Project Objective

To design and develop a novel air moving device using a dielectric electroactive polymer (DEAP) as the fluid driver.

Team

The project team is

• Jesse Goodman
• Daniel Pinkerton
• Caleb Turner
• John Walton

Customer/Market Requirements

The project sponsor requires a device that can;

• Generate airflow via DEAP activation
• Has scalable product geometry
• Survive 50 million cycle lifespan
• Match or beat power consumption and acoustic presence of current electronics cooling devices

Design Challenges

The design team is focused on understanding the physics and applications of such a novel air moving device

Outcomes

The team has developed a proof of concept for a novel air moving device that utilizes a dielectric electroactive polymer to drive air flow.

We hope to have an established P vs. Q cure for the air mover, or some graphic depicting air flow …