Date:
Wednesday,
April
4,
2012
Time:
6:00
p.m.
to
8:00
p.m.
Location:
Student
Design
Centre,
Engineering
5
Building,
University
of
Waterloo, 200
University
Avenue
West,
Waterloo,
ON
- free
parking
(PDF)
Cost:
$10;
reception
includes
hors
d'oeuvres
and
a
host
bar
(*price
includes
HST)
Dr. Pearl
Sullivan,
Incoming
Dean
of
the
Faculty
of
Engineering,
and
Dr.
Mary
Wells,
Associate
Dean
of
Engineering
Outreach,
invite
you
to
join
them
along
with
the Waterloo
Engineering
alumni
and
friends
community
at
a
special
reception
in
the
new
Engineering
5
Building
showcasing 4th
year
student
design
projects
and
engineering
student
team vehicles.
You
will
have
the
opportunity
to
speak
directly
to
the
bright
and
excellent
students
who
designed
the
top
4th
year
student
design
projects
and
the team
vehicles.
Also,
meet
Waterloo
Engineering
alumni,
faculty,
graduate
students,
friends,
and
special
guests
at
this
fabulous
reception.
Keynote speaker: Sheldon Fernandez (BASc 2001), Director of Infusion Development and CTO of PersonIf will deliver the keynote address titled
“The great riddle of Canadian entrepreneurship - fostering creativity and doggedness in a moderate society”
About the keynote speaker
Sheldon
Fernandez
BASc
2001,
Computer
Engineering
Director
of
Infusion
Development,
and
Chief
Technical
Officer
of
PersonIf
After
graduating
from
the
University
of
Waterloo
in
2001
from
Computer
Engineering,
Sheldon
Fernandez
joined
a
team
of
uWaterloo
graduates
and
co-founded
Infusion
Development
Canada,
which
provided
software
and
consulting
services
to
the
investment
banking
industry
and
to
state
and
local
governments.
Today,
the
company
has
blossomed
into
a
global
firm
consisting
of
350
employees
with
offices
in
Toronto,
New
York,
Boston,
Houston,
London,
and
Dubai.
As
its
chief
technical
architect,
Sheldon
has
been
responsible
for
honing
the
firm’s
technical
direction
and
ethos
amidst
ongoing
revolutions
in
the
industry.
As
result,
Infusion
is
now
considered
a
leader
in
the
emerging
technologies
realm,
and
has
won
numerous
awards
for
its
innovative
and
inventive
solutions.
Most
recently,
Sheldon
served
as
Chief
Technical
Officer
for
the
noteworthy
Infusion
spin-off,
PersonIf
a
‘people
discovery’
platform
that
radically
changes
the
way
the
entertainment
industry
locates
and
discovers
talent.
In
addition
to
winning
Microsoft’s
web
solution
of
the
year
award,
this
technology
was
used
to
cast
for
The
Glee
Project,
Sports
Illustrated
and
HBO.
In
2011,
Sheldon
received
the
University
of
Waterloo
Faculty
of
Engineering
Young
Alumni
Achievement
Medal
for
his
achievements.
Read Sheldon's complete biography (PDF).
Student
design
projects
This is a list of some of the top fourth year student design projects that will be on display at the event - more projects will be added regularly. Engineering students who designed and created these projects will be in attendance at the event so you can speak to them directly.
Autotabber
Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering
The autotabber is an automatic tabulation device for electric guitars, which aids in the teaching and recording of music.
Baseball Trainer
Program: Systems Design Engineering
The project aims to revolutionize the way baseball players and coaches train by providing them advanced technology at a low cost.
EAVI
Program: Mechatronics Engineering
An electronic navigation for the visually impaired.
EZ Rider Bicycle Aid Prosthetic Device
Program: Mechatronics Engineering
A Mechatronics Engineering design project of a prosthetic hand that allows braking and gear shifting of an unmodified bicycle using controls from a glove worn on the opposite hand.
Fast Dispense
Program: Mechatronics Engineering
The Fast Dispense team has created an automated fastener inventory system to solve the problem of fastener management for manufactures. The machine can automatically create kits to build assemblies, give real time stock data, provide analytics, and procure new fasteners.
Flettner Rotor Sails
Program: Mechanical Engineering
A viability study investigating the application of Flettner rotor sails as a propulsion system. Analytical and numerical simulations predict the performance of a theoretical Flettner Catamaran in various conditions and a scaled prototype demonstrates the exploited phenomenon.
Muscle Activation Detection Suit
Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering
The team designed and constructed a workout suit which allows a user to see which muscles are being activated on their smartphone during exercise.
Music Visualization
Program: Systems Design Engineering
The Music Visualization project records a musician's performance and displays information about the dynamics and timing in real-time to the performer. It can be used by beginner's to learn to play pieces as well as more advanced musicians to visually identify areas of interest.
NFC Food Ordering
Program: Systems Design Engineering
Students designed a Near Field Communication system to speed up the drive-through food ordering process. Users select what they want on a phone app, and then pass their phone over a sensor to place their order, and to pay for the meal.
Piezoelectric Charger
Program: Electrical & Computer Engineering
The piezoelectric phone charger utilizes pressure exerted by users when they're walking to produce energy for charging mobile phones. It is designed to provide power in a remote area where an electrical outlet is not readily available when the phone runs out of battery.
Project Aeolus
Program: Systems Design Engineering
Project Aeolus was designed with the precious value of human safety in mind. It's a small sized, low cost quadrocopter capable of autonomous stability controls allowing adoption of this great technology into the real world to take humans out of dangerous or difficult situations.
Project Orpheus
Program: Systems Design Engineering
The Orpheus Project is a real-time gesture based audio modulation system, that allow live performers to take back some control over their audio effects, and interact with their audience in an entirely new dimension.
Smart Coat Check
Program: Systems Design Engineering
Smart Coat Check aims to eliminate the need for customers to keep track of traditional tickets, while increasing the speed, efficiency, and accuracy at which the coat is retrieved by an attendant. Using RF technology, the computer communicates with custom LED hangers through the link between a customer ID and hanger ID.
More
projects
to
be
added
soon!
Note:
HST
number
R119260685