Our Projects
Our Projects
View the links below to learn more about each of our current projects.
Posters for each project from our annual Symposium can be found here.
Millions of people die each year from infections by bacteria that are resistant to antimicrobial drugs, largely due to overprescription of such drugs. The AMR team is partnering with the Macha Research Trust to assess appropriate AMR tests for clinics in Zambia. Ultimately, we aim to identify rapid and affordable diagnostics so that clinicians can target infections with the correct antibiotic for each patient.
Project Manager: Larry Mylin Student Project Manager: Michael Collyer
Piano music inspires the heart and soothes the soul. The sustain pedal under the piano adds color and controls musical texture by connecting successive notes together. The goal of our team is to enable an accomplished pianist with paraplegia to use the full expressive capabilities of the piano by designing an assistive technology that presses the sustain pedal in response to upper-body movement.
Project Manager: Philip Graybill Student Project Manager: Sawyer Haney
Approximately 11 million people in Latin America and 481 million people in the least developed countries (United Nations classification) lack access to electricity, according to 2021 data from the World Bank. This is often due to rural and remote living conditions without power grid connectivity. Many of these locations, especially in mountainous regions or on the coasts, have ample wind resources that can be used to generate electricity on or off the grid. The Streamlining Wind Turbines team at the Collaboratory provides engineering support to WindAid in Peru. As blade repair and replacement is crucial to providing consistent power generation, the team is currently designing improvements to streamline blade maintenance. Additionally, a performance monitoring system is being designed to capture a baseline for turbine performance.
Project Manager: Tim Burdett Student Project Manager: Ethan Regula
(Non-Engineering)
The marketing team uses social media, graphic design, writing, and film to promote the Collaboratory and provide updates about the organization.
Project Manager: Alison Johnson Student Project Managers: Jenna O'Connell and Erin Timmins
New Projects
Projects beginning in the 2024-2025 academic year, more details to come.
People around the world possess insufficient and unsustainable methods of passing over natural barriers and obstacles. In an effort to meet these global needs, the Bridge Team works with clients to build safe and secure bridges. The team is currently partnering with Mission Lazarus in Honduras.
Project Manager: Brian Swartz Student Project Manager: Emma Rice
Email: bswartz@messiah.edu
As Living Love Ministries seeks to rescue and care for vulnerable children in Nakuru Kenya, the Land Development Kenya Team partners with them for the design of a roadway, recreational amenities, and several other site developments that will bless and benefit the children's home and all who live there.
Project Manager: Michelle Lockwood Student Project Manager: Elizabeth Yoho
Email: mlockwood@messiah.edu
The Sewage Management and Control team is partnered with Living Love Ministries, whose orphanage and girls home in Kenya currently lacks effective sanitation. Their current septic tank is leaking extensively, putting residents and staff at risk of disease. Our team is designing an effective, affordable, and sustainable replacement system to help the ministry meet critical standards for health and safety.
Project Manager: Thomas Soerens Student Project Manager: Gus Rouland
Email: tsoerens@messiah.edu
Past Projects
Every year several projects close to make room for new projects. Here are some of the Symposium videos from projects which closed in May 2024 or 2023.
Mexico Bridge
Drinking Water Innovative Purification
Rapid Orthotics
Diagnostic for Viral Diseases