Browsing by Subject "student project"

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Design, Modeling, and Fabrication of a Ventilator Prototype - A Successful Student Project Story
    (ASME, 2021-11) Yeong, Haoyee; Iloeje, Francis; Kindomba, Eli; Folorunso, Sunday; Li, Yafeng; Zhang, Jing; Mechanical and Energy Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology
    Abstract In this work, we use a group project approach for a group of undergraduate students to design and develop a mechanical ventilator, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A student group project composed of a team of undergraduate students has successfully designed and fabricated a mechanical bag valve mask (BVM) ventilator prototype. It is lightweight with a single controller is driven, capable of volume adjustment, inexpensive, open-source, and designed for ease of fabrication, installation, and operation by the average user. The ventilator prototype also consists of 3D printed components and stored bought hardware. A finite element model was developed to analyze the deformation of the bag valve mask. Finally, the ventilator system is fully tested functioning properly.