Sarah Harding

SAVER: Body and Payload

The Surface Autonomous Vehicle for Emergency Response (SAVER) is one of a variety of competitions held by NASA Micro-G Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design Teams (Micro-G NExT). The purpose of SAVER is to locate and bring survival supplies to astronauts in the case of a maritime event (i.e. splash down after mission or an abort during launch). Our team focused on the body and payload portions of the vehicle, while our Navigation and Control team focused on the autonomous navigation aspect of the design.

Bull BBQ Electric Grill

Our team has created an outdoor electric grill for Bull Outdoor Products. It has been created to help fill the need for electric grills in apartment complexes or places that do not allow gas or charcoal grilling.

10S Bot – Autonomous Tennis Ball Collector

The Autonomous Tennis Ball Collector is a senior project sponsored by Dr. John Chen in an aim to completely change the way tennis balls are collected on the court. The robot utilizes machine vision to find the next closest tennis ball and then move to that position on the court. It has powered rotating cylinders that are able to collect the tennis balls off of the court and distribute them into an attached basket.

Zero Energy HVAC

This project explores a method to heat and cool a tiny home in a way that requires no energy input, making it ideal for off-grid settings.