april 26th was Design Day, the culmination of the term for Michigan State engineering students taking design classes, where they present posters and show off their projects. it was a big day for all three of the design teams in the ME478 Product Development class, including the two sponsored by ATC. the treadle pump team, the clean stove team, and the rope pump team all brought their operating prototypes and also showed off their posters summarizing the projects.
the treadle and rope pump teams each pumped water and the clean stove team actually cooked hot dogs for participants! see this video for a compilation showing all three projects in action together:
unfortunately, I didn’t get to see Design Day in person, since the humanitarian symposium presentations were more significant for me to attend. but it sounds like a big, cool science fair kind of setup. I would have loved to see other teams’ projects. maybe next time…
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| Design Day poster from the Rope Pump team |
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