Forty-nine teams of engineering students from the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering (MABE) participated in the Tickle College of Engineering’s inaugural college-wide Senior Design Showcase at Thompson-Boling Arena on April 24. Over 130 team projects, representing all eight engineering departments, were on display at the event.
The showcase provided an opportunity for students, faculty, sponsors, and guests to come together and celebrate the completion of the open-ended projects our students have worked on for the past two semesters.
The showcase originated in the MABE department in 2016 with 37 team projects and established an outstanding model for this year’s college-wide showcase.
At the end of the event an award ceremony was held for all departments to recognize the top projects.
MABE presented the following awards.
First Place Best Poster Award
Project: Out of Plane Printing for Big Area Additive Manufacturing
Team members: Tyler Smith, Gregory Gorman, Liam Page, Tom Flammang, Dylan Settlemire
Second Place Best Poster Award
Project: AVOLLO: A Reusable Lunar Lander
Team members: Chad Batten, Camille Bergin, Aaron Crigger, Daryl Harris, Gilliam McGlothin
Third Place Best Poster Award
Project: MediVol PPE Accountability System for Securing Patient Rooms and Preventing Hospital-Onset Infections
Team members: Andrew Miller, Andrew Ten Eyck, Kelsie Shea, Peyton Holman
Aerospace Engineering Best Project
Project: Hovercraft team
Team members: Skylar Jordan, Trenton Bullman, Jorge Navia, Savannah David
Biomedical Engineering Best Project
Project: TraumaTot
Team members: Olivia Lowman, Ryan Ogle, Anneka Granvold, Eddie Orzechowski
First Place Mechanical Engineering Best Project
Project: Bone Crusher
Team members: Carter Breeding, Daelyn Greene, Nick Poker, Ryan Smith, Zack Ziegler
Second Place Mechanical Engineering Best Project
Project: Pratt & Whitney Centering Spring Re-design
Team members: Nathan Bingham, Marcus Brooks, Allan Coste, Matthew Cum, Grayson Hawkins
Third Place Mechanical Engineering Best Project (Tied)
Project: Accu-Router Pick and Place
Team members: Jordan Cummings, Philip Bailey, Collin Culp, Jacob Maine, William Piwonka
Project: Accu-Router Door Flipper
Team members: Marc Blanshey, Tyler Laughter, Mingsu Lin, Adam Filson
Prototype Excellence Award (5 awards)
Project: Rapid Autonomous Pneumatic Transport System (collaboration between ME and NE)
Team members: Elijah Davis, Bobby Bohn, Jacob Melton (ME students), Emily Hutchins, Xena McDonald, John Taylor (NE students)
Project: Wag-In-One
Team members: Evalynn Borrego, Connor Fair, Henry Gertsen, Joseph Golden, Corbin King
Project: Miniature Cooling Tower
Team members: Adam Brooks, Richard Estey, Henry Lee, Sean O’Connor, Jake Treadway
Project: Solar Thermochemical Energy Storage
Team members: Junsung Park, Olivia Pfeifer, Pierce Atkins, Seth Douglas, Tennessee Bryant
Project: Torch-mounted Automated Wire Cutter for Large Scale Metal Additive Manufacturing
Team members: Garrett Foust, Matthew Montgomery, Steven Patrick, Ben Rouse, Erfan Zahraei
People’s Choice Award
Project: Torch-mounted Automated Wire Cutter for Large Scale Metal Additive Manufacturing
Team members: Garrett Foust, Matthew Montgomery, Steven Patrick, Ben Rouse, Erfan Zahraei