A sample list of projects in the required courses ME 163 and ME 164 between 1995 and 2000 follows.

ME 163 ME Projects

1. "Determination of the Optimum Position of the Passenger Rollers for a Rapid Beverage Chiller", by Adam Firester and Joseph Montero.Ý December 1996.

2. "Design and Construction of a New Motor Test Stand in Order to Optimize the Operating Parameters of the Cooper Cooler", by Jack Craft and Marc Frankel.Ý December 1997.

3. "Optimization of the Electro-Mechanical System of the Stand-Alone Rapid Beverage Chiller", by Blas Hernandez.Ý December 1998.

4. "Development of a Dorm-Size Refrigerator Cooler using the Cooper Cooler Process", by James Gaughan and Douglas Tam.Ý December 1998.

5. "Website Plan for the Cooper Cooler", by Biagio Goetzke.Ý December 1998.

6. "The Energy Associated with Beverage Chilling", by Pierce Cleary.Ý December 1998.

7. "Analysis of Chemical Rocket Constant and Variable Thrust Propulsion Models based on a Vertical Trajectory", by Maxim Frayer and Edward Magidenko.Ý December 1998.

8. "Emissions System Design and Analysis of the Pratt and Whitney PW4000-112 Fab Turbofan Engine", by James Lee, Omar Moustafa and Kent Shum.

9. "Design of a Ramjet/Scramjet Engine for the Slingshot anti-Mobile Weapons Unit Missile", by Efrem Ron Orgel.

10. "An Optimum Configuration for a Rocket-Based, Combined Cycle (RBCC)Ý Engine", Simcha Blaustein and Akiva Sklar.

11. "Automotive Gas Turbine Engines", Kate Green and Ryu Hijioka.

12. "The Application of Exergy Concepts to Optimizing Electric Utility Power Plants", Angel Sampaga, Jr. and Selwyn Jacob III.

13. "Ram-Scramjet Engine Optimization for a 'Scud-Buster' Missile", Efrem Orgel.

14. "Pollution Emissions Reduction in Turbojet Engines", Kent Shum, Omar Moustafa and James Lee.

15. "Conceptual Design of a Robotic Manipulator for Disabled Children", Z. Kuang, M. Paula-Pereira, and J. Velez.

16. "Automated Feeding Device", I. Bodonenko, G.M. Hebel, and D.Y. Lee.

17. "SAE Cooper Union Dunebuggy", J. Fedullo, F.A. Rahman, M. Sanchez-Maldonado, D.M. Sawycky, and J.J. Tagliaferro.

18. "Conceptual Design of a Wheelchair-Based Robotic Arm", T. Akhtar, J. Bush, P. Hollander, M. Mannino, R. Searle, and J. Shin.

19. "The Spider Robot", C.Y. Hsu.

20. "Interactive Robot", D. Choi and L.J. Kim.

21. "Autonomous Robotic Vacuum", T.H. Kim and M. Wei.

22. "Air Compressor Test Stand Renovation", Lomma & Shen.

23. "Axial Flow Fan Test Stand Troubleshooting", Lomma & Shen.

24. "Development of a Computerized Steam Turbine Test Stand", Maksymuk & Shetty.

25. "Development of a Computerized Engine Test Stand", Ignacio & Tomopoulos.

26. "Development of the StarFuel System", Tamm & Olson.

27. "Development of the Steam Nozzle Test Stand", Pena & Llana.

28. "Continuation of the Acheulean Hand Axe Project", Rothstein & Reiter.

29. "Modernization and Computer Interfacing of the Converging-Diverging (De Laval) Steam Nozzle Test Unit", P. Llana, D. Pena.

30. "The Further Development of the StarFuel System", Lomma.

31. "The StarFuel System Manual", J. Huang, A.T. Lomma, R. Shen, and J. Tsang.

32. "The evaluation and Redesign of Solar Hydrogen Plants to StarFuel Technology", C. Olson and G. Tamm.

33. "Preliminary Design of a Solar-Hydrogen 1-10 k Wh/day Remote Power Supply System for Telecommunications", Appel.

34. "The Design of a Solar-Hydrogen 1-10 kWh/day Remote Power Supply System for Telecommunications", Appel.

35. "Procuring of a Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Hydrogen-Air Fuel Cell for the Hydrogen Utilization Module of the StarFuel System", D. Chin and K. Yu.

ME 164 ñ Capstone Design

1. "Combustion Modeling of Alternative Fuels in an Internal Combustion Engine", N. Hellen, C. Mannino, W. Ng.

2. "Fuel and Engine Requirements for a Long-Range Standoff Missile", M. Giunta, S. Monzon.

3. "Supercritical Water Oxidation as a Waste Treatment Technology", M. Alves, J. Choi, C. Gordon.

4. Combined-Cycle Engine Design for Low-Earth Orbital Insertion Missions", S. Lee, M. Weissman.

5. "Electrical Utility Power Plant Optimization", N. McKenna.

6. "Automation of the Rapid Beverage Chiller", David Rijo.

7. "Cost Analysis of Commercial Beverage Cooling by Conventional Methods", Alan Nasar.

8. "Normalized Chilling Curves for a 750 mL Bottle and the Development of a Rapid Beverage Wine Chiller", J. Montero.

9. "Design and Construction of Model HC02 Prototype 2A of the Rapid Beverage Chiller", A. Firester.

10. "Design and Construction of a Solid State Switching and Timing Mechanism for Push Button Operation of the Rapid Beverage Chiller", Edward Fiorelli.

11. "The Concept Development and System-Level Design Stages of the Rapid Beverage Chiller Development Process", Brian Chionbiang.

12. "Design and Construction of a Single Motor Cooper Cooler", J. Craft and M. Frankel.

13. "Optimization of the Electro-Mechanical System of the Stand-Alone Rapid Beverage Chiller", by Blas Hernandez.Ý December 1998.

14. "Website Plan for the Cooper Cooler", by Biagio Goetzke.Ý December 1998.

15. "Development of a Dorm-Size Refrigerator Cooler using the Cooper Cooler Process", by James Gaughan and Douglas Tam.Ý December 1998.

16. "The Energy Associated with Beverage Chilling", by Pierce Cleary.Ý December 1998.

17. "Introduction to Rocket Propulsion Systems and Thrust and Trajectory Programming", by Maxim Frayer and Edward Magidenko.

18. "Continuation of the Design of a Solar Hydrogen Remote Power Supply", Kristie Yu, Doris Chin.

19. "Development of an ADAMS Tutorial Based on the Gateway Five-Bar Linkage", G.M. Garcia and J.K. Shin.

20. "A One-Arm Strength Enhancer for Use by Stroke Patients", P.M. Maksymuk and J.J. Scire.

21."Design of a PC-Based Control Interface for the DYNA 2200 Milling Machine", E. Mar and J. Shapiro.

22. "A Robotic Manipulator to Assist Disabled Children", Z. Kuang, M. Paula-Pereira and J. Velez.

23. "Feeding Assistant Device", I. Bodonenko, G.M. Hebel and D.Y. Lee.

24. "SAE Cooper Union Dunebuggy", J. Fedullo, F.A. Rahman, M. Sanchez-Maldonado, D.M. Sawycky, and J.J. Tagliaferro.

25. "Development of a Robotic Arm to Assist Disabled Children", T. Akhtar, J. Bush, P. Hollander, M. Mannino, R. Searle, and J. Shin.

26. "Bug-a-Boo", C.Y. Hsu.

27. "Interactive Robots", D. Choi and L.J. Kim.

28. "Autonomous Robotic Vacuum Part II", T.H. Kim and M. Wei.

29. "The Design of a Drivetrain for a Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicle", K. Green and Tyu Hijioka.

30. "A Powerplant Efficiency and Design Analysis", A. Sampagna and S. Jacob III.

31. "A Conceptual Design Evaluation and Comparison for Rocket Based Combined Cycle Engines", S. Blaustein and A. Sklar.

32. "The MPSB:Ý A Series Hybrid Electric Bicycle", A. Keane and D. Levine.

33. "The Hybrid Electric Tricycle", R. Searles and G. Thompson.

34. "E-Team:Ý Hybrid Electric Tricycle", P. Hollander and J. Ross.

35. "The Hybrid Electric Tricycle", M. Lee, J. Cole, and J. Mai.

36. "The 1999 Cooper Union Mini-Baja Dune Buggy", J. Bush, T. Akhtar and J. Shin.

37. "The 2000 Cooper Union Mini-Baja Dune Buggy", S. Sachs, M. Chorzewski, F. Dahl, & J. Feustel.

38. "The Design of a Low Cost Internal Combustion Engine Test Stand and a Low Cost Gas Turbine Test Stand for Undergraduate Engineering Instruction", E. Ignacio, P. Tomopoulos, M. Maksymuk, N. Shetty.

39. "Design and Marketing of a Low Cost Nozzle Test Stand for Use as an Undergraduate Engineering Instructional Tool", O. Llana, D. Pena.

40. "The Continuation of the Design of a Solar-Hydrogen 1-10 kWH/day Remote Power Supply System for Telecommunications Application with Emphasis on the Simulation Program", D. Chin, K. Yu.

41. "Final Design of an Affordable Water Tunnel for Undergraduate Instructional Use", E. Lerner, S. Egan, E. Sorenson.

42. "Design of a Low Cost, Low Speed Wind Tunnel for Undergraduate Instructional Use", J. Reiter, J. Rothstein.

43. "Preliminary Design Considerations for a Demonstration Hydrogen Refueling Station for Vehicles", C. Hall.

44. "Continued Design of an Inexpensive Undergraduate Instructional Water Tunnel", E. Lerner, E. Sorenson, S. Egan.

ME 363/4 ñ Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering

1. "Motor, Pump, Drivetrain and Housing Selection and Design", G. Gay.

2. "Marketing RCS for Commercial Use:Ý A Preliminary Study", S. Blaustein.

3. "The Chiller ñ Build Your Own!", G. Gay.

4. "Application of Lego Mindstorms Products and PeopleBot for the Cooper Web Theater", J. Cole.

5. "Interior Fusion Cases", Elliot Posner.