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Design Challenges

IDETC/CIE/AM3D

Topic: Project Hridaya: Redesigning the Aortic Heart Valve Using Additive
Manufacturing

We aim to reduce the development cost of our redesigned Unibody Aortic
Heart valve through 3D Printing. Models printed with a stainless steel &
PLA composite filament will be used to perform hydrodynamic tests to
validate the valve design.
McGill University – Canada
Team: Aidan Kurtz (Team leader), Loic Chaubet, Arjoon Jeyapaalan
(Team: McGill NPT)
Topic: Parametric Non-Pneumatic Tire

This composite tire design features a highly parametric honeycomb
structure, allowing for low-volume production of application-specific tires.
Moreover, the continuous carbon fiber embedded within the hub enables Nile University – Egypt
localized strength/stiffness. Team: Khaled Omar El Sherif (Team leader), Osama El Nazer, Hazem
Mohammed (Team: Tooth Fairies)
Topic: Mouth Guard
Since all of the team members play sports like basketball, soccer, and
mixed martial arts (MMA), we intended to enhance the product, the Mouth
Guard since almost all athletes use one. We chose a material that can
withstand high forces coming from punches and kicks and has a high
University of Alabama – USA
fatigue level, and also will not fracture on impact to protect the teeth. Our
Team: Ashley Roy (Team leader), Jake Garfinkle, Andy Cloyd (Team:
product “Mouth Guard” should be better than the usual mass-produced
AJA Energy Solutions)
ones, since its cost is less and the time needed to produce it is reduced.
Topic: EcoDry

The EcoDry is a winter clothing dryer that fits over a floor vent in a house.
The purpose is to use the heat going through the house to dry mittens/
hats instead of using unnecessary energy to turn on a dryer.

Temple University – USA
Team Leader: Haley Lawler (Team Leader), Jane Mittelman, Jasmine
Merali (Team: Operation Desert Swarm)
Topic: Insect Wing Features in Aviation Technology
Daniel Webster College – USA
Team: Gregory Tessier (Team leader), Pascal Liddane (Team: Dirtbag
Agricultural UAVs are currently being introduced in the fields of farmers
Water Climbers)
across the world. The smooth, sleek surface of the UAV wings provides
Topic: Clactice: Modular Ice Climbing Grips
sufficient lift and minimal drag for the UAV to fly; however, the lift and drag
components of the wing can still be further optimized. Using the concept
Ice climbing is a globally adored hobby and sport. However, each brand
of biomimicry, with inspiration from a desert locust hind wing, the surface
of ice tools is specialized toward one particular style of climbing. The
structure of a UAV wing is altered in order to decrease the drag and
DWC IAM3D team designed and tested the Clactice, a modular grip
increase the lift of a UAV airfoil.
attachment for preexisting ice tools that shifts the climber’s grip from a
vertical to a more horizontal position for better climbing on vertical ice.

Milwaukee School of Engineering – USA
Team: Justin Clough (Team leader), Megan Kroll, Arthur Siebel (Team:
Growing Together)
Delhi Technological University – India
Topic: Additive Manufacturing for Micro-Tissue Development
Team: Ankit Saxena (Team leader), Mrudang Mathur, Anwesha 57
Chattorraj (Team: Innovator Lab)
The goal of this project was to create a mold using additive manufacturing