DCU Expo 2023 Final Year Projects

78 156. Automatic Ranking of Photographic Images This project implements image processing techniques to analyse and assess the aesthetic attributes and qualities of a set of images, compare them to each other, and then rank themaccordingly. The main image attributes that are being assessed are image noise levels, exposure, focus quality, and the composition of the image. The solution was implemented in the Python programming language using the Scikit and OpenCV computer vision libraries. The algorithmdeveloped for this project could be useful to photographers or others for quickly sorting through a large dataset of images and obtaining the highest quality images. Class Electronic and Computer Engineering Project Area Computer Vision, Image/Video Processing Project Technology Python Student Name(s) Fintan O’Reilly Email fintan.oreilly25@mail.dcu.ie Supervisor Prof Paul Whelan and Dr DerekMolloy 157. Development and Testing of a SamWeiss Vertical AxisWind Turbine This project is about the development and testing of a SamWeiss vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT). Its function is based on principles of both lift and drag-based wind turbines and aims to combine the best aspects of both into a hybrid design tomaximise electrical energy generated fromwind energy. The design produced for this project is a scaled-down model that is small enough to be tested within the DCUwind tunnel. The student’s design incorporates 3-D printing that allowed for the production of complex parts. Class Mechanical andManufacturing Engineering (Year 4) Project Area 3-DModelling, AdditiveManufacturing, Device Design, Electric Generation, FluidMechanics, Mechanical Design andManufacture Project Technology Solidworks Student Name(s) Amir Haji Lanambai Email amir.lanambai2@mail.dcu.ie Supervisor Dr CornéMuilwijk 158. Developing aDevice for Efficient Graft Preparation During ACL Reconstruction Surgery This study aimed to develop an innovative attachment method to secure an adjustable loop suspensory device to a quadriceps tendon graft for ACL reconstruction. Currently, it takes a surgeon 10-15minutes to suture the suspensory device to the tendon graft. This procedure is time-consuming and technically challenging, and it can potentially increase the risk of postoperative infection. For the concept design, a clothes-tagging gun and fasteners were used to prepare the sample graft. Many tensile tests on samples of rubber and animal tendons were then carried out to determine the concept’s efficacy. Parameters were set using knowledge from the literature survey, and the results met the targets of >80 Nmaximum force until failure and <5-7mins to prepare the graft at one end. Class Biomedical Engineering (Year 4) Project Area Biomedical Engineering, Device Design Project Technology testXpert R Student Name(s) AndreaMcGlynn Email andrea.mcglynn4@mail.dcu.ie Supervisor Dr Garrett McGuinness