Students from the Volgenau School of Engineering showcased a wide variety of research, design, and scholarly work at the third annual Undergraduate Research Celebration on April 18, 2016.
Winning students received cash prizes for the most outstanding projects. Representatives from local industries evaluated the poster presentations and the winning entries received cash prizes. There was also a special "People's Choice Award" voted on by all attendees, and the winner also received a cash prize.
Presenters of winning projects may participate in the university's 2016 Celebration of Student Scholarship on May 4 from 12 – 3 pm in the Center for the Arts Lobby, and their work will be displayed in the Engineering Building.
The awards and winners from Monday's event were as follows:
Keynote Speaker Awards
Jared Keller
UAVs: An Alternative Bridge Inspection Method
Alex Nixon, Mike Mezher, Manmohan Singh, Rahib Zaman, Justin Fitzgerald
Development of a portable, lightweight and low cost sit to stand assistive device
People's Choice Award
Wallace Geiger, Ryan Cerny, Daniil Rohov, Thanh Vo
STAC Box (School Teacher Access Controlled Box)
Dean's Advisory Board Presenters
Katrina Colucci Chang, Caitlin Johnson, Zaineb Nawaz, Elizabeth Tarbox
Ultrasound Time Delay Spectrometry Circuit Design for Use in Prosthetic Movement Control
Colin Ward
RoboCup grass traversing algorithm
Outstanding Project Award
Katrina Colucci Chang, Caitlin Johnson, Zaineb Nawaz, Elizabeth Tarbox
Ultrasound Time Delay Spectrometry Circuit Design for Use in Prosthetic Movement Control
Colin Ward
RoboCup grass traversing algorithm
Kunal Sarkhel
Use of Probabilistic Topic Modeling to Determine how well University Curricula matches Industry Needs
Jared Keller
UAVs: An Alternative Bridge Inspection Method
Ananya Dhawan
Ultrasound Based Hand Gesture Recognition for Real-Time control of Computing Interfaces
Lydia Shirey, Joel Shirey, Thao Tran, Mahsa Layazali, Brendan Wiggins
Designing a Safer and Concussion-Resistant Football Helmet