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Designing a Climate Program for Puerto Rico Project Center
The climate crisis is a global issue catalyzed by a steady increase in atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases. This project focused on strategies to analyze and mitigate carbon emissions generated by WPI's Global Projects. To achieve this, we estimated the carbon emissions produced on IQP using the Puerto Rico Project Center as a case study, researched and compared carbon offset companies, and spoke to our stakeholders to generate the most effective guide and outreach methods. This work resulted in calculator tools that can be used to estimate IQP emissions, a roadmap of recommended steps towards carbon neutrality and sustainability, and a website to host our information and generate ongoing discussion around the climate crisis and sustainability initiatives
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Functional Model of the Middle Ear
This project sought to improve a functioning model of the middle ear, in conjunction with Dr. Ivo Dobrev and the Universitätsspital Zürich Department of Otorhinolaryngology. This model is intended to educate students about middle ear anatomy, physiology, and pathology. After improving the durability and adaptability of the model, the project team performed force-displacement and vibration testing to show the model’s capability of demonstrating how stiffening of the incudomalleolar joint affects sound transmission in the system. The model displayed meaningful trends when a load was applied, but it did not match the trends of the actual middle ear. The project team created a 3D assembly of the model in Solidworks, to allow future teams to perform virtual analysis on the design