Michael Lavagnino
Academic Specialist
Department of
Mechanical Engineering
Nevzat Bircan Buğdaycı
Assistant Professor
Department of
Mechanical Engineering
March Madness Mechanized Mini-Basketball Launcher
The goal in this project is to design, build, and test a mechanism that will launch mini-basketballs into buckets that are 48, 64, and 120 inches away and 14.5, 21, and 28.5 inches in height. The mechanism may utilize either hand power or a motor and will incorporate a linkage system with the option of gears and cam-follower systems. The system performance will be assessed by both minimizing the design weight and maximizing the mechanism’s shooting percentage and ability to make shots in each basket. Students will utilize materials and manufacturing capabilities from the Manufacturing Teaching Laboratory as well as premade components.
| TIME | TEAM | STATION | TEAM MEMBERS |
| 8:00 | 1 | A | Cole Cousino, Tanvir Hassan, Jacob Waligora |
| 1 | B | Sean Britt, Nathan Guseman, Caleb Montpas, Kaniz Promee, Abe Shamakh | |
| 8:15 | 2 | A | Alvaro Anaenugwu, Adam Laubach, Dayton Long, Daniel Montes |
| 2 | B | Mohammed Alshagri, Aidan Krambeck, Cam Giang Ly, Nitin Niranjan | |
| 8:30 | 3 | A | Brandon Davies, Kage Fox-Sanchez, Ashok Kamma, Francis Wong |
| 3 | B | Luke Etheridge, Ronza Michael, Jahnavi Movva, Abhirup Pusty, Rishi Rao | |
| 8:45 | 4 | A | Ethan Kowalik, Robin Lynskey, Kaan Ulasan, Isaac Zondag |
| 4 | B | Logan Doud, Jett Edson, Luke McIntyre, Zachary Skilliter, Rishi Vyas | |
| 9:00 | 5 | A | Emilio Albarenque, Dylan Lanthier, Evan Misajlovski, Michael Stakits |
| 5 | B | Joey Campbell, Liam Herbert, Derrick Lin, Liam Rich | |
| 9:15 | 6 | A | Lorenzo Amicucci, Alessandro LoRe, Alexander Luerssen |
| 6 | B | Josh Bergdolt, Ian Doherty, Roman Grimes, Anton Samanic, Parth Singh | |
| 9:30 | 7 | A | Colson Currie, Dylan Hammis, Cole Mahaffy, Andrew Wirth |
| 9:45 | 8 | A | Jordan Goik, Brett Kramer, Ryan Pung, Charles Wejroch |
| 8 | B | Julian D’Souza, Brady Johnson, Maxwell Joyce, John McGivern, Joey Sorgi | |
| 10:00 | 9 | A | Daniel Davis, Nick Meyer, Norman Stokes, Nathan Tessmer |
| 9 | B | Drew Christy, Nicholas Johnston, Gabriel Lipps, Kenyon Neal, Aarav Thakkar | |
| 10:15 | 10 | A | Jacob Kern, Brandon Nguyen, Sujal Soni, Jacob Veit |
| 10 | B | Nathan Grooters, Ana Konjevic, Ella Kruschka, Joshua Wasmund | |
| 10:30 | 11 | A | Megan Broughal, Jenna Clark, Hunter Hendricks, Ethan Weisblatt |
| 10:45 | 12 | A | Justin Chang, Rathin Jaikol, Krithika Mahesh, Eric Rymkiewicz, Srinidhi Swaminathan |
| 13 | B | Connor Dunn, Courtney Easton, Finn Jarvis, Brody Stack | |
| 11:00 | 14 | A | Trayza Haido, Ava Lam, Abbey Michaels, Emma Munro |
| 15 | B | Alex Carter, Ahmed Hamadah, Damon McConnell, Andrew Nguyen, Kyle O’Connor |