DCU Expo 2023 Final Year Projects

60 102. The Perspiration Effects of Skin Adhesives and Patches This project aims to investigate the perspiration effects of skin adhesives. The project was conducted with multiple peel tests using different adhesives and varying perspiration amounts. During this project, a perspiration flow circuit had to be developed. Several parameters were studied including change in peel rate, change of dwell time, change in flow rate, and change in pore density. Medical tapes are intended to cover a wound for extended periods; they must not irritate the skin while adhering to the patient’s skin. Ultimately, this research intended to help improve the usability and efficacy of skin adhesives and patches, especially in sporting andmedical applications where perspiration is frequently a problem. Class Biomedical Engineering (Year 4) Project Area Biomedical Engineering Project Technology Excel/VB, Solidworks Student Name(s) Isabella Nolan Email isabella.nolan7@mail.dcu.ie Supervisor Dr Garrett McGuinness 103. TutorDojo – Tutoring Platform for Programmers This website emerged froma need for a programming specific tutoring platform that comes with all the essential features that you would expect such as scheduling lessons andmessaging on the platform. The value of TutorDojo arises from the built-in Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and the fact that lessons are conducted on the platform, i.e each lesson consists of a video call along with an IDE for both student and tutor to avail! Class Enterprise Computing Project Area Educational, Model ViewController, Web Application Project Technology CSS, HTML5, JQuery, JavaScript, Nodejs, Python, SQLite, Django, WebRTC, Judge0, REST, Socket.io, Peerjs Student Name(s) Ayotomiwa Adekunle  |  Niamh Osasu Idehen Email ayotomiwa.adekunle2@mail.dcu.ie  |  niamh.idehen2@mail.dcu.ie Supervisor Dr Michael Scriney 104. Life Cycle Analysis of C30 Concrete The construction industry contributes to 39%of all world carbon emissions, one of the highest contributors in this industry is cement and concrete production with roughly 8%of the 39%. This project investigates the Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of C30/37 concrete in the construction industry. Using LCA tools and databases two different cement mixes of Ecocemand Portland cement were compared, and their CO 2 equivalent was evaluated. Class Mechanical andManufacturing Engineering (Year 4) Project Area Life Cycle Assessment Project Technology GaBi Student Name(s) Tomás Cosgrave Email tomas.cosgrave2@mail.dcu.ie Supervisor Dr AnneMorrissey