Design of a Rapid Ice Pop Freezing Machine
January 1, 2011N2Pops Engineering, 2010-11
Liaison(s): Darryl Yong ’96
Advisor(s): Nancy Lape
Students(s): Winni Wei (TL-S), Rachid Grimes (TL-F), Jean-Vincent Hong, Bryan Chow (F), Sam Ettinger (F), Julie Kraus (S), Joyce Lin (S)
The N2Pops Clinic Team at Harvey Mudd College has designed, built, and tested a device for automatically freezing ice pops in under 90 seconds. The device successfully freezes custom ice pops in a liquid nitrogen bath using an automated elevator system controlled by an Altera Cyclone III FPGA with a user-friendly interface. The final deliverable is a schematic of the device for manufacture.