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DESIGNEXPO SWANSON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING December 5, 2019 Welcome to the Swanson School’s eleventh Design EXPO! We thank you for joining us this evening to celebrate our students’ talents and achievements. Tonight’s Design EXPO will feature 73 student projects that traverse the design space from problem identification, specification of objectives and constraints, conceptual development, to, in many cases, result in an actual prototype. In this way the EXPO provides an opportunity for students to display their creativity and ingenuity. Many of our student projects come directly from the Swanson School’s Capstone Design Courses and were submitted by graduating seniors. The Capstone Design Courses enable students to address real-world problems either posed by industry or identified by the teams themselves. Alongside these projects our EXPO will also highlight concepts and prototypes from students in our product realization courses. This year we’ve added a new award for the Most Creative Project as part of the Provosts’ Initiative, the Year of Creativity. As in past years, we welcome everyone in attendance to text in a vote for their favorite project as a part of the EXPO’s “People’s Choice Award” while our judges from industry evaluate the projects to determine: • Best in the Department • Best Overall Design Judging will begin at 6 p.m. and end at 7:40 p.m. Winners will be announced starting at 8 p.m. We hope that you enjoy learning more about these exciting projects and have opportunities to discuss details with our students. We are proud of all their accomplishments. Enclosed you will find a list of the design projects, team members, and faculty advisors who have joined us this evening for this special event. We would like to thank Dean Jimmy Martin, Associate Dean Mary Besterfield-Sacre, the Swanson School of Engineering faculty members, and our generous industry partners who have provided guidance to the student teams. Special thanks to the judges for their time and support of this exciting endeavor. We would also like to thank the family, friends and community members and partners who have gathered here to support our students.
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BIOENGINEERING Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mark Gartner BIO-1: Depth-Perception Module with Direct Feedback for Laparoscopic Skills Training Zixie (Judy) Liang Hannah Liu Nithya Narayanan Muyun Zhao BIO-2: Monitoring Blood Loss During Surgery Zachary Fritts Cecilia Kahle (Nursing) Conrad Li Jennifer Lorenzi (Nursing) Aaron McVaugh Mehga Murthy Matt Rosenblatt BIO-3: Nurse-Assistive Patient Rotation Mechanism for Pressure Sore Examination Patrick Bohse Jordan Cobb (Nursing) Julie Constantinescu Christy Heisler Haiden McDonald BIO-4: The Inspirometer: A Pediatric Respiratory Therapy Device Gordon Bryson Larissa Fordyce Tasha Gilbert Claire Kraft Valarie O’Loughlin (Nursing) Grace Varughese BIO-5: Low Cost Infant Transporter Jocie Baker Vivian Hu Meredith Lie-Atjam Ashley Martier Stephanie Park (Nursing) Liang Xue Diana Zhou (Nursing)
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BIO-6: Post-Partum Hemorrhage Trainer Tyler Bray Jessica Brown Marlo Garrison Maddie Hobbs Ally McDonald Jake Meadows BIO-7: Patient Specific Endovascular Trainer Daniella Carter (Nursing) Elliott Hammersley Maddie Johnson Sara Kenes Liam Martin Celine Rivera (Nursing) Cassie Smith BIO-8: Head Support for ALS Patients Advisor: Kathy Brandfass Natalie Greenlee Jocelyn Hawk Marley Kirk (Nursing) Kate Rohde Matt Saich Danielle Stark BIO-9: Retractable Nasal Assist Device for Local Anesthetic Delivery Richard Brigandi Jack Hastings Mariana Menting (Nursing) Jaden Millorino (Nursing) Paul Movizzo Pavitra Velan Pegah Zarandi
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BIO-10: Sharps Disposal in Under-Resourced Communities Nicole Charache (Nursing) Emma Chen Katherine Dunkelberger Kris Keppel Max Lohss Danesh Thirukumaran
BIO-13: Mechanical Suction Tube Bender for Endoscopic Surgery Janet Canady Lauren Grice Jessica Guan (Nursing) Tingjun Hao Janet Muppidi Kaitlin Perugina (Nursing)
BIO-11: Independent Transfer Tool for Wheelchair-Bound Patients Haarika Chalasani Will Kranz (Nursing) Anish Puligilla Hannah Schmidt Yousif Shwetar McKenzie Sicke
BIO-14: Needle Recovery in Inside-Out Meniscal Repair Peter Gibson Mike Kassabian Lauren Puccio (Nursing) Rey Ravi Tim Snyder Shumeng Yang
BIO-12: System for Blood Pressure Measurement in VAD Patients Natalie Hirst (Nursing) Grace Hobayan Patrick Lyasele Nikita Patel Alex Tompkins
BIO-15: Multifunctional IV Pole Attachment Michael Clancy Srujan Dadi Shannon Kudlaweic (Nursing) Nathan Lingenfelter Xhoni Pashaj Vatsal Patel Susan Welborn (Nursing)
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CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Faculty Advisor: Professor John Sebastian CEE-1: Pittsburgh International Airport New Building Seth Appel Cole Burden Adam Chidiac Liam Stubanas Mark Vrabel CEE-2: One Bigelow Marlee Bivins Casey Cloonan Devon Mallon Connor McKain Gabriel Musselman Matthew Paradise CEE-3: Westmoreland Trail Matthew Abraham Michelle Fugagli David Provost Maureen Rankin Oliver Wiesner Nicole Yanouzas
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CEE-4: Hazelwood Community Center Nina Chang Chelsea Flower James Prough Richard Taylor Geoffrey Wells CEE-5: PWSA - Clearwell Tristan Abraham Timothy Chebuske Andrew Dawson Rachel Fay Christina Rogers Mason Unger CEE-6: Hillside Housing Steven Bristol Nicholas Guzma Madison McNutt Laura Traczynski Connor Tuttle
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ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING Faculty Advisors: Dr. Ahmed Dallal and Dr. Mohamed Ashraf S. Bayoumy ECE-1: Advanced Child Safety Seat Carolyn Cole Patrick O’Dowd Derek Pappas Alexander Short Nick Stiteler
ECE-6: ParkIT Justin Anderson Ben Harris Parker May Sam Peterson Rob Schwartz
ECE-2: Autonomous Aerial Grasping and Manipulation James Bamberger Eric Price Andrew Saba Patrick Snyder
ECE-7: Smart Strip Milad Farasati Nick Haver Jillian Huweart Carlos Vazquez Gomez ECE-8: Smart Chess Jason Rockburn Matthew Sachenik Zach Vlasak Max Zeeman
ECE-3: Sol Austin Gari Roman Hamilton Kelly Kramer Brendan Marani Andrew Svensson ECE-4: Electric Vehicle to Grid: Microgrid Integration Nate Carnovale Aqilah Mahmud Zuhri Elizabeth Rager Seth So Stephen Wilson ECE-5: LUMIN Ben Birkett Austin Champion Christopher Engel Jared Lin Brian McMinn
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ECE-9: Motor Frequency Synthesizer Angelo Marsano Thomas Miscigna Jason Sosnowski Linghai Wang ECE-10: BARista Matt Belding Zane Kharitonov Noah Martin Michael Sullivan
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INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING Faculty Advisor: Dr. Louis Luangkesorn IE-1: FedEx Ground Preventive Maintenance Advisor: Lisa Maillart Jada Gerz CJ Luther Jahari Mercer Lanee Mckamey IE-2: Gap Cap: Labor Resource Analysis and Model for WESCO Advisor: Bopaya Bidanda Devon Devers Michael Rittenhouse Nicholas Roth IE-3: GraneRx Performance Dashboard Advisor: Caroline Kolman Marlee Brown Sean Callaghan Alex Hartman Adam Sneath IE-4: Evaluating the Pitt Dining Food Waste Disposal System Advisor: Natasha Vidic Emily Beck Johanna Huffman Megan McCormick Jaclyn Passerini
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IE-5: Building an Information System for FedEx Ground Linehaul Railway Planning to Expand Usability Advisor: Renee Clark Connor Bomba Lindsay Myer Sarah Walker Yitong Zhou IE-6: The Improvement of Fuhrer Beer Breakage Response Advisor: Bo Zeng Kristy Andros Matt Hoge Evan Poska Thad Zitsch IE-7: Tiered Approach for Increasing Inventory Accuracy of Raw Materials at AccuTrex Advisor: Jayent Rajgopal Zach Dissen Maiti Keen Dina Perlic Jenna Rudolph Connor Wurst IE-8: CDC Struggles: Tackling the Deadliest Disease of All, Inefficiency Advisor: Joel Haight Jacque Barbush Caroline Denniston Abhi Dhanvada Rip Rucker
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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & MATERIALS SCIENCE Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Schmidt MEMS-1: Hockey Skate Laces Tension Retaining Device and Adaptation for Use with Athletic Shoes Advisor: Brad Pelkofer – Panther Laces Daniel Gunter Davis Herchko Kaylee Levine David Maupin MEMS-2: Designing a Piezoelectric Wave Energy Harvester Advisor: Dr. Katherine Hornbostel Aaron Esquino Lindsey Izzo Dimitry Labko Julia Marzocca Michael Ullman Rina Zhang MEMS-3: Visual Enhancement of Airfield and Obstruction Lighting Advisor: Scott Stauffer Danielle Ferrer Evan Palmer Brendan Smith
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MEMS-4: Leveraging Weaving for Material Strength Advisor: Dr. Ian Sigal Jamie Barishman Greg Rice Annie Shi MEMS-5: Development of a Remote Handling Vehicle for use in Irradiated Environments Advisor: NNL – Mr. Zora Victoria Behne Michael Gale Juan Lasso Bedoya Stephanie Liu MEMS-6: The Illustration of Engineering Principles and Development of Critical Thinking in Pre-Adolescent Students Advisor: Mr. Bono Michael Bonaventure Joshua Bordini Hagin Butson Maureen Hart Drew Kaltenbaugh Steven Roth
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MEMS-7: Design of an Efficient Precision Building Platform for a Novel Photopolymer Based Additive Manufacturing Process Advisor: Dr. Xiayun Zhao Michael Ewan Stephen Selvidge Derek Sitt MEMS-8: Micro-Woven Material Mechanics Advisor: Dr. Ian Sigal Nicholas Cerilli Michael Long MEMS-9: Unripe Fruit Removal System for Tomato Harvesting Robot Advisor: Mr. Brandon Contino – Four Growers Gabriel Fruitman James Maier Joshua Pope MEMS-10: Development of a System to Test Anterior Cruciate Ligament Failure Advisor: Dr. Patrick Smolinski Austin Bussard Alexander Houriet Sydney Leonard Griffin Monahan MEMS-11: Thermal FEA Study – Derating Electrical Busway at Extreme Ambient Conditions Advisor: Eaton (Greenwood, SC) Julia Aurenzi Dante Cavallucci Adries Nabbie Jordan Tour
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MEMS-12: High-Temperature Sintering Process Control Setup for Additive Manufacturing Materials Advisor: Dr. Chmielus Prabhat Adhikari Krutarth Amin Isaac Cook MEMS-13: Redesign of an Ulnar Collateral Ligament Fatigue Testing Machine (Saline Bath) Advisor: Dr. Miller James Dorko Anthony Immormino Michael Limbacher Harit Palta MEMS-14: Testing Stand for Magnetocaloric Materials Advisor: Dr. Chmielus Christopher Belleci Tyler Shirk Leif Uhlman MEMS-15: Evalutating Durability of Bushings and Bearings for Wheelchair Use in Adverse Environments Advisor: Dr. Mhotre John Fried Austin Kasmer Andre Kuminkoski John Larson MEMS-16: Displacement Control Systems for Testing the Mechanics of Arterial Wrinkling Advisor: Dr. Anne Robertson Janae Johnson London Lee Raza Shiekh
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ART OF MAKING PROJECTS Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joe Samosky AOM-1: It’s Your Turn: Empowering People with Fine-Motor Disabilities Natasha Gilbert Maureen Hart Madison Henkelman Shirley Jiang Sydney Leonard Danielle Wu AOM-2: Winter Ride: A Compact Solution to Winter Biking Rob Colville Tim Delp Cameron Kisailus
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AOM-3: TupperWhere: A Compact Sustainable Food Container Jamie Barishman Josh Lne Bridget Moyer Bobby Rouse AOM-4: AUGO: Independent Navigation of Public Spaces for Nonsighted People Jake Atkinson Emily Hearty Meyer Jeffers Alex Lam Ruisi Wang
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PRODUCT REALIZATION Faculty Advisor: Dr. Eric Winter PR-1: Alarm and Safe Integration Alex Dziak Lindsey Laurune Alex Buonomo Gaby Robinson PR-2: Body Camera Range Extender Amedeo Hirata Joshua Line Ryan Barrett Tyler Smith PR-3: Gadget Guard #1 - Basic Unit Brian McCaffrey Tyler Blon Jesse Rosenfeld PR-4: Gadget Guard #2 - Added Features Option Chris Pasquinelli Jasiah Huston Evan Lawrence Daniel Luciano
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PR-5: Human Health Intelligent Dashboard Prototype Jack Hastings Zachary Pixley Anthony Benedetti Brian Kelly Samuel Schiller PR-6: Leak Detection System Jay Pitser Joshua Wright Neci Davy Jacob Puckowitz PR-7: Pill Police - Drug Safety Monitoring Megan Abdul Antonio Garofalo Jessica Starck Gabriel Fruitman PR-8: Stealth Key Layered Protection Shaymi Adetayo Alex Clewell Matthew Roberts Stephen Gian Andrew Parker
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MEDICAL PRODUCT PROTOTYPING Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kilichan Gurleyik MPP-1: A NONINVASIVE Method to OBJECTIVELY Determine ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD using LACTIC ACID Analysis of SWEAT Ross Beresford Madhumita Prahalladachar Raymond Toncic MPP-2: ET3 Nikki Cwalina Liam McNamara Bryce Norwood
MPP-3: Acetone Breathalyzer Brinden Elton Phillip Harding MPP-4: EEG Grid Jasmine Smith Ying Wang Holly Wilson-jene Yaoyao Zhou
BPMI/NNL PROJECTS Faculty Advisor: Dr. Samuel Dickerson NNL-1: Humid Environment Testing System Sponsor: Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc. Advisors: Raymond Kovacs, Sean Do Alex Lee Timothy Wang NNL-2: BPMI Humid Environment Testing System (HETS) BPMI: Raymond Kovacs, Mark Salamacha, Sean Dowhy, Jessica Burger Jack Ferguson Patrick Flaherty James Munion
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NNL-3: 4-20mA Current Detector Interface NNL/BPMI: Kevin Bachovchin, Kevin Brodmerkel, Michael Kotcher, Matthew Rehder, John Sopczynski Ryan Guinter Ashwin Nair Malik Rivers Shreya Wadehra
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STUDENT CLUBS AND X PROJECTS Advisor: Brandon Barber SCXP-1: Hot Top Project Josh Briggs Agnes Chen Josh Dewald Dan Gunter Evan Lawrence Sarah Snavely SCXP-2: Lock Out Project Zayer Imam Stuart McCutcheon Justin Weber Dawson Winston SCXP-3: Hallway Project Dustin Cutruzzula Emmy Jaros Elijah Solley Kat Specht
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