Principal Investigator
Pierce Hayward, Mechanical Engineering
Fund:
Alumni Class Funds
Funding Period:
AY2025
Department/Lab/Center:
Mechanical Engineering
MechE is in need of a profilometer for surface investigations and these cost in range of $100,000. The proposal herein is to modify a 3 axis hobby mill, to hold a sample, light, optical flat and camera to make a semi manual automatic profilometer for under $1500, that also has educational value regarding its development. This idea is going to germinate other mini apparatus. It is educational in the making, in the understanding, and in this use. It is mechanical education all the way.