The 2004 judges with winner John Chmiola, advisor Dr. Gogotsi, coordinator Dr. Lowman and Dean Guceri
The College of Engineering held its Annual Senior Design Group Competition on Wednesday, June 2, 2004. This year, eight engineering projects from five of the college’s departments were selected as finalists to present their work during this last phase of the competition. The finalists were narrowed down from 427 seniors and 115 design teams. There were 138 faculty members, industrial and governmental personnel serving as advisors.
The prize money was donated by the Lockheed-Martin Corporation and Environmental Tectonics Corporation, founded by President and CEO William F. Mitchell ’66. Judge’s for this year’s competition included William F. Mitchell; Barney Adler, chair of student activities for the Philadelphia Section of IEEE; Kenneth Battle, consultant; Richard F. Cole, administrative judge (technical) for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Robert S. Fijan, consultant; Boris Gelfand, senior member of advanced technology for the Lockheed Martin Corporation; and William Jones, chief executive officer of Solar Atmospheres.
The 2004 judges with
winner John Chmiola, advisor Dr. Gogotsi, coordinator Dr. Lowman and Dean Guceri
1st
Place and $2,000
MAT-1 Super-capacitance Measurements of Porous Carbon Obtained Through Chlorination
of Metal Carbide
Students: John Chmiola
Advisor: Yury Gogotsi
Description: The electronic double layer capacitor (EDLC) is a promising technology
for energy storage with high specific power density. It consists of two porous
carbon electrodes with an extremely high surface area separated by an ion conducting
membrane. The ideal electrode would be non-interacting with the electrolyte
solution and have a maximum surface area that is completely accessible to the
electrolyte.
2nd Place and $1,000
BIOMED-3 Improving Attachment of Polymeric Contrast Agent to Cells for Use in
Ultrasound Imaging
Students: Mary Beth Cleary, Kevin Love, Aaron McLaughlin, Natalie Opsitnick,
Kerri Parsons
Advisor: Margaret Wheatley
3rd Place and $500
ECE-32 Instrumental Bike Pedals for Use in Functional Electrical
Stimulation
Students: Manoshi Bhowmik, Michael Ginder, Justen Greising, Michael Kleinberg,
David Lind
Advisors: Allon Guez, Samuel C. Lee
Honorable Mentions
MEM-16 Upgrade of Existing SSBN Submarine Staging to Conform to the New SSGN
Platform
Students: Kathleen Allen, Katrina Faux, John Huffman, Steven Lelinski
Advisor: Tein-Min Tan, Paul Ditaranto
CS-1 WITS: Wireless Internet
Tutoring System
Students: Nadezhda Belov, Dmitriy Bespalov, Ilya Braude, Immanuel Comer, Daniel
Lapadat, Andrew Ragone
Advisor: Werner Krandick
ChemE-1 The Production of
Recombinant Interferon –b proteins for Injection
Students: Andrew Detzel, George Gaynor, Dan Hollenbach, Sandra Ramos
Advisor: E.D. Grossman
MEM-23 Micro-Hovering Air
Vehicle
Students: Justin Gallagher, Long Huynh, Michael Joyce, Elan Kazam, Teng Myuao
Advisor: Paul Oh
CAEE-7 Coatesville Train
Station Complex Improvements
Students: Kristin Barnes, Evan Henderson, Gregory Meyer, Gregory Sabatino
Advisor: James E. Mitchell