EDI: Whoopy Wipes

Background

Whoopy Wipes is a project that aims to design a device to deliver hot, damp, and sanitized towelettes to the user for personal hygiene purposes. The current design works by first dispensing the dry, compressed wipes from a pre-manufactured blister pack into a tray. The tray then moves into a watertight sealed position. As the towelettes are being dispensed, water is being pumped into a heating chamber and heated to approximately 165 degrees F. Once the towelettes are in the tray in a sealed chamber and the water is heated, the water is then sprayed onto both of the towelettes. When the towelettes have expanded and are ready, they are ejected out of the device on the tray for the user to retrieve.

Goal and Objectives

There are three phases to this project with each phase lasting one quarter, starting in the fall of 2019. Phase I consisted of determining a generating concepts and designing the product. The project is currently in its second phase which involves tests and redesign, ending with a working prototype. Phase III, the final phase consists of refining the design to be mass-produced (e.g. injection molded parts, PCB design using industry software, a more stable microcontroller).

Team Contact

Team Lead: Trent Russell (twrussel@uci.edu)

Company Sponsors

The Whoopy Wipes team is being sponsored by the International Nutrition Agency LLC.

The key company contacts are: Jon Stevenson, Steve Wild, and Melanie McCarthy. 

Faculty Advisors

Farzad Ahmadkhanlou (farzad.a@uci.edu)

Vince McDonell (mcdonell@apep.uci.edu)