The Senior Design project completed this semester by four senior-level Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) is the topic of a news story that was aired on WLUC-TV6 (Marquette) on Friday, April 23, 2021. The project was to design and produce a motorized swing set that will help a disabled child enjoy herself and sleep comfortably.
Read an article about the EET students’ project here.
The students are Joe Barbercheck, Seth Cherry, Heather Harris, and Cole Kubick.
Tackling the project top to bottom, the students designed the electrical system, control and drive systems, and portions of the mechanical design. Their top priority was making sure the systems and mechanical structure are safe.
Specifications for the swing include that it be lightweight, reliable, and portable. The unit is battery-operated with a rechargeable lithium-ion battery. The swing will both rock the child to sleep and serve as a play toy for three to four years, although the actual lifetime of the swing will be much longer.
Professor Alex Sergeyev and Lecturer Paniz Hazaveh are co-advisors to the team. “The students are very excited about the project,” Sergeyev says. “It’s very meaningful to them.”
“The skills that we are teaching in the EET and Mechatronics undergraduate programs makes students able to just jump on these kinds of projects,” Sergeyev says. “It’s great to see that their learning can be applied to a project as complex as this one.”