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It’s hot in the desert, where many American military men and women serve. By designing a cooling apparatus to wear in such climates, one of Michigan Technological University’s Mechanical Engineering Senior Design teams may help countless suffering soldiers.
Tech Today reports that their design won them first place in the Air Force Research Lab University Design Challenge.
The Michigan Tech team competed with 15 other universities and three military service academies. As the top-ranked team, they brought home a traveling trophy—theirs to keep until next year’s competition—and the satisfaction of knowing that their work may someday help soldiers serving in difficult circumstances overseas.
The heat stress prevention kit they developed includes a small fan that blows air through a soldier’s gear, using separation pads under their armor to help the air circulate and force evaporation to cool them more efficiently. A YouTube video made by the students explains how it works.
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