Table of Contents
Administrative | MSD I | |||
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Team Responsibilities | Problem Definition | Systems Design | Subsystems Design | Detailed Design |
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Testing | ||||||
Administrative | Prototyping | Electrical | Gearbox | Seat and Track | Integrated System | User Testing |
Project Summary | Project Information |
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Every 21 seconds another child dies from a preventable waterborne illness caused by poor quality water, sanitation and hygiene. B9 Plastics, a not-for-profit organization, manufactures the “Better Water Maker” (BWM); a human-powered water purification device. The BWM was designed as a hand-crank to provide the power to the UV-bulb in order to “clean” the water. Past RIT MSD projects had very similar needs and requirements but were not successful in developing a desirable product. Since the generator will be used mostly by women and children, it needs to be re-designed to reduce the user’s effort. It was our team’s goal to produce a prototype that provides the minimum power of 27.7W while making it easy to use. By using proven technology our team has provided a prototype that ideally has the potential for mass production. |
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Team Members
Member | Major | Role | Contact |
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Erika Correa | ISE | Ergonomics Research and Testing | exc5790@rit.edu |
Chris Falanga | EE | Power Generation and Storage Research | cjf1533@rit.edu |
Jessica Fuss | ME | Project Co-Manager | jrf4120@rit.edu |
Kyle Jordan | ME | Specifications Review | kmj4034@rit.edu |
Jacob Kleinberger | ISE | Project Co-Manager | jak8013@rit.edu |
Liz White | ME | Website Updates and Scribe | eaw5288@rit.edu |
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank all the faculty and staff who spent time assisting us in theory and analysis.
Chris Fisher
Robert Kraynik
Jan Maneti