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DESIGNEXPO SWANSON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING December 7, 2023 Welcome to the Swanson School’s eighteenth Design EXPO! We thank you for joining us this evening to celebrate our students’ talents and achievements. Tonight’s Design EXPO will feature 70 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF
BIOENGINEERING Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mark Gartner BIOE-1 Improved Fetal Monitor Luke Yackovich Victoria Chiusano Arun Guduru Colin Riggins Shivani Ravi Kayla Seigel Emilea Suplick BIOE-2 Improved Tool for Transspeheroidal Procedure Mentor: Dr. Kevin Contrera – UPMC Otolaryngology
Oldrich Virag Matthew Belch Benjamin Leslie
George Barakat Nikita Reddy Andrew Theophanous
BIOE-3 Lateral Patient Transfer Device Faculty Mentor: Dr. April Chambers
Joseph Scolieri Mackenzie Stiles Elizabeth Ibata-Arens Andrew Daoud
Gabrielle Wilson Eva Mischler Katelyn Larson
BIOE-4 Colorimetric Urinometer Apparatus Mentor: Jim Ibinson, MD, PhD – VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Stephanie Hackem Edwin Rock Katelyn Lipa Christopher Garland
Zainab Almuallim Nckolas Sierra Ariella Tucci
BIOE-5 Adaptive Equipment for Assisting Stroke Patients to Stay Upright in Seated Position - A Elizabeth Medvedeva Carli Starman Mikayla Kim
BIOE-7 Nasal Surgery Tool Mentor: Michael McDowell – Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Sebastian Gutensohn Briana Malik Alisa Zhang
Raymond Murray Natasha Mody Claudia Kiely
BIOE-8 Improving Radiographs for Special Needs Dental Patients Mentor: Lynn Taiclet, DMD – School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Enya Rohatgi Sejeal Vikas Katiyar Bridget Buchanan
Haajar Ahmad-Ali Hansini Kumar Stephanie Frankel
BIOE-9 Nasogastric Tube Securement Mentor: Arcangela L. Balest, MD – Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh
Samuel Lord Rachel Eskander Madison Keczmer
Tarryn O’Rourke Keegan Blain Shannon Roman
BIOE-10 Prosthetic Sockets for Diabetic Patients with Weight Fluctuations from Dialysis Abigail Geary Alyssa Zito Samantha Mnich Rachel da Cruz Maggie Walker BIOE-11 Ruggedized Insulin Pump for Sports Faculty Mentor: Dr. April Chambers
David Situ William Wojton Charles Potash
Hannah Parks Emma Scarton Jacob Chabrier
BIOE-6 Tracheostomy Fixation Device Shaharoz Tahir Kaitlyn Colucci Alec Maraska Shail Patel Ian Buscay Leah Kohlmeyer
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BIOE-12 Improved Footplates for Motorized Wheelchairs Mentor: Ellen Muchnok, PT, DPT, ATP – School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Leslie George Dylan Reddish Noah Makowicz Ezekiel Bibbo
Julianna Werner Mia Maksin Margaret Herron
BIOE-13 Regional Adjustable Pressure Prosthetic Socket Madeline Viteri Savannah Waymer Camilo Rodriguez Rozas Kristin Bindas Katherine LeClaire Azariah Torain
BIOE-18 Avoiding Air Bubbles in IV Tubing Evan Streeter Jennie Bostich Owen Hohner Garrett Ryan Laurel Koehler Abby Lowe BIOE-19 Adaptive Equipment for Assisting Stroke Patients to Stay Upright in Seated Position – B Charles Blackledge Urmi Choudhary Rajiv Anne Carli Starman Alina Dziamko-Chuhaj
BIOE-14 Improved Communication Tool for Non-Verbal Children Mentor: Brad Dicianno, MD – Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilition, University of Pittsburgh
Grant Snyder Owen Flaugh Rutuja Kulkarni
Emma Stein Noah Rick
BIOE-15 Noise Muffling for 7T MRI System Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tamer S. Ibrahim
Nicholas McDonald Owen Boccabella Ananya Shivakumar Celeste Lintz
Venkata Krishna Moorthy Daita Julia Kisslinger Emily Kirkpatrick
BIOE-16 Improved Otoscope for Blockage Removal Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joseph Samosky
Adriana Cocco Saifuddin Mohammad Rayna Schoenberger Emmet Nikolaus Halton
Claudette Moul Christopher Chengshi Diedre Felix
BIOE-17 Improved Foley Bag Logan Geffen Cara Klinger Sofia Lusvardi Julia Gesell Kathryn Walter Alexis Moodie
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DEPARTMENT OF
CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Faculty Advisor: Professor John Sebastian CEE-1 Pittsburgh International Airport – Terminal Roadways
CEE-5 Chartiers Creek Dam Removal
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Mark Magalotti, Dr. Alex Stevanovic
Industry Mentor: Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy – American Rivers
Industry Mentors: Lindsay Pietz, Matthew Paradise – AECOM
Faith Schmidt Grae Gossman Katherine Rodriguez Benjamin Baynard Aimee Hessler
Jenna Sutton Cesar Rodriguez Adele Sedlar Victoria Herron
CEE-6 Highmark Stadium Expansion
CEE-2 Robb Hollow Intersection Improvements
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Kent Harries, Professor John Sebastian
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Mark Magalotti, Dr. Alex Stevanovic, Dr. John Ovler
Industry Mentor: John Yadlosky – HDR
Zachary Busch Matthew Lewis Griffin Mikovitz Connor Mondock
Quinn Aker Alexander Blake Callum Grealy Ariel Holstein Bailey McCausland
CEE-3 ALCOSAN Improvements
CEE-7 Foxburg Water Treatment Plant
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Ogul Doygun, Dr. Sebastian Lobo-Guerrero Industry Mentor: Adam Walkowiak – Michael Baker
Jake Graff James Clark Benjamin Johnson Caroline Siedlecki
CEE-4 Bridgeville Pedestrian Lift Bridge Faculty Mentors: Dr. John Ovler, Dr. Kent Harries, Professor John Sebastian Industry Mentor: Justine Cimarolli – Bridgeville Borough
Nicholas D’Andrea Jenna Wilson Justin Barlow Wesley Conklin
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Faculty Mentor: Dr. Werner Loehlein
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Leonard Casson, Dr. Vikas Khanna Industry Mentors: Thomas Thompson – Gannett Fleming, Elizabeth Lander – Foxburg Area Water & Sewer Authority
Craig Robinson Daniel Huffman Sarah McGoldrick Dan Nolan
CEE-8 Hazelwood Community Center Faculty Mentors: Dr. Melissa Bilec, Dr. Tony Kerzmann, Professor John Sebastian Industry Mentors: Luca Covi – HITT Construction, Bill Spohn – EcoCraft
Olivia Hartz Sonva Boukengolts Sophia Lex
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ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING Faculty Advisors: Dr. Mohamed Ashraf S. Bayoumy and Dr. Nathan Youngblood ECE-1 Facial Recognition Lock System with Anti-theft A Caleb Gibson Molayo Faseru Lucas Villalba
ECE-7 Music Notation to Audio B Chloe Hale Jack Carnovale Cameron Henning ECE-8 LED Checkers A
ECE-2 Facial Recognition Lock System with Anti-theft B Dane Krall Rayan Hassan Jake Smith
Industry Mentors: Alexander Short, Christopher Westerlund – Naval Nuclear Laboratory
ECE-3 Hydropanic Chamber
ECE-9 LED Checkers B
Industry Mentors: Sean Dowhy, Ray Kovacs Jr. – Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc.
Industry Mentors: Alexander Short, Christopher Westerlund – Naval Nuclear Laboratory
Ashton Bloom Jake Higgins Killian Rush Tamer Muddi
Aiden Seo Caileigh Wettasinghe Stephan Layton
Christopher Brubaker Dylan Murphy Raiyan Islam
ECE-4 Intuitive Drone Controls Madison Lydon Nathaniel Mallick Sima John
ECE-10 Live AI DJ Hudson Panning Brett Craskey Nick D’Arcy Jon Hallowell
ECE-5 Robotic Goalkeeper Zeke Mariotti Daniel Gross William Farrell Thomas Laraia
ECE-11 Logic Puzzle Printer- Hitori Quincy Bayer Karen Turocy Ryan Sieber Carter Leatherman
ECE-6 Music Notation to Audio A Maggie Killmeyer Nathan Evans Mason Dill
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DEPARTMENT OF
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING Faculty Advisor: Dr. Scott Streiner IE-1 C3controls: Controlling the Inventory Nolan Carver Isabella Debendetto Alyson Marcus Kyleigh Zakroski IE-2 Time(sheet) for Improvement: Current State Analysis and Recommendations Industry Mentor: GE Vernova
Zoe Abel Ben Cohen Lauren Lenherr Evan Tipton
IE-3 ID(ea)L Collator Configuration Analysis Industry Mentor: IDL Print
Alex Amentler Maria Luciana Stephen Vandrak
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IE-4 Matching Moms to Mentors with Machine Learning Industry Mentor: Nurture PA
Tom Chimes Gloria Givler Nicole Lipa Andrew Polar
IE-5 Stop the Spread: UPMC Infection Prevention Kathryn Burkert Matthew McCormick Michael Reynolds Elizabeth Sidelnikov IE-6 Efficient Heart Stalking: Streamlining Cardiac Telemetry Monitoring and Distribution at UPMC Shadyside Ken Ching Anna McDonald Ahsen Malik Sierra LeRoy
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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & MATERIALS SCIENCE Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Schmidt MEMS-1 Development of an Internal Tracking Device for Bicycles Industry Mentor: Jumoke Davis - CycleBax
Nick Ahualli Ethan Aristauto Zhixnan Zhang
MEMS-6 Strain Annealing Advanced Manufacturing Facility for Nanocrystalline Soft Magnetic Ribbons in Electric Power Grid, Space Exploration and Electric Vehicle Applications Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paul Ohodnicki
MEMS-2 Development of a Remote Handling Vehicle for use in Irradiated Environments
Bofan Xing Chi Zhang Zhengkai Chen Jianan Yang
Industry Mentor: Connor Sullivan - Naval Nuclear Laboratory
MEMS-7 A Shell-Based, Flexible Robotic Manipulator with Controllable Stiffness and Joint Positioning
Angelina Pampena Cameron Griffith Danijel Babic Jacob Natkin Austin Gmuer
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Nikil Bajaj, Dr. Ravi Sankar
MEMS-3 Design for Manufacture of a Loading Platform for Standing CT Scanning
Ethan Tost Mark Blyznak Andrew Stricklin Alexandru Pelinescu
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mark Miller
MEMS-8 Tube Furnace Adapter for Vacuum Sintering, 3D Printed Sample Sintering and Characterization
Derick Basile Daniel Schultz Justin Starcich Ryan Bagett
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Markus Chmielus
MEMS-4 Acoustically Enhanced Uniaxial Extension Tester: A Novel Approach to Detect Tissue Damage
Andrew Zilavy Caden Lawhorn-Watson Yanzhe Wang
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Timothy Chung
MEMS-9 Projects in the Ocular Biomechanics Laboratory
Yuqi Chen Peter Jacobs Elias Mignogna
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ian Sigal
MEMS-5 Development of a Micro-needling Device Faculty Mentor: Dr. Buddy Clark
Justin Seth Tyler Kenny Jon Katherine
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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & MATERIALS SCIENCE (continued )
MEMS-10 Development of a Structural Fixture to Test Hip Joint Mechanics
MEMS-12 Generalized Robotic System
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Pat Smolinski
Edwin Noel Casandra Nickelson Matthew Bracken Thomas Andrews Benjamin Lin James Buonato
Grant Clark Ryan Tran Enaly Adikpeto
MEMS-11 Education Focused Illustration of 3D Printing Technologies
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dave Schmidt
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Xiayun Zhao
Cecelia Espadas Cara Rossetti Drew Deffenburgh VJ Taverna Jacob Mattis Elisa Fritzsche
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THE ART OF MAKING: HANDS-ON SYSTEM DESIGN AND ENGINEERING Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joe Samosky AOM-1 Custom Cane: A Walker-Cane Fusion to Make Bathrooms More Accessible to Individuals with Limited Lower-Body Mobility Eden Brunner Rachel Da Cruz Aragya Goyal Amna Imran Joshua Summers AOM-2 BagBuddy: Automated Bag Carrier to Elevate Your Stairway Safety Berfin Bircan Jordan Church Maya Franklin Aidan Iannetti Tyler Kenney Kim Pettersen
AOM-3 The Fashion Library: Extending the Life Cycle of Fast Fashion Clothes Lauren Gilfillan Lauren Harrington Caeden Wargo Jason Worrell David Zhang AOM-4 Study-Score: A Device that Scores and Rewards You for Staying Focused While Studying Robert Donahue Eric Eversbusch Jared Fedosick Sonia Plokhova
MEDICAL PRODUCT PROTOTYPING Advisor: Pete Hill MPP-1 communiCare
MPP-3 Pill Perks
Clinical Mentor: Christina M. Patterson, MD
Clinical Mentor: Dr. Annie Cohoen
Therlking Dervil Neharika Chodapaneedi Aditi Guruprasad Kingsly Jonathan
Julia Castrucci Luke Chuderewicz Mia Satory Ben Ratchford
MPP-2 C-Lift
MPP-4 Aware Compression
Clinical Mentors: Dr. Kirill Kiselyov, Dr. A. Murat Kaynar
Clinical Mentor: Dr. Ulka Sachdev
Emma Skuban Amelia Dubendorf Karson Curran Leo Li Micah Guffey
Maura Siess Megan Johns Connnor Kerstetter Boyan Zhang
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PRODUCT REALIZATION Faculty Advisor: Dr. Eric Winter Project Mentors: Marc Weber Tobias – Security Laboratories and Ilana Hull, MD, – UPMC PR-1 Enclosed Space Control Rachel Eskander Paul Kyros Rahul Reddy Maggie Walker
PR-4 Macy at the Door Bridget Buchanan Abbey Geary Dustin Riberi Lily Tibaldi
PR-2 Li-ion Safety #1: PEDs Talal Abdulsalam Hansini Kumar Tarryn O’Rourke Saket Varanasi
PR-5 MyDose Shreyo Das Amila Niksic Jacob Rendall Elizabeth Sidelnikov Megan Toner
PR-3 Li-ion Safety #2: PT Mychal Amoafo Shubham Dabhade Samantha Mnich Kara Nghiem
ENGINEERING SCIENCE Faculty Advisor: Dr. Paul Ohodnicki ESCI-1 Indirect Adaptive Control of a Cyber-Physical Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Hybrid Energy System Mychal Amoafo
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