ENGINEERING PLUS PROJECTS

#33 – ENGR 180 & ENGR 280 ARDUINO CURRICULUM

DEPARTMENT: Engineering PLUS TEAM MEMBERS: Chris Dagher Oliver MacDonald CLIENT: Dr. Courtney Hollar PROJECT ADVISORS: Dr. Courtney Hollar Sue Latta Dr. Amy Moll MENTOR: Leslie Atkins The purpose of this project was to create Arduino and hands-on embedded systems curriculum for the ENGR 180 and ENGR 280 classes. The curriculum was designed to be modular so that it could be used at any point in the semester, or at multiple points throughout the semester. The ENGR 180 curriculum focused on building the fundamental concepts students need when learning to code and build electrical systems, while the ENGR 280 curriculum builds off of the ENGR 180 curriculum so that students get a refresher of what they did followed by new content. This project focused on providing students with the ability to think about and create programmed electrical systems while providing them with resources to pursue more advanced projects. Curriculum was drafted and tested on the Spring 2022 ENGR 380 class to get feedback before the pilot unit. This feedback was used to design and create curriculum for the ENGR 180 class, which was then presented during the weeks of March 28th and April 4th. Based on the results from the ENGR 180 class, curriculum for ENGR 280 was created using feedback from teaching and the collaborating instructors. The outcome of this work is curriculum for ENGR 180 and ENGR 280 that can be used in successive semesters and can be modified as needed for different classes and student needs.

#34 – CLEAN GREENS TEAM

DEPARTMENT: Engineering PLUS TEAM MEMBERS: Joe Citi Sierra Fielding Caden Hiebert CLIENT: Global Gardens PROJECT ADVISORS: Dr. Courtney Hollar Sue Latta Dr. Amy Moll MENTOR: Randy Geile The project’s primary client is the lead manager of Global Gardens: Dr. Rabiou Manzo. His main priority lies in establishing relationships with wholesale partners, constantly improving the farmers’ working conditions and providing the farmers with exceptional entrepreneurial experience. Dr. Manzo hails from Niger, Africa, and pursued veterinary and agricultural studies in Ukraine. He received a Masters in Veterinary Science from the National Agricultural University of Kiev, Ukraine. Dr. Manzo is well versed in agricultural techniques and has a passion for helping those in need. He is the point of contact for all aspects of the project. The Global Gardens community needs help increasing their capacity, quality and efficiency of washing produce at two of their farming locations. The farmers on ground experience an inconsistent quality of produce subsequent to difficulties processing mass amounts of leafy green vegetables. They currently use hand crank salad spinners, which require manual operation and don’t provide the best quality cleaning for fresh greens such as kale, lettuce, arugula, etc. This in turn, makes it harder for these greens to be sold at local farmers markets and restaurants.

#35 – HERITAGE COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL GARDEN LABYRINTH

DEPARTMENT: Engineering PLUS TEAM MEMBERS: George Ankeney Paris Colton Campbell Crowe Luke Favillo CLIENT: Matt Wigglesworth (IDoTeach) PROJECT ADVISORS: Dr. Courtney Hollar Sue Latta Dr. Amy Moll MENTOR: Amy Dolan Throughout the 2022 spring semester, Heritage Community Charter School (HCCS) in Caldwell, Idaho wanted to take steps to construct a labyrinth in an open dirt field behind the school. A small group of HCCS 8th grade students are working with school staff members and community volunteers to research, design, and build a labyrinth in the school garden. This labyrinth project is one part of a larger HCCS garden renovation project.

#36– THE BEE TEAM

DEPARTMENT: Engineering Plus TEAM MEMBERS: Isabelle Boicourt Kade Nyman Ben Thomsen PROJECT ADVISOR: Dr. Courtney Hollar Sue Latta Dr. Amy Moll MENTOR: Chad Watson The Bee Team has developed a new type of beehive smoker to help encourage potential beekeepers. The new smoker helps eliminate the uncertainties of a traditional beehive smoker, making it easy to use and safer for the user and the hive. It uses wire to provide heat, is switch activated, has a dial for temperature control, and is suitable for different types of fuel.

#37 – UIDAHO ACCUMULATION TABLE

DEPARTMENT: Engineering Plus TEAM MEMBERS: Vic Edwards Johnny Gonzalez Jake Holmes Kyle Powell CLIENT: University of Idaho Kitchen PROJECT ADVISORS: Dr. Courtney Hollar Sue Latta Dr. Amy Moll We are working with the UIdaho Commercial Kitchen to modify a custom packing table. This table needs improvement upon current design flaws, including a lack of food security, ease of wall adjustment, and transportation of the table. We will modify a defective accumulation table to become functional, transportable, and easy to use.

#38 – IDAHO TAPE AND REEL WIRE CUTTING

DEPARTMENT: Engineering Plus TEAM MEMBERS: Trace Arnold Gaven Freeland Ashley Jensen CLIENT: Justin Jensen

PROJECT ADVISORS: Dr. Courtney Hollar Sue Latta Dr. Amy Moll Our mentor, Justin Jensen, is the chief operating officer at Idaho Tape and Reel, where they manufacture multiple variations of electrical wires. They use a machine by Shleuniger that encases these spools of electrical wire into their housings. When these wires are extruded from the machine they need to be quickly and easily obtained so that they can be bundled for distribution. Currently these wires fall into unorganized piles and it requires a lot of time and effort to sort these into neat piles. Our task is to design custom reservoirs for multiple wire variations to ensure that these wire extrusions do end up into neat and easy to pick up piles.