Awards Granted

Ability to separate cells under a liquid surface layer (ie. water under immersion oil). Then testing to find optimum properties of cell manipulation and survivability. Factors include:

• Voltage, peak to peak
• Force down onto slide
• Wave shape (sine, sawtooth, etc)
• Medium composition
• Medium, layers of liquid
• Medium temperature
• Size and type of cells
• Static cling of cells, water,-surface tension Shape of piezo pieces
• Direction/orientation of piezo pieces
• Method of attachment of piezo pieces
• Manufacturing/cutting of pz pieces
• Soldering of pz pieces, surface metals
• Lead length and attachment
• Power supply/Amplifier construction

Lycopene is a carotenoid with several biological functions that are associated with decreased cancer risks. The key concept that must be validated is a cost effective, repeatable means of enriching egg yolk with lycopene.

"America is addicted to oil." (George W. Bush 2006) With the nation's new interest in sustainable energy security we must look to new fuel sources that are less dependent on imported oil. The purpose of this project is to build a test biodiesel processor. The key concept that must be proved is that there is a cheap alternative to petroleum oil that can be made from waste, without substantial infrastructure investment. Campus Dining is currently paying to discard an average of 120 gallons of grease per week. This waste stream could be diverted and refined into a clean burning, renewable fuel. This has potential to offset a large portion of petroleum fuel consumed on campus without the addition of any new infrastructure or major fleet conversions. This prototype will prove that an alternative energy source can be produced from an efficient, transportable and inexpensive self contained unit. Design and procedures will be developed to be easily replicated and used by anyone that has access to used or virgin vegetable oil.

To design, fabricate, test, and ultimately deploy a robotic vehicle in the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge competition. This will be the official Cal Poly entry in this well-publicized national competition to build a fully-autonomous (robotic) vehicle capable of traversing a 300 mile course across the Mojave Desert.

Design of a portable, full-featured, lapboard on which to study. It will be collapsible and have a light. Other features may include holders for a book, a notebook, a cup, a calculator, as well as pens and pencils. The back would have a padded gel type material for added comfort as it sits in ones lap. Our goal is to make it as useful and as light weight as possible.

To build and test a new design of a two-speed conventional saltwater fishing reel capable of casting great distances (over 300 feet). It will implement a "Star Drag" system that can be set once and keep its setting no matter how may times the reel shifts gears or free spools unlike current models on the market today that implement a "Lever Drag" system.

This design will target Southern California yellow tail and Calico bass fishing where gear selection and casting distance is critical. This project will also fulfill the Cal Poly Senior Project requirement.

This is essentially a watch or a pocket pc or palm pilot that can be worn to help people who charge their time. (i.e. electricians who are paid by the hour, professionals who charge their time to different departments) It is so tedious to keep a paper and pencil to write down the hours worked and for what job. Using this watch will eliminate this old fashioned method and keep time accurately. At the end of the week, the data in the watch will be transmitted into a database through a cable in a computer which also eliminates typing in hours.

To create a desktop barreling wave (similar to an ocean wave). This wave and its container will be able to fit on a desktop. This product idea is meant to be marketed especially to surfers and anyone who enjoys the ocean.

To design and build a dynamic guitar tuner. The tuner will have three modes of operation. The first is the calibration mode. When the user switches to calibration mode, he or she will lightly strum all six strings.

Soil-cement is a densely compacted mixture of Portland cement, soil/aggregate, and water. More specifically, it is a material produced by blending, compacting, and curing a mixture of soil/aggregate, Portland cement, possibly admixtures including pozzolans, and water to form a hardened material with specific engineering properties, for examples, compressive strength. Used primarily as a base material for highway/airport pavements, soil-cement is also used for slope protection, foundation stabilization and other applications. The focus of this proposed research will address its use in pavement base construction. Despite the successful use of soil-cement as pavement base material, one aspect that retracts from serviceability is shrinkage cracking. In case of asphalt pavement, these cracks may reflect through the pavement surface and in case of concrete pavement a cracked base layer contributes to erosion and pumping of sub grade soil.

To develop a biofidelic pedestrian legform impactor in order to test pedestrian friendly front bumper designs in automobiles. Project includes complete design, manufacturing, and testing (including a trip to Detroit to test the device in Ford's impact research lab).