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Data archive for "Dissipative assembly of macrocycles comprising multiple transient bonds"
Dissipative (nonequilibrium) assembly powered by chemical fuels has great potential for the creation of new adaptive chemical systems. However, while molecular assembly at equilibrium is routinely used to prepare complex ... -
Child Safety Seat Occupant Detection and Alert System
This report covers the design, build, and testing if an IoT (Internet of Things) device which uses signal attenuation as a detection condition. The device's intended purpose is to detect when a child has been left in a car ... -
Senior Design 498 - Universal Test Stand
Final report for Senior Design - ENT 498 - Universal Test Stand -
High Temperature Limit Sensor for Compressor Connecting Rod
Student Engineers researched and designed a method to measure temperature on the bearing of an Ariel Corporation compressor connecting rod. Placing a high temperature shut off device in the connecting rod will allow for ... -
Septic Tank Monitoring Device
Student Engineers have modified and updated a current septic tank control panel. This panel has more up-to-date components that gives homeowners and service providers more control over septic systems. The panel will operate ... -
Adapting a Parker proportional valve for use with a Festo hydraulic trainer
Student engineers designed, built, and tested the adaptation of a Parker Proportional Valve with Festo Hydraulic Trainers for educational use at Edison State Community College. The system will accompany lectures given by ... -
Guided Object Fetching Robot
This is a reflection on what the GOFR group has accomplished in the pursuit of making an Autonomously Guided Vehicle (AGV). This document will lay out the steps and research performed in order to design and build a functional ... -
Senior Project X-Ray Plate Holder (The Wilds) Final Report
Our group is creating a robotic x-ray plate holder for The Wilds so that they can x-ray the legs of giraffes while they are standing and non-sedated. The Wilds reached out to Zane State College for this project due to ... -
Remote Machine Monitoring
Clippard, A well-known company in Cincinnati Ohio that manufactures pneumatic valves, cylinders, and fittings, provided us with a challenge to build a system for them. This system will monitor 16 CNC machines during the ... -
Automated Wire Stripper
For our groups ENT 498 Senior Design Project we decided to design and build an automated wire cutter and stripping machine. Our final machine can automatically feed, cut and strip wires to a given length and quantity. ... -
Remote CO₂ Laser Engraver/Cutter
The goal of our project was to develop and manufacture a CO2 laser engraver capable of being remotely controlled via the internet using a custom-built interface. The purpose of our project was to provide access to individuals ... -
Universal Robot Gripper
This project will consist of multiple goals and milestones to achieve the desired result of assessing the feasibility of a more universal type of gripper used for material handling in the Rimrock Corporation. -
CNC Router
This project is an improvement upon the 2018-2019 senior design team’s CNC Router Table project. The project utilizes mechanical, electrical and software components to establish communication between the router table and ... -
Pipe Bend Tester
The purpose of this project is to improve an existing pipe bending testing procedure for HDPE 3”-6” diameter pipe. Instead of a manual, unstandardized process, there will be an automated, standardized one more efficient ... -
The Application of Machine Learning to Digitized Postcards as Artifacts
When machine learning is mentioned in the news, it is rarely in the context of historical artifacts. Often, the public learns about what machine learning promises through news about optimizing workflows, improving ... -
Alternatives to Exclusionary School Discipline: An Outline for Educational Administrators
Exclusionary discipline practices are intended to help students learn to act appropriately when in reality they have been shown to lead to negative school outcomes and exacerbate the “school to prison pipeline”. This ... -
The Paper Person: A Comparative Analysis of Rhetoric and Truth in Environmental Economics, Literature, and Policy
Environmental issues such as deforestation and climate change are some of the most pressing concerns today and require a concentrated global response. How does the rhetoric surrounding these topics affect how people ... -
Promising Practices in Adult Guardianship in Ohio: Featured County Profiles
This accompanying document profiles the five Ohio counties (Butler, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Lorain, Stark) featured in the brief and provides more details about their innovative guardianship practices. -
Promising Practices in Adult Guardianship in Ohio
This research brief highlights innovative strategies used by five Ohio counties to address common challenges in adult guardianship. -
K-12 Choice-Favoring and Public-Favoring Stories
This article focuses on how language favoring educational choice shapes U.S. educational policy. We outline key features of some dominant narratives, providing several examples and showing how these stories contradict ...