Students Show their Engineering Prowess at Spring 2023 Design EXPO
Each semester, students at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering get the chance to show off their creativity and highlight their designs at the Design EXPO, held this year on April 20, 2023. Students prepared their displays showcasing their work from the School’s Capstone Design courses or highlighted concepts and prototypes from the Product Realization and Art of Making courses.
The students presented their projects, and judges from industry visited the booths in turn to talk with students and view their work.
"Every year, the Design EXPO is a celebration of the incredible ingenuity and creativity of our students as they solve real-world problems through engineering," said Mary Besterfield-Sacre, senior associate dean for academic affairs and Nickolas A. DeCecco Professor of industrial engineering. "Their resourcefulness, imaginative ideas, and technical abilities never fail to impress us.”
This year’s winners are:
Best Overall Project
Shoulder Reduction Trainer for Hypermobile Patients
Yu-hsuan Chao, Karthik Iyer, Jeremy Reimenschneider, Natalie Danielsen, Young Kim, Eric Shaker, Molly Bevenour
People’s Choice Award
Accessibility Enabled Camera with Motion Tracking and Closed Captioning
Joseph Ereifej, Gunnar Orth, Dinar Gayatri, Christian Mascio
Department Awards
Bioengineering
1st Place Shoulder Reduction Trainer for Hypermobile Patients
Yu-hsuan Chao, Karthik Iyer, Jeremy Reimenschneider, Natalie Danielsen, Young Kim, Eric Shaker, Molly Bevenour
2nd Place Redesigning Nasal Cannula System
Benjamin Newell, Karson Curran, Aidan Bell, Yulia Yatsenko, Jordan Ferrell, Noah Carpe, Abigail Book, Aidan McMahon
3rd Place (TIE) Resolving the Endoscopic’s Thumb
Alyssa Long, Heather Shannon, Monica Lebaudy, Garrett Martin, Nishant Chitluru, Melody Whittaker, Robert Patrick Donahue, Carley Brimmeier
3rd Place (TIE) Robotic Toothbrush Holder: Assistive Technology for Hands-Free Brushing
Jessica Steinberg, Kristyn Usilton, Varshini Ramanathan, Justin Zbikowski, Noah Lochran, Katherine McDonough, Danielle Isenberg
Civil and Environmental Engineering
1st Place Churchill Borough Public Works Building
Jack Gurbacki, Nehemiah Vargas, Mary Casamassa, Brandon Taylor, Khalil Abdullah
2nd Place Brownsville Borough Wharf
Elaina Geiger, Jacob Lellimo, Daniela Romero Suarez, Casey Taljan
3rd Place Carnegie Borough PRP
Leah Roth, Amy Blanchard, Lucas Kammerer, Isabella Kitchen
Electrical and Computer Engineering
1st Place Adaptive Mouse
Justin Cacal, Zachary Colimon, Olutimilehin Aiyegbusi, William Scott
2nd Place Doppler Shift Radar for Baseball Pitch Tracking
Christopher Guiher, James Schiavo, Alexander Shuster, Elissa Wilton
3rd Place (TIE) Adaptive Hearing Protection with Tinnitus Masking
Leo Cosgrove, Matthew Dorrycott, Jarrod Frost, Julia Angel
3rd Place (TIE) Accessibility Enabled Camera with Motion Tracking and Closed Captioning
Joseph Ereifej, Gunnar Orth, Dhinar Gayatri, Christian Mascio
Industrial Engineering
1st Place Work Process Improvement and Scheduling Policy Optimization
Annie Goodwin, Jared Lawrence, Mollie Rosen, Zhecheng Xie, Junze Zheng
2nd Place (TIE) Spare Parts Supply Chain Analysis
Xinyu Han, Taylor Helkowski, Andrew McCaffrey, William Wang, Zitao Zeng
2nd Place (TIE) Re-layout of the NRX Production Line
Qinguyan Guo, Rachel Marlin, Carly Prines, Timothy Purcell
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
1st Place A Robotic System for Tracking the Ulnar Nerve
William Becker, Nicholas Chermak, Rebecca Lestourgeon, Benjamin Moyer, Gabriel Stay
2nd Place Wireless Gymnastic Handstand Tracker
Anna Strauss
3rd Place Development of a NanoCoGen Electric Power Generation System
Jamison Beveridge, Robert Bottome, Scott McElhinny
Art of Making: Hands-On System Design and Engineering
1st Place Jam Box: Foundations of Music for Students with Visual Impairments
Zach Baker, MIchael Belch, Isabella Hsia, Kiana Kazemi, Anurag Kulkarni, Frederick Laudati, Antoinette Walter, Maximilian Warias
2nd Place 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
3rd Place Promoting Communication Between Children of All Abilities
Brenna Baker, Shane Conlin, Alanna Howe, Tyler Johnston, Josh Kurlander, Katie McGuire, William Miller, Kylie Wishneski
Product Realization
1st Place Magnetic Security Lock
Jeffrey Alexander, Rebecca Green, Luke Sowinski
2nd Place Condo-Based e-Vehicle Charging
Luke Barnett, Kaitlin Chung, David Marcano, Daniel Rodgers
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