The intent of the project was to create a radio telescope capable of mapping hydrogen in the galaxy and teaching young, aspiring astronomers how different (non-optical) types of telescopes are constructed.
Learning Factory brings the real-world into the classroom by providing engineering students with practical hands-on experience through industry-sponsored and client-based capstone design projects.
Ugene is a nascent cooperative design and manufacturing initiative being developed by four faculty members from different units in the School of Architecture and Allied Arts.
Each year for the past five years, sophomore engineering students at James Madison University work to design and build human-powered vehicles for a community member with needs very different from their own as a result of cerebral palsy.
The Acrobot is an underactuated robot that senses its own position and responds by moving its arm back and forth to excite its body dynamics into expressive movements.