2016 First Year Engineering Conference Program

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8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Registration and Conference Instructions Lobby Benedum Hall

8:30 – 10:15 a.m.

10:15 – 10:30 a.m.

Session A – See Schedule, Page 11 Break

10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Session B – See Schedule, Page 15

Lunch Ground Floor and Plaza of Benedum Hall

12:15 – 1:15 p.m.

1:15 – 1:45 p.m.

Keynote Address by Richard P. Aulenbach II RPA Engineering 157 Benedum Hall and broadcasted to the conference rooms

1:45 – 2:15 p.m. Awards Presentation in Benedum Room 157 Broadcasted to rooms on the ground floor & 102

2:15 – 4:00 p.m.

Session C – See Schedule, Page 20

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PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONS All technical sessions will follow the same time schedule, with each paper receiving the same amount of time for their presentation. The program is designed for each paper to begin and end at the same time regardless of the session. Each paper has 15 minutes for their presentation and 2 minutes for questions for a total of 17 minutes per paper.

Since each paper has two authors it is suggested that they share this time equally. Either each author gets a separate 7+ minute talk or they both talk using a “tag team” approach. Tag team presentations are very hard to do correctly, thus we suggest you split the time equally and each talk for 7+ minutes.

There are only a few requirements for the presentation: • Every presentation must begin with an introduction slide that includes the name of the paper and the names of the authors, • Every presentation must end with a conclusion slide that summarizes the main points of the talk, • The number of slides is whatever is required to convey the main points of the talk, • The slides should not just contain text, there should be a few slides that include a figure, table or other non-text form of presenting the material, • Make sure you can read the text when it is presented onto the overhead screen. Check font size and color combinations.

SCHEDULE FOR PRESENTATIONS Authors will be introduced by the session-chair and they will begin their talk at the scheduled start time. 13 minutes after the start of the presentation, the chair will stand up and walk to the front of the room. This is the sign to the authors they have 2 minutes to summarize their paper.

At the end of the 15 minutes the session chair will announce “That is all the time we have for this presentation, are there any questions.” At this point the authors’ have 2 minutes to answer questions. During the question period the author for the next paper will come to the front of the room and get prepared for their presentation.

8:30 – 10:15 a.m. SESSION A There is a total of 105 minutes and there are six papers in each session. Each paper has 15 minutes for their presentation and 2 minutes for questions for a total of 17 minutes per paper.

8:30 - 8:33

Introduction and Paper 1 setup

8:33 - 8:48

Paper 1 presentation

8:48 - 8:50

Paper 1 questions and Paper 2 setup

8:50 - 9:05

Paper 2 presentation

9:05 - 9:07

Paper 2 questions and Paper 3 setup

9:07 - 9:22

Paper 3 presentation

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9:22 - 9:24

Paper 3 questions and Paper 4 setup

9:24 - 9:39

Paper 4 presentation

9:39 - 9:41

Paper 4 questions and Paper 5 setup

9:41 - 9:56

Paper 5 presentation

9:56 - 9:58

Paper 5 questions and Paper 6 setup

9:58 - 10:13

10:13 - 10:15

Paper 6 presentation Paper 6 questions

10:15 – 10:30 a.m. BREAK This time period is a break to allow you time to move around, use the rest rooms, etc.

You are free to change rooms and attend any session.

10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. SESSION B There is a total of 105 minutes and there are six or seven papers in each session.

Each paper has 17 minutes for their presentation. Some groups will get done before others.

This is so we do not all hit the food lines at the same time.

10:30 - 10:33

Introduction and Paper 1 setup

10:33 - 10:48

Paper 1 presentation

10:48 - 10:50

Paper 1 questions and Paper 2 setup

10:50 - 11:05

Paper 2 presentation

11:05 - 11:07

Paper 2 questions and Paper 3 setup

11:07 - 11:22

Paper 3 presentation

11:22 - 11:24

Paper 3 questions and Paper 4 setup

11:24 - 11:39

Paper 4 presentation

11:39 - 11:41

Paper 4 questions and Paper 5 setup

11:41 - 11:56

Paper 5 presentation

11:56 - 11:58

Paper 5 questions and Paper 6 setup

11:58 - 12:13

Paper 6 presentation

12:13 - 12:15

Paper 6 questions and Paper 7 setup

12:15 - 12:30

Paper 7 presentation

12:30 - 12:32

Paper 7 questions

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12:15 – 1:15 p.m. LUNCH During this time we will have lunch. The location for the lunch will be based on the weather.

If it is “nice” outside we will have lunch outside the ground floor entrance and on the Plaza level of Benedum Hall. If the weather is bad we will do lunch on the ground floor outside the library.

Since the groups will be ending at different times, do not wait for everyone to start eating.

Refrain from seconds until all the groups get one serving.

1:15 – 1:45 p.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS – RICHARD P. AULENBACH II During this time Richard P. Aulenbach II, from RPA Engineering will give the keynote talk in the Engineering Auditorium, Benedum 157. All the papers that were selected as the best paper for each session must be present in the room. Everyone else is welcome to either attend the presentation in room 157 or in one of the broadcast rooms.

1:45 – 2:15 p.m. AWARDS PRESENTATION Presentations will be made in the Engineering Auditorium, Benedum 157. All the papers that were selected as the best paper for each session must be present in the room. Each session best paper will be recognized and the overall best papers will be presented at the awards presentation. Everyone else is welcome to either attend the presentation in room 157 or in one of the broadcast rooms in room 102 on the plaza level and/or all the rooms on the ground floor.

2:15 – 4:00 p.m. SESSION C There is a total of 105 minutes and there are six or seven papers in each session. Each paper has 17 minutes for their presentation. Since some sessions will end before others, please refrain from making noise in the hall until all the sessions are done.

2:15 - 2:18

Introduction and Paper 1 setup

2:18 - 2:33

Paper 1 presentation

2:33 - 2:35

Paper 1 questions and Paper 2 setup

2:35 - 2:50

Paper 2 presentation

2:50 - 2:52

Paper 2 questions and Paper 3 setup

2:52 - 3:07

Paper 3 presentation

3:07 - 3:09

Paper 3 questions and Paper 4 setup

3:09 - 3:24

Paper 4 presentation

3:24 - 3:26

Paper 4 questions and Paper 5 setup

3:26 - 3:41

Paper 5 presentation

3:41 - 3:43

Paper 5 questions and Paper 6 setup

3:43 - 3:58

Paper 6 presentation

3:58 - 4:00

Paper 6 questions and Paper 7 setup

4:00 - 4:15

Paper 7 presentation

4:15 - 4:17

Paper 7 questions

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Conference Best Papers Session A1

Session A11

TISSUE ENGINEERING OF BIOARTIFICIAL BLADDERS THROUGH AN AUTOLOGOUS CELL-SEEDED COLLAGENRICH SCAFFOLD APPROACH

PORPHYRIN DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS: MAKING SOLAR POWER MORE ECONOMICAL Blaise Obritz and Jean Fiore

Ellen Martin and Rachel Kocik

Session A12

Session A2

QUANTUM COMPUTING AND ADVANCES IN QUANTUM BIT CRYPTOGRAPHY

USING TRANSCYTOSIS AND DIRECT NOSE-TO-BRAIN DRUG DELIVERY TO OVERCOME THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER

John Sigg and Ryan Kaufman

Session A13

Christine Heisler and Danielle Stark

THE ROLE OF GREEN ROOFS IN REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS

Session A3 COMPLEMENTARY ALPHA-SHEET PEPTIDES TO POTENTIALLY TREAT ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

Ashley Dacosta and Isaiah Spencer-Williams

Session A14

Hannah Liu and Shane McKeon

QUANTUM NEURAL NETWORKS: THE INTEGRATION OF QUANTUM COMPUTING IN NEURAL NETWORKS

Session A4 THE GATESHEAD MILLENNIUM BRIDGE: THE WORLD’S FIRST TILTING DRAWBRIDGE

Brian Borig and Christopher Gardiner

Chelsea Flower and Julie Hoffman

Session B1

Session A5 METAL OXIDES: PAVING THE WAY TO PEROVSKITE CELLS

APPLICATION OF CRISPR-ENABLED GENE DRIVE APPROACH TO ERADICATING MALARIA

Desmond Zheng and Patrick Flaherty

Fathima Shabnam

Session A6

Session B2

LEAN SIX SIGMA IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM WAITING AREA

ELECTROPORATING TARGET PROGENITOR CELLS FOR BONE REGENERATION

Devon Devers and Jacqueline Welsh

Rajat Lahiri and Rahul Ramanathan

Session A7

Session B3

THE APPLICATION OF LIDAR RADAR TECHNOLOGY IN GOOGLE’S AUTONOMOUS CARS

USE OF BONE CEMENT AND ENHANCED SCREW DESIGN IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY FOR IMPROVED AUGMENTATION AND STABILITY IN OSTEOPOROTIC BONE

Casey Cloonan and Diana Blasi

John Driggers and Louis McLinden

Session A8 INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNITS IN APPLICATION OF HEALTHCARE AND REHABILITATION

Session B4 IMPLEMENTATION OF DECENTRALIZED, REAL-TIME ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL UTILIZING THE SURTRAC APPARATUS

Janae Johnson and London Lee

Session A9

Nathan Whitney and Wilmus Randolph

ADDITION OF CARBON NANOTUBES TO COMPOSITES IN COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT

Session B5 THE EFFICACY OF THE HALL-EFFECT THRUSTER IN SPACE TRAVEL

Adrian Reitars and Steven Roth

Session A10 HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION OF ALGAE TO PRODUCE BIOFUEL FOR THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY

Benjamin Harper and Christian Marble

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Session B6

Session C3

USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS TO REDUCE FATALITIES IN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS

THE CRISPR CAS9 SYSTEM: A PROMISING OPPORTUNITY FOR TREATING GENETIC DISORDERS

Anna Sheffield and Kyle Collins

Alexander Hartman and Kathryn LaBelle

Session B7

Session C4

ANALYSIS OF REGENERATIVE BRAKES IN CONSUMER ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS

COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF UAV PHOTOGRAPHY TO INSPECT BRIDGES

David Provost and Ryan Barrett

Sarah Chaudhari and Samantha Chaudhari

Session B8

Session C5

ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF NANOTECHNOLOGY

ULTRACAPACITORS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN REGENERATIVE BRAKING

Colin Whelan and Lydia Kuebler

Session B9

Julia Marzocca and Jordan Ewing

Session C6

USING GRAPHENE IN SOLAR CELLS

IMPROVING HEALTHCARE EFFICIENCY THROUGH RFID TECHNOLOGY

Isaac Cook

Jack Krivitsky and Sean Callaghan

Session B10

Session C7

MICROCHIP DRUG DELIVERY

MECHANICAL KINETIC ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEMS FOR USE IN CONSUMER VEHICLES

Nathan Turchick and Rip Rucker

Session B11 CARBON NANOTECHNOLOGY AS A DRUG DELIVERY VECTOR FOR BREAST CANCER TREATMENT Grace Dunn and Daneen Haas

Session B12

Arthur Bisci and Jordan Gittleman

Session C8 DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS OR “ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE” Aaron Guche and Thomas Whittington

CREATING NEW LIFE THROUGH QUANTUM COMPUTING

Session C9

Ryan Kuhn and Sean O’Brien

HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN THE BMW I8

Session B13 VISIBLE LIGHT IN OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

Claire Walsh and Hannah Schell

Daniel Liszka and Everett Cotter

Session C10

Session C1

Caroline Denniston and Samantha Bunke

STEM CELL BIO-INK AND ITS POSSIBLE USE IN 3D PRINTED KIDNEYS

SILICA AND CELLULOSE BASED AEROGEL: THE FUTURE OF OIL SPILL CLEANUP

Session C11

Julia Saams and Meara Sedlak

SOLVING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OF OIL EXTRACTION THROUGH THE USE OF BIOSURFACTANTS

Session C2

Dylan McCourt and Ryan Blair

STEM CELL-BASED TISSUE ENGINEERED VASCULAR GRAFT Abigail Snyder and Zachary Mattis

Session C12 INTEGRATED CARBON NANOTUBE COMPUTER CHIP ALLOWS FOR NEW SKYSCRAPER CHIP DESIGN Kevin McGoogan and Tyler Murin

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Conference Best Posters Session A1

Session A11

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PRO-UROKINASE IN MAINTAINING CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH

SILVER AND COPPER NANOPARTICLES; THE FUTURE OF WATER PURIFICATION

Deepika Sarma and Yousif Shwetar

Derek Sellers and Nicholas Youwakim

Session A2

Session A12

3D PRINTING SPRITAM TO PREVENT EPILEPTIC SEIZURES

SENSORY TECHNOLOGY IN AUTOPILOT SOFTWARE FOR CONSUMER VEHICLES

Danielle Danucalov and Veronica Radin

Blaine Abriatis and Justin Anderson

Session A3

Session A13

CRISPR/CAS9: A REVOLUTIONARY TOOL FOR GENOME EDITING

SCALABLE URBAN TRAFFIC CONTROL IN THE MANAGEMENT OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION

Hannah Kendrick and Jacob Meadows

Geoffrey Wells and Robert Cornwall

Session A4 GRAPHENE AND TIO2 PHOTOCATALYSTS FOR WATER PURIFICATION

Session A14

Christina Rogers and Tristan Abraham

Alexander McMullen

PROGRAMMING PLCS THROUGH OPEN CORE ENGINEERING

Session A5 THE ROAD TO AUTONOMOUS CARS: A LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY THROUGH AUTOMOTIVE SENSORY TECHNOLOGY Clifford Geller and Srikanth Schelbert

Session B1 GENETICALLY RE-ENGINEERED POLIOVIRUS FOR TREATMENT OF GLIOBLASTOMA Kelsey Toplak and Patrick Siembida

Session A6 INCORPORATING A CYBER-PHYSICAL SMART EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM TO OPTIMIZE DISASTER RELIEF AID Rebecca Weaver and Ronald Puntil

Session B2 RATIONAL DESIGN PROTEIN ENGINEERING THROUGH CROWDSOURCING Patrick Bohse and Tylar Farmer

Session A7 WASTE HEAT RECOVERY OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES USING THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS

Session B3 A NEW BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT PROACTIVELY FIGHTS STAPH

Gabriel Fruitman and Logan Kutzer

Justin Lauria and Kate Lundy

Session A8 THE PROMISE OF LASER ABLATION IN PROPULSION

Session B4

Jacob Rosenberger and Nils Aho

NICKEL TITANIUM ALLOY AS AN EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT-MATERIAL

Session A9 VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION, REVOLUTIONIZING THE WAY WE DRIVE

Session B5 ELECTROLYSIS IN THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN FUEL FOR USE IN HYDROGEN POWERED VEHICLES

Dante Cavallucci and Hector Li

Session A10 OXY-FUEL COMBUSTION SYSTEMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION Lucas Carroll and Rico Romeo

Thomas Alexander

Dimitry Labko and Michael Bremer

Session B6 THE APPLICATION OF 3D PRINTING FOR PROSTHETIC HANDS IN CHILDREN Corey Augenstein and Matthew Girman

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Session B7

Session C4

FLEXIBLE WING DESIGN AND APPLICATION

UNBOUNDED TENDONS EFFECT ON SEGMENTAL BRIDGE DESIGN

Harper Dowd and William Leisner

Session B8 THE UTILIZATION OF RANKINE CYCLES IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES FOR OPTIMAL FUEL EFFICIENCY Francisc Grigore and Jeffrey Pepin

Session B9 INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SCUDERI SPLIT-CYCLE THROUGH THE USE OF THE MILLER CYCLE Jason Bluedorn and Jennifer Dudek

Session B10 HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS FOR COMMERCIAL COMBINED HEATING AND POWER Ethan Henderson and Mason Unger

Session B11

Jordan Walk and Nathaniel King

Session C5 THE USE OF MICROWAVE WIRELESS POWER IN SOLAR POWER SATELLITE SYSTEMS Alex Rugh and Nicholas Haver

Session C6 OPTIMIZATION OF HUMANITARIAN SUPPLY CHAINS FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Dina Perlic and Megan McCormick

Session C7 INCREASING WIND ENERGY PRODUCTION THROUGH ENERGY KITE TECHNOLOGY James Prough and Michael Limbacher

THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS TO POWER HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS

Session C8

Jacob Saletsky and Samuel Geffrey

Matthew Pendolino and Nicholas Stefurak

Session B12

Session C9

DATA MINING: A SECURITY RISK OR A SECURITY ADVANTAGE?

THE MAXIMIZED MAGNETO-FLUID DYNAMICS IN STELLARATOR REACTORS FOR THE OPTIMIZED EFFICIENCY OF HOT FUSION ENERGY PRODUCTION

Benjamin Birkett and Laura Friedland

Session B13 USING SUPERCRITICAL CO2 FOR A RANKINE CYCLE IN CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER PLANTS Paige Risley and Rebekka McCoy

USE OF SOLAR RADIATION IN ELECTRIC SOLAR SAILS

Peter Collins and Andrew Golio

Session C10 APPLICATIONS OF GRAPHENE IN THE ANODE OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES Alec Kanai and Caleb Wieszczyk

Session C1

Session C11

THE BENEFITS OF NANOPARTICLES AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CHEMOTHERAPY ALONE IN TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER TREATMENT

Alexander Cross and Catherine Moran

Dana Scherler and Eliza Schally

ENERGY DENSE METAL AIR BATTERIES: TOMORROW’S POWER SOURCE?

Session C12

DEVELOPMENT OF HYDROGELS IN ARTIFICIAL ORGANS

REPLACING SILICON TRANSISTORS AND ANALYZING MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES OF GRAPHENE

Jack Bauman and Samuel Peterson

Jonathan Galaydick and Samuel Birus

Session C2

Session C3 THE USE OF POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE (PDMS) IN ELECTRONIC SKIN TO SIMULATE A SENSE OF TOUCH Isreal Williams and Sadhana Tadepalli

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8:30 – 10:15 a.m. SESSION A SESSION A1

REVERSE ENGINEERING THE BRAIN

Bioengineering Topics 1, Benedum 309

John Brown and Kaitlin Resendes

THE ADENOVIRUS AND ITS APPLICATION IN VIROTHERAPY

GRAPHENE-OXIDE DRUG DELIVERY

Dominic Dawes and Pegah Zarandi

Eric Cecco and Patrick Altemose

3-D PRINTING OF AFFORDABLE PROSTHETIC HANDS

SESSION A3

Madeline Johnson and Renee Kaplowitz THE USE OF STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF PRIMARY NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER Brett Graver and Brendan Lestander TISSUE ENGINEERING OF BIOARTIFICIAL BLADDERS THROUGH AN AUTOLOGOUS CELL-SEEDED COLLAGENRICH SCAFFOLD APPROACH Ellen Martin and Rachel Kocik THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PRO-UROKINASE IN MAINTAINING CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH Deepika Sarma and Yousif Shwetar THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING OF TISSUE USING HYDROGELS AS EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES IN COMBINATION WITH LIVE CELLS Bridget Moyer and Lauren Williams

Bioengineering Topics 3, Benedum 318 TISSUE ENGINEERING THE LUNG Lindsey Ngau and Lacey Kostishack EKSO BIONICS’ EKSO GT ROBOTIC EXOSKELETON IN CORRELATION WITH PARAPLEGIC REHABILITATION David Sapirstein and Samantha Rowen THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPING SELF-ASSEMBLY 3D BIOPRINTING AND ITS IMPACT ON PATIENTS NEEDING KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS Nicholas Anastasi and Tyler Bray COMPLEMENTARY ALPHA-SHEET PEPTIDES TO POTENTIALLY TREAT ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Hannah Liu and Shane McKeon USING ONCOLYTIC MEASLES AND HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TO TREAT CANCER Maoyuan He and Xiaomeng Niu

SESSION A2 Bioengineering Topics 2, Benedum 320

CRISPR/CAS9: A REVOLUTIONARY TOOL FOR GENOME EDITING

ANALYZING THE USE OF ELECTROSPUN NANO-FIBERS FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF NEURAL TISSUE

Hannah Kendrick and Jacob Meadows

David Maupin and Michael Calhoun

SESSION A4

USING TRANSCYTOSIS AND DIRECT NOSE-TO-BRAIN DRUG DELIVERY TO OVERCOME THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER

Civil Engineering Topics 1, Benedum 319

Christine Heisler and Danielle Stark

Chelsea Flower and Julie Hoffman

THE GATESHEAD MILLENNIUM BRIDGE: THE WORLD’S FIRST TILTING DRAWBRIDGE

3D PRINTING SPRITAM TO PREVENT EPILEPTIC SEIZURES Danielle Danucalov and Veronica Radin ENGINEERING MULTI DRUG TABLETS WITH SPECIFIC RELEASE PROFILES TO CREATE PERSONALIZED MEDICINE Arden Stayer and Victoria Smith

THE USE OF CONCRETE AND STEEL COMPOSITE MATERIALS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS Nathan Crikelair and Timothy Chebuske HYDROCARBON GEL TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE HYDRAULIC FRACTURING Benjamin Grunauer and Joshua Gill

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GRAPHENE AND TIO2 PHOTOCATALYSTS FOR WATER PURIFICATION Christina Rogers and Tristan Abraham NANOTECHNOLOGY IN SELF-HEALING CONCRETE SYSTEMS Jonah Cohen and Nowa Bronner TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS IN RETROFITTING EXISTING STRUCTURES FOR EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE PROTECTION

SESSION A6 Industrial Engineering Topics 1, Benedum 1044 LEAN SIX SIGMA IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM WAITING AREA Devon Devers and Jacqueline Welsh WHY THE RAPTOR HAND SHOULD BE THE MOST WIDELY USED PROTHETIC HAND IN THE WORLD Daniel Post and Michael Cohan

Alexander Brown and Anna Donaldson

INCORPORATING A CYBER-PHYSICAL SMART EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM TO OPTIMIZE DISASTER RELIEF AID

SESSION A5

Rebecca Weaver and Ronald Puntil

Electrical Engineering Topics 1, Benedum G27

ZEOLITE NANOPARTICLES IN REVERSE OSMOSIS

THE APPLICATION OF WATER COOLING TECHNOLOGY IN DECREASING THE POWER CONSUMPTION OF THE SUPERCOMPUTER

Brooke Conroy and Erin Bates

Bryan Kelly and Haoqi Gu THE DOMINANCE OF OLED DISPLAY PANELS OVER LCD DISPLAY PANELS AND POTENTIAL FOR FLEXIBLE/ TRANSPARENT APPLICATIONS Matthew McCutchen and Ethan Linderman THE ROAD TO AUTONOMOUS CARS: A LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY THROUGH AUTOMOTIVE SENSORY TECHNOLOGY Clifford Geller and Srikanth Schelbert

VIRTUAL REALITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE PROTOTYPES Cole Partington and Matthew Hoge HOW DRONES ARE REVOLUTIONIZING FARMING THROUGH NDVI AND THERMAL IMAGERY Audrey Clarke and Aditya Peri

SESSION A7 Mechanical Engineering Topics 1, Benedum 229

METAL OXIDES: PAVING THE WAY TO PEROVSKITE CELLS

THE BENEFITS OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES IN SUSTAINABLE AUTOMOBILES

Desmond Zheng and Patrick Flaherty

Jahari Mercer and Michael Neguse

AMBRI’S LIQUID METAL BATTERY: AN UNPRECEDENTED CHEMISTRY CAPABLE OF TRANSFORMING GRID LEVEL POWER STORAGE

WASTE HEAT RECOVERY OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES USING THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS

Chad Matthews and Stephen Selvidge HOW ADVANCES IN LITHIUM ION BATTERIES ARE HELPING TO ADVANCE ELECTRIC VEHICLES Luke Javersack and Stephanie Desimone

Gabriel Fruitman and Logan Kutzer THE APPLICATION OF LIDAR RADAR TECHNOLOGY IN GOOGLE’S AUTONOMOUS CARS Casey Cloonan and Diana Blasi THE EFFECTS OF PLASTICS AND COMPOSITE MATERIAL IN BOEING’S 787 AIRLINER Rahul Doraiswamy and Steven Evanovich THE NEXT STEP IN SPACE TRAVEL Evan Heckrote and Matthew Stein POWER MANAGEMENT FOR SERIES-PARALLEL HYBRID VEHICLES Cameron Rendulic and Steven Milov

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SESSION A8

SESSION A10

Mechanical Engineering Topics 2, Benedum 157

Chemical Engineering Topics 1, Benedum 938 A/B

VIRTUAL REALITY ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS

OXY-FUEL COMBUSTION SYSTEMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION

Catherine Smith and Thomas Russell LIDAR TECHNOLOGY IN AUTONOMOUS CARS Daniel Henry and James DiPaolo CAPTURING WASTED ENERGY IN TECHNOLOGY POWERED BY COMBUSTION REACTIONS Francis Barbera and Mier Chen THE PROMISE OF LASER ABLATION IN PROPULSION Jacob Rosenberger and Nils Aho SUPERSONIC RETROGRADE PROPULSION ENGINES IN A FUTURE, MANNED LANDING ON MARS George Houck and William Jacobson INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNITS IN APPLICATION OF HEALTHCARE AND REHABILITATION Janae Johnson and London Lee

Lucas Carroll and Rico Romeo THORIUM-FUELED MOLTEN SALT REACTORS: A SAFER AND CLEANER NUCLEAR ENERGY SOURCE Daniel Harper PEM FUEL CELLS: BETTER SYSTEM FOR MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT VEHICLES Andrei Mihailescu and Dominic Coutinho APPLICATIONS OF SELF HEALING POLYMERS IN PAINTS Andrew Dodel and Gregory Wilson HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION OF ALGAE TO PRODUCE BIOFUEL FOR THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY Abigale Gray and Nicole Iden INNOVATIONS WITH BATTERIES Joseph Dowd and Nicholas Gaydos

SESSION A9 Mechanical Engineering Topics 3, Benedum G29 IMPORTANCE OF THE FLY-BAG IN AIRCRAFT SAFETY Benjamin Helman and Emily Beck ADDITION OF CARBON NANOTUBES TO COMPOSITES IN COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT Adrian Reitars and Steven Roth THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE BIONIC PANCREAS Matthew Leibman and Patrick Hoffman VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION, REVOLUTIONIZING THE WAY WE DRIVE Dante Cavallucci and Hector Li

SESSION A11 Chemical Engineering Topics 2, Benedum G30 SILVER AND COPPER NANOPARTICLES; THE FUTURE OF WATER PURIFICATION Derek Sellers and Nicholas Youwakim QUANTUM DOT SOLAR CELLS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CURRENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGY Alexander Houriet and Bryan Welsh THE IMPORTANCE AND APPLICATIONS OF CARBON CAPTURE SEQUESTRATION THROUGH SELECTIVE MEMBRANES Zachary Dissen and Tanner Prime

STELLARATORS, POWER FOR THE FUTURE

LIQUID SODIUM AS A COOLANT FOR FAST BREEDER REACTORS

Austin Kasmer and Tyler Clark

Siddharth Lakshman and Zheng Guo

LIQUID COOLING OF TURBINE BLADES

PORPHYRIN DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS: MAKING SOLAR POWER MORE ECONOMICAL

Anton Kazakov and Alexandra Drzewinski

Blaise Obritz and Jean Fiore ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION PURIFICATION Kailyn Chichilla and Shayla Arnett U N I V E R S I T Y O F P I T T S B U R G H | S WA N S O N S C H O O L O F E N G I N E E R I N G | 1 3

SESSION A12 Computer Engineering Topics 1, Benedum G31 RADAR AND LIDAR DETECTION IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Julian Linkhauer and Max Pelna SENSORY TECHNOLOGY IN AUTOPILOT SOFTWARE FOR CONSUMER VEHICLES Blaine Abriatis and Justin Anderson QUANTUM COMPUTING AND ADVANCES IN QUANTUM BIT CRYPTOGRAPHY John Sigg and Ryan Kaufman VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION IN DRIVERLESS CARS VIA WIRELESS LAN TECHNOLOGY Alec Cantor and Alexander Blackson DEVELOPMENT OF OPTICAL TRANSISTORS FOR USE IN ADVANCED COMPUTING Gerrick Ruffner and Ronen Orland ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: BENEFITS AND RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTONOMOUS SOFTWARE Alexander Duncan and Stefan Lambert

SCALABLE URBAN TRAFFIC CONTROL IN THE MANAGEMENT OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION Geoffrey Wells and Robert Cornwall THE USE OF RETROREFLECTIVE MATERIALS IN MODERN SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN Malik Roberts and Warren Adams THE ROLE OF GREEN ROOFS IN REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS Ashley Dacosta and Isaiah Spencer-Williams

SESSION A14 Computer Engineering Topics 2, Benedum G26 MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS: REVOLUTIONIZING POSITIONAL TRACKING IN VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY Alexandra Dziak and Lianna Jante PROGRAMMING PLCS THROUGH OPEN CORE ENGINEERING Alexander McMullen OBSTACLE DETECTION AND TRACKING IN GROUND VEHICLES USING STEREO VISION Shixiong Jing and Zachary Grimaldi

SESSION A13

PREVENTING SYN FLOOD DOS ATTACKS

Civil Engineering Topics 2, Benedum G28

Brian Maher and Thomas Bui

THE USE OF LANDFILL GAS AS AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE

QUANTUM NEURAL NETWORKS: THE INTEGRATION OF QUANTUM COMPUTING IN NEURAL NETWORKS

Emily Bonk and Kelsey Prem

Brian Borig and Christopher Gardiner

AIR GAP MEMBRANE DISTILLATION: AN EFFICIENT DESALINATION TECHNOLOGY

FULLY AUTOMATING THE SMART GRID Nicholas Szanto and William Stephenson

Nathanial Buettner and Ryan Finn MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTORS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Adalee Jacobs and Cassandra Valcourt

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10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. SESSION B SESSION B1

THE APPLICATION OF 3D-PRINTING AND TISSUE ENGINEERING TO MANUFACTURE SKIN GRAFTS

Bioengineering Topics 4, Benedum 309 THE USE OF NEURAL SIGNALS TO NATURALLY CONTROL THE PROSTHETIC ARM FOR TETRAPLEGIC AMPUTEES Grace Varughese and Pavitra Velan

Carolyn Cole and Hannah Meyer ELECTRONIC SKIN AND ITS APPLICATION TO HEALTH MONITORING TECHNOLOGY Jessica Brown and Maxwell Baxter

GENETICALLY RE-ENGINEERED POLIOVIRUS FOR TREATMENT OF GLIOBLASTOMA

APPLICATION OF OPTOGENETICS IN DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION

Kelsey Toplak and Patrick Siembida

Daniel Gilmour and Zack Weber

ANALYSIS OF STEM CELL THERAPY FOR BONE AND JOINT REGENERATION

SESSION B3

Maya Breitenstein and Lea Wenger

Bioengineering Topics 6, Benedum 318

APPLICATION OF CRISPR-ENABLED GENE DRIVE APPROACH TO ERADICATING MALARIA

A NEW BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT PROACTIVELY FIGHTS STAPH

Fathima Shabnam THE ADVANTAGES OF FUSED DEPOSITION MODELING ON PROSTHETIC FINGERS AND ITS BENEFITS FOR VETERANS

Justin Lauria and Kate Lundy

David Miller and John Fried

USE OF BONE CEMENT AND ENHANCED SCREW DESIGN IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY FOR IMPROVED AUGMENTATION AND STABILITY IN OSTEOPOROTIC BONE

THE SAPIEN TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE FOR AORTIC STENOSIS

John Driggers and Louis McLinden

Hannah Worrilow and Meagan Weisgerber

IMPLANTATION OF ELECTRODES IN THE UPPER LIMB TO REGENERATE A SENSE OF TOUCH IN PROSTHETIC HANDS

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF NEUROLOGICALLY CONTROLLED ARM PROSTHETICS

Madison McNutt and Jaclyn Passerini

Jeremiah Hoydich and Timothy Bowers

TREATING SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST THROUGH THE USE OF A WEARABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR

SESSION B2

Sandya Rajan and Samantha Espos

Bioengineering Topics 5, Benedum 320

THE IMPORTANCE TO REGENERATIVE MEDICINE OF THE 3D PRINTING OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS

THE DEVELOPMENT, FUNCTION, AND APPLICATION OF VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES

Katherine Bruce and Valerie Kristofic

Christian Ford and Jose Martin-Campos

USE OF GENETIC SEQUENCING IN CANCER TREATMENT

RATIONAL DESIGN PROTEIN ENGINEERING THROUGH CROWDSOURCING

Anthony Pasnello and Daniel Fulmer

SESSION B4

Patrick Bohse and Tylar Farmer

Civil Engineering Topics 3, Benedum 319

ELECTROPORATING TARGET PROGENITOR CELLS FOR BONE REGENERATION

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MEMBRANE DISTILLATION SYSTEM TO THE HYDRAULIC FRACTURING INDUSTRY

Rajat Lahiri and Rahul Ramanathan INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL USE IN DRUG TESTING Aidan Dadey and Patrick Stofanak

Sophie Rice and Victoria Zubizarreta THE APPLICATION OF MICROALGAE FOR THE REMOVAL OF HEAVY METALS FROM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS Henry Mallison and Patrick Kane

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THE ADVANTAGES OF NITINOL USED FOR BRIDGE STRUCTURES Cole Burden and Hunter Stept IMPLEMENTATION OF DECENTRALIZED, REAL-TIME ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL UTILIZING THE SURTRAC APPARATUS

SESSION B6 Industrial Engineering Topics 2, Benedum 1044 THE APPLICATION OF 3D PRINTING FOR PROSTHETIC HANDS IN CHILDREN Corey Augenstein and Matthew Girman

Nathan Whitney and Wilmus Randolph

THE INTEGRATION OF LEAN SIX SIGMA TO INCREASE THE LEVEL OF EFFICIENCY IN AUTOMOBILE SUPPLY CHAIN

NICKEL TITANIUM ALLOY AS AN EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT-MATERIAL

Bryce Schloneger and Christopher Luther

Thomas Alexander

USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS TO REDUCE FATALITIES IN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS

THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE: A FEAT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Anna Sheffield and Kyle Collins

Jenna Rudolph and Shannon Kronz APPLICATION OF TAGUCHI’S METHODS OF OPTIMIZATION TO REMOVAL OF MALACHITE GREEN AND WATER PURIFICATION Ellis Rose and Jarrett Mays

SESSION B5 Electrical Engineering Topics 2, Benedum G27 ELECTROLYSIS IN THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN FUEL FOR USE IN HYDROGEN POWERED VEHICLES Dimitry Labko and Michael Bremer THE EFFICACY OF THE HALL-EFFECT THRUSTER IN SPACE TRAVEL Benjamin Harper and Christian Marble THE ROLE OF SUPERCONDUCTIVE ELECTROMAGNETS IN ELECTRODYNAMICALLY SUSPENDED COMMERCIAL TRAINS Abby Fenn and Zachary Yoder APPLICATIONS OF REGENERATIVE HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS Alicia Hu and Tyler Thompson THE USE OF GRAPHENE IN PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS Karl Sewick and Thomas Dastalfo FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS AND THEIR USE IN NASA’S LUNAR LASER COMMUNICATION DEMONSTRATION

THE USE OF GERMANIUM-TIN SEMICONDUCTORS IN OPTICAL COMPUTING Connor Bomba and Timothy Cropper USE OF MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS WITH QUANTUM DOTS TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF SOLAR PANELS Joseph Nicolosi and Nicholas Evanoff ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIAL DRONE USE AND DISCUSSION OF ETHICAL AND SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS Adam Balick and Myles Onosko APPLICATIONS OF 3D PRINTING IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY Connor McKain and Samuel Gershanok

SESSION B7 Mechanical Engineering Topics 4, Benedum 229 FLEXIBLE WING DESIGN AND APPLICATION Harper Dowd and William Leisner CONTINUOUS LIQUID INTERFACE PRODUCTION IN CARBON 3D PRINTER Jamie Laughlin and Thomas Ryan-Lorei THE IMPACT OF ROCKET REUSABILITY Alex van Stekelenborg and Alex Johnson HYBRID SUPERCARS OUTLINE

James Bamberger and Peter Bonino

Kyle Goff-Pfeiffer and William Taylor

ELECTRICALLY POWERED “SMART”WHEELCHAIRS

THE HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN OF BIOMIMETIC ROBOTIC FISH

Dekwuan Stokes and Kristen Byrd

Danielle Ferrer and Jamie Barishman

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ANALYSIS OF REGENERATIVE BRAKES IN CONSUMER ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS

PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS IN THE AP1000 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

David Provost and Ryan Barrett

Torsten Voigt and Victoria Trost

SESSION B8

INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SCUDERI SPLITCYCLE THROUGH THE USE OF THE MILLER CYCLE

Mechanical Engineering Topics 5, Benedum 157

Jason Bluedorn and Jennifer Dudek

APPLICATION OF LIFTING BODIES FOR SPACEFLIGHT

SESSION B10

Azalea Bisignano and Zachary Gubatina

Chemical Engineering Topics 3, Benedum 938 A/B

ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF NANOTECHNOLOGY

SALVARSAN: THE FIRST CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC DRUG Alexandra Metelow and Lezlee Fuchs

Colin Whelan and Lydia Kuebler DESIGN OF SNAKE-LIKE ROBOTS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS

HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS FOR COMMERCIAL COMBINED HEATING AND POWER

Shuhan Li and Zihao Huang

Ethan Henderson and Mason Unger

METALLIC MICROLATTICE: USING LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY

MICROCHIP DRUG DELIVERY Nathan Turchick and Rip Rucker

Joseph Morgan and Lucas DiCioccio

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ORGANIC POLYMER TECHNOLOGY IN SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY MAXIMIZATION

THE UTILIZATION OF RANKINE CYCLES IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES FOR OPTIMAL FUEL EFFICIENCY

Kristina Kline and Danielle Kline

Francisc Grigore and Jeffrey Pepin

TRANSESTERIFICATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FOR BIODIESEL ELECTRIC GENERATORS

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SELECTIVE LASER MELTING IN COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT JET ENGINE COMPONENTS

Bradley Alderama and Matthew McCann

Matthew Warner and Wesley Keck

LITHIUM CERAMIC PEBBLES USED TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FROM FUSION

SESSION B9

Aaron Woeppel and Elan Anderson

Mechanical Engineering Topics 6, Benedum G29

MICROFLUIDIC CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL CHIPS Emily Strain and Maiti Keen

THE USE OF HYBRID TECHNOLOGY IN THE PORSCHE 918 SUPERCAR

SESSION B11

Jared Henderson and Liam Stubanas

Chemical Engineering Topics 4, Benedum G30

THE EFFICACY OF A HYBRID ASSISITIVE LIMB IN PARAPLEGIC PATIENTS

RESERVOIR POLYMER-BASED DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR AIDING IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER

Alejandro Ortega-Borda and Kaosisochi Uwazuruonye

Corrin Rogers and Katherine Moore

THE TECHNOLOGIES AND FUTURE OF REUSABLE ROCKET BOOSTERS Michael Ullman and Ryan Rosenbaum USING GRAPHENE IN SOLAR CELLS Isaac Cook

THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS TO POWER HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS Jacob Saletsky and Samuel Geffrey SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS POWERED BY NATURAL GAS AS THE SOLUTION FOR CLEAN CONSUMER ENERGY Luke Barone, Zane Kharitonov and Nicholas Roth U N I V E R S I T Y O F P I T T S B U R G H | S WA N S O N S C H O O L O F E N G I N E E R I N G | 1 7

CARBON NANOTECHNOLOGY AS A DRUG DELIVERY VECTOR FOR BREAST CANCER TREATMENT

MULTI-JUNCTION PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS FOR THERMO-PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY SYSTEMS

Grace Dunn and Daneen Haas

David Lloyd and Yasmin Daukoru

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF NUCLEAR FUSION ENERGY USING TOKAMAK REACTORS WITH NEUTRAL BEAM INJECTORS

THE PHOTOCATALYTIC CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE TO HYDROCARBON FUELS

Mark Vrabel and Xavier Strittmatter

Elaine Lipinski and Gabriel Musselman

IMPROVING THE PROCESS OF DEICING AIRCRAFTS

SMART POWER GRID CONTROL ALGORITHMS

Dorian Thompson and Nathan Payne

Sophia Halter

SESSION B12

VISIBLE LIGHT IN OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

Computer Engineering Topics 3, Benedum G31 DATA MINING: A SECURITY RISK OR A SECURITY ADVANTAGE? Benjamin Birkett and Laura Friedland THE CONTROL OF MILITARY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES WITH VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSETS Andrew Difurio and Evan Helenbrook EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF AUTONOMOUS SOFTWARE Brendan Moorhead and Corinne McGuire QUANTUM COMPUTING TO BYPASS THE LIMITS OF MOORE’S LAW Kelby McWherter and Matthew Salemi THE TRANSITION TO AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Maxwell Kimer and Zachary Pixley CREATING NEW LIFE THROUGH QUANTUM COMPUTING

Daniel Liszka and Everett Cotter

SESSION B14 ENGR0716 Special Topics 1, Benedum G34 SUPERSCOUT: A COLLABORATIVE ROBOTIC RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEM FOR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL Eddie Ledesma, Kevin Zinn, Woody Fulmer, Matthew Paradise, Lisa He, Kyle Buettner, Anthony Immormino, Moira Larkin CHARITY KOALA: FACILITATING THE DONATIONS PROCESS Julia Cope, Sarah Tolaymat, Yitong Zhou, Richard Mondock MUSICANVAS: INTEGRATING ART AND MUSIC COMPOSITION Connor Wurst, Daniel Yates, Sean Carey, Tiffany Smith, Aditi Gupta, Ryan Wolanzyk

Ryan Kuhn and Sean O’Brien

MINDSWITCH: CONTROLLING HOME APPLIANCES WITH YOUR BRAIN

SESSION B13

Jonathan Estes, Matt Folk, Daniel Jacobs, Nikush Dalia, Wlliam Xie, Ryan Margraf

Electrical Engineering Topics 3, Benedum G28 USING SUPERCRITICAL CO2 FOR A RANKINE CYCLE IN CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER PLANTS Paige Risley and Rebekka McCoy STRETCHABLE TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES MADE WITH NANOTROUGH NETWORKS OF METALLIC GLASSES FOR WEARABLE HEATERS AND ELECTRONICS Jacob Manning and Michael Bonaventure AUTONOMOUS DRIVING AND CONCERNS ABOUT ITS IMPACT ON THE WELFARE OF SOCIETY Jordan Gairey and Patrick Snyder

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PRACTICEPAL: GAMIFYING THE MUSIC STUDENT’S PRACTICE EXPERIENCE Andrew Saba, Emma Chen, Emma Stilwell, Clement Ekaputra, Jordan Coscia, Jenn Gingerich

12:15 – 1:15 p.m. LUNCH During this time we will have lunch. The location for the lunch will be based on the weather. If it is “nice” outside we will have lunch outside the ground floor entrance and on the Plaza level of Benedum Hall. If the weather is bad we will do lunch on the ground floor outside the library. Since the groups will be ending at different times, do not wait for everyone to start eating. Refrain from seconds until all the groups get one serving.

1:15 – 1:45 p.m. Keynote in Benedum 157 During this time Richard P. Aulenbach II, from RPA Engineering will give the keynote talk in the Engineering Auditorium, Benedum 157. All the papers that were selected as the best paper for each session must be present in the room. Everyone else is welcome to view the presentation in one of the broadcast rooms on the ground floor, or in room 102 on the plaza level.

Biography – Richard P. Aulenbach II Richard Aulenbach, President, founded RPA Engineering in August 1989. The company provides consulting engineering services for the pharmaceutical/ biotech, industrial, power/utility, university, and health care markets, as well as commissioning and validation, project management, and energy management services. Additionally, RPA provides on-site client services, placing employees in the client’s office to support project-based work. The company has five locations and 100 employees.

Rick began his career in Pittsburgh, PA at Alcoa’s corporate headquarters. Later, he entered the power generation design business at Gilbert Associates, Inc., in Reading, PA where he worked on fossil and nuclear power plant projects around the world.

Rick holds a MBA from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Pittsburgh. Additionally, Rick attended Harvard Business School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

His vast professional affiliations include Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers, National Society of Professional Engineers, International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering, American Society of Heating and Air Conditioning Engineers, and Association of Iron and Steel Technology.

Rick has served as an adjunct instructor of Fluid Mechanics, at Penn State University, Berks campus concurrent with running his company. In addition, he has been a contributing author to three books for EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute) which serve as technical guidelines to US electric power generation utilities. He has also authored several articles for leading engineering publications.

1:45 – 2:15 p.m. Awards in Benedum 157 Presentations will be made in the Engineering Auditorium, Benedum 157. All the papers that were selected as the best paper for each session must be present in the room. Each session best paper will be recognized and the overall best papers will be presented at the awards presentation. Everyone else is welcome to either attend the presentation in room 157 or in one of the broadcast rooms on the ground floor or in room 102 on the plaza level.

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2:15 – 4:00 p.m. SESSION C SESSION C1 Bioengineering Topics 7, Benedum 309 THE BENEFITS OF NANOPARTICLES AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CHEMOTHERAPY ALONE IN TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER TREATMENT Dana Scherler and Eliza Schally USING ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBROUS TISSUE SCAFFOLDS TO PROMOTE IN VITRO NEUROREGENERATION IN THREE DIMENSIONS Ethan Paules and Mark Littlefield THE TREATMENT OF CLINICAL DEPRESSION USING DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION IN THE MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE Angela Cinaglia and Eleni Parke

THE EFFECTS OF BIOMECHANICAL ENERGY HARVESTING ON PROSTHETICS AND MEDICAL DEVICES Daniel Gunter and Jake Donovan DEVELOPMENT OF HYDROGELS IN ARTIFICIAL ORGANS Jack Bauman and Samuel Peterson MICROELECTRODE ARRAYS Brian Coyne and Robert Schwartz USE OF STEM CELLS TO ENGINEER ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY TISSUE FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE Edward-James Gardner and Safwan Rahman

SESSION C3 Bioengineering Topics 9, Benedum 318

THE IMPORTANCE OF FREEFORM REVERSIBLE EMBEDDING OF SUSPENDED HYDROGELS (FRESH) IN SCAFFOLD DESIGN

THE ADVANCEMENT OF TACTILLY-ENABLED ARTIFICIAL SKIN THROUGH ORGANIC DIGITAL MECHANORECEPTORS

James Howell and Kevin Berry

Abhilash Dhanvada and Ganesh Kumar

STEM CELL BIO-INK AND ITS POSSIBLE USE IN 3D PRINTED KIDNEYS

THE CRISPR CAS9 SYSTEM: A PROMISING OPPORTUNITY FOR TREATING GENETIC DISORDERS

Julia Saams and Meara Sedlak

Alexander Hartman and Kathryn LaBelle

THE NEED FOR NEW BIOMARKERS IN THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID TESTS TO DIAGNOSE PRECLINICAL ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

INSULIN PUMP WITH BUILT IN GLUCOSE MONITOR

Carlos Vazquez Gomez and Nicholas Gabriel

THE USE OF POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE (PDMS) IN ELECTRONIC SKIN TO SIMULATE A SENSE OF TOUCH

DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS OF THE FUTURE Kyle Hardison and Vhakish Suganthan

SESSION C2 Bioengineering Topics 8, Benedum 320 NEUROSTIMILUATION TO REDUCE EFFECTS OF CHRONIC CLUSTER HEADACHES Jacob Blahut and Mazin Rahman

Kanika Sarma and Tvisha Josyula

Isreal Williams and Sadhana Tadepalli GENE THERAPY: APPLICATIONS OF NANOPARTICLES IN CANCER TREATMENT Austin Bramley and Johanna Huffman BIOMIMICRY: MICROBATTERIES IN MEDICAL IMPLANTS Natasha Gilbert and Ryan Leventry

STEM CELL-BASED TISSUE ENGINEERED VASCULAR GRAFT

ARTIFICIAL LYMPH NODES AND THEIR TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS

Abigail Snyder and Zachary Mattis

Noah Crawford and Richard Brigandi

GENETICALLY MODIFIED COTTON WITH CRY1AC+CRY2A GENE Xinyu Li and Yihan Cheng

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SESSION C4

POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS AS A RENEWABLE ALTERNATIVE FOR COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLES

Civil Engineering Topics 4, Benedum 319 THE USE OF CARBON NANOTUBES TO CONTROL FRACKING WASTE WATER POLLUTION IN THE ALLEGHENY RIVER

Evan Poska and Kevin Weldon

Andrew Dawson and Sarah Leptinsky

MULTI-MISSION RADIOISOTOPE THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS AND THE MARS CURIOSITY ROVER

A PROPOSAL FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE PITTSBURGH LIGHT RAIL POWERED BY AN APS ELECTRIFICATION SYSTEM

Michael Cannizzaro and Victoria Dulla UTILIZING REGENERATIVE BRAKING TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Andrew Woodhouse and Laura Traczynski

Davis Herchko and Nathan Alford

UNBOUNDED TENDONS EFFECT ON SEGMENTAL BRIDGE DESIGN

SESSION C6

Jordan Walk and Nathaniel King

Industrial Engineering Topics 3, Benedum 1044

THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE IN LONG-SPAN ROOFING STRUCTURES

OPTIMIZATION OF HUMANITARIAN SUPPLY CHAINS FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

Craig Fischer and Richard Taylor

Dina Perlic and Megan McCormick

COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF UAV PHOTOGRAPHY TO INSPECT BRIDGES

3D PRINTING AS A TOOL FOR COMBATTING RESOURCE AND ACCESS ISSUES AROUND THE GLOBE

Sarah Chaudhari and Samantha Chaudhari

Fatimah Adisa and Tyra Pitts

THE IMPORTANCE OF REVERSE OSMOSIS WATER PURIFICATION AND THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND IT

IMPROVING HEALTHCARE EFFICIENCY THROUGH RFID TECHNOLOGY

Austin Matase and Luke Mesko

Jack Krivitsky and Sean Callaghan

SESSION C5 Electrical Engineering Topics 4, Benedum G27 ULTRACAPACITORS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN REGENERATIVE BRAKING

THE USE OF MICROWAVE WIRELESS POWER IN SOLAR POWER SATELLITE SYSTEMS Alex Rugh and Nicholas Haver THE PLACE OF HEAT SENSITIVE POLYMERS IN BUILDING A SAFER LITHIUM ION BATTERY

INTEGRATION OF AGPS-GPS SYSTEM TO IMPROVE SMARTPHONES’ NAVIGATION ACCURACY

Jacob Parker and Tristan Cunha THE USE OF MOLTEN SALTS AND THORIUM IN LIQUID SOLUTION IN NUCLEAR REACTORS

Julia Marzocca and Jordan Ewing

Alexander Washy and Dylan Sporrer

ENGINEERING DISNEY: FASTPASS EFFICIENCY AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

Brendan Schuster and Kristy Sturgess THE TECHNOLOGY AND COST-EFFICIENCY OF 3D PRINTED PROSTHETIC ARMS Daniel Rowe and Edward Rusnica THE APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN IN AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING Colton Kucsan and Zachary Lynn

Qingyun Shang and YuWei Lin

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FEMTOSECOND LASER MICRO MACHINING

Mechanical Engineering Topics 7, Benedum 229

Dylan Miao and Ryan Barrow

THE SPRING MASS MODEL AND ITS APPLICATION TO WALKING ROBOTS Jordan Myers and Tyler Mohnke INCREASING WIND ENERGY PRODUCTION THROUGH ENERGY KITE TECHNOLOGY James Prough and Michael Limbacher MECHANICAL KINETIC ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEMS FOR USE IN CONSUMER VEHICLES Arthur Bisci and Jordan Gittleman AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS OF SELF-HEALING CARBON FIBER WITH EPOXY MATRICES Stephen Schanes and Zachary Reger WIND TURBINE BLADES AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE EFFICIENCY OF POWER PRODUCTION Clare Beahn and Joseph Bell ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL IN SEMI AUTONOMOUS AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES OUTLINE

DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS OR “ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE” Aaron Guche and Thomas Whittington INVISIBILITY CLOAKING BY MEANS OF HOMOGENEOUS METAMATERIALS Isaac George and Jack Bartley USING AIRBORNE WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS TO REPLACE CONVENTIONAL TURBINE SYSTEMS William Roskopf and Devon Sangrey

SESSION C9 Mechanical Engineering Topics 9, Benedum G29 INCREASING COMMERCIAL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE FLIGHT DISTANCE THROUGH MATERIAL AND SIZE CHOICE AS WELL AS SENSOR PLACEMENT Ryan Black and Tommy Haedrich

Adam Argentine

THE MAXIMIZED MAGNETO-FLUID DYNAMICS IN STELLARATOR REACTORS FOR THE OPTIMIZED EFFICIENCY OF HOT FUSION ENERGY PRODUCTION

REUSABLE ROCKETS: THE FUTURE OF SPACE ENDEAVORS

Peter Collins and Andrew Golio

James O’Haire and Ryan Edelson

APPLICATION OF CARBON NANOTUBES IN METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES TO IMPROVE LONGEVITY OF AIRPLANES

SESSION C8

Cole Daurizio and Tracy Wopperer

Mechanical Engineering Topics 8, Benedum 157

LASER SENSOR TECHNOLOGY ON SELF-DRIVING AUTOMOBILES

USE OF SOLAR RADIATION IN ELECTRIC SOLAR SAILS

Kaichen Sun and Xiao Pang

Matthew Pendolino and Nicholas Stefurak THE USE OF A MICROBIAL FUEL CELL AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS IN THE AUTONOMOUS AND SELF-SUSTAINING ROW-BOT

THE EFFECTS AND MECHANICS OF DECIWATTS’ “GRAVITYLIGHT” Sydney Leonard and Tori Winter

Samantha Ott and Iza Lantgios

HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN THE BMW I8

GETTING HYPED ABOUT THE HYPERLOOP

Claire Walsh and Hannah Schell

Craig Brust and Joshua Pope

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SESSION C10

SOLVING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OF OIL EXTRACTION THROUGH THE USE OF BIOSURFACTANTS

Chemical Engineering Topics 5, Benedum 938 A/B

Dylan McCourt and Ryan Blair

RADIOEMBOLIZATION WITH YTTRIUM-90: AN ALTERNATIVE TO CHEMOTHERAPY FOR FIGHTING CANCER

ENERGY DENSE METAL AIR BATTERIES: TOMORROW’S POWER SOURCE?

David Skrovanek and Nicholas Tondravi

Alexander Cross and Catherine Moran

CHLORELLA SACCHAROPHILA FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIODIESL IN WASTE WATER TREATMENT CENTERS

WHY CLEAN COAL IS STILL RELEVANT

Ethan Silver and Jacob Johanni

Max Fine

SESSION C12

APPLICATIONS OF GRAPHENE IN THE ANODE OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES

Computer Engineering Topics 4, Benedum G31

Alec Kanai and Caleb Wieszczyk THE USE OF SEMI-PERMEABLE POLYMER MEMBRANES IN THE DESALINATION OF SEAWATER

REPLACING SILICON TRANSISTORS AND ANALYZING MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES OF GRAPHENE Jonathan Galaydick and Samuel Birus VISION-BASED AUTONOMOUS BRAKING

Michael Carrozzi and Tanner Boyle

Joseph Kocik and William Boyer

REPAIRING TISSUE USING NATURAL POLYMERS Anshuman Srinivasan and Eric Hockley SILICA AND CELLULOSE BASED AEROGEL: THE FUTURE OF OIL SPILL CLEANUP

SIMULTANEOUS MULTITHREADING AND THREAD-INTENSIVE PROCESSING Andrew Dant and John Redding INTEGRATED CARBON NANOTUBE COMPUTER CHIP ALLOWS FOR NEW SKYSCRAPER CHIP DESIGN

Caroline Denniston and Samantha Bunke THE USE OF CARBON NANOTUBES IN MILITARY BODY ARMOR

Kevin McGoogan and Tyler Murin

Adam Carcella and Ravan Williams

USING PCIE M.2 CONNECTORS TO IMPROVE DATA TRANSFER OF SOLID STATE DRIVES

SESSION C11

Benjamin Edwards and Daniel Yurko

Chemical Engineering Topics 6, Benedum G30

GRAPHICS DRIVEN OBJECT RECOGNITION: SELF-DRIVING CARS

DECREASING THE RATE OF SKIN CANCER THROUGH ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES IN SUNSCREEN

Jack Lynch and William Pitser

James Dorko and Sarah Walker THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HYDROXYAPATITE IN SYNTHESIS OF BONE TISSUE

Special Topics 1, Benedum G28 Amelia Deacon

Steven Lo and Zane Barnett SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION OF ESSENTIAL OILS Julie Steranka and Madeleine Hamrick

SESSION C13

Minseok Koo Zachary Miller Praveen Vulimiri

ZIPPER FRACKING: AN EFFICIENT ALTERNATIVE

Shumeng Yang

Matthew Ferruzza and Matthew Seiler

Rina Zhang

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SESSION C14 ENGR0716 Special Topics 2, Benedum G34

ART-DO-INO: INTRODUCING THE POWER OF MICROCONTROLLERS TO CREATIVE MINDS

FRISBOT: THE ALL-INCLUSIVE ULTIMATE FRISBEE TRAINING DEVICE

Rachel Misbin, Alex Mangus, Andrew Plesniak, Jay Maier, Vanesssa Colihan, JC Budd, Andrew Welby

Michael Ing, Seth Appel, Devon Callanan, Justin Keller, Liam Gillen-Huges, Stanley Umeweni, Ben Linsey, Max Naar

EMS BACKBOARD CUSTOM SPINAL SUPPORT SYSTEM

MEDIMIND: APP TO IMPROVE PRESCRIPTION ADHERENCE Gillian Schriever, Alex Sweeney, Libby Pelt, Alex Williams, Mike Ewan

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Max Lohss, Noah Freedman, Trevor Shannon

CONFERENCE SUPPORTS The School of Engineering would like to recognize the following organizations for their support of the conference.

A. Martini & Co.

GE Energy Connections

SIEMENS Industry Inc.

A&A Consultants

Gateway Health

Summa

AECOM

HDR

Taktl, LLC

Aerotech, Inc.

Heinz Foundation

Tetra Tech NUS, Inc.

Applied Control Systems

John B. Conomos, Inc.

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Arthur Schock Engineers

Michael Baker International

University of Pittsburgh

Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corp.

Noble Energy

UPMC Life Changing Medicine

Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc.

Nova Chemicals

UPS

Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory

Pittsburgh Chapter, PSPE

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

BWXTechnologies

Powerex

U.S. Steel

Cerner Healthcare

R&Q Solutions

Westinghouse Electric Company

Curtiss Wright EMD

Rolls-Royce

Williams

En gineers Without Borders – Pittsburgh Chapter

RPA Engineering

Zoll LifeVest

Senate Engineering

CONFERENCE CHAIRS The School of Engineering would like to recognize and thank the 2016 conference chairs for their participation in this event. Each of these individuals took time out of their busy work schedule to come to campus and work with the students. Their input is essential to the success of the conference and is one of the key components that makes the Freshman Conference one of the most innovative educational experiences in the country. The dates next to the names refer to year and degrees obtained from Pitt.

Suyesh Acharya – BioE ’13 R&Q Solutions

Karen Bursic – IE ’84, ’87, ’90 University of Pittsburgh

Louis Gualtieri – CEE ‘08 HDR

John Andes – ME ’82 Rolls-Royce

Amber Cesario – ChE ’13 AECOM

James E. Hayes – ME ’93 AECOM

Nicholas Andes – ME ’08, ’12 Taktl, LLC

Albert Cheng Engineers Without Borders – Pittsburgh Chapter

Ben Hsu Engineers Without Borders – Pittsburgh Chapter

Peter Dawida – CEE ’07 A&A Consultants

Juan Ibarra Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc.

Andrew Deao – CEE ’04, ’08 BWX Technologies

Mark Jeffrey – ChE ’00 U.S. Steel

Michael Elisco Senate Engineering

Dave King Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory

Calixto Garcia University of Pittsburgh

Ray Kovacs – ME ’09, EE ’10 Powerex

Dave Gau – BioE ’11 University of Pittsburgh

Frank Kremm Siemens Healthcare

Tom Gerlowski – CEE ’08, ’13 Westinghouse Electric Company

Michael Larson-Edwards – CEE ’08 A. Martini & Co

Adam Balawejder – EE ’08, ’11 Curtiss Wright EMD Robert Boback – ChE ’05 Nova Chemicals Megan Boerio Ved – ChE ’08 Tetra Tech NUS, Inc John Broscious Pittsburgh Chapter, PSPE Brooke Budny – ME ’10 Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory Dan Budny University of Pittsburgh

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CONFERENCE CHAIRS (CONTINUED) Arash Mahboobin University of Pittsburgh

Kenneth Norris – IE ’91, ’15 Summa

Dustin Schreiber – IE ’12 Gateway Health

Angela Mayer

Grace Owens – BioE ’14 Zoll LifeVest

Kevin Shaffer – CEE ’08 Aerotech, Inc

Leigh Pardun – IE ’05 UPS

Hannah Smith – BioE ’14 R&Q Solutions

Anthony Pulleo – BioE ’14 R&Q Solutions

Ben Staud Noble Energy

Michael Reinhart – IE ’11 Thermo Fisher Scientific

Richard Velan – EE ’71 Applied Control Systems

Joseph Samosky University of Pittsburgh

Natasha Vidic – IE ’08 University of Pittsburgh

David V. P. Sanchez – PhD CEE ’14 University of Pittsburgh

Adam Walkowiak – CEE ’07, ’10 Michael Baker International

Rick Schaub – BSChE ’89, 93, BioE ’99 UPMC Life Changing Medicine

Greg Wunderley – CoE ’06

Williams Sovay McGalliard – EE ’14 GE Energy Management Irene Mena Lora University of Pittsburgh Christopher Mensah – IE ’10, MBA ’15 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Jonathan Meyers – ChE ’13 AECOM Petros Neofotistos – CEE ’08 John B. Conomos, Inc. Jennifer Nolan-Kremm – MSCE ’05 AECOM

Rolls-Royce

Don Schock Arthur Schock Engineers

The School of Engineering would also like to recognize the special effort that a number of the past chairs have contributed to the conference. These individuals have been a part of the conference for an extended period of time and have given above and beyond the typical activities of a session chair.

Each year we award a new member to this group of individuals. Past and present (*) winners of this special award are listed below.

Nicholas Andes – ME ’08, ’12 Rolls-Royce

*Brooke Budny – ME ’10 Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory

Laura Lund – Bio ’00 ALung Technologies, Inc.

Fred Azinger Westinghouse

Andrew Deao – CE ’04, ’08 Gannett Flemming Inc.

Jennifer Nolan-Kremm – MSCE ’05 STV, Inc.; ASCE Pgh Section

Robert Boback – ChE ’05 Nova Chemicals

Tom Gerlowski – CEE ’08, ’13 Westinghouse Electric Company

*Megan Boerio Ved – ChE ’08 Tetra Tech NUS, Inc

Louis Gualtieri – CEE ’08 HDR

Don Schock Arthur Schock Engineers/CJL Engineering

Luis Bon Westinghouse Electric Company

*James Hayes – ME ’08 Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corporation

Bob Brooks Eaton Corp.

Mark Jeffrey – ChE ’00 U.S. Steel

*John Broscious Pittsburgh Chapter, PSPE

Frank Kremm Siemens Healthcare Robert Lorence – BSIE ’99, MBA ’05 PNC Bank

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Richard Velan – EE ’71 Applied Control Systems Thomas Wester – CE ’71, ’75 Dominion Greg Wunderley – CoE ’06 PKMJ Technical Services

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS The School of Engineering would also like to recognize and thank the conference co-chairs for their participation in this event; their efforts were essential to the success of the conference. Each Co-Chair meet with the students in their session every week to help prepare the students for the conference.

Jared Andes Morgan Austin Michelle Banas Chase Barilar Allison Bundy Erin Carlson James Clarke Brian DeRuschi Elyse Dumas Paul Enick Mikayla Ferchaw Riddhi Gandhi Emelyn Haft

Julie Hartz Colleen Hilla Sarah Ireland Emily Irwin Anita Jain Summer Jiries Kaitlin Keene Makenzie Kunig Ryan Lacy Jessie Liu Rachel Lukas Kyler Madara Jayne Marks

Saundria Moed Jennifer Orie Garrett Ott Andjelka Potkonjak Jacalyn Sharp Taylor Shippling Alyssa Srock Brian Urbaniak Aaron Wannemacher Andrew Westpy Ryan Winner

ENGLISH/FRESHMAN ENGINEERING WRITING PROGRAM FACULTY The Swanson School of Engineering would also like to recognize and thank the Bevier Engineering Library and the English Department faculty who direct and staffed the English/Freshmen Engineering Writing Program (E/FWEP). Working together with the Freshman Engineering Program faculty, the E/FWEP and the Engineering Library have been instrumental in developing the Conference Paper research and writing process. The University of Pittsburgh Writing Center also provides students with ongoing writing guidance and support.

Beth Newborg, Director Keely Bowers Amanda Brant John Calvasina Janine Carlock Barbara Edelman

Libby Ferda Emelyn Fuhrman Diane Kerr Nancy Koerbel Josh Lapekas Julianne McAdoo

Dan Mcmillan Rachel McTernan Anjali Sachdeva Josh Zeleznick Jane Zellmann

Engineering Library Judy Brink, Head of the Engineering Library Anne Schwan, Public Service Librarian, Engineering Library Diane Waters, Library Specialist

SWANSON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING COMPUTER SERVICES Finally, The Swanson School of Engineering would like to recognize and thank the Engineering Computer Services for their support in providing technical assistance during and before the conference.

Brian Vidic, Director

Richard Colwell

Kenny Doty

Nathan Pearce

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WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY? “ You cannot solve a problem by using the same thinking that created it.” -Albert Einstein Since the advent of civilization, engineers have sought to alter the environment and shape it in ways that would serve the various needs of society. While our lives today can attest to the success of this endeavor, it has not been without cost. Often times, the alteration of the environment – whether purposeful or unintentional – has led to undesirable consequences. Only in the past several decades have engineers become acutely aware of the consequences of their actions on the environment. As a result, growing public demand has led to various legislative and regulatory actions attempting to minimize the adverse consequences of civilization on the environment. Unfortunately, many of these measures – such as the “no net loss” of wetlands policy and the industrial restrictions placed on various parts of the US classified as air pollution “non-attainment” regions often have negatively impacted growth and development. A seeming contradiction between development and environmental protection exists.

In recent years, however, a realization has developed that both development and environmental protection are necessary and that either need not be sacrificed for the other. A growing movement recognizes that environmental protection can and must coexist with development and must be planned for accordingly. Under the general umbrella of “sustainability,” this movement encompasses various facets. “Green Engineering,” “sustainable development,” “environmentally conscious manufacturing,” and “green construction” are some of the terms recently entering the engineering lexicon that describe the move towards “sustainability.” The confusion surrounding sustainability, is each of these terms means different things to different people. Whether constructing a new highway, designing a new product, or improving a manufacturing process, “sustainability” issues are at the forefront of challenges today’s engineers must face.

What exactly, is meant by “sustainability?” The 1987 Brundtland Report, prepared for the UN’s World Commission on Environment and Development, defines it as “satisfying the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” The 1992 UN Rio Conference on Environment and Development offers a slightly modified version, describing “sustainability” as follows: “the right to development must be fulfilled so as to equitably meet development and environmental needs of present and future generations.” Other organizations and individuals propose somewhat different definitions of sustainability. Through all the differing descriptions, however, a common thread remains: “sustainability seeks to minimize our footprint in nature, both now and in the future.” Most issues revolving around sustainability, quite naturally, involve subjects traditionally thought of as environmental. These include conventional environmental engineering topics such as waste minimization, pollution prevention and control, and water/wastewater treatment. A second set of issues revolves around energy/ resource conservation. It incorporates such items as recycling, alternative fuel sources, alternative fuel vehicles/mass transportation, and energy efficiency. A third group of subjects entails items thought of as environmental ecology. This subset comprises areas such as urban forestry, landscaping and biodiversity.

Although most sustainability issues deal with topics affecting the environment in some manner, one facet of sustainability is unique in that it generally has little to do with minimizing our footprint on nature, but deals with subjects commonly referred to as “quality of life” issues. Although sometimes

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not thought of as “sustainability” per se, “quality of life” concerns often are as important, and in some cases, more than the conventionally defined sustainability topics. What exactly is meant by “quality of life?”

An admittedly imperfect definition is that they are issues that make human existence more enjoyable, less burdensome, or life extending. Most medical advances, for example, fall under the “quality of life” definition. These advantages might not impact the environment directly, but often improve human life. Whether it is nano-medicine, nano-probes, new antibiotics, new surgical techniques or new and improved prosthetics, these areas all directly impact the quality of life. Another area of engineering that could be thought of as impacting the “quality of life” is the computer industry.

For example, a new piece of software might make it easier to do your taxes, but does not have a direct impact on the environment. There are a large number of other areas that could fall into the “quality of life” definition. Even though these areas do not directly impact the environment, all of the products must be manufactured, or operate in a computer that must be manufactured and have environmental issues involved with their production or use. Thus, they directly affect the quality of life and indirectly impact the environment. The final area of “sustainability” that must be considered is that of “trade-off” or balancing environmental, societal and economic factors. Sustainability becomes a study in benefits versus cost. No panacea exists for sustainability. There are no easy, obvious solutions. Each potential answer to a sustainability concern has potential drawbacks. As an example, assume you design a building to reduce energy consumption by using materials and using building practices that reduce the outside air that enters the building. This will reduce the energy use but also reduce the number of air exchanges in the building and could lead to a “sick building syndrome.” A second example is the use of alternate energy sources to generate electricity. Wind and hydroelectric power do not produce greenhouse gases as burning fossil fuels do. However, both have other downsides. Areas favorable to wind are also common migratory pathways for certain birds. When a bird meets a metal turbine, the turbine always wins. Similarly, dams required for hydroelectric power often prevent fish from migrating.

Economics also plays a part in sustainability. For example, computers and software development benefits the productivity of the average worker. However, the process used in the manufacture of the microchips presents significant environmental challenges. Environmentally friendlier procedures are available but at an added cost. As a final example, assume that an auto maker could produce a car that achieves 100 miles/gallon, but costs $100,000. How many of the cars would be sold?

What is more important – no loss of woodland or more homes and industry? Is energy efficiency more important than indoor air quality – or vice versa? Is it more important to produce clean energy or do the birds and fish take priority? What good is an environmentally safe computer or automobile if no one can afford it? The fact is the population will continue to grow, and energy, food supplies, and habitats will needed to keep pace to ensure a consistent and acceptable quality of life. The task for all future engineers will be to balance the quality of life against the environment against the cost to develop the best solution for us and generations that will follow us.

Your task in this assignment is to include at least a half of a page discussion on how your topic impacts sustainability. You can use any definition for sustainability, however, there should be some form of discussion that deals with the trade off issues of cost versus environment versus quality of life.

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AUTHOR INDEX Session Name

A4 A12 A13 C6 A8 B10 B4 C5 A2 A3 A12 B10 C14 C7 A11 B6 B6 B5 A8 B7 C11 B11 B7 C8 C8 A6 C2 B2 C7 A9 C7 C1 B12 C12 C7 B8 C9 A12 C2 C11 A7 B9 B2 B6 B13 B5 A13 A14 B1 C12 C10 C3 A3

Abraham, Tristan Abriatis, Blaine Adams, Warren Adisa, Fatimah Aho, Nils Alderama, Bradley Alexander, Thomas Alford, Nathan Altemose, Patrick Anastasi, Nicholas Anderson, Justin Anderson, Elan Appel, Seth Argentine, Adam Arnett, Shayla Augenstein, Corey Balick, Adam Bamberger, James Barbera, Francis Barishman, Jamie Barnett, Zane Barone, Luke Barrett, Ryan Barrow, Ryan Bartley, Jack Bates, Erin Bauman, Jack Baxter, Maxwell Beahn, Clare Beck, Emily Bell, Joseph Berry, Kevin Birkett, Benjamin Birus, Samuel Bisci, Arthur Bisignano, Azalea Black, Ryan Blackson, Alexander Blahut, Jacob Blair, Ryan Blasi, Diana Bluedorn, Jason Bohse, Patrick Bomba, Connor Bonaventure, Michael Bonino, Peter Bonk, Emily Borig, Brian Bowers, Timothy Boyer, William Boyle, Tanner Bramley, Austin Bray, Tyler

Session

B1 B5 C3 A4 A2 A4 B2 B3 C8 C14 A13 B14 A14 C10 B4 B5 A2 C6 C14 C5 A12 C10 B14 A10 C10 A9 A2 C4 C4 A4 A8 B14 C2 A11 C1 A9 A6 A7 A6 A4 B2 C14 C9 B6 A6 B9 B14 A13 B14 B13 A10 C2 C3

Name

Session Name

Breitenstein, Maya Bremer, Michael Brigandi, Richard Bronner, Nowa Brown, John Brown, Alexander Brown, Jessica Bruce, Katherine Brust, Craig Budd, Joseph Buettner, Nathanial Buettner, Kyle Bui, Thomas Bunke, Samantha Burden, Cole Byrd, Kristen Calhoun, Michael Callaghan, Sean Callanan, Devon Cannizzaro, Michael Cantor, Alec Carcella, Adam Carey, Sean Carroll, Lucas Carrozzi, Michael Cavallucci, Dante Cecco, Eric Chaudhari, Sarah Chaudhari, Samantha Chebuske, Timothy Chen, Mier Chen, Emma S. Cheng, Yihan Chichilla, Kailyn Cinaglia, Angela Clark, Tyler Clarke, Audrey Cloonan, Casey Cohan, Michael Cohen, Jonah Cole, Carolyn Colihan, Vanessa Collins, Peter Collins, Kyle Conroy, Brooke Cook, Isaac Cope, Julia Cornwall, Robert Coscia, Jordan Cotter, Everett Coutinho, Dominic Coyne, Brian Crawford, Noah

A4 B6 C11 C6 A13 B2 B14 C12 A2 B5 B13 C9 A1 C4 C13 C10 A5 A6 C3 B8 B12 A8 A11 A10 A4 C2 A7 C11 A10 B7 B3 A9 B9 C5 A12 B11 A14 C7 C12 B14 B3 B14 B6 A7 C14 C5 B2 B5 B7 C11 C11 A13 A11

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Crikelair, Nathan Cropper, Timothy Cross, Alexander Cunha, Tristan Dacosta, Ashley Dadey, Aidan Dalia, Nikush A Dant, Andrew Danucalov, Danielle Dastalfo, Thomas Daukoru, Yasmin Daurizio, Cole Dawes, Dominic Dawson, Andrew Deacon, Amelia Denniston, Caroline Desimone, Stephanie Devers, Devon Dhanvada, Abhilash DiCioccio, Lucas Difurio, Andrew DiPaolo, James Dissen, Zachary Dodel, Andrew Donaldson, Anna Donovan, Jake Doraiswamy, Rahul Dorko, James Dowd, Joseph Dowd, Harper Driggers, John Drzewinski, Alexandra Dudek, Jennifer Dulla, Victoria Duncan, Alexander Dunn, Grace Dziak, Alexandra Edelson, Ryan Edwards, Benjamin Ekaputra, Clement Espos, Samantha Estes, Jonathan Evanoff, Nicholas Evanovich, Steven Ewan, Michael Ewing, Jordan Farmer, Tylar Fenn, Abby Ferrer, Danielle Ferruzza, Matthew Fine, Max Finn, Ryan Fiore, Jean

Session Name

C4 A5 A4 B14 B2 C14 B1 B12 A7 B10 B3 B14 C1 B13 C12 A14 C2 A10 B11 A5 C8 B6 C3 A4 C14 B2 B14 B6 C7 B7 C9 A1 A10 B8 A14 A4 A5 B8 C8 C2 A11 B14 B11 C9 B13 C11 C1 A10 B5 C3 C5 B4 A3

Fischer, Craig Flaherty, Patrick Flower, Chelsea Folk, Matthew Ford, Christian Freedman, Noah C Fried, John Friedland, Laura Fruitman, Gabriel Fuchs, Lezlee Fulmer, Daniel Fulmer, Woodrow Gabriel, Nicholas Gairey, Jordan Galaydick, Jonathan Gardiner, Christopher Gardner, Edward-James Gaydos, Nicholas Geffrey, Samuel Geller, Clifford George, Isaac Gershanok, Samuel Gilbert, Natasha Gill, Joshua Gillen-Hughes, Liam Gilmour, Daniel Gingerich, Jennifer Girman, Matthew Gittleman, Jordan Goff-Pfeiffer, Kyle Golio, Andrew Graver, Brett Gray, Abigale Grigore, Francisc Grimaldi, Zachary Grunauer, Benjamin Gu, Haoqi Gubatina, Zachary Guche, Aaron Gunter, Daniel Guo, Zheng Gupta, Aditi Haas, Daneen Haedrich, Tommy Halter, Sophia Hamrick, Madeleine Hardison, Kyle Harper, Daniel Harper, Benjamin Hartman, Alexander Haver, Nicholas Hawk, Rose He, Maoyuan

Session

B14 A7 A2 B12 A9 B10 B9 A8 C5 C10 A4 A9 A6 A8 A11 C1 B1 B5 B8 C3 A10 B14 C14 A13 B14 A8 A14 A5 A14 C10 A1 A8 B7 C3 C10 B4 A1 A9 A12 A9 B8 B10 C14 A5 A3 B11 B12 C4 B10 B10 C12 A1 C13

Name

Session Name

He, Lisa Heckrote, Evan Heisler, Christine Helenbrook, Evan Helman, Benjamin Henderson, Ethan Henderson, Jared Henry, Daniel Herchko, Davis Hockley, Eric Hoffman, Julie Hoffman, Patrick Hoge, Matthew Houck, George Houriet, Alexander Howell, James Hoydich, Jeremiah Hu, Alicia Huang, Zihao Huffman, Johanna Iden, Nicole Immormino, Anthony Ing, Michael Jacobs, Adalee Jacobs, Daniel Jacobson, William Jante, Lianna Javersack, Luke Jing, Shixiong Johanni, Jacob Johnson, Madeline Johnson, Janae Johnson, Alex Josyula, Tvisha Kanai, Alec Kane, Patrick Kaplowitz, Renee Kasmer, Austin Kaufman, Ryan Kazakov, Anton Keck, Wesley Keen, Maiti Keller, Justin Kelly, Bryan Kendrick, Hannah Kharitonov, Zane Kimer, Maxwell King, Nathaniel Kline, Kristina Kline, Danielle Kocik, Joseph Kocik, Rachel Koo, Minseok

A3 B3 C6 B4 C6 B8 B12 C3 A7 C3 B5 B2 A11 A12 C8 B14 B7 B3 B14 A8 A9 B7 C9 C4 A1 C3 B8 C2 A9 C7 C5 A5 A12 C14 B13 B13 C1 A3 B13 C11 C14 B3 B6 C12 C6 A14 C14 B4 C14 B13 B5 B14 A1

Kostishack, Lacey Kristofic, Valerie Krivitsky, Jack Kronz, Shannon Kucsan, Colton Kuebler, Lydia Kuhn, Ryan Kumar, Ganesh Kutzer, Logan LaBelle, Kathryn Labko, Dimitry Lahiri, Rajat Lakshman, Siddharth Lambert, Stefan Lantgios, Iza Larkin, Moira Laughlin, Jamie Lauria, Justin Ledesma, Edward Lee, London Leibman, Matthew Leisner, William Leonard, Sydney Leptinsky, Sarah Lestander, Brendan Leventry, Ryan Li, Shuhan Li, Xinyu Li, Hector Limbacher, Michael Lin, YuWei Linderman, Ethan Linkhauer, Julian Linsey, Benjamin Lipinski, Elaine Liszka, Daniel Littlefield, Mark Liu, Hannah Lloyd, David Lo, Steven Lohss, Maxwell Lundy, Kate Luther, Christopher Lynch, Jack Lynn, Zachary Maher, Brian Maier, James Mallison, Henry Mangus, Alexander Manning, Jacob Marble, Christian Margraf, Ryan Martin, Ellen

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B2 C5 C4 A5 C2 A2 B4 B10 C6 C11 B13 A5 C12 B12 B6 A3 B3 A14 B3 B12 A3 A7 C4 B10 B2 C8 A10 B1 C13 A7 C14 C7 B14 B11 B12 C11 B8 A1 C12 B13 C7 C14 A7 A3 B6 A3 B12 A11 C7 B6 A12 B9 C8 C9 B14

Martin-Campos, Jose Marzocca, Julia Matase, Austin Matthews, Chad Mattis, Zachary Maupin, David Mays, Jarrett McCann, Matthew McCormick, Megan McCourt, Dylan McCoy, Rebekka McCutchen, Matthew McGoogan, Kevin McGuire, Corinne McKain, Connor McKeon, Shane McLinden, Louis McMullen, Alexander McNutt, Madison McWherter, Kelby Meadows, Jacob Mercer, Jahari Mesko, Luke Metelow, Alexandra Meyer, Hannah Miao, Dylan Mihailescu, Andrei Miller, David Miller, Zachary Milov, Steven Misbin, Rachel Mohnke, Tyler Mondock, Richard Moore, Katherine Moorhead, Brendan Moran, Catherine Morgan, Joseph Moyer, Bridget Murin, Tyler Musselman, Gabriel Myers, Jordan Naar, Maxwell Neguse, Michael Ngau, Lindsey Nicolosi, Joseph Niu, Xiaomeng O’Brien, Sean Obritz, Blaise O’Haire, James Onosko, Myles Orland, Ronen Ortega-Borda, Alejandro Ott, Samantha Pang, Xiao Paradise, Matthew

Session

C1 C6 A6 B3 B3 C1 B11 A12 C14 C8 B8 A6 C6 C2 C12 C6 B12 C14 C8 C5 A6 A13 A11 C7 B7 A6 A2 C2 C2 B3 B2 B4 C12 C7 A9 A7 A2 B4 B13 A13 A4 B11 A10 B4 B9 A8 C8 A9 B11 C6 A3 B10 B4 A12 C5

Name

Session Name

Parke, Eleni Parker, Jacob Partington, Cole Pasnello, Anthony Passerini, Jaclyn Paules, Ethan Payne, Nathan Pelna, Max Pelt, Elizabeth Pendolino, Matthew Pepin, Jeffrey Peri, Aditya Perlic, Dina Peterson, Samuel Pitser, William Pitts, Tyra Pixley, Zachary Plesniak, Andrew Pope, Joshua Poska, Evan Post, Daniel Prem, Kelsey Prime, Tanner Prough, James Provost, David Puntil, Ronald Radin, Veronica Rahman, Mazin Rahman, Safwan Rajan, Sandya Ramanathan, Rahul Randolph, Wilmus Redding, John Reger, Zachary Reitars, Adrian Rendulic, Cameron Resendes, Kaitlin Rice, Sophie Risley, Paige Roberts, Malik Rogers, Christina Rogers, Corrin Romeo, Rico Rose, Ellis Rosenbaum, Ryan Rosenberger, Jacob Roskopf, William Roth, Steven Roth, Nicholas Rowe, Daniel Rowen, Samantha Rucker, Rip Rudolph, Jenna Ruffner, Gerrick Rugh, Alex

C6 A8 B7 C1 B14 B12 B11 C8 A3 A1 C3 C1 C7 A5 C9 C1 B6 C14 C6 C2 C1 C11 A11 A5 B5 B1 C5 C14 B6 A1 B1 A12 C10 C10 A8 A2 B14 C2 B13 A13 C5 C10 A2 A2 C8 A7 A14 B4 C11 B14 B2 B5 B10 B11 B9

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Rusnica, Edward Russell, Thomas Ryan-Lorei, Thomas Saams, Julia Saba, Andrew Salemi, Matthew Saletsky, Jacob Sangrey, Devon Sapirstein, David Sarma, Deepika Sarma, Kanika Schally, Eliza Schanes, Stephen Schelbert, Srikanth Schell, Hannah Scherler, Dana Schloneger, Bryce Schriever, Gillian Schuster, Brendan Schwartz, Robert Sedlak, Meara Seiler, Matthew Sellers, Derek Selvidge, Stephen Sewick, Karl Shabnam, Fathima Shang, Qingyun Shannon, Trevor Sheffield, Anna Shwetar, Yousif Siembida, Patrick Sigg, John Silver, Ethan Skrovanek, David Smith, Catherine Smith, Victoria Smith, Tiffany Snyder, Abigail Snyder, Patrick Spencer-Williams, Isaiah Sporrer, Dylan Srinivasan, Anshuman Stark, Danielle Stayer, Arden Stefurak, Nicholas Stein, Matthew Stephenson, William Stept, Hunter Steranka, Julie Stilwell, Emma Stofanak, Patrick Stokes, Dekwuan Strain, Emily Strittmatter, Xavier Stubanas, Liam

Session Name

C6 C1 C9 C14 A14 C3 B7 C4 B11 B5 B14 C10 B1 C4 B9 B10 B9 C14 B10 B9 A13 B7 B1

Sturgess, Kristy Suganthan, Vhakish Sun, Kaichen Sweeney, Alexander Szanto, Nicholas Tadepalli, Sadhana Taylor, William Taylor, Richard Thompson, Dorian Thompson, Tyler Tolaymat, Sarah Tondravi, Nicholas Toplak, Kelsey Traczynski, Laura Trost, Victoria Turchick, Nathan Ullman, Michael Umeweni, Stanley Unger, Mason Uwazuruonye, Kaosisochi Valcourt, Cassandra van Stekelenborg, Alex Varughese, Grace

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Vazquez Gomez, Carlos Velan, Pavitra Voigt, Torsten Vrabel, Mark Vulimiri, Praveen Walk, Jordan Walker, Sarah Walsh, Claire Warner, Matthew Washy, Alexander Weaver, Rebecca Weisgerber, Meagan Welby, Andrew Weldon, Kevin Wells, Geoffrey Welsh, Bryan Welsh, Jacqueline Wenger, Lea Whelan, Colin Whitney, Nathan Whittington, Thomas Wieszczyk, Caleb Williams, Isreal

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