Sponsor:
Porticos Inc.
Team Members:
Peiheng Feng
Jordan Lohn
Emily McGuinness
Emily Price
Project Statement:
Porticos has developed an innovative cooling vest that can be leveraged to improve the comfort of people in very warm conditions, such as a firefighter. The vest consists of perforated tubing that dissipates CO2 inside the vest, cooling the user. A challenge to the vest is regulating the CO2 gas flow so as to increase the use-time longevity of cooling. This team will explore integrative strategies for regulating the flow in order maximize cooling throughout the user for a longer period of time.