Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Recent Projects

A few of the wide variety of engineering projects undertaken by Final Year Project teams are highlighted here.

Rowing Training Feedback

2009 SPARC project

The 2009 team, sponsored by SPARC, developed a comprehensive and user friendly rowing analysis package for Rowing NZ.

MicroHydro

The Microhydro team carried on a fine tradition of engineering for the public good. Their innovative design delivered power to a village in Nepal.

Innovative Geared Motor for Powered Wheelchair

The team sponsored by Dynamic Wheelchairs provided testing for international product standards, and produced a design of a new, quiet, highly efficient, cost competitive gear box for electric wheelchairs.

Cooking Sensor Technology Development

Industry sponsor Fisher & Paykel netted a patent from the work of the 2003 Cooking Sensor Technology Development Team.

Methanex Mole Project

Winning team of the VANZ Prize 2003 for designing and building a remote device to measure thickness of Methanex methanol reformer tubes.