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This is a summary of capstone projects from Prof Post's 2000 project class at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
Mechanical Engineering Projects Year 2000 This gallery presents McGill's 'Capstone' design projects. Our undergraduate students work in small teams to design and build these projects over two semesters, in course 305-463. Our Department is very proud of every project! Special thanks to our superb students, and to Adjunct Professors Magdy Rizk, Don May, and Ron Edwards for supervising many of these projects. -Prof. Al Post
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Personal Electric Vehicle - This light-weight vehicle won our First Place Workmanship Award. It was designed and built by Pierre Marc Desbiens, Nicolas Dulac, Benoit Lebeau, Francois Lemay, Julie Giguere, Nicolas Hamilton, Louis Rompre,
and Marc Thibodeau. The vehicle was the star attraction at our exposition, where it was driven around all day without any failures or recharges. Many thanks also to Adjunct Professor Ron Edwards, supervisor of this project.

		Automated Centrifuge Anita Menaged, Phil Schick, Pietro Brena, and Christopher Targett designed and built this device, with EE design by Yon Jun Shin and Paul Kuwik.
This device automatically decants and refills test tubes in a centrifuge for staged treatment, and performs other functions as well. It was built for a medical laboratory, where it will eliminate tedious hand labor and yield more repeatable test results. This was a particularly difficult project, and the design team won our First Place Design Award for their simple and effective product. Congratulations to Adjunct Professor Magdy Rizk as well, for his supervision of this superb project.

Teeter Board - This was designed and built for the Cirque de Soleil by Romesh Galagoda, Sacha Karman, Elizabeth Steele, and Robert Johnson. It is a composite board with a foam core, engineered to provide just the right degree of springiness for circus performers.
This team won our award for 'Best Composite Project'. This project was supervised by Professor Larry Lessard.

		Automated Slide Stainer This device will dip micro- scope slides into various chemical baths and then rinse them off in running water. The 2-axis arm is controlled by a programmable micro-
processor, allowing the operator to set the time the slides are held in each bath. It was designed and built by Michael Ghandour, Mani Nagarajan, Carlo Roque, Ossama Sarraf, and Ronnie Yip, under the supervision of Prof. Rizk; their team won our Second Place Workmanship Award in a very competitive field. The stainer is now in use at Montreal General Hospital. (It was still in service as recently as 2005!)

Textile Boxing Workstation Nauman Basit, Gerry Galisatos, Harjeet Sadera, and Raymond Yu won the Second Place Design Award for this simple, microprocessor-controlled,
pneumatically actuated workstation. It allows a worker to easily fold, stack, and box cloths. It will be installed and used for production in a textile plant in Montreal.

		Paper Vending Machine - This coin- operated machine will be used to dispense large format paper for the plotter in our Design Studio.
Julia Start, Yulia Panchenko, Ariane Immarigeon, and Wajih Atallah designed and built it; they chose clear plastic covers, so engineering students can see the enclosed mechanism. EE student Wendy Tam made the control system, and won our award for Best Electronic Design. Adjunct Prof. Don May supervised this project.

Mini-Baja Racer - Soudki Al-Atassi, Pierre Ashba, Karim Bakhache, Gerard Belgrave, Samer Chocair, Karim Doss, Faisal Khan, Mamoun Khogali, Alain Maroun, Mark Nearing,
Guruprasad Sosale, and Rafael Westinner can be justifiably proud of the vehicle they have designed and built this year. We expect a prize-winning team at the race! Special thanks to Team Captain Mamoun Khogali (4th from left), supervisor Gary Savard, and John Boisvert for some excellent welding.
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