{"id":5947,"date":"2021-07-28T11:27:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T16:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/?p=5947"},"modified":"2021-07-28T11:27:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T16:27:24","slug":"capstone-a-success-for-second-mechanical-engineering-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2021\/capstone-a-success-for-second-mechanical-engineering-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Capstone a success for second Mechanical Engineering class"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dream it. Design it. Build it.&nbsp;Refine It.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is exactly what four senior Mechanical Engineering students\ndid throughout their&nbsp;time&nbsp;at Dunwoody.&nbsp;Their&nbsp;capstone\nproject&nbsp;was no exception.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kurt Scepaniak owner of Horizon Roofing&nbsp;contacted Dunwoody\nwith hopes that&nbsp;students in the&nbsp;Engineering&nbsp;Senior Design\ncourse&nbsp;would&nbsp;conceptualize and fabricate&nbsp;a machine&nbsp;that\nwould&nbsp;make&nbsp;it easier to remove\nroofing&nbsp;material&nbsp;from&nbsp;horizontal roofs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained&nbsp;that two-foot by&nbsp;two-foot&nbsp;sections of\nroofing material are removed and&nbsp;tossed&nbsp;into a tear off box on the\nroof\u2019s surface.&nbsp;A crane&nbsp;removes&nbsp;the&nbsp;tear off box&nbsp;from\nthe roof&nbsp;and typically needs to be&nbsp;emptied&nbsp;many\ntimes&nbsp;during&nbsp;the&nbsp;duration of the job.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat our sponsor asked us to create was a machine that would\nreduce the size of the insulation sheets, so that it would take fewer lifts up\nand down with that tear off box,\u201d Roy&nbsp;Heggernes, Mechanical Engineering\n\u201921,&nbsp;said.&nbsp;\u201cSo that is what we built.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/72_20210419_093641-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5952\" width=\"224\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/72_20210419_093641-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/72_20210419_093641-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/72_20210419_093641-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/72_20210419_093641-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/72_20210419_093641-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/72_20210419_093641-1980x2640.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/72_20210419_093641-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><figcaption>Roy Heggernes works on the frame in the Weld Shop.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Mechanical Engineering&nbsp;program,&nbsp;housed within\nthe&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">School of Engineering<\/a>&nbsp;at Dunwoody, awards&nbsp;a&nbsp;Bachelor\nof Science&nbsp;degree&nbsp;upon completion.&nbsp;Classwork&nbsp;is\nproject-based&nbsp;with&nbsp;theoretical engineering\nprinciples&nbsp;taught&nbsp;through hands-on&nbsp;experience&nbsp;and\nproblem-solving.&nbsp;Two&nbsp;cohorts of&nbsp;classes have now\ngraduated.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This project was a&nbsp;secondary phase&nbsp;of&nbsp;an\nidea&nbsp;that members of&nbsp;the\nfirst&nbsp;graduating&nbsp;section&nbsp;tackled&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;and had\nto&nbsp;abandon&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;when COVID-19 forced classes online in 2020.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the&nbsp;class of 2021 returned to campus in the\nFall,&nbsp;and&nbsp;agreed to the task, they were worried&nbsp;that it was a\ntall order&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;one&nbsp;they might not be able to\ndeliver&nbsp;on.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was really challenging in the beginning,\u201d Elizabeth Rivas,\nMechanical Engineering \u201921 said. \u201cTrying to come up with the concept is\nsometimes the hardest part.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/72_20210416_100100-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5954\" width=\"355\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/72_20210416_100100-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/72_20210416_100100-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/72_20210416_100100.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><figcaption>Elizabeth Rivas in the Weld Shop. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>They spent much of the first\nsemester&nbsp;brainstorming&nbsp;ideas while&nbsp;juggling other projects and\nclasses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By&nbsp;the second half of the&nbsp;semester,&nbsp;they had a\nconcept drawn&nbsp;using a&nbsp;3D&nbsp;CAD\nsoftware&nbsp;called&nbsp;SOLIDWORKS.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI started to see how this would be able to come together,\u201d Rivas\nsaid.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were all kind of on edge, but once we actually got it going\nand started moving forward, we all gained an energy of \u2018Hey! We can\ndo&nbsp;this!\u2019\u201d Justin Grant, Mechanical Engineering \u201921,&nbsp;said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They codenamed&nbsp;their project&nbsp;\u201cthe cricket\u201d after one of\nthe initial whiteboard drawings resembled the insect&nbsp;that\nis&nbsp;considered a symbol of good luck in some cultures.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dunwoody prides itself on small class sizes, and as a result\nstudents&nbsp;tend to develop close working relationships within their\ncohort.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each member of the group credited&nbsp;their project\u2019s success to\ntheir teamwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was really easy to split up tasks amongst each other,\u201d Thomas\nOldenburg, Mechanical&nbsp;Engineering&nbsp;\u201921&nbsp;said. \u201cWe kind of knew\nwhere each of us had our strengths and weaknesses.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They approached&nbsp;each task&nbsp;as:&nbsp;\u201c\u2019We know you are the\nbest one for this&nbsp;job,&nbsp;so we are going to put you on lead. If you\nneed help, we\u2019re here,\u2019\u201d&nbsp;he&nbsp;said.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heggernes&nbsp;took the lead on the shell; Rivas, the frame;\nOldenburg, the internal hammers, and Grant, the electrical parts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Communication was also key.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf one part was falling behind, we could all jump on it,\u201d Grant\nsaid.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They&nbsp;also&nbsp;credited&nbsp;Dunwoody\u2019s unique&nbsp;setting,\nhousing&nbsp;other first-rate programs&nbsp;such as Machining\nand&nbsp;Welding,&nbsp;and&nbsp;cross-departmental&nbsp;collaboration&nbsp;with&nbsp;those&nbsp;faculty\nand students who helped guide them&nbsp;and even built some of the components\nfor them&nbsp;based&nbsp;off&nbsp;their designs.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe wouldn\u2019t have been&nbsp;able&nbsp;to fabricate nearly as much\non this project&nbsp;without their help,\u201d&nbsp;Heggerness&nbsp;said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grant remembered sharing photos and videos of their progress with\nfriends who were enrolled in&nbsp;engineering&nbsp;programs at larger\nuniversities. He says they were amazed at the scale of\nthe&nbsp;project;&nbsp;their&nbsp;own&nbsp;experiences paled&nbsp;in\ncomparison.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the semester wound down, the&nbsp;students\u2019&nbsp;confidence\nincreased.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe tested the motor and all the wiring before hooking it up to\nthe hammers,\u201d Grant said. \u201cIt started up in about a half of a second, which was\nquicker than we expected.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/72_20210430_100558-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5958\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/72_20210430_100558-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/72_20210430_100558-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/72_20210430_100558.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption>The fully assembled Capstone project, codenamed &#8220;Cricket&#8221; in early May. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;machine,&nbsp;which has&nbsp;roughly\na&nbsp;six-foot&nbsp;by four-foot footprint&nbsp;and an estimated weight of 600\npounds,&nbsp;was&nbsp;completely assembled&nbsp;by May 7,\n2021,&nbsp;and&nbsp;along&nbsp;with it a sense of relief.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen you first turn it on it has a sort of lawn mower or washing\nmachine sound,\u201d Oldenburg said.&nbsp;\u201cAnd when you are feeding material\nthrough, it is just like a wood-chipper&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;you can hear the\nmaterial impact; you can hear it grinding.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scepaniak, who has worked with Dunwoody and a couple other\ncolleges on design projects,&nbsp;was on&nbsp;campus for&nbsp;the group\u2019s\npresentation of&nbsp;their work.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is exciting to see,\u201d he said.&nbsp;\u201cThis one is for sure the\nclosest to a finished product I have seen yet.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1400-MENG_Cricket-052021-kmh-4-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5962\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1400-MENG_Cricket-052021-kmh-4.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/?attachment_id=5962\" class=\"wp-image-5962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1400-MENG_Cricket-052021-kmh-4-1024x682.jpg 1024w, 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data-link=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/?attachment_id=5964\" class=\"wp-image-5964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1400_MENG_Cricket-052021-kmh-5-1-1024x658.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1400_MENG_Cricket-052021-kmh-5-1-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1400_MENG_Cricket-052021-kmh-5-1-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1400_MENG_Cricket-052021-kmh-5-1-1200x771.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1400_MENG_Cricket-052021-kmh-5-1.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As he looked around the&nbsp;room filled with&nbsp;campus leaders\nand faculty&nbsp;who leant&nbsp;their expertise to the students, Scepaniak was\namazed at the level of support.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is the most participation that I have seen with a student\nproject,\u201d&nbsp;Scepaniak&nbsp;said. \u201cIf my son wanted to go\ninto&nbsp;engineering, this program is one that I would think highly of for my\nkid.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of those in the room&nbsp;who was&nbsp;filled&nbsp;with\npride&nbsp;was Jonathan&nbsp;Aurand, PE,&nbsp;Associate&nbsp;Professor&nbsp;of\nMechanical Engineering. He had the&nbsp;distinct opportunity of instructing the\nstudents during the past four years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey buckled down and put in the effort to realize the design\nthey conceived and developed over several months,\u201d he said. \u201cThe project\nsponsor was happy with the results and plans to further develop the initial\nprototype into a commercial product.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each of the members of the team was happy with their achievement\nand what they were able to accomplish.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt goes to show that we can actually build something that we set\nout to design,\u201d&nbsp;Heggernes&nbsp;said.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cI feel like future\nemployers will like that we went through the whole process of brainstorming\nideas, coming up with a prototype, designing it, refining it, and then coming\nout with a final product at the end of it.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then,&nbsp;each has&nbsp;graduated and gone on to accept\njobs or continued with internships in their field of study.&nbsp;Rivas&nbsp;is\na Digital Manufacturing Designer at&nbsp;ProtoLabs;&nbsp;Heggernes&nbsp;is a\nQuality Engineering Intern at Zeiss Industrial Metrology; Grant is a\nManufacturing Engineer Intern at Lake Air Products;&nbsp;and Oldenburg is a\nFabrication Engineer at Kurt Manufacturing.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dream it. Design it. Build it.&nbsp;Refine It.&nbsp;&nbsp; That is exactly what four senior Mechanical Engineering students did throughout their&nbsp;time&nbsp;at Dunwoody.&nbsp;Their&nbsp;capstone project&nbsp;was no exception.&nbsp;&nbsp; Kurt Scepaniak owner of Horizon Roofing&nbsp;contacted Dunwoody with hopes that&nbsp;students in the&nbsp;Engineering&nbsp;Senior Design course&nbsp;would&nbsp;conceptualize and fabricate&nbsp;a machine&nbsp;that would&nbsp;make&nbsp;it easier to remove roofing&nbsp;material&nbsp;from&nbsp;horizontal roofs. 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