The College of Engineering held its Annual Senior Design Group Competition on Tuesday, June 5, 2007. The competition was sponsored by the Environmental Tectonics Corporation. Eight engineering projects were selected as finalists to present their work during this last round. The students shared $5,000 in prize money for making it to this stage. The winning teams were:
1st Place - $2,000
MEM-22(joint Mechanical and Computer Science team)
Design Improvements of the Remote-Controlled Crack Monitoring (RCCM) Video System FOR AIRCRAFT Fuselage Testing
Advisors: Dr. Jonathan Awerbuch, MEM; Dr. Tein-Min Tan, MEM; Dr. Alan Lau, MEM
Dr. Werner Krandick, CS;
Team:
Bachir Abba Mechanical Engineering
Michael Bartholomew Computer Science
Mark Davis Computer Science
Brian Fellon Mechanical Engineering
Danny Garcia Mechanical Engineering
2nd Place - $1,000
ECE-35
Landing Assistance for a Helicopter in Visually Degraded Environments
Advisors: Dr. Moshe Kam, ECE
Team:
Colin Kerr Computer Engineering
Matthew Morningstar Computer Engineering
Alison Perez Electrical Engineering
Mark Roman Computer Engineering
3rd Place - $500
ECE-14
Wireless Position Tracking for a Multimedia Interactive Dance Performance
Advisor: Dr. Youngmoo Kim, ECE
Team:
Adheer Chauhan Electrical Engineering
James Congdon Electrical Engineering
Abrar Alam Hasmi Electrical Engineering
Aung San Oo Computer Engineering
Rishi Parikh Computer Engineering
Runners Up
BMES-05
Device and Method for Quantifying Trophoblast/Endometrium Cell Model Detachment in a Flow Environment
Advisor: Dr. Michele Marcolongo, MSE
Team:
Amy L. Craig Biomedical Engineering
James Thomas Biomedical Engineering
Jason Thompson Biomedical Engineering
Nam Nguyen Biomedical Engineering
Robert Yucha Biomedical Engineering
CAEE-03
Olympic Stadium 2020
Advisor: Prof. James E. Mitchell, CAEE
Team:
Bridget Bitto Civil Engineering
Leonora Leigh Appropriate Technology & Civil/Architectural Engineering
Waleska Mora Civil & Architectural Engineering
Daniel Postlewaite Civil & Architectural Engineering
Daniel Whipple Architectural Engineering
CBE-09
Polymers from Renewable Fatty Acid Monomers
Advisors: Dr. Giuseppe Palmese, CBE
Team:
Nicole Galante Chemical Engineering
Colleen Mackey Chemical Engineering
Michael Matt Chemical Engineering
Thomas Salerno Chemical Engineering
CS-07
MSDTooL
Advisors: Dr. Dario Salvucci, CS
Team:
Sonal Gupta Computer Science
Joshua Shaffer Computer Science
David Turner Computer Science
Mark Zuber Computer Science
MSE-06
“Nano-Hybrid Shish Kebab” Catalyst Supports
Advisor: Dr. Christopher Li, MSE
Team:
Cristin Yavorsky Materials Engineering