Requested:
$17,914
Status:
Funded
Awarded:
$17,914
We are seeking funds to replace older workstations in the Robinson Center computer lab as well as install a Smart Board in the Active learning space. The Robinson Center Computer lab usage has been falling as of late due to the age of the computers. Students are using alternatives such as going to other labs and learning spaces on campus.
Requested:
$699
Status:
Funded
Awarded:
$699
The Robinson Center would like to request a Cell Phone Charging station for use by students and guests. Many students have requested more outlets and there are not enough outlets in the Guggenheim Annex to accommodate all of the students power needs.
Requested:
$39,409
Status:
Funded
Awarded:
$39,409
Students in the College of Built Environments make heavy use of laptops loaded with discipline-specific software that are available through the CBE Student Equipment Loaner Program - a cooperative effort between CBE and the BE Library which has been in operation since 2001. The oldest of these laptops, purchased in 2012, are beginning to fail, and are not up to the demands placed upon them by current versions of the software that students use in CBE programs. The equipment in this proposal would replace these oldest laptops.
Requested:
$269,617
Status:
Funded
Awarded:
$269,617
The laser cutters available on campus are widely used and in high demand with students and researchers alike. The laser cutters currently available in the makerspaces and dorms are usually capable of cutting only very thin wood or plastic and engraving. While laser cutters in UW machine shops across campus, are not suitable for Aerospace. The proposed laser cutter will be an addition to the AA machine shop, which serves numerous departments across the UW campus. The addition of a larger, more powerful laser capable of a larger area and cutting a wide range of materials including metals would be a valuable resource for student across UW.
Requested:
$100,345
Status:
Funded
Awarded:
$100,345
This Student Technology Fee (STF) proposal is requesting funding for the purchase of two commercial 3D printers for composite materials with one machine to be used primarily for projects and a second, smaller system for training and prototyping. The system will reside within the composites laboratory of the MSE department in Wilcox Hall and will be used to support student-driven activities, special projects and education in MSE and across the UW campus. With the rapid growth in additive manufacturing processes in engineering and beyond, the system will enable undergraduate and graduate students to develop essential skills in the application of 3D printing for the design and manufacture of advanced composites structures with three-dimensional geometry. The system is also expected to attract more industry-supported capstone projects in MSE and across the COE, which will increase the opportunities for students to obtain employment in this quickly growing field.
Requested:
$11,613
Status:
Funded
Awarded:
$11,613
This proposal requests funds to replace computers in The Bioengineering Computer Lab that are now over 7 years old.
Requested:
$2,904
Status:
Funded
Awarded:
$2,904
Designing, constructing, and testing RC aircraft is one of the best ways for students to explore the concepts of Aeronautical and Structural engineering. To help teach these engineering concepts to undergraduate students, Design Build Fly (DBF) builds RC aircraft to compete in the national competition hosted by the AIAA. Currently, we do not have a flight simulator to train new users to fly aircraft. This has imposed major limitations on our organization’s ability to teach students how to safely pilot RC aircraft. We ask for the funds necessary to purchase a new RC flight simulator so that we will be able to teach students without RC piloting experience how to safely fly aircraft.
Requested:
$281,010
Status:
Funded
Awarded:
$281,010
This proposal aims to enhance the student experience when using cardio equipment. The upgrade of our oldest fleet of cardio equipment will engage student users in a new and interactive way. Activating our student users to maintain their fitness goals long-term and taking advantage of the high volume use these pieces of equipment see on a quarterly basis.
Requested:
$34,753
Status:
Funded
Awarded:
$34,753
This proposal is requesting support for the acquisition of a 100 mm InGaAs integrating sphere and a polarizer/depolarizer kit to upgrade our existing Perkin Elmer Lambda 750 UV-Visible-NIR spectrophotometer system in the Advanced Sustainable Materials laboratory and extend our research into innovative paper-based materials and nanocomposites, featured in national and local media this past fall (UPI, KNKX, UWNews…). Currently, we are limited to conducting absorption or transmittance measurements of liquid samples, which hinders our progress for transparent nanocomposites and smart papers that show great potential for applications in a large variety of fields, including but not limited to biomedical, wearable devices, and optoelectronics. As a group of nanotechnology focused students, it is imperative that we are able to accurately characterize our samples with minimal preparation in order to thoroughly understand the intrinsic properties of the newly developed nanomaterials. The advantages associated with the addition of these accessories to our Lambda 750 are threefold: (i) expend our analytical capabilities and allow for high precision diffuse and specular reflectance and scattered transmittance measurements; (ii) significantly improve instrument performance by minimizing errors and non homogeneities; (iii) extend the range of samples that may be analyzed to virtually any liquid or solid, including oriented materials such as fibrous structures. This new upgraded system is extremely versatile, which would allow for increased collaboration and cross-disciplinary research and education amongst departments. Besides characterizing the optical properties of nanomaterials, this upgraded system would also be very compelling for the determination of food and soil constituents, the measurement of dye concentration in textiles, the analysis of ink and solar cells to name a few.
Requested:
$104,595
Status:
Funded
Awarded:
$104,595
Students doing research in materials chemistry strive to understand the fundamental properties of materials, to elucidate the underlying atomic and molecular level mechanisms that give rise to these properties, and to create novel new materials with useful properties. Research in materials chemistry has applications in areas such as biomaterials, renewable energy, disease detection and treatment, communications technologies, as well as nanotechnology and associated fields. Here we apply for funding to acquire Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) equipment to support students studying solid materials in the Department of Chemistry and other programs.
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