5SS Spatial Steering Linkage
Mark Plecnik designed this spatial 5SS steering linkage to increase the track and increase the camber as the vehicle turns.
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2011 UCI Fall Design Review
400 seniors in majors across UCI’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering presented posters describing over 70 senior projects. Over 140 volunteers from Engineering student clubs set-up, cooked, served, and cleaned-up the BBQ in UCI’s Engineering Plaza.
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Folding movement for wings for the Icon A5
This spherical four-bar linkage concept by Kaustubh Sonawale guides the wings of the Icon A5 in the movement shown in the animation.
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Spherical linkage concept to fold a wing
This is a spherical four-bar linkage concept by Kaustubh Sonawale designed to fold the wings of an Icon A5 small aircraft.
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Spare tire deployment linkage
Kaustubh Sonawale designed this four-bar linkage to move a truck spare tire from a stowed position to the deployed position.
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UCI Rocket launch
Here is a video of the launch of the 2011 UCI Rocket. Congratulations team!
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First run of UCI’s 2011 FSAE Race Car
This is a video from Monday, May 30 showing the first run of our FSAE race car. There is a lot of work left to do on this car, but this is great to see.
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2011 UCI Energy Invitational Video
UCI’s Center for Engineering Science in Design, Toyota, Millenworks, Kruse Technology Partnership, McCarthy Design Associates, Airflow Systems, and Southern California SAE worked together to make the 2011 Energy Invitational a success at Willow Springs Motorsports Park.
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2011 UCI Engineering Winter Design Review
This is a video of the 2011 Engineering Winter Design Review for UCI. 80 student projects of over 500 engineering seniors were on display for external industry reviewers as well as over 200 Orange County High School students.
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UCI Fall 2010 Soccerbots
Entering UCI engineering students designed, built, and tested RC controlled soccerbots. They competed three on three at the end of the Fall 2010 quarter. This video may be a little over the top, but it does capture the fun.
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