This is a list of MEng Project offerings for Spring 2013, you may also contact individual faculty for additional opportunities. This page will be updated as additional project descriptions become available.
When you and your project advisor have agreed on the details of your MEng project you need to complete a Project Approval Form. If you are starting your project in the Spring semester the form needs to be turned in to the MEng Mailbox in Upson 108 by February 1.
M&AE Project Team Information Fair
Tuesday, January 22, 6:00-7:30PM
Upson Lounge
Project Teams
The department has a large number of project teams and many MEng students complete their MEng projects related to a team.
Autonomous Systems Laboratory
Rotating Mirror Lidar sensor for autonomous ground robots (check with faculty to see if projects are still available)
Prof. Avedisian (check with faculty to see if projects are still available)
Pulse-heating small-scale metal films for microscale boiling studies
Chemical Reaction of Glycerine by Film Boiling
The International Space Station Droplet Combustion of Butanol
Thermoelectric Generators for Waste Heat Recovery in Automobiles
Dr. Bashaskaran (check with faculty to see if projects are still available)
Using Computational Fluid Dynamics to Model Functional Outcomes of Rhinoplasty in ENT Surgeries
Prof. Booker
Sanderson Rocking Arm Mechanism (SRAM)
Bearing design analysis data mining
Prof. Dawson
Acoustic Measurement of Structural Degradation in Trees
Prof. Erickson (check with faculty to see if projects are still available)
Smart-Phone based Nutrition Analysis
Prof. Fisher
Sustainable Energy Cookstove Producing Biochar Modeling, Optimization, and Testing
Process design for distributed hydrogen production from biomass
Prof. Garcia
Aeroelastic Synchronized Switching Spring 2013
Ballistic Trajectory Control for Smart Munitions
Computational and Experimental Wind Turbine Design and Optimization
Control of an Efficient, Hydraulic, Human-Scale Robot Leg
Dynamic Motion of the Aerodynamic Center of Pressure
Novel Wind Power Devices using Fluttering and Flapping Wings
Micro Electro-Mechanical Actuators
Piezoelectric Beam Optimization
Non-linear Piezoelectric Impact Harvester Testing
Increasing the Power Output from Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvesters
Prof. George (check with faculty to see if projects are still available)
Systems Engineering of a Formula SAE Race Car
Product Life-Cycle Management” and Systems Engineering of a Formula SAE Race Car
Engine Dynamometer Development, Instrumentation, Data Acquisition and Testing
Engine Dynamometer Control System Design and Implementation
Performance Simulation of a Race Cars
Composite Structural Design
Performance Simulation of a Race Cars
Composite Structural Design
Shock Absorber (Damper) Effects on Formula SAE Race Car Performance
Knock Sensing at High RPMs on Turbocharged Engine
Modeling Energy Developmental and Environment Impacts with Emphasis on Natural Gas Extraction
Biomass Energy Resources in Tompkins County
Study of the Potential Usage of Biomass Energy Resources in the Southern Tier of NY State
Study of “Season Extension” for Vegetable Production in the Southern Tier of NY State
Prof. Hencey
Research Opportunities in Spacecraft Actuator Design
Prof. Hernandez
Controller For Novel, Nano-Scale Fluorescent Imaging Device
High-Resolution Finite Element Models of Bone Using a Supercomputer
Prof. Kirby
Kirby Lab
Prof. Lipson
Design and Fabrication of Tensegrity-based Robots
Optimizing Walking Gaits for Quadruped Robot w/Simulator
Discovering Fundamental Vehicle Dynamics Equations
AMF File Viewer Utility for 3D Printing Applications
Evolving Novel Multi-Material 3D Structures and Mechanisms
Design Automation via Mind Control
Develop Novel Robotic Systems Using Jamming Materials
Making More Intelligent Machines
Motion Control HW/SW for Multi-Material Printer
Software Development for Multi-Material 3D Printing
Create a Google Docs for 3D Content
Create a Simulator for Programmable Matter
Forecasting Earthquakes
Parallel Physics Simulator for Soft-Rigid bodies
Motion Control for Printable electronics
Prof. Psiaki (check with faculty to see if projects are still available)
Multipath Mitigation in a GPS Software Receiver
GPS Jammer Localization
Antenna Articulation Mechanism for Special-Purpose GPS Receiver
Prof. Ruina
Biorobotics and Locomotion Lab
Design and Build a better rowing Ergometer
Prof. Shepherd
Porcupine & Liquid Rock
Spinneret
Soft Robot
Glass Micropipes
Microcool
Prof. Stroock (check with faculty to see if projects are still available)
Carbon Sequestration Injection Strategies – Fluid Mechanics in the Geologic Subsurface
Prof. Williamson
The Aircraft Wake Phenomenon
The Vortex-Induced Vibration Problem
Prof. van der Meulen (check with faculty to see if projects are still available)
van der Meulen Group Projects
Prof. Zhang (check with faculty to see if projects are still available)
Energy System Modeling and Analysis Projects Cornell-NYC and UH-Hilo
Wind farm project
Prof. Zehnder (check with faculty to see if projects are still available)
Earth energy – micromechanics of shale fracture
Fracture mechanics – 3D crack growth
Wind Turbine Simulation
MAE undergraduate research opportunities (many of these offerings are available to MEng students as well)
Biomedical Engineering MAE Centered MEng Projects 2012-2013
Many Biomedical Engineering design project teams find having students with mechanical engineering backgrounds to be an asset.
BME Meng Projects
Stretching Device for High-Resolution Live-Cell Imaging
Systems Engineering Projects (project offerings to be updated soon)
Cornell Cup Build on the Team’s Great Success and Create Robotics to be Showcased at Walt Disney World in the Cornell Cup USA, presented by Intel
Cornell University Sustainable Design Sustainability Research Facility
Think Tank Prove your design of a Hasbro Consumer Products, a Disney Theme Park Rides, a Theme Park Flow Management System, a Lego-Kodu Education Experience, or an Iron Man Design Interface, is the best and lead a team towards its creation