Noah Buttice

Evaluating Hyster-Yale lift truck masts and designing a retrofit kit to reduce operational noise. Hands-on acoustic testing and mechanical design on real industrial hardware.

• Mechanical design
• Acoustic testing
• Retrofit engineering

Designed, modeled, and fabricated a modular, all-in-one acetylene gas lamp. A deep dive into systems integration — applying fluid dynamics and thermodynamics to create a functional, self-pressurizing product. A comprehensive FMEA validated the design for safe, reliable, efficient operation.

• Product design
• Fluid analysis
• FMEA

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Proving MJF 3D-printed ankle-foot orthoses can replace traditionally cast ones. Characterized PA-12 nylon on an MTS Criterion (tensile tests on dogbone specimens for Young’s modulus, yield and tensile strength), then designed and fabricated the L-bar mounting rig and C-clamp pusher head to cyclically simulate a full walking gait cycle for fatigue testing. Built a beam-bending rig as a second verification method before feeding material constants into FEA.

• Materials testing
• Test rig design
• FEA validation