Fall 2022 Swanson School Design Expo

DESIGNEXPO

SWANSON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

December 9, 2022

Welcome to the Swanson School’s sixteenth Design EXPO! We thank you for joining us this evening to celebrate our students’ talents and achievements. Tonight’s Design EXPO will feature 63 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.

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 5 p.m. and end at 7:45 p.m. Winners will be announced after the results have been calculated.

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 Interim Dean Sanjeev Shroff, 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.

DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mark Gartner

BIO-1 IV Shower Guard

Mentor: Dr. Brady Bielewicz Dalia Fantini Marcos Zegarra Abigail Fisk Andres Leon-Vargas Devon Stafford Christine Sullivan Emma Lynch Olivia Gardner

BIO-2 Redesigning Nasal Cannula Routing

Mentor: Patricia Klinefelter Tuite Benjamin Newell Karson Curran Aidan Bell Yulia Yatsenko Jordan Ferrell Noah Carpe Abigal Book Aidan McMahon

BIO-3 Resolving the Endoscopic’s Thumb

Mentor: Dr. Asif Khalid, MD Alyssa Long Heather Shannon Monica Lebaudy Garrett Martin Nishant Chitluru Melody Whittaker Robert Patrick Donahue Carley Brimmeier

BIO-4 IV Pole for Wheelchair/Beds

Mentor: Jennifer Wasco Kareem Al-Bahrani Natalie Jackson Zaiad Chowdhury Christian Hangey Ashwat Subbaraman Lev Ivanov

BIO-5 Shoe Donning Assist Device for AFO Braces

Mentor: Megan Murray Sida Wilson Jacob Antonello Emily Gorges Rachel Shaw Evan Eisenhart Olivia Porcello Sean Wescott Allison Neirotti

BIO-6 Automated Syringe Drug Push

Mentor: Joe Samosky Tatyana Reese Cambell France Alyssa Aguglia Himavarsha Yerraguntla Alex Ezerins Tianyang Li Arvind Venkatraman

BIO-7 Improved Urine Specimen Collection Mentor: Becky Clarkson Alexandra Hascall Lalia Alamri Madison Haver Kaitlin Chung Jessica Axelson Pragya Malhotra Nataline Goldstein

BIO-8 Hands-Free Teeth Brushing

Mentor: Michael Komoroski, DMD Jessica Steinberg Kristyn Usilton Varshini Ramanathan Justin Zbikowski Noah Lochran Katherine McDonough Danielle Isenberg

DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING

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BIO-9 EDS Shoulder Reduction Trainer

Mentor: Richard Debski

Yu-hsuan Chao

Karhik Iyer

Jeremy Reimenschneider

Natalie Danielsen

Young Kim Eric Shaker

Molly Bevenour

BIO-10 Instructional Swaddling Blanket

Mentor: Tara Stickley

Michael Haugh

Kaely Carlson

Vincenzia Vargo

Jewelia Rempuszewski

Arjun Kumar

Marshall Malin

Hailey Linden

BIO-11 Special Needs Dentisrty Trainer

Mentor: Lynne Taiclet, DMD

Kanika Yadav

Jami Stuckey

Julianna Castle

Anna Maywar

Rachel McLoughlin

Emily Walkenhorst

Michael Coughlin

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Faculty Advisor: Professor John Sebastian

CEE-1 Brownsville Municipal Center

Faculty Mentors: Dr. John Oyler, Prof. John Sebastian, Dr. Steve Sachs, Prof Matt Geary, Dr. Sebastian Lobo-Guerrero, P.E., Prof Jason Esser

Industry Mentors: Joe Baratovich and Tracy Zivkovich, City of Brownsville

Jerry Wiernusz Josha Fisher Siddhesh Iyer Thomas Martz

CEE-2 Frick Park Bridge

Faculty Mentors: Dr. Kent Harries, Prof. John Sebastian

Industry Mentors: John Yadlosky, HDR; Bill Crawford, TWE Engineering; Craig White, JMT; Jason Esser, S&B USA / Pitt; Jason Zang, PennDOT; Eric Setzler, City of Pittsburgh; Jennifer Nolan-Kremm, HDR

Joseph Sciulli Lindsay Popovich Isabella Cicco Christopher Tirpak

CEE-3 Tiny House Community

Faculty Mentors: Dr. John Oyler, Prof. John Sebastian, Dr. Marcel Minutolo, Dr. Steven Sachs, Prof. Richard Feder

Industry Mentors: Deborah Gross, Councilwoman - City of Pittsburgh; James Murray, Chief of Staff, City of Pittsburgh; Ayanna Jones, Sankofa Village Community Garden Isabel Lee Dylan McGettigan Kyle Robinson Jason Puglisi

CEE-4

Low Head Dam Removal

Faculty Mentors: Prof Werner Loehlein, Prof John Sebastian Industry Mentors: Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy, American Rivers; Paul Schweiger, Gannett Fleming; Benjamin Israel, Gannett Fleming; Dr. Rollin Hotchkiss, Professor BYU; John Cenkner, Cenkner Engineering; Alan Herman, Cenkner Engineering

CEE-5 Strip District Park Project

Faculty Mentors: Dr. Mark Magalotti, Dr. Alex Stevanovic, Prof. John Sebastian, Prof. Matt Geary, Dr. Alessandro Fascetti

Industry Mentors: Gavin White, Riverlife Anna Goetz Nicholas Banko Logan Edmonds Nat Clementi

CEE-6 Center Road Bridge Replacement

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kent Harries

Industry Mentors: John Yadlosky, HDR; Edward Skorpinski, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission; Bill Crawford, TWE Engineering; Craig White, JMT

Jake Walker Zachary Gimbel Matthew Wobrak Lee Harvey

CEE-7 Improving the Treatment of Pittsburgh Drinking Water

Faculty Mentors: Dr. Meng Wang, Dr. Carla Ng, Dr. Leonard Casson Industry Mentors: Frank Sidari, PWSA; Kyle Kaminski, YSI Environmental Solutions; Jay Hardison, Jacobs Engineering Midori Bridges Samantha Kantorczyk Amanda Martin Julia Mascho

CEE-8 Duquesne City Center Brownfield Remediation

Faculty Mentors: Dr. Sarah Haig, Dr. Vikas Khanna, Dr. David Malehorn, Dr. Meng Wang Industry Mentors: Keith Miller and Associates, RIDC; Tina Rogers, Langan Engineering Colin Kirschner Noah Harvey Sydney Robertson Evan Trump

Ari Wynn

Toby Berman Cameron Bobnar David Katzenberg

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Faculty Advisors: Dr. Mohamed Ashraf S. Bayoumy and Dr. Nathan Youngblood

ECE-1 Visualizing the Cathedral of Learning Using 3D LASER Scanner

Faculty Mentor: Nathan Youngblood Adam Caves Mark Reth Joseph Schurer Collin Hough

ECE-2 Animal Identification and Localizaiton

Faculty Mentor: Steven Jacobs Industry Mentor: Sean Dowhy, BPMI David Jones Aurimas Balciunas Shane Raible

ECE-3 Laser-Pointer-Following Robot

Faculty Mentor: Sam Dickerson Alexandros Getchell Matthew Kaiser Awaaz Dahal Veronica Roth

ECE-4 Tendon-Driven Soft Hand Exoskeleton

Faculty Mentor: Sam Dickerson Daniel Braunstein Tyler Sheetz Bryan Hess Michael Etter

ECE-5 Rubik’s Cube Solver

Faculty Mentor: Liang Zhang

Industy Mentors: Alex Short, NNL; Chris Westerlund, NNL

Peri Hassanzadeh Matthew Meehan Prosper Tjelmeland Alexander Haver

ECE-6 Contaminant Picker

Faculty Mentor: Amr Mahmoud Michael Nowak Bruce Jia Zachary Hartman Ben Tanay

ECE-7 Robotic Blackjack Dealer

Faculty Mentor: Mai Abdelhakim Industry Mentors: Alex Short, NNL; Chris Westerlund, NNL Curtis Maher Luca Mahoney Nicholas Lowe Kyle Cullen

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Scott Streiner

IE-1 Automating a Solution to Labor Shortages

Faculty Mentor: Karen Bursic Industry Mentor: Adam Olsen, IDL Worldwide Malik Talaat Eric Peters Giaco Gentile Andrew Polaski

IE-2 Supervised Machine Learning in Healthcare: Predicting Patients’ Access to Care

Faculty Mentors: Taewoo Lee, Caroline Kolman Industry Mentor: Shufang Ci, Insightin Health Heather Little Kayla Edwards Natalie Mann

IE-3 Discrepant Material Report Digitalization and Cost Analysis at JADCO Manufacturing

Faculty Mentor: Mostafa Bedewy Industry Mentors: Michael Lewis, JADCO Manufacturing; Kendra Gagliano, JADCO Manufacturing Tara Schroth Jack Kremer Meghan Wassmer

IE-4 JADCO Safety Dashboard and Storage Rack Design

Faculty Mentor: Joel Haight

Industry Mentors: Michael Lewis, JADCO Manufacturing; Holly Santilo, JADCO Manufacturing Elizabeth Petley Victoria Likovich Christopher Paladino Evan Mancuso

IE-5 A Supply Chain Analysis of Laptop Procurement at LMI

Faculty Mentor: Amin Rahimian Industry Mentors: Kerry McCarthy, LMI; Jessica Delph, LMI Dawson Wolfe Mariana O’Doherty Zoe Yarsky Joseph Stiller

IE-6 Small Supplier Visibility Risk Assessment Dashboard

Faculty Mentor: Jay Rajgopal Industry Mentor: Jess Troiano, MSA Josh Puleo Brady Regan Victoria Michalenko Madeline Kingsbury

IE-7 It Takes THYME: A Time Study and Simulation Modeling Project at Paragon Foods

Faculty Mentor: Bopaya Bidanda Industry Mentor: Matthew Burns, Paragon Foods Joaquin Hollero Emma Schuszler Hannah Baluch Anaya Joynes

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & MATERIALS SCIENCE

Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Schmidt

MEMS-1 Integrating Sports into STEM Education for 6th - 12th Grade Black Students: Basketball Sleeve Faculty Mentors: Nikhil Bajaj, David Schmidt Christopher Rodi Halima Morafa Rajiv Philip Brian Karabin

MEMS-2 Prototype Binder Jet Printer for Magnetically-Assisted Printing

Faculty Mentor: Markus Chmielus John Davison Elian Pineiro Maya Roman

MEMS-3 Development of a Remote Handling Vehicle for use in Irradiated Environments

Industry Mentor: Naval Nuclear Laboratory Morgan Dryburgh Blake Steen Cole Bowman Theo Goltzman

MEMS-4 Filtration Testing Setup for 3D Printing Porous Metal Filters

Faculty Mentor: Markus Chmielus Siji Li Michael Marynchak Peter DeNicola

MEMS-5 Development of a Process to 3D Print Parts for Vintage Cars

Faculty Mentor: David Schmidt William Conran Jade Turner Alex Kulczycki David Schwartz Rissa Towsley

MEMS-6 Development of a System to Simulate ACL Injuries

Faculty Mentor: Pat Smolinski Joshua Frantz Kick Roovers

MEMS-7 Development of an Internal Tracking Device for Bicycles

Industry Mentor: CycleBax Cindy Nguyen Jonah Bender Ronald Musto Shoulammite Soku Jonathan Troup Sarah Fritzsche Richard Smith

MEMS-8 Projects in the Ocular Biomechanics Laboratory Faculty Mentor: Ian Sigal, Laboratory of Ocular Biomechanics Ruben Verhagen Emma Ahlgren Sarah Wygant

MEMS-9 Development of a NanCoGen Electric Power Generation System Industry Mentor: Chad Eckert Michael Lincoln Marie Jones

MEMS-10 Extreme Heating Rate Processing of Amorphous Metal Ribbons using Static and Reel-to-Reel Processing Methods

Facutly Mentor: Paul Ohodnicki Benjamin Schneck

THE ART OF MAKING: HANDS-ON SYSTEM DESIGN AND ENGINEERING

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joe Samosky

AOM-1 Verbal-Eyes: Closed-Captions Aid for Classrooms

Reece Basehore

Kate Bonifacic Sophia Buda

Connor McDermond

AOM-2 Adapta-Bowl: Physical Education Equipment for Disabled Students

Karson Curran

Alex Hascall

Nickolai Miller

Lily Tibaldi

AOM-3 Tangible Language: Promoting Independent Communication for Students with Impairments

Oday Abushaban

Haajar Ahmad-Ali Shreyo Das Hessan Jafarah Ronald Musto

Angel Pampena

AOM-4 Helping Hand: Easy Open Accessible Doors

Steven Diaz

Ylan Phan Andrew Richards Piper Toto

AOM-5 Atlas Adapt: Accessible Phyiscal Education for All Tyler Hansen

George Spann Dawson Winston Justin Zbikowski

AOM-6 Accessible Assistant: Making Doors

More Accessible

Jeffery Alexander

Aaron Chau

Sam Lord Matthew McDonough Gabby Wassel

PRODUCT REALIZATION

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Eric Winter

PR-1 BYOB (Bring Your Own Bag)

David Katzenberg

Mikaela Kaufmann

Cole Sanchez Brandon Taylor

PR-2 Cardboard Alternatives

Matthew Mcdonough

Sarai Morato

Emily Richard

Josiah Wiggins

PR-3 Macy at the Door (Dog Alert System)

Alex Hascall

Tim Porter

John Sima

Nick Viduya Jiayi Zhao

PR-4 Kensington e-Lock

Liam Diefes

Yinhao Qian

Lucas Ramsey

Joseph Szlavik

Alyssa Zito

PR-5 Magnetic Micrsoswitch Opportunities

Sarah Fritzsche

Marselle Lottie

Matthew Symnoski

Delaney Young

PR-6 Security Lock

Sam Hunn

Aaron McVaugh

Anna Strauss

Arvind Venkatraman

MEDICAL PRODUCT PROTOTYPING

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Pete Hill

MPP-1 BreakAway: A Safe, Detachable Connector for Medical Tubing Systems Industry Mentors: Dr. Michael Gimbel, UPMC; Dr. Whitney Sunseri, UPMC Children’s Hospital; Dr. Dale King UPMC Children’s Hospital Udaya Goguladinne Yiming Li Neeshil Patel

MPP-2 Cric Hunters Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carl Snyderman William Duncan Sean Klevens Katrina Zougari

MPP-3 The Drain Catcher Faculty Mentor: Dr. Richard L. McGough Jordan Barzeksky Annabel Martin-Varnum Ruth Segall

MPP-4 Gargoyle: Operating Table Fluid Management Device Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jonathon Hughes, UPMC Industry Mentor: Briana Meyer, UPMC David Cervera Lucas Marks Ryan Seger Qi Teng

MPP-5 Novel Shunt Applicator for MinimallyInvasive Fetal Hydrocephalus Treatment Faculty Mentor: Youngjae Chun, PhD Industry Mentor: Stephen P. Emery, MD, Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC Nicholas Lagerman Nathaniel Mitrik Samil Paul

MPP-6 Auto-cane Faculty Mentor: Dr. Patrick Sparto Zhonglin Gou Wenjie Hu Mikaela Kaufman Aaron McVaugh

MPP-7 Freehand Ultrasound Faculty Mentors: Dr. Steven Orebaugh, Dr. Carl H. Snyderman Joel Fadness

MPP-8 TranquiLift II GEES Scholarship Project Faculty Mentors: Anna Dzuricky, Dr. Jonathan Pearlman, 2020 TranquiLift Team, Chuck’s Barbershop Joel Fadness

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