D E S I G N E X P O | A F O C U S O N H U M A N I T I E Si

December 10, 2015

6 – 8:30 p.m.

Alumni Hall, Connolly Ballroom

DESIGNXPO

SWANSON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

A FOCUS ON HUMANiTiES

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SWANSON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERINGDecember 10, 2015

Welcome to the Swanson School’s third 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. As the Provost has declared this The Year of the Humanities at the University, some projects may feature aspects of literature, music or art. 

Many of our student projects come directly from the Swanson School’s Capstone Design Courses and were submitted by graduating seniors. The Capstone Design 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, student design clubs, and students working internationally to better the planet.

We welcome everyone in attendance to 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 6 p.m. and end at 8 p.m. Winners will be announced starting at 8:15 p.m.

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 of the accomplishments of our soon to be graduating engineers. 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 the Swanson School of Engineering faculty members and industry partners who have provided guidance to the student teams, the over 70 judges for their time and support of this exciting endeavor, and also the family, friends and community members and partners who have gathered here to support our students.

DESIGNEXPOA FOCUS ON HUMANITIES

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DEPARTMENT OF

BIOENGINEERINGFaculty Advisor: Dr. Mark Gartner

BioE-1: Non-disruptive Length Acquisition Device for Incubated Neonates

Khaled Abdelrahman Joshua GeorgeVictor HoangEmma McBrideDan MercaderAbraham Umo

BioE-2: Force Sensor for Telerehabilitation Laura BechardMichelle Botyrius Nathan EnickDominic PezzoneDaniel WhitehurstTatyana Yatsenko

BioE-3: Cranial Ultrasound Support DeviceGregory BrunetteLeonid MirsonMatthew PesceLiz SantucciAly SchlieperYuta Umeda

BioE-4: Pressure Sensing Insole for Diabetic/ Neuropathic Patients

Jacob BarteeAngela BeckAlex JosowitzHuaxiu LiNathaniel Schwed

BioE-5: Prolonged Field Care: An Improved Tourniquet for Military Use

Aly EganLindsey MarraRyan O’MalleyStephanie SextonSarah SmelkoJoseph Takahashi

BioE-6: Dynamic Head Support for Pediatric PatientsMitchell Clough Michael Linehan Jeb MillerNatalie RutkowskiJaclyn Shields Nate Smialek

BioE-7: Anti-Gravity Leg Exercise Assist DeviceConor CalnanShannon GormanAmy Howell Bryan RomellJeremy Teichmann

BioE-8: ICU Ulcer Prevention MatJames Constantin Aaron DeesJohnathan MaynardTyler PirkleCorey Williams

BioE-9: Shoulder Anti-Subluxation TrayForme BalebakoKelley BrownMichael JacusGregg KaranovichEmily Mihalko

BioE-10: Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel ReleaseEileen Burke Mike CouryMaria Gracia GanMolly KnewtsonJonathan Mahoney

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DEPARTMENT OF

BIOENGINEERING (continued)

BioE-11: Positive Reinforcement Device to Encourage Vocalization in Autistic Children

Trenton GilstrapHailee Kulich Sandee MoedMeghan ScottKevin Woeppel

BioE-12: Adjustable Ankle-Foot Orthotic for Children with Cerebral Palsy

Nicholas CardLuke DrnachStephanie SchlebuschDavid StarkmanZak Wool

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DEPARTMENT OF

CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGFaculty Advisor: Dr. John Oyler

CEE-1: The Midway Hotel at Conneaut LakeJoseph DeFrancescoJustin DelmasterLe LuCorey PotetzCharles RaffensbergerTim Sismour

CEE-2: Trinity Acres Youth Camp Master PlanAdrian GoldbergAlie PaulMary HassanJordan Panek Chad SmedleyKai SunChris Urtz

CEE-3: Pitt HEAD (Humanities, Engineering and Design)

Nicole DejeanMeghan GreenawaltMark GreerJoe HastingsEmily HolmesRenato RuzziniSamantha SusichJohn Walker

CEE-4: The Bigelow Boulevard Reconfiguration Project

Robert GehrisNicholas HoffmasterMatthew KimbicJiangmin LinNathan SchaefferGrant StahlGarrett Swarm

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DEPARTMENT OF

ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERINGFaculty Advisor: Dr. Steven Levitan

ECE-1: Wireless Monitoring of Eaton PXR High Voltage Circuit Breaker Trip Unit

Lenard AronsonPaige BitlerPhilip NullTroy Weber

ECE-2: Functional Control of Electrical Muscle Stimulation Array

Eric BucklenRafid LateefDamian Link

ECE-3: Managing the Effects of Return Voltage Due to Dipole Polarization for Duquesne Light

Nathan GlotzbachJoshua CounihanAlexander Kline

ECE-4: Evolutionary Algorithm for Boolean Logic Minimization

Gabrielle ClarkEmily Crabb

ECE-5: Optical Interface for Eaton Consumer Circuit Breaker

Jason Cole-O’LearyNicholas Reynolds

ECE-6: Hidden Data Channel for MP3 FilesRobert DumontTyler Wolf

ECE-7: Safety Discharge Circuit for Eaton High Voltage Capacitor

Anthony HopkinsAbdelssamad LaaouaoudaDeanna LittlefieldBrian Sugarmann

ECE-8: Mobile Application for Food Picture TakingDanchen HuangJeffrey Mitchell

ECE-9: Distributed Power Line Phase Angle Comparison

Colin KennedyHaroon KhalidRobert Lois IIAnthony Stimmell

ECE-10: Company-University-Student Advising APPTrevor LeongNicholas Reiter

ECE-11: Wireless Remote Building Entry Control System for Eaton

Matthew MayroshJoseph PettiChen Su

ECE-12: GPU Optimized 3D Geometric Modeling Kernels

John Matty

ECE-13: Scoring Controller for Competitive FencingMatthew SchnurBacil Shaqqo

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DEPARTMENT OF

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERINGFaculty Advisor: Dr. Mary Besterfield-Sacre

IE-1: Where do Big Packages Go? An Analysis of FedEx Grounds Incompatible Package NetworkSponsor: FedEx

Soumar DaoudAnthony DinardoHarrison LynchMichael Trentadue

IE-2: Water Infrastructure Sustainability and Maintenance in Kuna NegaSponsor: Engineers Without Borders and PittHeads

Zachary BirneyJames BruckerJohn PidgeonAndrew Treloar

IE-3: Integrating Simulation into Mylan’s Manufacturing OperationSponsor: Mylan

Sydney BigginsEmily BurgerZoe HorvathRyan Orlando

IE-4: GPCFB: Strategic Plan to Eliminate Hunger in Southwest PA by 2025Sponsor: Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank: Strategic Plan to Eliminate Hunger in Southwest PA by 2025

Brent GroveBrian NelsonRoman PerdziolaBrett Vuxta

IE-5: Brother’s Brother Foundation Future Donations and Space LimitationsSponsor: Brother’s Brother Foundation

Mary CookDanielle LichtyThomas Randall

IE-6: Vaccine Cold Chain Electronic Monitoring SolutionSponsor: Children’s Community Pediatrics

Kelsey KnoxChristopher KucheraSeth Young

IE-7: Improving the Tool Recalibration ProcessSponsor: L&S Machining

Mike QuakeSean MackDominic StokesKevin Thornton

IE-8: Process Improvements with the Office of Sponsored ResearchSponsor: University of Pittsburgh Office of Research

Sean MaguireJohn RiddleColin Stephens

IE-9: Workforce Schedule Reconstruction for Levin FurnitureSponsor: Levin Furniture

Jocelyn DanseyMelissa MorelloTyler RybarczykNicholas Sunderland

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DEPARTMENT OF

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & MATERIALS SCIENCEFaculty Advisor: Dr. David Schmidt

MEMS-1: Improved Medium Voltage Circuit Breaker Lifting DeviceSponsor: Eaton, Pittsburgh

Daniel Guimaraes A AbdallaNathan HarlowIan JonesShawn Walls

MEMS-2: Experimental Tests on the Motion of a Fluid-Filled PendulumSponsor: Dr. Giovanni Galdi

Patrick CorelliJulian FerranteGiordano Pugliese

MEMS-3: Shear Punch Device for Mechanical Testing of Miniaturized SpecimensSponsor: Dr. Markus Chmielus and Dr. Jorg Wiezorek

Dan ChiluttiBhim DahalThomas Stimmel

MEMS-4: Compact Heat ExchangersSponsor: Dr. David Schmidt and Dr. Dan Cole

Nathan BudnyPaul CareyPavlo LebedyevGarret Sultzbach

MEMS-5: Development of a Getter DispenserSponsor: Eaton, Milwaukee

Steve MyersThomas SmythZachary Stuck

MEMS-6: Semi-Automation of Manufacturing Novel Vascular GraftsSponsor: Dr. Anne Robertson

Elizabeth CraigNate KisselAndrew Lawniczak

MEMS-7: Electropolisher Design Sponsor: American Stress Technologies

Stephanie LeeLee MaccaroneNino Tommarello

MEMS-8: Design and Fabrication of a Testing Fixture for Anterior Tibial LoadingSponsor: Dr. Patrick Smolinski

Adedoyin OjoLuke SchusterRichard Tommarello

MEMS-9: Barkhausen Sensor Carrier for Camshaft InspectionSponsor: American Stress Technologies

Joe Leja Colton LossJohn Tritschler

MEMS-10: Design of a Test Fixture for Micro-Scale MeasurementsSponsor: Dr. Tevis Jacobs

Chad CorapiNathan JonesLuke Thimons

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DEPARTMENT OF

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & MATERIALS SCIENCE (continued)

MEMS-11: Development of a Flow Model for Viscosity CharacterizationSponsor: Cameron

Andrew KernsSam MaroursekCory Owens

MEMS-12: Design a High Throughput Biomechanical Culture System for Growing Tissue Engineered CorneasSponsor: Dr. Ian Sigal

Nick Cox Rachel RohrJoshua SellingMorgan Skapik

MEMS-13: A Robotic Workstation for Stroke Rehabilitation of the Upper Extremity using FESMEMS Faculty Project Sponsor: Dr. Nitin Sharma

Michael CalabroSpenser JenkinsSean McHaleArch Wilson

MEMS-14: Design of a Small/Affordable Testing Rig to Simulate Cold Rolling Wear, Contact Stress and Bite Conditions to be used for the Development of New Roll MaterialsMEMS Faculty Project Sponsor: Dr. Anthony DeArdo

Yuval KrimerDoug Maronde

MEMS-15: Pump Jack Load Industry Project Sponsor: Eaton, Warrendale

Alex Cikovic Tom DamarodisMatthew Hilger Yevgeniy Riftin

MEMS-16: Motor Operator for VFI SwitchgearIndustry Project Sponsor: Eaton, Milwaukee

Robert DeckerWilliam HarlamDu KAloisio Lopes Valerio

MEMS-17: Prototype Development of a Leonardo da Vinci ClockMEMS Faculty Project Sponsor: Dr. Dan Budny

Colin DingleyMitch RefoscoDan Rens

MEMS-18: Fluid (air/liquid) Simulator for Electrical Training Industry Project Sponsor: Eaton, Warrendale

Cameron GrayDanielle PerdueDaniel SilkSteven Terrana

MEMS-19: Strain Field Measurements of Intact Bladder under InflationMEMS Faculty Project Sponsor: Dr. Anne Robertson

Oghogho IgbinewekaNasir SharafVictoria Zitzka

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PRODUCT REALIZATIONAdvisor: Eric Winter

PR-1: Architecting a Development Environment for the Microlok II SystemSponsor: Ansaldo

Sean KurtzMatt Lasensky Dan Turner

PR-2: Ultrasonic-Based Viscometer PrototypeSponsor: Cameron

Keith ContiJames HaberAndrew LawniczakLindsey Marra

PR-3: Borehole Object Detection Technique and ApparatusSponsor: Cameron

Alex CikovicKyle FragassiPhillip McQuinRyan O’MalleyVictoria Zitzka

PR-4: Reverse Engineering the Da Vinci ClockSponsor: Dr. Dan Budny

Michelle Botyrius Nate JonesJoe LejaKelsey MethenyAbraham Umo

PR-5: Solar PV as a Tool for Grid StabilizationSponsor: Dr. John Swanson

Mohamed AlawadNate SmialekRobert TimmonsJohn Tritschler

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ART OF MAKINGAdvisor: Dr. Joe Samosky

AOM-1: ShopFree: Adjustable Attachment Device or a Pediatric Wheelchair and Shopping Cart

Swaroop AkkineniAlyssa BrownShiv RajeshOliver Snyder

AOM-2: Art in Motion – A Kinetic Sculpture Installation Proposal for Benedum

Gabe HindingCarolyn NormileMitch RefoscoHarinee Suthakar

AOM-3: The Car of 2030: A Tangible Design for a Modular Car

Joshua BarronHamad BinghalibCory CizauskasDonald DoerflerKevin GluntZachary MesterPhilipp Schneider

AOM-4: Head Tracking for Enhanced Audience Interaction

Amanda BoyerTom JagemanMelissa PallottiNick Reynolds

AOM-5: Text. Then Drive: Helping Create Safer Drivers

Ron ColmonJenny SommerDominic StokesEmeka UkagaBen Williams

AOM-6: Smart Gym: Know When and Where to Workout

David BevinsDavid HaslerAdam Maloney

AOM-7: Cave Trekker: A Video Game sans VideoAtharva DeshpandeMartha Dixon Nate JonesBryan KanShae RosemoreTyler Wolf

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MEDICAL PRODUCT PROTOTYPINGAdvisor: Dr. Kilichan Gurleyik

MPP-1: VRhabAnisha ButalaJeffrey CrandellRyan RightmerJoshua Singer

MPP-2: TODJosh BarmanTerrill RichardsonHeidi RupprechtMatthew Salig

MPP-3: Medi U-ClipChirag ChauhanJohn DiennoKimberly Fogel

MPP-4: GyrExJanele ArchibaldHana CasalnovaBrian LupishScott Thompson

MPP-5: BackingItUPTimothy FoltsKrytal PynnTimothy SanchezAbhilasha Singh

STUDENT CLUB

SClub-1: Myringo (Practice. Progress. Provide.)Jonathan KennesonMolly KnewtsonRitesh MisraDillon ThomasQuentin Torgerson

SClub-2: Sumo RobotJames BrazaBrandon ContinoJon KennesonQuentin Torgerson

SClub-3: Neurosurgical TableChris ChungKevin FleischmannMatthew KovalchukLindsey MarraSean McCarthyMaya McKeown

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A FOCUS ON HUMANiTiES

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