Contributing Professors 

Peter Avitabile, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
John White, Professor, Chemical & Nuclear Engineering
Stephen Pennell, Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Chuck Van Karsen, Associate Professsor, Michigan Technological University

Participating Students

Tracy Van Zandt, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering
Nels Wirkkala, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering                       
Jeffrey Hodgkins, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering
Narine Malkhasyan, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering
Charles Wes Goodman, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering
Dana Nicgorski, Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering
Adam Butland, Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering   

Christopher Chipman, Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering 

Aaron Williams, Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering
Tiffini Johnson, Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering

Undergraduate Capstone Projects

R.U.B.E. 0 (Initial Conceptualization of 2nd Order Mechanical System)

Charles Wes Goodman, Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering

Jeffrey Hodgkins, Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering

R.U.B.E. 1 (2nd Order Mechanical System with Initial Displacement)

Nels Wirkkala, Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering

Tiffini Johnson, Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering

Dereck Ouellet, Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering

R.U.B.E. 2 (2nd Order Mechanical System with Impact and Initial Displacement)

Adam Butland, Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering

Dana Nicgorski, Undergraduate Student, Mechanical Engineering

A special thanks to the students who have really been the driving force in making all this happen. This could not have been done without their dedication and devotion to developing these materials.  I have had the pleasure of working with them and having them contribute to this effort.

Thank you.

                                                                                        - Peter Avitabile

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