchekwa, Rajveer Dheer. The toy is an aircraft launcher for paper airplanes. The design is based on the current navy ships architecture. The launching system for the planes have 2 DOF, also includes runway lights sequencing … Continue readingUSS GEAR
WALL-E
*People’s Vote* by Bruno Carrilho Senior, Colin Hansen, Jessica Wiederhorn, Pooja Anil. Wall-E is a PIXAR character from 2008 animated movie. The mechanisms are controlled using Blynk smartphone app. The CAM system is used to control intentional arm and head movements. The wheel system is … Continue readingWALL-E
Final Four Shootout
Our team was assigned to design and build an action toy with at least two complex motions and with a volume less than one cubic foot. To fulfill these requirements our team designed a miniature basketball shootout challenge toy. The complex motions included in our … Continue readingFinal Four Shootout
World’s Largest Ring Toss
World’s Largest Ring Toss is a fun and competitive game for any Boilermaker fan to enjoy! Using your launch box, launch rings onto the drum top. Earn points for each ring that lands on the drum top, rings on the rods are worth extra! But … Continue readingWorld’s Largest Ring Toss
Rocket Racers
Set in the space race and themed for Purdue’s 150th anniversary, Rocket Racers is an exciting two player button racer for all ages. Armed with a controller, each player attempts to race their rocket from Earth to the Moon in a variety of game modes. … Continue readingRocket Racers
Fountain Fling
The Fountain Fling is a fun and interactive way to promote the recycling of plastic bottle caps. The toy is a challenging game that makes the act of recycling exciting and enjoyable. The goal of the game is to fling a used plastic water bottle … Continue readingFountain Fling
Purdue Pinball Toy
Each ME 444 team was tasked with creating an innovative mechanical/electrical action toy with a theme suitable for Purdue University’s sesquicentennial celebration. Each toy was required to include two non-trivial coordinated motions, be modeled in Creo Parametric, and be prototyped using rapid prototyping techniques such … Continue readingPurdue Pinball Toy
Space Chase
Space Chase is a mechanical hand crank toy with an electrically powered moving background that simulates two ships chasing each other through the stars. The toy utilizes a scotch yoke mechanism paired with a four bar linkage to achieve this motion. The scotch yoke drives … Continue readingSpace Chase