SCOPE
Sponsor: Microsoft New England Research & Development (NERD)
Faculty Advisor: Sarah Bloomer
Empower: A Consent Framework for Health Data
The 2024-2025 collaboration between Microsoft Research NERD's Project Resolve team and ºÚÁÏÉçÔÚÏß¹Û¿´Èë¿Ú’s SCOPE team focused on creating a public-facing consent framework for the community served by flok Health. The project emphasizes secure, ethical data handling practices and seeks to build trust within health communities by prioritizing informed consent.
Sponsor: LineVision
Faculty Advisor: Alessandra Ferzoco
CV Detection of Powerline Encroachment
LineVision challenged the Olin SCOPE team to investigate the performance capabilities of our next-generation edge infrastructure through the development of a proof-of-concept system for real-time monitoring of the transmission-line right-of-way.
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Sponsor: Boston Scientific
Faculty Advisor: Jessica Townsend
Sustainable Design for Forceps' Lifecycle
This project involved the development of processes and design changes which can enhance the sustainability of Boston Scientific Single Use Biopsy Forceps, assisting them in meeting their goal of being carbon neutral by 2050.
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Sponsor: Boston University Wheelock Institute for the Science of Education
Faculty Advisor: Jessica Townsend
Creating Generative-AI Powered Learning Systems to Facilitate Equitable K-2 Literacy Education
The BU WISE SCOPE team worked with generative AI models to create a web-app that will act as a “literacy buddy" for students and a teaching assistant for teachers.
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- 2024-2025
- SCOPE
- Electrical Systems
- Human Factors/User Experience
- Mechanical Systems
- Robotics/Automation
Sponsor: Blue Origin
Faculty Advisor: Lawrence Neeley
CNC Conformal Coating Machine
A semi-automatic robotic spray-coating machine for simplifying and accelerating Blue Origin’s current in-house PCB rework process.
Sponsor: Amazon Robotics
Faculty Advisor: Alessandra Ferzoco
Robotic Manipulation using Tactile Feedback
To help Amazon Robotics' research and development efforts, this year's SCOPE team created a robotic system that utilizes tactile and vision sensors to grasp a ball and throw it to reach a specified target.
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Sponsor: Watts Water Technologies, Inc.
Faculty Advisor: Alessandra Ferzoco
Failure Mode Analysis of NFC Near Plumbing Infrastructure
Our objective is to understand the limitations of Near Field Communication (NFC) in various environments and around different interferences. This technology can be used to determine temperatures within fluid valves to enable easier testing, calibration, and troubleshooting for water temperature issues.
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Sponsor: SparkCharge
Faculty Advisor: Lawrence Neeley
SparkCharge Roadie V3 Environmental Hardening
A major obstacle to the widespread adoption of electric vehicles is the inability to refuel as efficiently as their internal combustion counterparts. SparkCharge, a leader in mobile EV charging solutions, currently serves markets across the United States, with services ranging from out-of-charge assistance to large-scale fleet charging. To ensure SparkCharge products are capable of providing consistent and reliable coverage at all times, the SparkCharge SCOPE team aimed to introduce retrofittable solutions to the Roadie V3 system that eliminate vulnerabilities during severe weather conditions.
Sponsor: Semtech
Faculty Advisor: Alessandra Ferzoco
Water Everywhere: Understanding & Preventing Frozen Pipe Bursts with Modern IoT
Our SCOPE project aimed to solve the pipe-freezing problem by upgrading existing plumbing systems with intelligent sensing and action-taking. Specifically, we explored how LoRa®, modern low-power IoT (Internet of Things) technology from Semtech, can let us predict potential pipe bursts and take action to mitigate the problem.
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Sponsor: Santos Family Foundation/Volpe National Transportation Center
Faculty Advisor: Lynn Andrea Stein
VIEW 2.0: Direct Vision Assessment System
Our SCOPE team is collaborating with the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, the Santos Foundation, and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) to reinvent VIEW, a blind-zone measurement tool for vehicles and a crowd-sourced database of blind-zones created by the 2017-2018 SCOPE team.
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Sponsor: Pfizer
Faculty Advisor: Lynn Andrea Stein
Clinical Supply Study Complexity and Risk Assessment
Our project will review the manual complexity and risk assessment work in GCS, and recommend an automation framework by conducting data analysis and machine learning along with implementing a proof of concept using the framework. This will enable timely response to changes and aid in efficiently allocating GCS resources.
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Sponsor: New Balance
Faculty Advisor: Lawrence Neeley
New Balance Manufacturing Innovation
New Balance is dedicated to increasing manufacturing within the United States and building new technology into their automated manufacturing processes. The Manufacturing Innovation SCOPE team designed and prototyped solutions that automate several critical, labor-intensive steps in materials processing for shoe manufacturing. Automating these steps in the manufacturing process increase operator safety and reduce production time.
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Sponsor: Moderna
Faculty Advisor: Alessandra Ferzoco
High-throughput pH Characterization of Lipid Nanoparticle Formulations
The Olin SCOPE team was tasked with designing a device to perform 96 pH measurements within 15 minutes. This first-in-class technology is an order of magnitude faster than current methods and will greatly expedite the characterization of new formulations.
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