Materials Team (SMA)

Mentors NASA/JSC Mentor: TAMU Faculty Mentor: Dr. J. Boyd, Aerospace Engineering Graduate Student Mentors: Reid Zevenbergen, MS Candidates Student Team Members Uri Desai (AERO), Tyler Thurston (AERO), Bradley Taylor (AERO), JS Reeves (ME), Emily Dossman (AERO), Brittiny Stetson (ME)
Project Summmary Commonly used electric motors currently provide high torque at the expense of size and weight that prove to be unfavorable for many applications. Objective Identify a design and create a prototype for a rotary action motor capable of providing high torque while remaining compact through the use of shape memory alloys. Tasks Become familiar with uses and limitations of shape memory alloys Identify ratchet mechanism designs to utilize shape memory alloys Construct and evaluate mechanism against similar designs not utilizing SMAs
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