2024 Swanson School of Engineering First Year Conference

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2024 KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Kate Gundlach

Performance Engineer

Arrow McLaren

Swanson School

ENGINEERING CONFERENCE 2024 SATURDAY APRIL 6
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH | SWANSON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
of Engineering

annual engineer ing con fe rence

AgendA

9 – 10:45 a.m. Session A – See schedule, page 2

10:45 – 11 a.m. Break

11 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Session B – See schedule, page 4

12:45 – 1:45 p.m. Lunch Break

Ground, first, second, and third floors of Benedum Hall

1:45 – 2:15 p.m. Keynote Address by Kate Gundlach Performance Engineer, Arrow McLaren

Benedum Hall, room 157 and broadcasted to the conference rooms

2:15 – 2:45 p.m. Awards Presentation

Benedum Hall, room 157 and broadcasted to the conference rooms

2:45 – 3 p.m. Break

3 – 4:45 p.m. Session C – See schedule, page 8

Thank you to

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.
PI T T 23rd F I R S T- Y E A R

9 – 10:45 a.m. SESSION A

SESSION A1

Bioengineering Topics, Room G31

BREAKTHROUGH IN ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION WITH THE ADVANCEMENTS OF 3D-BIOPRINTING TECHNOLOGY

Emma Correa, Jessica Huang, Biance Xu

BEYOND CONVENTIONAL AGRICULTURE: CELL-CULTURED MEAT AND ITS INCREASING APPEAL TO SOCIETY

Kate Eriksson, Emma Mills, Stephan Stranick

HOW ANTI-AGING MEDICINE CAN PREVENT DISEASES

Alex Shultz, Bryan Slaton

CRISPR/CAS9: A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO TREATING CANCER

Andrew Fayocavitz, Kristina Heins, Cassidy Kramer

CRISPR CAS9: A PROMISING NEW FORM OF HEMOPHILIA TREATMENT

Zachariah Bramonth, Ethan Canavan, Monty Gaal

BIODEGRADABLE ALTERNATIVES TO CURRENT PROSTHETICS MATERIALS

Damu Gummadi, Anandita Sahu, Alexa Tripodi

SESSION A2

Civil and Environmental Engineering Topics, Room 320

NICKET-TITANIUM AND IRON SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS AS THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR SMART STRUCTURES

Snigdha Garud, Emma Lorenzo, Soli Pak

TRANSFORMING THE FUTURE OF SOLAR ENERGY WITH UV SEQUESTRATION

Kam Chan, Ashley Doll, Gargi Harkare

3D PRINTING AND SUSTAINABLE HOUSING: A NEW DIMENSION IN CONSTRUCTION

Eniola Dosu, Sadie Farrah, Rahitha Gopinathan

HIGH-SPEED RAIL ALONG THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR: TRAVEL REIMAGINED

Josh Honkus, Zander Lai, Henry Salvo

PIEZOELECTRICITY: THE UNDERDOG OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

Pranav Bhimaraju, Catherine Stevens

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LIDAR TECHNOLOGY WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE USED TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE CITIES

Abhi Dangeti, Arjun Reddy, Ronit Roy

SESSION A3

Chemical Engineering Topics, Room 318

THE USE OF NANO-DISPERSED ENZYMES IN THE DECOMPOSITION OF PLASTIC

Holly Binkowski, Ian Pervall, Chendongyan Sun REVOLUTIONIZING FERTILIZERS: METAL-PHENOLIC COATED MICROBES

Tyler Stoops, Ruoyi Xu, Ellie Yoon

EVALUATING THE UNHARNESSED POWER OF RESIDENTIAL GEOTHERMAL HEATING

Chase Ferraro, Zoe Fitzsimmons, Clara Macreery

LIGHTWEIGHT COMPOSITES IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY: LOWER EMISSIONS AND INCREASED EFFICIENCY

Austin Cheney, Carson Miller, Aidan Russo

WATER-LEAN SOLVENTS FOR COST EFFECTIVE CARBON CAPTURE

Ryan Chang, Michael Conway, Nicolas Ropars

MOLECULAR SIMULATION VIA QUANTUM COMPUTING: A KEY TO ADVANCEMENTS IN DRUG RESEARCH

Alex Bogush, Lucas Campos, Evan Fletcher

SESSION A4

Electrical and Computer Engineering Topics, Room G30

HOW CONNECTED MOBILITY WILL ADVANCE THE FIELD OF INTER-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION

Diya Parekh, Diego Portela Velez, Leor Quigley

HARVESTING ENERGY FROM OCEAN WAVES: THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

Maryam Algalay, Ricky Li, Caden Smith

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AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR THE DELIVERY OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES IN RURAL AREAS

Ariana Barsotti, Christian Changco, Dana Hanlin

THE ACCESSIBLE WORLD OF GESTURE-BASED HUMANMACHINE INTERFACES

Evan Chess, William McBrier, Connor Miller

INTEGRATION OF AI INTO AGRICULTURE: A SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE TO A GREENER FUTURE

Mia Humphries, Nicholas Marques, Landis Strohecker

GROWING CULTIVATED MEAT IN LABS UTILIZING STEM CELLS

Ella Esteban, Alexander Kang, Dorothy Vogel

SESSION A5

Assorted Engineering Topics, Room G29

3D BIOPRINTING TO MAKE USABLE ORGANS

Nova Nguyen, Kalli Smith, Caitlyn Suerdieck

‘MEATING’ SUSTAINABILITY GOALS WITH BIO PRINTED MEAT

Anup Acharya, Ryan Odom, Erwin Zhou

APPLICATION OF GRAPHENE QUANTUM DOTS IN BIOSENSORS FOR EARLY CANCER DETECTION

Joseph Brun, Marissa Dagen, Finley Siegel

THE SUSTAINABLE IMPACTS OF CLOSED-LOOP HYDROELECTRIC STORAGE

Gabriel Fatzinger, Eric Lynch, Jacob Malecki

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY: REVOLUTIONIZING GASTROINTESTINAL IMAGING

Oliver Kettleson-Belinkie, Troy Kozar, Sanderson Lin

APPLICABILITY AND POTENTIAL OF NANOSENSORS IN CANCER TREATMENTS AND DIAGNOSES

Claire Barrios, Amelia Morrison, Nikki Zhang

SESSION A6

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Topics, Room 226

THE REVOLUTIONARY IMPACT OF GRAPHENE: TRAILBLAZING SUSTAINABILITY IN TOMORROW’S TECHNOLOGIES

Jessica Mohney, Dylan Sassaman, Arth Shah

HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS: THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION

Stephen Kerouac, Ethan Loncki, Benjamin Very

SUPERCAPACITORS AND THEIR USE IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Connor Chadwell, Sahil Patel, Aaron Yang

THORIUM: THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY

Lindsey Bomgardner, Siyi Cai, Patrick Devlin

AIRCARBON: A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION TO CARBON EMISSIONS AND PLASTIC POLLUTION

Lucas Chen, Kirk Mccann, Elad Shoham

MYCELIUM-BASED COMPOSITES: CHALLENGING

TRADITIONAL TEXTILES WITH SUSTAINABLE SYNTHETICS

Jack Brandenburg, Duncan Dockstader, Gus Walls

THE INCORPORATION OF STELLEARTOR REACTOR DESIGNS TO OPTIMIZE MAGNETICALLY CONFINED NUCLEAR FUSION

Alec Devallance, Finnegan Kramer, Alexander Wood

SESSION A7

Bioengineering Panel 1, Room 229

SESSION A8

Civil and Environmental Engineering Panel 1, Room 102

SESSION A9

Chemical Engineering Panel 1, Room 319

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SESSION A10

Electrical and Computer Engineering Panel 1, Room 309

SESSION A11

Industrial Engineering Panel 1, Room 227

SESSION A12

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Panel 1, Room G27

SESSION A13

Assorted Engineering Topics, Room G28

APPLICATION OF PIEZOELECTRIC NANOGENERATORS IN TREATING PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Rafael Muzzall, Jaylen Pilgrim, Yosias Samuel

NEW HETEROGENOUS CATALYST: CALCIUM OXIDE DERIVED FROM EGGSHELLS USED IN TRANSESTERIFICATION FOR BIODIESEL PRODUCTION Meredith McCalmont, Hannah Reeve, Michael Robinson

NANOMEDICINE AS A PROMISING NEW ONCOLOGICAL TREATMENT: AN EVALUATION

Yeabsira Frost, Paul Kullmann, Mariah Lomax

THE FUTURE OF 3D PRINTING

Diego Irazoqui, Roman Joseph, Ethan Keen

APPLICATIONS OF PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS FOR A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE

Sebastian Emrick, Jordan Goya, Aidan Kleinhenz

HOW 3D PRINTED ORGAN REPAIRING COULD REVOLUTIONIZE TRANSPLANTS

Leah Boyle, Sophia Dudowski, Daniel Glennon

10:45 – 11 a.m. BREAK

11 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. SESSION B

SESSION B1

Bioengineering Topics, Room G31

SAVING LIVES WITH 3D BIOPRINTED HEARTS, HEART VALVES, AND HEART TISSUES

Carson Hertrick, Myer Markowitz, Katelynn Yang

BIOPHOTONIC PROBES AND WAVEGUIDES IN THE SCREENING AND TREATMENT OF CANCER

Kai Dehus, Amaris Mbuagbaw, Taylor Roach

REGENERATIVE PERIPHERAL NERVE INTERFACE WITH ADVANCED MYOELECTRIC PROSTHETICS

Grace Chang, Cherise Chettiar, Emily Sinclair

HOW HYDROGELS CAN BE USED IN INKJET PRINTERS TO LOWER THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE TRANSPLANT LIST

Haley Maher, Alexis Schoonover, Max Silver

HOW HAPTICS IN PROSTHETICS CAN REVOLUTIONIZE AMPUTEES’ LIVES

Joshua Knight, Ariel Maroney, Isabella Rabasco

THE FUTURE OF SANITIZATION: ROBOTICS HARNESSING UV-C TO ENHANCE STERILIZATION AND REDEFINE SAFETY STANDARDS IN HEALTHCARE

Elton Dong, Daxen Prajapati, Alex Sciullo

CRISPR/CAS9-MEDIATED GENE THERAPY: MECHANISM AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS

Francesca Bernaldes, Austin Glance, Ryan Stipanovich

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SESSION B2

Civil and Environmental Engineering Topics, Room 320

WOOD-BASED FILTRATION OF MICROPLASTICS IN WATER

Elena Chirino, Aleia Frye, Kevin Schillinger

SELF-HEALING CONCRETE: A NEW COST-EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE ADDITION TO THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY

Katherine Bogler, Fallon Mieseler, Dominick Raduazzo

THE INDUSTRIAL REUSE OF PLASTIC AND PLASTIC ROADING

Brandon Osborne, Brady Svor, Alexander Tomalski

NEED FOR COMPACT VERTICAL FARMING IN THE FUTURE

Thomas Cardimen, William Cashin, Samuel Kuhns

SUSTAINABLE SOLAR: A MORE EFFICIENT ENERGY

Dante Cheff, Kadyn Geddes

HOW TITANIUM OXIDE CATALYSTS IN PHOTOCATALYTIC CONCRETE ABSORB HARMFUL NITROGEN OXIDE GASES

Ryan Heraty, Cameron Morgan, Alec Van Scyoc

SESSION B3

Chemical Engineering

Topics, Room 318

BIOMIMETIC SOLUTIONS WITH 3D PRINTED HYDROGEL

Ethan Brennan, Kylie Gardner, Jana Mosko

EXTRACTING URANIUM FROM SEAWATER

Bryan Bogan, Hayden Pierson-Balik, James Votypka

ALGAE-BASED BIODIESELS: A SUSTAINABLE FUEL FOR THE FUTURE

Deborah Fry, Kelly Giblin, Holden Michener

HIGH-FLYING HYDROGEN

Zachary Cagliuso, Zachary Spencer, Dylan Wyse

USING RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR THE HABER-BOSCH PROCESS

Ben Carney, Connor Rosenberg, Matvey Zoukovski

CARBON-SEQUESTERING CONCRETE FOR WIDESPREAD USE IN CARBON-NEUTRAL ARCHITECTURE

Naomi Miller, Pablo Rodriguez, Jenna Westrick

SESSION B4

Electrical and Computer Engineering Topics, Room G30

HEARING A BETTER FUTURE WITH AI AND ML Hamza Chaudhry, Noel Johnbosco, Rory Mcafee

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SMART GRID TECHNOLOGY FOR A MORE STREAMLINED AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

Valencio Almborg-Perez, Jonathan Barnes

THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN WASTE MANAGEMENT

Braden E Bosilovich, Aarya N Dani, Victor A Nowatzki

HOW NEW BIONIC ARM TECHNOLOGY SERVES TO IMPROVE PEOPLE’S LIVES

Alexander N Kwasinski, Rylan Murphy, Pamela Juliana Owiti

MACHINE LEARNING FOR EARLIER DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER

Ana E Compton, Ivan Zheng

SESSION B5

Assorted Engineering Topics, Room G29

PHA-BIOPLASTICS IN THE MEDICAL FIELD: A SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE TO FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCED PLASTICS

Ann Harada, Ria Kulkarni, Leo Stein

3D BIOPRINTING OF ORGANIC MATERIALS AS A SUSTAINABLE OPTION FOR THE LUMBER AND FARMING INDUSTRIES

Katherine Canzanese, Hannah Ellett, Emelia Jones

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THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE: APPLICATIONS OF 3D BIOPRINTING IN TRANSPLANTATION

Christopher Ash, Darius Bohinski, Chris Chung

AUTONOMOUS POLLINATION AS A TOOL TO ENSURE FOOD SECURITY

Justin Engblom, Sean Mains

CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING USING LAYERED EXTRUSION WITH GEOPOLYMER CEMENT

John Paul Brach, Ella Chanen, Jolin Wang

PLASTIC-EATING ENZYMES AS THE SOLUTION TO POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE PLASTIC WASTE

Erica Glover, Phineas Mindak, Nathan Wei

POWERING YOUR EVERY STEP: HARNESSING ENERGY BY TRIBOELECTRIC NANOGENERATORS AND SHOES

Patrick Ciccarelli, Simran Kulkarni, Audrey K Uhlir

SESSION B6

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Topics, Room 226

ROBOTIC POLLINATORS AS A TECHNOLOGICAL REPLACEMENT FOR HONEYBEES

Swayam Mahapatra, Jack Moriarty, Siddharth Nallapothula

ADVANTAGES OF GRID FINS CONTROL SURFACES FOR REUSABLE ROCKET FLIGHT

Stephen Franke, Nichalas Griffin, Rowen Kuzminski

SMALL MODULAR REACTORS AS A CLEAN ENERGY SOLUTION

Julia DiNicola, Kaylee Larson, Alexis Shafer

MAGLEV: FAST AND FURIOUS

Declan Day, Matan Rieger, Jackson Stefanac

APPLICATIONS OF GECKO BASED CARBON NANOTUBE ADHESIVES IN SPACE TRAVEL

Lola Galindo Deleon, Ryan Mclister, Grace Pingon

ENERGY BUILT TO “GO WITH THE FLOW”

Dominic Donatelli, Harrison Garverick, George Longstaff

SESSION B7

Bioengineering Panel 2, Room 229

SESSION B8

Civil and Environmental Engineering Panel 2, Room 102

SESSION B9

Chemical Engineering Panel 2, Room 319

SESSION B10

Electrical and Computer Engineering Panel 2, Room 309

SESSION B11

Industrial Engineering Panel 2, Room 227

SESSION B12

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Panel 2, Room G27

SESSION B13

ENGR 0716 The Art of Making: An Introduction to Hands-On System Design and Engineering

Special Topics 1, Room G34

Water Walker: A Modular Floatation Device to Enhance Disabled Children’s Relationships with Swimming

Lorenzo Basa, Luke Byun, Soumik Chakraborty, Tyler Fritz, Timmy Green, Brandon Haines

GymNexus: Where Efficiency Meets Education in Fitness

Thomas Eble, Ben Markworth, Harry Tye

HandSwell: Expanding the Grabbing and Releasing Abilities of Children with Limited Motor Skills

Josie Belkin, Mia Falbo, Sarah Ginck, Andrue Herold, Reilly Koitzsch

Sit Fit: Developing Better Sitting Habits by Standing Periodically

Felipe Correa, Dennis Ephraim, Jessie Jin, Luke Wang

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SESSION B14

Assorted Engineering Topics, Room G28

3D BIOPRINTING: FUNCTIONALITY, IMPLEMENTATION, AND BENEFITS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL TISSUE DONATION

Carson Curley, Anjaly Palathunkal, Quentin Wilson

HOW BATTERY INNOVATIONS CAN POSITIVELY IMPACT

OUR WORLD: AN EXPLORATION

William Khaw, Xuanming Luo, Andrew White

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SOLID-STATE BATTERIES

John Ferguson, Wesmyn Wright

3D-PRINTED CORAL REEFS AS AN EFFECTIVE WAY OF RESTORING HABITATS

Jackson C Denicore, Rose L Genco, Jacob A Ross

GRAPHENE BASED TISSUE ENGINEERING

Josh Beres, Patrick R Francis, Daniel C Harrer III

THE FUTURE OF LAB-GROWN WOOD

Zack George, Lia Mironianski, Peter Michael O’Grady

12:45 – 1:45 p.m. LUNCH BREAK

1:45 – 2:15 p.m. Keynote

During this time, Kate Gundlach from Arrow McLaren will give the keynote talk.

Biography – Kate Gundlach

Kate Gundlach is the performance engineer on the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet with Pato O’Ward and has been a valuable member of the team since 2019. Through internships and hard work, Kate began her motorsports career while still a student at University of Pittsburgh. That hard work led her to INDYCAR where she started in a systems engineering role with Chip Ganassi Racing and won her first NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship in 2018 with Scott Dixon. Kate has always been an advocate and a resource for other females to find their place in motorsports and was recognized for those efforts as Indy’s Best and Brightest in Technology in 2023.

2:15 – 2:45 p.m. Awards Presentation

2:45 – 3 p.m. Break

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3 – 4:45 p.m. SESSION C

SESSION C1

Bioengineering Topics, Room G31

BIOPRINTING WILL BE THE REPLACEMENT TO HEART TRANSPLANTS

Shokhrukh Kholmatjonov, Joanne Kim, Victoria Rios-Valdez

REAL LIFE GREY’S ANATOMY: FIXING CRITICAL-SIZED DEFECTS WITH ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Natalie Ceccarelli, Ryan Myers, Brittan Oglesby

THE INNOVATION OF THE BEBIONIC HAND IN THE FIELD OF PROSTHETICS

Rachel Hall, Austin Moody, Anna Willard

IMPLEMENTATION OF MICROELECTRODE IMPLANTS AND AI AS AN EFFECTIVE METHOD OF IMPROVING MOTOR SKILLS AND SENSE OF TOUCH IN PROSTHETIC HANDS

Cadence Durham, Ben Swanson, Jake Zeminski

THE DEVELOPMENT AND USAGE OF RETINAL PROSTHESIS SYSTEMS IN THE TREATMENT OF RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA

Evan Lan, Jackson Manns, Benjamin Williams

ROBOTIC EXOSKELETONS AS AN EFFECTIVE MEANS OF HUMAN REHABILITATION IN A HOME SETTING

Zahir Dyke, Nathan J Feichtel, Jake S Justeson

SESSION C2

Civil and Environmental Engineering Topics, Room 320

IMPLEMENTATIONS OF KINETIC ROADWAYS TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

Brianne Bergman, Garrett Falkenstein, Kristina Greg

PRESS-BRAKE FORMED TUB GIRDERS: A RELIABLE SOLUTION TO URGENT INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS

Kayley Dorfman, Lexi Wilson, Donovan Wood

BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE WITH SELF-HEALING CONCRETE

Mikhail Hauryliuk, Luke Morgan

REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES THROUGH THE USE OF CARBON DIOXIDE-CONSUMING CONCRETE

Lauren Barber, Mia Rubincam, Kailey Vento

VERTICAL FARMING USING WATER RECAPTURING:

A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION TO COMBATTING GLOBAL FOOD INSECURITY

Nathan Barr, Clare Duffy, Bridget Howe

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS AS A NEW MEANS OF CLEAN, SUSTAINABLE POWER

Emma Pereira, Kyra Rau, Jack Ruzicka

SESSION C3

Chemical Engineering Topics, Room 318

AN EVALUATION OF CASTOR OIL-BASED CORROSION INHIBITORS

Francis Baker, Sohan Patel, Brian Shin

HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS AND THEIR USE IN AUTOMOTIVE TRANSPORTATION AS A SUSTAINABLE POWER SOURCE

Andrew Cohen, Jack Cook, Jack Zimmerman

FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS TO ADVANCE SUSTAINABILITY IN HARSH CONDITIONS

Cameron Jilek, Spencer Landon, Benjamin Maund

HARNESSING UV RAY TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE PURIFICATION SOLUTIONS

Chi-An Daugavietis, Aaron Itzhaki, Nina Miller

THE SOLUTION FOR A GENERATIONAL PROBLEM: THE USE OF NON-THERMAL PLASMA TO TREAT PFAS

Garrett Beard, Ryan Little, Vincent Lombardi

OPTIMIZED DRILLING TECHNIQUES AND STIMULATION PROCESS FOR ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS

Tobias Billow, Sergio Delgado, Saul Radilla

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SESSION C4

Electrical and Computer Engineering Topics, Room G30

INTEGRATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INTO SOLAR ENERGY

Cody Cameron, Millen Duberry, Connor Kariotis

WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER IN MEDICAL DEVICES

Brian Mooney, Caroline Panek

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ACTION: ADVANCING CLIMATE MODELING AND SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS

Ryan Monti, Sean Oelschlager, Noah Schenck

THE EVALUATION OF MECHANICAL, PYROMETALLURGICAL, AND HYDROMETALLURGICAL METHODS OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERY RECYCLING FOR LARGE-SCALE USE

Joe Layton, Tyler Smith, Kyle Smuszkiewicz

FUNGAL ELECTRICITY: POWERING THE WORLD WITH CYANOBACTERIA, GRAPHENE, AND MUSHROOMS

Travis Ambrass, Sarah Bauman

PUSHING THE BOUNDARY OF COMPUTER CHIP DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY

Milo Capra, Sean Cole, Zachary Hale

SESSION C5

Industrial Engineering Topics, Room G29

INTELLIGENCE’S (AI) AS AN AID IN THE TRANSPORTATION BUSINESS

James Dong, Julia Gans, Makin Rahman

INVESTIGATING THE VIABILITY OF LASER ASSISTED BIOPRINTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNAL PROSTHESIS

Alexander Briese, Alexia Dobrin, Therese Nneji

THE EMERGENCE OF 3D-PRINTED HOUSING TO CREATE MORE SUSTAINABLE AND EFFICIENT HOMES FOR THE FUTURE

Alexandra Afanasenko, George Neatherly, Natalie Wamaitha

REDUCING FOOD WASTE AND IMPROVING SAFETY THROUGH PH-INTELLIGENT FOOD PACKAGING

Maura K Farmerie, Pierce J Shipp, Lucas D Varley

SESSION C6

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Topics, Room 226

LASER AND NUCLEAR FUSION AS A POTENTIAL CLEAN AND EFFECTIVE ENERGY SOURCE

Matthew Dalfo, Jay Patel, Vinu Sankaran

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES AS A SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE TO HONEY BEES

Edna Arredondo, Jenna Haldeman, Javier Ortiz ELECTRIC AIRPLANES WILL CHANGE THE FUTURE

Braden Baxendell, Tyler Cobb

HOW PIEZOELECTRICITY CAN CREATE MORE SUSTAINABLE MEDICINE

Michael Leonhardt, Aaron Matthew, Michael Ricci

SOFT ROBOTIC PROSTHETIC HANDS

Christian Ryalls, Victorious Sankofa, Lucas Wiedmann

HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS IN WAREHOUSE APPLICATIONS

Avery Barnhart, Connor Hile, Anthony Matteo

SESSION C7

Bioengineering Topics, Room 229

3D PRINTING OF SUSTAINABLE PROSTHETICS

Kayla Franchetti, Katherine Sexton, Jack Wasco

AI TECHNOLOGY IN MODERN DAY PROSTHETICS: ENHANCING QUALITY OF LIFE AND SUSTAINABLE LIVING FOR AMPUTEES

Joshua Burns, Julia Knapp, Emily Mccullough

THE FUTURE OF MICROTECHNOLOGY; SUSTAINABLY RECONNECTING THE BRAIN TO THE BODY

Mia Gomolinski, Jaeda Lawton, Theo Rothstein

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USING OLED TECHNOLOGY WITHIN WEARABLE HEADMOUNTED DISPLAYS TO HELP THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED LIVE MORE SUSTAINABLY

Sanjna Goyal, Ben Kelley, Jade Tseng

REVOLUTION OF REHABILITATION: 3D PRINTED PROSTHETICS

Alec Barlow, Karleigh Bubeck, Sanjana Gupta

HYDROGEL BIOINK VARIETIES AND PRINTABILITY FOR SUSTAINABLE APPLICATIONS IN TISSUE ENGINEERING

Dylan Kane, Jacobo Rangel, Andrew Seltz

SESSION C8

Civil and Environmental Engineering Topics, Room 157

REDUCING THE OVERWHELMING ABUNDANCE OF CARBON DIOXIDE: DIRECT-AIR CAPTURE

Isabella DeNadai, Kyle Giacobello

REVOLUTIONIZING HOUSING CONSTRUCTION: CONCRETE LAYERED EXTRUSION PAVING THE WAY TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Noah Brobst, Benjamin Bryla, Luke Sieker

CARBON CAPTURE AND AMINE ACID SCRUBBING IN APPLICATION TO SHIPPING VESSELS

Kartik Ananthan, Elizabeth M Bazinet, Collin G Schieman

HURRICANE RESISTANT INFRASTRUCTURE ALLOWS FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY

Anna E Chaudhari, Sophie L Pfeffer, Rachel Wang

ELECTRIC BUSES AS TRANSPORTATION

David P Hersick, Jay Khamar, Sameer Rahman

THE SOLAR IMPULSE PLANE: ITS DESIGN AND POTENTIAL FOR WIDER IMPLEMENTATION

Claire M Kamel, Piper Lowery, William G Peralta

SESSION C9

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Topics, Room 319

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING USING CONTINUOUS LIQUID INTERFACE PRODUCTION AND ITS SUSTAINABILITY

Ryan Berger, Liam Cunningham, Jacob Poplawski

USING PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEM FUEL CELLS/PEMFC) AS A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO PASSENGER AIRCRAFT PROPULSION

Camden Bard, Teresa Mole, Elliott Warriner

THE EVOLUTION OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND ITS INVOLVEMENT IN THE CAR INDUSTRY

Ainsley Mcclain, William Potter, Ava Walsh

THE ACCESSIBILITY OF SPACE THROUGH REUSABLE ROCKETS

Mia Pesina, Spencer West

IMPLEMENTATION OF EVTOLS FOR INTER AND INTRA CITY TRANSPORT

Xavier Chambers, John Halsall

HIGH-ENTROPY ALLOYS FOR USE IN NUCLEAR FUSION REACTOR INNER COMPONENTS AND PROTECTION

Alexander Briglia, Parker Del Balso, Leo Friedman

AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF SELF-HEALING CONCRETE AS A SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIAL

Mae Cook, Liam E Keenan, Kiersten A Williams

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SESSION C10

Electrical and Computer Engineering Topics, Room 309

MOTION PLANNING AND ITS INTEGRATION WITH AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

Frank Buckner, Daniel Gatiru, Justin Shaneman

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPS SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS IN AGRICULTURE

Erica Hill, Kevin Reed, Camryn Sacco

WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER FOR HEAVY-DUTY TRANSIT VEHICLES

Andrew Davis, Sam Gotthelf, Daniel Setzenfand

COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH SUPER COMPUTING

William Dixson, James Tolman, Rafael Valladares

MANAGING CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE USING IOT BASED MACHINE LEARNING

Madelyn M DiMarco, Adeline E Flynn, Jonathan M Tsang

THE APPLICATION OF MYOELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY IN PROSTHETICS FOR UPPER EXTREMITY AMPUTEES

Smita Bhogle, Sarah Hartmann, Aaron Schachter

SESSION C11

Electrical and Computer Engineering Topics, Room 227

IMPACTS OF MICROPROCESSOR PROSTHETICS ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND MOBILITY OF LOWER-LEG AMPUTEES

Alyse Crown, Logan McCall

THE APPLICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GRAPHENE ADDITIVES IN LITHIUM ION CAR BATTERIES

Justin Mendt, Joe Morroney, Ryan Zych

INVESTIGATING NATURAL LANGUAGE GENERATION MODELS IN MENTAL HEALTHCARE

Grace Krakauskas, Claire Shelley, Jacob Sullivan

EMPHASIZING THE CAPABILITIES OF COMPUTER-BRAIN INTERFACES

Mahir Sanori, Venkatesh Subramanyam, Alex Taylor

SMART WINDOWS: A SUSTAINABLE AND HEALTHY SOLUTION TO REDUCE ENERGY USAGE IN COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS

Alexis Anis, Reagan Schriver

LARGE-SCALE BATTERIES FOR MOBILE GRID STORAGE

Nicholas Koontz, Ella Pickup, Tyler Woodard

SESSION C12

Chemical Engineering Topics, Room G27

HYDROGEN AS A SUSTAINABLE SOURCE OF FUEL

Alana Fantini, Lynne Reed, Lucas Roldan

PALLADIUM NANOSHEETS AND THEIR POTENTIAL AS CATALYSTS

Edward Burns, Timothy McCloskey, Jack Plaskow

INCREASING EFFICIENCY AND COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES USING PEROVSKITE CELLS

Caitlin Bermejo, Jacob Gronwaldt, Esteban Pedroza

XATHAN GUM: EVALUATING ITS ABILITY TO IMPROVE ENERGY STORAGE CAPABILITIES

Henry R Lombardi, Benjamin C Stolarz, Ben Trudgen

HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS: DRIVING THE FUTURE OF TRUCKING

Jack T Bair, Hadley E Hellgren, Nathan R Rosenberg

SYNTHETIC FUELS AS A FEASIBLE FUEL SOURCE FOR TRANSPORTATION

Nick Gesualdi, Emmett Gillis, Aaron Sun

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SESSION C13

ENGR 0716 The Art of Making: An Introduction to Hands-On System Design and Engineering

Special Topics 2, Room G34

Grow and Go: Accessibility in Revolutionary Agriculture Techniques and Technology

Jack Bender, Garrison Brown, Alex Brunco, Daniel Cooper, Sean Lipton, Teagan Posey, Vinay Thulasiram, Luke Vincent

Grabbing Attention: Improving Engagement at the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children as Students Learn to Grab

Jake Chinchar, David Hand, Reuel John, Varun Patel, Nicholas Town

CommChamp: Improving Hospital Staff Communication

Megan Baker, Ben D’Ambrosia, Anthony Paladino, Veda Panchagnula, Alex Tsvetkov

SESSION C14

Assorted Engineering Topics, Room G28 BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE: FRESH BIOPRINTING FOR COMPLEX CARDIAC TISSUE CONSTRUCTS

Andrew Fry, Umesh Gunendran, Neil Pendse

SITE-SPECIFIC WEED MANAGEMENT USING AI AND LASER TECHNOLOGY

Nicholas A. Kelly, John Sutton

EXTRUSION BASED BIOPRINTING TECHNOLOGY AND ITS HELP WITH ANTI-CANCER RESEARCH

Natalie A Carpenter, Emily G Stephan, Jameson Wu

HOW ORGANS-ON-CHIPS ARE CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE OF MODERN PHARMACEUTICALS

Bella Burrell, Noah V Judkins, Brendan E Zampogna

APPLYING OPTICAL BIOSENSOR NANOTECHNOLOGY TO OVARIAN CANCER DETECTION

Rebecca S Lappen, Jackson Pacek, Meghan M Pohl

CRISPR-CAS9 CAR T CELLS AS AN ALTERNATIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY

Andrew Chan, Caden R Empey, Luiza P Weissmann

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CONFERENCE PANELISTS

The Swanson School of Engineering would like to recognize and thank all the panelists for their participation in this event. Their efforts are essential to the success of the conference.

Jared Andes

Nick Andes

Robert Boback

Jake Braddock

Casey Cadman

Michael Casey

Josh Ciampini

Patrick Emmett

Jason Esser

Dave Gau

Mike Howell

Mark Jeffrey

Margaret Killmeyer

Alyssa Long

Beth Lyman

Kerry McCarthy

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS

Rachel McLoughlin

Irene Mena

Chris Mensah

Danielle Minteer

Doug Nelson

Varshini Ramanathan

Zack Ramsey

Paige Risley

Liam Salter

Tara Schroth

Taylor Shippling

Spencer Sullivan

Gaoxiang Zhou

Conference co-chairs are instrumental to the success of the First-Year Engineering Conference. They serve as resources and mentors as students prepare for their conference presentations. They also serve as session moderators during the conference.

Madelynn Bennett

Will Blackledge

Gabby Brubach

Sophia Edwards

Ben Fidler

Andrew Fox

Abbey Geary

Rie Huntington

Maya Jain

Noah Makowicz

Chris Moran

ENGISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY AND LIBRARIANS

Morgan Powers

Maggie Walker

The Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences Department of English faculty teaching with the English/First-Year Engineering Writing Program are essential to the First-Year Engineering Conference. These Writing Instructors create the assignments that guide students through the conference paper process, read and evaluate all conference papers, and provide support to students throughout the writing process.

Renee Prymus Director

Liberty Ferda Assistant Director

Julie Albright

Keely Bowers

Amanda Brant

Engineering Library

Laura Brown

Tina Cafasso

Janine Carlock

Cristina D’Imperio

Andrew Dunn

Barbara Edelman

Nora Fussner

Deborah Galle

Tyler Hensley

Isabella Luciani

Thomas Marchi

Jenna Massaro

Tyler McAndrew

Daniel McMillan

Rachel McTernan

Johanna Murphy

Kat Myers

Katy Rank Lev

Emelyn Smith-Ferris

Amy Whipple

Andrew Yim

Thanks also to the Bevier Engineering Library and to the University of Pittsburgh Writing Center. Librarians and Writing Center consultants assist many first-year engineering students throughout spring and fall semesters.

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WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY?

“I think of the need for more wisdom in the world, to deal with the knowledge that we have. At one time we had wisdom, but little knowledge. Now we have a great deal of knowledge, but do we have enough wisdom to deal with that knowledge? I define wisdom as the capacity to make retrospective judgments prospectively.” 1

What is “sustainability?”

The ground-breaking 1987 Brundtland Report, prepared for the UN’s World Commission on Environment and Development (UNCE), defines it as “satisfying the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” 2 The UNCE has continued to update the particulars and goals of the 1987 declaration, particularly in the area of specific action “…giving further emphasis to practical solutions that can be implemented on the ground. Also the identification of key problem areas has become more specific and the conclusions more action-oriented.” 3

The 2012 Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development defines sustainability this way: “Sustainable development emphasizes a holistic, equitable and far-sighted approach to decisionmaking at all levels. It emphasizes not just strong economic performance but intragenerational and intergenerational equity. It rests on integration and a balanced consideration of social, economic and environmental goals and objectives in both public and private decision-making.” 4

Engineers seek to alter the environment and shape it in ways that will serve the various needs of society. While our lives today can attest to the success of engineers’ endeavors, these endeavors have not been without cost. Oftentimes, the alteration of the environment – whether purposeful or unintentional – has led to undesirable consequences. In the past several decades, engineers acting ethically and in the public interest have become acutely aware of the consequences of their actions on the environment.

This awareness and the growing public demand for attending to short and long term consequences of engineering innovations and actions has led to various legislative and regulatory actions attempting to minimize the adverse consequences of engineering and technology on our society and our environment. Unfortunately, many of these measures – for example, the “no net loss” of wetlands policy or the industrial restrictions placed on various parts of the U.S. classified as air pollution “nonattainment” regions, can be seen as having a negative impact on growth, development, innovation, and global competition. A situation such as the wetlands use regulation poses a seeming contradiction between “sustainability” of a natural environment and “sustainability” of certain kinds of innovation and development.

In recent years, however, responsible development has been increasingly emphasized (and increasingly required, if a project is to be funded and completed). Engineers recognize that development and responsibility for sustainable processes and outcomes – whether of a fuel cell to power vehicles or of an ocular prosthesis or of a 3D printer for industrial applications – are necessary and that neither development nor sustainability need be sacrificed for the other.

A growing movement recognizes that sustainable processes and outcomes can and must co-exist with development and must be planned for accordingly. Under the general umbrella of “sustainability,” this movement encompasses various concepts and nomenclature. “Sustainable development;”

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“green engineering;” “environmentally conscious manufacturing;” “profits, people, and planet;” and “minimization are some of the terms that have recently entered the engineering lexicon and that describe the move towards “sustainability.” However, each of these terms can mean different things to different people; thus, when discussing and making decisions about “sustainability,” responsible description and action requires clarity and specificity. Whether constructing a new highway, designing a new product, or improving a manufacturing process, responsibly defining “sustainability” and responsibly, consistently acting on those definitions are at the forefront of challenges today’s engineers face.

A responsible, ethical engineer will always be aware of issues of “sustainability” when developing a system, process, or product. With the addition of discussion on “sustainability” in your revised Conference Paper, you demonstrate your awareness of how particular definitions and aspects of sustainability must be considered within the context and outcomes of your topic. Through your discussion of “sustainability,” you enhance your readers’ understanding of how engineers involved in the developments, systems, innovations, products, and/or outcomes associated with your topic must balance social, environmental, and economic needs and pressures.

SOURCES

1. J. Salk. (2015.7.24.). “Interview, May 16, 1991.” Academy of Achievement. p. 8.

Available: http://www.achievement.org/achiever/jonas-salk-m-d/ http://www.achievement.org/achiever/jonas-salk-m-d/

2. G. H. Bruntland. (3.20.1987).Chapter 2. Our Common Future: Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development.

Available: http://www.un-documents.net/ocf-02.htm

3. K. Bärlund. Sustainable development - concept and action. UNECE Annual Report 2004-2005.

Available: http://www.unece.org/oes/nutshell/2004-2005/focus_sustainable_development.html

4. Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.

Available: https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/news/sustainable/taking-responsibility.html

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AUTHOR INDEX

A5 Acharya, Anup

C5 Afanasenko, Alexandra

A4 Algalay, Maryam

B4 Almborg-Perez, Valencio

C4 Ambrass, Travis

C8 Ananthan, Kartik

C11 Anis, Alexis

C6 Arredondo, Edna

B5 Ash, Christopher

C12 Bair, Jack T

C3 Baker, Francis

C13 Baker, Megan

C2 Barber, Lauren

C9 Bard, Camden

C7 Barlow, Alec

B4 Barnes, Jonathan

C6 Barnhart, Avery

C2 Barr, Nathan

A5 Barrios, Claire

A4 Barsotti, Ariana

B13 Basa, Lorenzo

C4 Bauman, Sarah

C6 Baxendell, Braden

C8 Bazinet, Elizabeth M

C3 Beard, Garrett

B13 Belkin, Josie

C13 Bender, Jack

B14 Beres, Josh

C9 Berger, Ryan

C2 Bergman, Brianne

C12 Bermejo, Caitlin

B1 Bernaldes, Francesca

A2 Bhimaraju, Pranav

C10 Bhogle, Smita

C3 Billow, Tobias

A3 Binkowski, Holly

B3 Bogan, Bryan

B2 Bogler, Katherine

A3 Bogush, Alex

B5 Bohinski, Darius

A6 Bomgardner, Lindsey

B4 Bosilovich, Braden E

A13 Boyle, Leah

B5 Brach, John Paul

A1 Bramonth, Zachariah

A6 Brandenburg, Jack

B3 Brennan, Ethan

C5 Briese, Alexander

C9 Briglia, Alexander

C8 Brobst, Noah

C13 Brown, Garrison

A5 Brun, Joseph

C13 Brunco, Alex

C8 Bryla, Benjamin

C7 Bubeck, Karleigh

C10 Buckner, Frank

C12 Burns, Edward

C7 Burns, Joshua

C14 Burrell, Bella

B13 Byun, Luke

B3 Cagliuso, Zachary

A6 Cai, Siyi

C4 Cameron, Cody

A3 Campos, Lucas

A1 Canavan, Ethan

B5 Canzanese, Katherine

C4 Capra, Milo

B2 Cardimen, Thomas

B3 Carney, Ben

C14 Carpenter, Natalie A

B2 Cashin, William

C1 Ceccarelli, Natalie

A6 Chadwell, Connor

B13 Chakraborty, Soumik

C9 Chambers, Xavier

C14 Chan, Andrew

A2 Chan, Kam

B5 Chanen, Ella

B1 Chang, Grace

A3 Chang, Ryan

A4 Changco, Christian

C8 Chaudhari, Anna E

B4 Chaudhry, Hamza

B2 Cheff, Dante

A6 Chen, Lucas

A3 Cheney, Austin

A4 Chess, Evan

B1 Chettiar, Cherise

C13 Chinchar, Jake

B2 Chirino, Elena

B5 Chung, Chris

B5 Ciccarelli, Patrick

C6 Cobb, Tyler

C3 Cohen, Andrew

C4 Cole, Sean

B4 Compton, Ana E

A3 Conway, Michael

C3 Cook, Jack

C9 Cook, Mae

C13 Cooper, Daniel

A1 Correa, Emma

B13 Correa, Felipe

C11 Crown, Alyse

C9 Cunningham, Liam

B14 Curley, Carson

A5 Dagen, Marissa

C6 Dalfo, Matthew

C13 D’Ambrosia, Ben

A2 Dangeti, Abhi

B4 Dani, Aarya N

C3 Daugavietis, Chi-An

C10 Davis, Andrew

B6 Day, Declan

B1 Dehus, Kai

C9 Del Balso, Parker

C3 Delgado, Sergio

C8 DeNadai, Isabella

B14 Denicore, Jackson C

A6 Devallance, Alec

A6 Devlin, Patrick

C10 DiMarco, Madelyn M

B6 DiNicola, Julia

C10 Dixson, William

C5 Dobrin, Alexia

A6 Dockstader, Duncan

A2 Doll, Ashley

B6 Donatelli, Dominic

B1 Dong, Elton

C5 Dong, James

C2 Dorfman, Kayley

A2 Dosu, Eniola

C4 Duberry, Millen

A13 Dudowski, Sophia

C2 Duffy, Clare

C1 Durham, Cadence

C1 Dyke, Zahir

B13 Eble, Thomas

B5 Ellett, Hannah

C14 Empey, Caden R

A13 Emrick, Sebastian

B5 Engblom, Justin

B13 Ephraim, Dennis

A1 Eriksson, Kate

A4 Esteban, Ella

B13 Falbo, Mia

C2 Falkenstein, Garrett

C12 Fantini, Alana

C5 Farmerie, Maura K

A2 Farrah, Sadie

A5 Fatzinger, Gabriel

A1 Fayocavitz, Andrew

C1 Feichtel, Nathan J

B14 Ferguson, John

A3 Ferraro, Chase

A3 Fitzsimmons, Zoe

A3 Fletcher, Evan

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Session Name Session Name Session Name

C10 Flynn, Adeline E

C7 Franchetti, Kayla

B14 Francis, Patrick R

B6 Franke, Stephen

C9 Friedman, Leo

B13 Fritz, Tyler

A13 Frost, Yeabsira

C14 Fry, Andrew

B3 Fry, Deborah

B2 Frye, Aleia

A1 Gaal, Monty

B6 Galindo Deleon, Lola

C5 Gans, Julia

B3 Gardner, Kylie

A2 Garud, Snigdha

B6 Garverick, Harrison

C10 Gatiru, Daniel

B2 Geddes, Kadyn

B14 Genco, Rose L

B14 George, Zack

C12 Gesualdi, Nick

C8 Giacobello, Kyle

B3 Giblin, Kelly

C12 Gillis, Emmett

B13 Ginck, Sarah

B1 Glance, Austin

A13 Glennon, Daniel

B5 Glover, Erica

C7 Gomolinski, Mia

A2 Gopinathan, Rahitha

C10 Gotthelf, Sam

A13 Goya, Jordan

C7 Goyal, Sanjna

B13 Green, Timmy

C2 Greg, Kristina

B6 Griffin, Nichalas

C12 Gronwaldt, Jacob

A1 Gummadi, Damu

C14 Gunendran, Umesh

C7 Gupta, Sanjana

B13 Haines, Brandon

C6 Haldeman, Jenna

C4 Hale, Zachary

C1 Hall, Rachel

C9 Halsall, John

C13 Hand, David

A4 Hanlin, Dana

B5 Harada, Ann

A2 Harkare, Gargi

B14 Harrer III, Daniel C

C10 Hartmann, Sarah

C2 Hauryliuk, Mikhail

A1 Heins, Kristina

C12 Hellgren, Hadley E

B2 Heraty, Ryan

B13 Herold, Andrue

C8 Hersick, David P

B1 Hertrick, Carson

C6 Hile, Connor

C10 Hill, Erica

A2 Honkus, Josh

C2 Howe, Bridget

A1 Huang, Jessica

A4 Humphries, Mia

A13 Irazoqui, Diego

C3 Itzhaki, Aaron

C3 Jilek, Cameron

B13 Jin, Jessie

C13 John, Reuel

B4 Johnbosco, Noel

B5 Jones, Emelia

A13 Joseph, Roman

C14 Judkins, Noah V

C1 Justeson, Jake S

C8 Kamel, Claire M

C7 Kane, Dylan

A4 Kang, Alexander

C4 Kariotis, Connor

A13 Keen, Ethan

C9 Keenan, Liam E

C7 Kelley, Ben

C14 Kelly, Nicholas A

A6 Kerouac, Stephen

A5 Kettleson-Belinkie, Oliver

C8 Khamar, Jay

B14 Khaw, William

C1 Kholmatjonov, Shokhrukh

C1 Kim, Joanne

A13 Kleinhenz, Aidan

C7 Knapp, Julia

B1 Knight, Joshua

B13 Koitzsch, Reilly

C11 Koontz, Nicholas

A5 Kozar, Troy

C11 Krakauskas, Grace

A1 Kramer, Cassidy

A6 Kramer, Finnegan

B2 Kuhns, Samuel

B5 Kulkarni, Ria

B5 Kulkarni, Simran

A13 Kullmann, Paul

B6 Kuzminski, Rowen

B4 Kwasinski, Alexander N

A2 Lai, Zander

C1 Lan, Evan

C3 Landon, Spencer

C14 Lappen, Rebecca S

B6 Larson, Kaylee

C7 Lawton, Jaeda

C4 Layton, Joe

C6 Leonhardt, Michael

A4 Li, Ricky

A5 Lin, Sanderson

C13 Lipton, Sean

C3 Little, Ryan

A13 Lomax, Mariah

C12 Lombardi, Henry R

C3 Lombardi, Vincent

A6 Loncki, Ethan

B6 Longstaff, George

A2 Lorenzo, Emma

C8 Lowery, Piper

B14 Luo, Xuanming

A5 Lynch, Eric

A3 Macreery, Clara

B6 Mahapatra, Swayam

B1 Maher, Haley

B5 Mains, Sean

A5 Malecki, Jacob

C1 Manns, Jackson

B1 Markowitz, Myer

B13 Markworth, Ben

B1 Maroney, Ariel

A4 Marques, Nicholas

C6 Matteo, Anthony

C6 Matthew, Aaron

C3 Maund, Benjamin

B1 Mbuagbaw, Amaris

B4 Mcafee, Rory

A4 McBrier, William

C11 McCall, Logan

A13 McCalmont, Meredith

A6 Mccann, Kirk

C9 Mcclain, Ainsley

C12 McCloskey, Timothy

C7 Mccullough, Emily

B6 Mclister, Ryan

C11 Mendt, Justin

B3 Michener, Holden

B2 Mieseler, Fallon

A3 Miller, Carson

A4 Miller, Connor

B3 Miller, Naomi

C3 Miller, Nina

A1 Mills, Emma

B5 Mindak, Phineas

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B14 Mironianski, Lia

A6 Mohney, Jessica

C9 Mole, Teresa

C4 Monti, Ryan

C1 Moody, Austin

C4 Mooney, Brian

B2 Morgan, Cameron

C2 Morgan, Luke

B6 Moriarty, Jack

A5 Morrison, Amelia

C11 Morroney, Joe

B3 Mosko, Jana

B4 Murphy, Rylan

A13 Muzzall, Rafael

C1 Myers, Ryan

B6 Nallapothula, Siddharth

C5 Neatherly, George

A5 Nguyen, Nova

C5 Nneji, Therese

B4 Nowatzki, Victor A

A5 Odom, Ryan

C4 Oelschlager, Sean

C1 Oglesby, Brittan

B14 O’Grady, Peter Michael

C6 Ortiz, Javier

B2 Osborne, Brandon

B4 Owiti, Pamela Juliana

C14 Pacek, Jackson

A2 Pak, Soli

C13 Paladino, Anthony

B14 Palathunkal, Anjaly

C13 Panchagnula, Veda

C4 Panek, Caroline

A4 Parekh, Diya

C6 Patel, Jay

A6 Patel, Sahil

C3 Patel, Sohan

C13 Patel, Varun

C12 Pedroza, Esteban

C14 Pendse, Neil

C8 Peralta, William G

C2 Pereira, Emma

A3 Pervall, Ian

C9 Pesina, Mia

C8 Pfeffer, Sophie L

C11 Pickup, Ella

B3 Pierson-Balik, Hayden

A13 Pilgrim, Jaylen

B6 Pingon, Grace

C12 Plaskow, Jack

C14 Pohl, Meghan M

C9 Poplawski, Jacob

A4 Portela Velez, Diego

C13 Posey, Teagan

C9 Potter, William

B1 Prajapati, Daxen

A4 Quigley, Leor

B1 Rabasco, Isabella

C3 Radilla, Saul

B2 Raduazzo, Dominick

C5 Rahman, Makin

C8 Rahman, Sameer

C7 Rangel, Jacobo

C2 Rau, Kyra

A2 Reddy, Arjun

C10 Reed, Kevin

C12 Reed, Lynne

A13 Reeve, Hannah

C6 Ricci, Michael

B6 Rieger, Matan

C1 Rios-Valdez, Victoria

B1 Roach, Taylor

A13 Robinson, Michael

B3 Rodriguez, Pablo

C12 Roldan, Lucas

A3 Ropars, Nicolas

B3 Rosenberg, Connor

C12 Rosenberg, Nathan R

B14 Ross, Jacob A

C7 Rothstein, Theo

A2 Roy, Ronit

C2 Rubincam, Mia

A3 Russo, Aidan

C2 Ruzicka, Jack

C6 Ryalls, Christian

C10 Sacco, Camryn

A1 Sahu, Anandita

A2 Salvo, Henry

A13 Samuel, Yosias

C6 Sankaran, Vinu

C6 Sankofa, Victorious

C11 Sanori, Mahir

A6 Sassaman, Dylan

C10 Schachter, Aaron

C4 Schenck, Noah

C8 Schieman, Collin G

B2 Schillinger, Kevin

B1 Schoonover, Alexis

C11 Schriver, Reagan

B1 Sciullo, Alex

C7 Seltz, Andrew

C10 Setzenfand, Daniel

C7 Sexton, Katherine

B6 Shafer, Alexis

A6 Shah, Arth

C10 Shaneman, Justin

C11 Shelley, Claire

C3 Shin, Brian

C5 Shipp, Pierce J

A6 Shoham, Elad

A1 Shultz, Alex

A5 Siegel, Finley

C8 Sieker, Luke

B1 Silver, Max

B1 Sinclair, Emily

A1 Slaton, Bryan

A4 Smith, Caden

A5 Smith, Kalli

C4 Smith, Tyler

C4 Smuszkiewicz, Kyle

B3 Spencer, Zachary

B6 Stefanac, Jackson

B5 Stein, Leo

C14 Stephan, Emily G

A2 Stevens, Catherine

B1 Stipanovich, Ryan

C12 Stolarz, Benjamin C

A3 Stoops, Tyler

A1 Stranick, Stephan

A4 Strohecker, Landis

C11 Subramanyam, Venkatesh

A5 Suerdieck, Caitlyn

C11 Sullivan, Jacob

C12 Sun, Aaron

A3 Sun, Chendongyan

C14 Sutton, John

B2 Svor, Brady

C1 Swanson, Ben

C11 Taylor, Alex

C13 Thulasiram, Vinay

C10 Tolman, James

B2 Tomalski, Alexander

C13 Town, Nicholas

A1 Tripodi, Alexa

C12 Trudgen, Ben

C10 Tsang, Jonathan M

C7 Tseng, Jade

C13 Tsvetkov, Alex

B13 Tye, Harry

B5 Uhlir, Audrey K

C10 Valladares, Rafael

B2 Van Scyoc, Alec

C5 Varley, Lucas D

C2 Vento, Kailey

A6 Very, Benjamin

C13 Vincent, Luke

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Session Name Session Name Session Name

A4 Vogel, Dorothy

B3 Votypka, James

A6 Walls, Gus

C9 Walsh, Ava

C5 Wamaitha, Natalie

B5 Wang, Jolin

B13 Wang, Luke

C8 Wang, Rachel

C9 Warriner, Elliott

C7 Wasco, Jack

B5 Wei, Nathan

C14 Weissmann, Luiza P

C9 West, Spencer

B3 Westrick, Jenna

B14 White, Andrew

C6 Wiedmann, Lucas

C1 Willard, Anna

C1 Williams, Benjamin

C9 Williams, Kiersten A

C2 Wilson, Lexi

B14 Wilson, Quentin

A6 Wood, Alexander

C2 Wood, Donovan

C11 Woodard, Tyler

B14 Wright, Wesmyn

C14 Wu, Jameson

B3 Wyse, Dylan

A1 Xu, Biance

A3 Xu, Ruoyi

A6 Yang, Aaron

B1 Yang, Katelynn

A3 Yoon, Ellie

C14 Zampogna, Brendan E

C1 Zeminski, Jake

A5 Zhang, Nikki

B4 Zheng, Ivan

A5 Zhou, Erwin

C3 Zimmerman, Jack

B3 Zoukovski, Matvey

C11 Zych, Ryan

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