Engineering EXPO 2006

Expo Photos: Photo Gallery 1 ; Photo Gallery 2

We are pleased to announce the following recipients of awards at Engineering EXPO 2006:

Assistive Technology and Universal Design

First Place:
Movable Head Support (Bioe)
Farah Rabbi, Susan Kaur Singh, Mohammad Rahman

Voice Activated Learning Remote (ECE)
Gregory Halko, Praveen Kumar, Kiseob Son

Second Place:
Bicycle Stability and O2-tank Protection for Disabled Girl (MIE)
Charles Hauser, Enrique Robles, Nam Nguyen

Prosthetic Terminal Device for Amputees in Developing Countries (Bioe)
Joseph C. Azzarello, Kartike Gulati, Nikhil Sheth, Peter Tek

Automotive Electronics

First Place:
Blind Spot Detector (ECE)
Michael Kazecki, Carlo Jamora, Alex Baru, Conrad Holmes

Second Place:
Point to Point Infrared Communication in a Vehicle Application (ECE)
Colin Dawson, Carol Ho, Bahare Naimipour

Ultrasonic Distance-Sensing Parking Aid (ECE)
Timothy Patel, Ken Lauer, Gandhi Flores

Security

First Place:
Remote Home Audio Monitoring System (RHAMS) (ECE)
Maximilian Meredith, Lisa Mosquera, Danny Yugsi Diaz

Second Place:
Security System for Cabs (ECE)
Sandy Tan, Mehari Tesfamicael, Rional Llazari

Conveniences, Sports,and Leisure

First Place:
Design of a Sports Racquet to Alleviate Injury & Increase Competitiveness (Bioe)
Malgorzata Andrzejuk, Ali Husain, Jayesh Patel, Yaro Shkolnik

Second Place:
Baby Crying Decoder (ECE)
Imran Khan, Todd Wintermute, Phuoc Tran, Faisal Saqlain

Plant Pal (ECE)
Fabian Garcia, Matthew Cantwell, Daniel Gomez

Specialty Electronics and Signal Processing

First Place:
Integrated imaging and electrophysiology suite for exploring cortical microcircuits (Bioe)
Byron Galbraith, Patel Neil

Second Place:
Bluetooth Switch (ECE)
Daniel Ilia, Dmitriy Bolotin, Dmitriy Yemelyanov, Mihai Galateanu

Carbon Monoxide Alarm Testing Setup (ECE)
Roger Mehta, Ali Hossain, Adeel Ansari

Tools, Testing and Manufacturing

First Place:
Hands-Free Power Roll-Off Cutter (MIE)
Michael Chapa, Michael Nicasio, Mike Remke, Nicholas Jackson, Cullen Parish, James D'Arcy

Second Place:
Propane heating for high-density polyethylene pipe for artificial limb fabrication (Bioe)
Matt Krenzelak, Neven Elsharkawy

Mechanism and Device Design

First Place:
Emergency Braking Mechanism For A Baby Stroller (MIE)
Ahmednoor Kansara, Hitesh Patel, Kiran Chaudhari, Quang Nguyen

Structure/Site Design

First Place:
Emergency Temporary Shelters (CME)
Andrea Difuntorum, Sean Murphy, Peter Quinn, Richard Scheer, Poupak Yaghoubi

Second Place:
Northerly Island Development (CME)
Thomas Kosanda, Jeff Ekegren, Matt Huffman, Jill Ramos, Max Levin

Recreational Site Development (CME)
Mark Bernardi-Reis, Courtney Buss, Amanda DavyRomano, Ronald Milanesio, Ron Raphael

Infrastructure Design

First Place:
Implementing an Automated Highway System on the Kennedy Expressway (CME)
Jonathan Gilana, Calvin Lu, Brian DeMeyer, Michelle Mercado, Alan Parayno

Second Place:
I-Pass Expansion Redesign of Open Road Tolling (CME)
liting vicki liu, Jiarong Zhang, Sotirios Takos, Anna Chiu, Ana Petkova

Environmental/Health/Safety

First Place:
Beneficial Use of Biosolids in Civil Engineering (CME)
Begonia Hernandez, Maciej Zalewski, Mayur Patel, Roozbeh Shirani, Mehran Sanati

Second Place:
Environmentally Receptive Building (CME)
Juan Ventura, Bogdan Pantic

Pine Lake residential/commercial subdivision development (CME)
Rosanna Lee, John Lynk, Kevin Klein, Vi Nguyen

Process Design

First Place:
Ethanol Production from Reed Canary Grass (RCG) (ChE)
Olajide Jaji, Angela Bish, Sony Mathews

Second Place:
Remedy for Bird Flu Antiviral Drug Shortage: Shikimic Acid Production (ChE)
Marjorie Miranda, Luigi Sasso, Thuy Vu

Medical: Devices, and Instrumentation

First Place:
Development of a Neurotrophic Microcorticalelectrode for Long-term Use (Bioe)
Sara Schraub, Betty Yang, Charles Ventura

Second Place:
Optimization of Bioabsorbable plate design for Bilateral Sagital Split Mandibular Osteonomy (BSSMO) Fixation (Bioe)
Maulik Patel, Jalshri Soni, Nagaraj Rajalaxmi

Medical: Cellular and Molecular

First Place:
Accelerated Engineering of Bone Tissue with Ultrasound Stimulation (Bioe)
Neelima Vidula, Jessy Moinnes, Nadia Halim

Second Place:
Development of a Theoretical Nanocomposite to Selectively Target and Destroy Malignant Cancer Cells (Bioe)
Dustin Swan, Kenneth S. Brandenburg, Michael Kent

Education

First Place:
Switching Power Supplies (ECE)
Michael Jehlik, Edo Duheric

Visitor Award

Baby Crying Decoder (ECE)
Imran Khan, Todd Wintermute, Phuoc Tran, Faisal Saqlain

Arlene F. Norsym Award

Ethanol Production from Reed Canary Grass (RCG) (ChE)
Olajide Jaji, Angela Bish, Sony Mathews