Spring 2023 Design Expo

DESIGNEXPO

SWANSON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

April 20, 2023

Welcome to the Swanson School’s seventeenth Design EXPO! We thank you for joining us this evening to celebrate our students’ talents and achievements. Tonight’s Design EXPO will feature 79 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

BIOE-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

BIOE-2 Redesigning Nasal Cannula System

Mentor: Patricia Klinefelter Tuite

Benjamin Newell

Karson Curran

Aidan Bell

Yulia Yatsenko

Jordan Ferrell

Noah Carpe

Abigail Book

Aidan McMahon

BIOE-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

BIOE-4 IV Pole Attachment for Improved Patient Transport

Mentors: Jennifer Wasco, Luann Sowko

Kareem Al-Bahrani

Natalie Jackson

Zaiad Chowdhury

Christian Hangey

Ashwat Subbaraman

Lev Ivanov

BIOE-5 AFO Shoe Donning Assist Device

Mentor: Megan Murray

Sida Wilson

Jacob Antonello

Emily Gorges

Rachel Shaw

Evan Eisenhart

Olivia Porcello

Sean Wescott

Allison Neirotti

BIOE-6 Automated Syringe Drug Push

Mentor: Joe Samosky

Tatyana Reese

Cambell France

Alyssa Aguglia

Himavarsha Yerraguntla

Alex Ezerins

Tianyang Li

Arvind Venkatraman

BIOE-7 Improved Urine Specimen Collection

Mentors: Becky Clarkson, Kandy Newell

Alexandra Hascall

Laila Alamri

Madison Haver

Kaitlin Chung

Jessica Axelson

Pragya Malhotra

Natalie Goldstein

BIOE-8 Robotic Toothbrush Holder: Assistive Technology for Hands-Free Teeth Brushing

Mentor: Lyndsay Edmonston

Jessica Steinberg

Kristyn Usilton

Varshini Ramanathan

Justin Zbikowski

Noah Lochran

Katherine McDonough

Danielle Isenberg

DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING (continued

BIOE-9 Shoulder Reduction Trainer for Hypermobile Patients

Mentor: Richard Debski

Yu-hsuan Chao

Karthik Iyer

Jeremy Reimenschneider

Natalie Danielsen

Young Kim

Eric Shaker

Molly Bevenour

BIOE-10 Instructional Swaddling Blanket

Mentor: Tara Stickley

Michael Haugh

Kaely Carlson

Vincenzia Vargo

Jewelia Rempuszewski

Arjun Kumar

Marshall Malin

Hailey Linden

BIOE-11 More Inclusive Dental Education:

Atypical Mouth 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 Churchill Borough Public Works Building

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

Industry Mentors: John Yadlosky (HDR), Matt Castiglia and Alex Graziani (Churchill Borough)

Jack Gurbacki

Nehemiah Vargas

Mary Casamassa

Brandon Taylor

Khalil Abdullah

CEE-2 Knoxville Greenway Trail

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

Industry Mentors: John Yadlosky (HDR), Erin Feichtner (City of Pittsburgh)

CEE-6 One Bigelow

Faculty Mentors: Dr. Melissa Bilec, Dr. Kent Harries, Prof. John Sebastain

Industry Mentors: Rachel Bowers (Pitt Facilities), Nick Goodfellow (Pitt Sustainability Manager)

Olivia Coleman

Michael Akinsola

Khari Smith

Roberto Tan IV

Elizabeth Laub

CEE-7 Municipal WWTP PFAS Upgrade

Faculty Mentors: Dr. Meng Wang, Dr. Carla Ng

Industry Mentor: Vincent Carbone (HDR)

Garret Sisk

Bryanne Li

Samantha Woloszyk

Jessica Brett Isiah Holt Sean Mingus

CEE-3 Bridgeville Intersection

Faculty Mentors: Dr. John Oyler, Dr. Mark Magalotti, Dr. Alex Stevanovic

Industry Mentor: Justin Cimarolli (Bridgeville Borough)

Mikayla Beardsley

Nico Delgatti

CEE-4 Completing the Loop

Matthew Mason

Emma Morian

Faculty Mentors: Dr. Alex Stevanovic, Prof. Werner Loehlein, Dr. Kent Harries, Prof. John Sebastian

Industry Mentor: Gavin White (Riverlife)

Kate Honan

Henry Mongrain

CEE-8 Brownsville Borough Wharf

Faculty Mentors: Dr. Leonard Casson, Dr. Sarah Haig

Industry Mentor: Terry McMillian (McMillan Engineering)

Elaina Geiger

Jacob Iellimo

CEE-9 Carnegie Solar

Daniela Romero Suarez

Casey Taljan

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tony Kerzmann

Industry Mentors: Deneen Underwood and Peter Mullins (Carnegie Borough)

Robin Kaufman

Aubrev Green

Colin Rickard

Joseph Uleau

David Mendoza

Kyle Bartifav Ryan Krug

Connor Gormley

CEE-5 Beaver Bridge

Faculty Mentors: Prof. John Sebastian, Prof. Jason Esser

Industry Mentors: Ed Skorpinski (PA Turnpike),

Matthew J. Macey, PE and Stephen Shadle (CDR Maguire), Robert Kinderman (S&B Construction)

Elizabeth Pease

Jake Furlong

Payne Johnson

Aiza Siddiqui

Alexander Simak

Sneha Kc

CEE-10 Carnegie Borough PRP

Faculty Mentors: Dr. Carla Ng, Dr. Radisav Vidic

Industry Mentors: Deneen Underwood (Carnegie Borough), Marisa Brletic and Dave Coldren (KLH Engineers)

Leah Roth

Amy Blanchard

Lucas Kammerer

Isabella Kitchen

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

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

ECE-1 First-Person View Rover for Navigating

Dangerous Locales - Group A

Mentor: Sam Dickerson

Sead Niksic

Eric Sherman

Tej Lalvani

Stanley Galloway

Joseph Black

ECE-2 First-Person View Rover for Navigating

Dangerous Locales - Group B

Mentor: Sam Dickerson

Ashley Ajuz

Mark Ciora

Maya Hegde

Eileen Wang

Nicholas Schmidt

ECE-3 Solar Panel Powered AI Sensor

Mentor: Jingtong Hu

Destiny Elings

Morgana Iacocca

Kamden Sarkey

Shreyas Vivekanandan

ECE-4 Adaptive Hearing Protection with Tinnitus Masking

Mentor: Steven Jacobs

Leo Cosgrove

Matthew Dorrycott

Jarrod Frost

Julia Angel

ECE-5 Robotic Blackjack Dealer

Mentor: Raj Kubendran

Jack Collins

Matthew Lytle

Alex Rayburg

Robert Consalvo

ECE-6 Adaptive Mouse

Mentor: Amr Mahmoud

Justin Cacal

Zachary Colimon

Olutimilehin Aiyegbusi

William Scott

ECE-7 Accessibility Enabled Camera with Motion Tracking and Closed Captioning

Mentors: Matthew Rehder, Brandon Ferruzza, Benjamin Spooner (NNL)

Joseph Ereifej

Gunnar Orth

Dhinar Gayatri

Christian Mascio

ECE-8 Visible Light Communication

Mentors: Nathan Youngblood, Steven Jacobs

Matthew Mostoller

Thomas Cheezum III

John McDonough

Alec Ippolito

ECE-9 Habit Control

Mentor: Inhee Lee

David Cramer

Michael Bailey

Shreya Khanal

Alexis Wilkinson

ECE-10 Doppler Shift Radar for Baseball Pitch Tracking

Mentor: Kara Bocan

Christopher Guiher

James Schiavo

Alexander Shuster

Elissa Wilton

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (continued

ECE-11 Super Ear: Guitar Hero to Train Your Perfect Pitch

Mentor: Steven Jacobs

Elizabeth Gilman

Shaoyu Pei

Caleb Troyer

William Oberti

ECE-12 Assistive Drawing Whiteboard RobotGroup A

Mentors: Sean Dowhy and Ray Kovacs (BPMI)

Chloe Lam

Brendan Duff Jr.

Ryan Hankee

Samsher Sidhu

ECE-13 Assistive Drawing Whiteboard RobotGroup B

Mentors: Christopher Westerlund, Joshua Cherry, Alexander Short (NNL)

Reece Basehore

Yasser Morsy

Justin Harnishfeger

Garret Marcinak

ECE-14 Maskless Photolithography Stepper

Mentor: Nathan Youngblood

Damien Hu

John Rozzo

John Wirant

Ziyi Yang

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Scott Streiner

IE-1 Re-layout of the NRX Production Line

Faculty Mentor: Amin Rahimian

Industry Mentor: Philip Andreoli (Eaton)

Qinguyan Guo

Rachel Marlin

Carly Prines

Timothy Purcell

IE-2 Saving Storeroom Stress: From Shenanigans to Solution

Faculty Mentor: Bopaya Bidanda

Industry Mentor: Philip Andreoli (Eaton)

Madilyn Brennan

Yirong Li

Yi Wei

Isaac Weintraub

IE-3 Spare Parts Supply Chain Analysis

Faculty Mentor: Jourdain Lamperski

Industry Mentor: Larry Schamus (FedEx Ground)

Xinyu Han

Taylor Helkowski

Andrew McCaffrey

William Wang

Zitao Zeng

IE-4 What is Up(Time) - Facility Downtime Reporting

Faculty Mentor: Taewoo Lee

Industry Mentor: Jonathan Sinclair (FedEx Ground)

Haoxuan Huang

Linpei Huang

Zach Painter

Josiah Wiggins

IE-5 Work Process Improvement and Scheduling Policy Optimization

Faculty Mentor: Ollie Hinder

Industry Mentor: Alexander Wiseman (FedEx Supply Chain)

Annie Goodwin

Jared Lawrence

Mollie Rosen

Zhecheng Xie

Junze Zheng

IE-6 GE’s Makers and Breakers: Too much stuff, not enough space!

Faculty Mentor: Natasha Vidic

Industry Mentor: Lindsay Hull (GE Renewable Energy)

Canton Jones

Peyton Olinski

Benjamin Patton

Alex Ventura

IE-7 IDL Packaging Automation

Faculty Mentor: Renee Clark

Industry Mentor: Adam Olsen (IDL Print)

Jason Chang

Daniris Qin

Peter Stigliano

Jiayi Zhao

IE-8 Project Delivered: IDL Return on Investment, Facility Layout, and Simulation

Faculty Mentor: Larry Shuman

Industry Mentor: Adam Olsen (IDL Print)

Yuhan Chen

Jake Mortimore

Samuel Predmore

Zihou Zhang

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING (continued )

IE-9 Process and Material Flow Analysis at JADCO Manufacturing

Faculty Mentor: Joel Haight

Industry Mentor: Michael Lewis (JADCO Manufacturing)

Macy Buntin

Rong Chen

Yicheng Han

Catrina Mauler

IE-10 Improving Material, Repair, and Operations (MRO) Spend Visibility at MSA

Faculty Mentor: Jay Rajgopal

Industry Mentor: Jessica Troiano (MSA)

Olivia Seligmann

Xu Wu

Yanrong Zhao

Andrew Zinn

IE-11 UPMC Length of Stay Reduction

Faculty Mentor: Caroline Kolman

Industry Mentor: Audrey Alcorn (UPMC Shadyside)

Xinyi Chen

Joshua Cuddy

Ian Jacknow

Yixuan Long

Amanda Serna

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & MATERIALS SCIENCE

Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Schmidt

MEMS-1 Panther Laces: Development of a Unified Shoelace Tightening System for Hockey Skates and Athletic Shoes

Mentor: Brad Pelkofer (Panther Laces)

Justin Gooding

Noah Kelsch

Emily Kraisinger

MEMS-2 Reel-to-Reel Advanced Manufacturing Facility for Nanocrystalline Soft Magnetic Ribbons Application in an Electric Power Grid, Space Exploration, and Electric Vehicle Applications

Mentor: Paul Ohodnicki

Cora Brown

Emily Grugan

Isabelle Heintz

Rebecca Voss

MEMS-3 Prototype Binder Jet Printer for Magnetically-Assisted Printing

Mentors: Markus Chmielus, Pierangeli Rodriguez

Mark Bereck

Carson Schreiber

MEMS-4 Development of a Process to 3D Print Parts for Vintage Cars

Mentor: Dave Schmidt

Joseph Genova

Elliot Kerachsky

Drew Kreisler

Raymond Spangler

Paul Klemmer

Salvatore Zuber

MEMS-5 Development of an Internal Tracking Device for Bicycles

Mentor: Jumoke Davis (Cyclebox)

Jordan Church

Gina Denny

Tyler DePaolis

Robert Ranallo

Sydnee Ruley

Andrew Smith

MEMS-6 Development of a Remote Handling Device for use in Irradiated Environments

Mentor: Connor Sullivan (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)

Jonathan Barnhart

Judge Jackson

Darius Legleitner

Andrew McNeill

Alexander Pierzchala

MEMS-7 Development of a Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) System for the Inspection of Used Piping for Reuse

Mentor: Niko Paserba (Hatch)

Trace Maule

Colson Pelletier

Lauren Sarro

MEMS-8 Development of a Structural Fixture to Test Hip Joint Mechanics

Mentor: Patrick Smolinski

Jonathan Borbonus

Nishant Chitluru

Ryan Mekel

Alexander Pierce

Ilana Schimmel

Yilin Xiao

MEMS-9 Waste Heat Recovery and Re-use from Steelmaking Process

Mentor: Niko Paserba (Hatch)

Min Gao

Zijun Zhou

Yifan Zuo

MEMS-10 A Magnetic Spherical Pendulum to Demonstrate Chaotic Systems

Mentor: Nikhil Bajaj

Owen Meneilly

Dane Sabo

Ian Shirk

Lance Staron

Alec Wilson

Drew Yohe

MEMS-11 Projects in the Ocular Biomechanics Laboratory

Mentor: Ian Sigal (Laboratory of Ocular Biomechanics)

Haoliang Cheng

Zichen Gao

Yujie Huang

Haomiao Luo

Renfei Tong

MEMS-12 Integrating Sports into STEM

Education for 6th – 12th Grade Black Students: Basketball Sleeve

Mentor: Nikhil Bajaj

Aaron Chau

Gabriel Dominick

Hanwen Huang

Feranmi Soyemi

MEMS-13 Filtration Testing Setup for 3-D Printing Porous Metal Filters

Mentors: Markus Chmielus and Eric Rhodes

Brydon Bateman

Hao Du

Daozheng Li

Trevone Quarrie

MEMS-14 Development of a Teaching Tool for Drawing GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing)

Mentor: Dave Schmidt

Haoxuan Huang

Haorui Li

Suyu Luohong

Yanzhao Wang Siqi Xu

MEMS-15 Characterization of Katabatic Slope Flows

Mentor: Inanc Senocak

MEMS-19 A Robotic System for Tracking the Ulnar Nerve

Mentor: Mark Miller

William Becker

Nicholas Chermak

Rebecca Lestourgeon

Benjamin Moyer

Gabriel Stay

MEMS-20 Development of a NanoCoGen Electric Power Generation System

Mentor: Ed Eckert

Jamison Beveridge

Robert Bottome

Scott McElhinny

MEMS-21 Development of a Robust Off-World Exploration Rover

Mentor: Dave Schmidt

Qingya Huang

Wenhe Ma Shukai Wang

MEMS-16 Development of a Cylindrical Burst Experimental Apparatus to Assess Vascular Tissues

Mentor: Timothy Chung

Elizabeth Borchick

Sean May

Matthew Symnoski

MEMS-17 Development of a Process to Improve Molding Quality

Mentor: Daryk Kauffman (Magnetic Analysis Corp)

Stephen Crikelair

Nathan Hunt

Zheng Jiao

Yue Liu

Aaron Sipe

MEMS-18 Development of a Multi-Location Temperature Detector

Mentor: Danielle Kline (Westinghouse)

Puhang Cai

Ziang Cao

Jerry Li

Guanyu Ren

Wentao Zhang

Keimon Dupree

Zehao Jia

Keshav Mukherjee

Vincent Moore

Nikolas Schunn

Trevor Sommer

ESCI-1 Wireless Gymnastic Handstand Tracker

Mentor: Paul Ohodnicki

Anna Strauss

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

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joe Samosky

AOM-1 Jam Box: Foundations of Music for Students with Visual Impairments

Community Partner: Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children

Zach Baker

Michael Belch

Isabella Hsia

Kiana Kazemi

Anurag Kulkarni

Frederick Laudati

Antoinette Walter

Maximillian Warias

AOM-2 Social Sprouts: Enhancing Socialization Skills for Students

Community Partner: Falk Laboratory School

Manav Arora

Hannah Carney

Brandon Sia

Luke Snyder

Dom Spatola

AOM-3 Rinse and Recycle: Reducing Plastic Waste in High Foot Traffic Environments

Hailey Cassidy

Daniel Giganti Dima

Charlie Greco

Ashley Halko

Connor Marsh

David Nisula

Joshua Puerzer

AOM-4 Promoting Communication Between Children of All Abilities

Community Partner: The Children’s School at Carnegie Mellon

Brenna Baker

Shane Conlin

Alanna Howe

Tyler Johnston

Josh Kurlander

Katie McGuire

William Miller

Kylie Wishneski

AOM-5 Helping Users Navigate Complicated Indoor Layouts

Julius Arolovich

Alyson Ferrari

Noah Kochavi

Nick Santucci

Kalinda Wagner

AOM-6 Increasing Earning Potential and Financial Literacy for College Students

Luke Bailey

Sara Keriakes

Erfan Khosravi

Will Roper

Aiden Zurcher

PRODUCT REALIZATION

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Eric Winter Project Sponsor: Marc Tobias

PR-1 Condo-Based e-Vehicle Charging

Luke Barnett

Kaitlin Chung

David Marcano

Daniel Rodgers

PR-2 Macy at the Door

Bridget Cahir

Molly Davidson

Isabella DeBenedetto

Juin Sommer

PR-3 Kensington e-Lock Completion

Stephanie da Costa

Kevin Lopez

Pragya Malhorta

Juliet Varblow

PR-4 Magnetic Microswitch Opportunities

Chris Fuller

Gwen Litwak

Stephanie Manasterski

PR-5 Magnetic Security Lock

Jeffery Alexander

Rebecca Green

Luke Sowinski