http://dap.cooper.edu/ 2026-04-19T09:39:47-04:00 http://dap.cooper.edu/ http://dap.cooper.edu/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2013-02-05T00:50:55-04:00 http://dap.cooper.edu/doku.php?id=start:classes:principlesofdesign:joseph_viola:about_me&rev=1360043455&do=diff About Me text/html 2013-02-05T01:47:30-04:00 http://dap.cooper.edu/doku.php?id=start:classes:principlesofdesign:joseph_viola:contracting&rev=1360046850&do=diff Contracting Pending text/html 2013-05-17T03:18:17-04:00 http://dap.cooper.edu/doku.php?id=start:classes:principlesofdesign:joseph_viola:fsae&rev=1368775097&do=diff FSAE Throttle The throttle is the part of a car which regulates the amount of air flowing into the engine allowing the combustion of fuel. The throttle is connected to the gas pedal and directly controls the power output of the engine. FSAE rules require a throttle to be a purely mechanical design, which makes throttle geometry tricky. The passage through which air flows must open in a way that allows a consistent gain in air flow or else engine feedback is inconsistent and not intuitive f… text/html 2013-05-17T04:08:53-04:00 http://dap.cooper.edu/doku.php?id=start:classes:principlesofdesign:joseph_viola:independent&rev=1368778133&do=diff Solar Thermoelectrics Before my senior year of high school I was a summer intern at The Cooper Union. I worked on the Mechanical Engineering Project under Professor Dell, and his TAs James Baker and Subashis Paul. My team and I, which included classmate Robert Walsh, worked on a solar thermoelectric project. The goal was to find ways to utilize “waste heat” and we developed a system which focused sunlight onto copper sheet which created a significant heat difference between the copper plate a…