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By: Eli Freund, Editorial Communications Manager, UConn School of Engineering\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Two hundred and twenty-eight groups, consisting of nearly 800 seniors, stood proudly by projects ranging from as small as a cyborg insect, to as large as an all-electric car inside of Gampel Pavilion. The capstone projects, which were the culmination of a year\u2019s-worth of work, are known as Senior Design, and are presented annually at Senior Design Demonstration Day.<\/p>\n Each of the projects presented at the Demonstration Day, sponsored by more than 100 organizations, provide students with extensive hands-on experience, and an opportunity to work on real-world problems presented by sponsoring organizations. Sponsors invest time and resources, and work in-depth with their individual groups and consulting faculty members to create innovative solutions that are often integrated back into their organization.<\/p>\n The sponsoring organizations, which span the public and private sectors, include companies like Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky, General Dynamics Electric Boat, Comcast ,and governmental organizations like the Town of Mansfield, the Town of Stafford Springs, the Connecticut Department of Transportation and the City of Bridgeport. \u00a0<\/p>\n During the day, students present to faculty, staff, industry sponsors, and guests, with a team of judges on hand to determine the winners from every department. Below are the 2018 awardees from each department (faculty advisor in parentheses):<\/p>\n Biomedical Engineering<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n First Place<\/strong>\u00a0 Members: Morgan DaSilva, Brittany Morgan, Katie Bradley, Brianna Perry (Dr. Krystyna Gielo-Perczak)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Second Place<\/strong> Members: Norah Cowley, Bianca Wyman, Alexander Almeida, Jenna Taormina (Dr. Kazunori Hoshino)<\/p>\n Third Place<\/strong><\/p>\n Team 6, \u201cApplications of Machine Learning to Analysis of Neurological Data\u201d<\/p>\n Members: Keeyan Ghoreshi, Eric Van Der Karr (Dr. Bin Feng)<\/p>\n Honorable Mention<\/strong><\/p>\n Team 23, \u201cWearable technology to noninvasively measure cognitive and physiological fatigue\u201d<\/p>\n Members: Alyssa Tacchi, Shasha Graves, and Charmi Patel (Dr. Insoo Kim)<\/p>\n Honorable Mention<\/strong><\/p>\n Team 19, \u201cBlood Alcohol Content Monitoring Device and Companion Application\u201d<\/p>\n Members: Ryan Cunniff, Amisha Dave, Sarah Knapp, Divya Bana, and Matthew LeClair (Dr. Dr. Krystyna Gielo-Perczak)<\/p>\n Honorable Mention<\/strong><\/p>\n Team 8, \u201cAn Inexpensive Device to Alleviate Back Pain Due to Poor Posture\u201d<\/p>\n Members: Pedro Ramirez, Alemayehu Asres, Magdalena Wegrzyniak, Cristina Rascoll (Dr. Patrick Kumavor)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n First Place<\/strong> Members: Alex Keane, William Tait, Kyle Terracciano, Tom D\u2019Auria (Dr. Luyi Sun)<\/p>\n \n Second Place<\/strong> Members: Emma Willett, Bailey Gannett, Dana Parmalee, and Alicia Gorski (Dr. Anson Ma)<\/p>\n Third Place<\/strong><\/p>\n Team 19, \u201cIn-Situ Resource Utilization for a Self-Sustaining Martian Colony\u201d<\/p>\n Members: Amy McKinstry, Carmi Mandelkern, Brielle Cash, Julia Kennedy (Dr. Dan Burkey)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n First Place <\/strong><\/p>\n Team 11 (Civil), \u201cSt. Basil Church Parking Garage: Foundation and Structural Design\u201d<\/p>\n Members: Tyler Brett, David Masse, Ryan Kennedy, David Linder, Front: Jeffrey McLamb, Erin Albrecht, Dominic Godi, David Verdis (Dr. John Ivan and Dr. Amvrossios Bagtzoglou)<\/p>\n \u00a0and <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Team 12 (Civil), \u201cSt. Basil Church Parking Garage: Site Design and Transportation Planning\u201d<\/p>\n Members: Tyler Brett, David Masse, Ryan Kennedy, David Linder, Front: Jeffrey McLamb, Erin Albrecht, Dominic Godi, David Verdis (Dr. John Ivan and Dr. Amvrossios Bagtzoglou)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Team 1 (Environmental), \u201cRectory School Wastewater Renovation\u201d<\/p>\n Members: Kyle Cappotto, Joshua Crittenden, Jonathan Detoudom, Danny Ross, and Sarah Rudnick (Dr. Alexander Agrios)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Second Place<\/strong> Members: Edward Gill, Steven Matyi, Flannery Mackin, Hayden Clarkin (Dr. Marina Astitha & Dr. Alexander G. Agrios)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Team 5 (Environmental), \u201cDesign of Anaerobic Digester to Capture Methane & Power Microgrid at the Windham WPCF\u201d<\/p>\n Members: Sara Nelson, Kim Quach, Emma Hughes (Dr. Baikun Li)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Third Place<\/strong><\/p>\n Team 16 (Civil), \u201cStructural Design of a Solar Carport\u201d<\/p>\n Members: Atta Detome Henoun, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Chris Pawlowski, and Dillon Pepin (Dr. Shinae Jang)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Team 3 (Environmental), \u201cTown of Franklin Public Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Design\u201d<\/p>\n Members: Melanie McFadden, Zihan Huang, Warren Maskell IV, Elizabeth Lagoy, Nicholas Masse (Dr. Jonathan Mellor)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Computer Science and Engineering<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n First Place<\/strong> Members: Peter Polis, Michael Feldman, Daniel Camilliere, Michael Pappas, Patrick Guyer and Michael Presch (Dr. Swapna Gokhale)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Second Place<\/strong> Members: Soumya Kundu, Sailesh Simhadri, Ian Dechene, Drew Monroe and Joe Sweeney (Dr. Donald Sheehy)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Third Place<\/strong> Members: Qiansheng Hu, Chris Peterson, Chengchen Zhang, Eddie Huang, Hunter Hollant and Michael Gentile (Dr. Dong-Guk Shin)<\/p>\n and <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Team 16, \u201cSmart Hotels\u201d<\/p>\n Members: Arun George, Brian Matuszak, Rafal Bezubik, Chris Skoczylas, Kevin Schumitz and Rich Infante (Dr. Reda Ammar and Dr. Sanguthevar Rajasekaran)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n First Place<\/strong> Members: Laurne Williams, William Brown, Donald O\u2019Boyle (Dr. Sung-Yeul Park)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Second Place<\/strong> Members: Daniel Fernandes, Amy Robinson, Marilyn Duong (Dr. Mousumi Roy, Dr. Necmi Biyikli, Dr. Xu Chen)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Third Place<\/strong> Members: Richard Mullen, Alexander Valdes, Keelin Becker-Wheeler (Dr. John Chandy)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Management and Engineering for Manufacturing<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n First Place<\/strong> Members: Christopher Haack, Richard Sangster, Cassidy Cooley (Dr. Mousumi Roy)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Second Place<\/strong> Members: Jennifer Piekos, Daniel Gustafson, Dr. Mousumi Roy Not Shown: Patrick Purdy, Yani Lagoutis (Dr. Mousumi Roy and Dr. ZhanZhan Jia)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Third Place<\/strong> Members: Bradley D\u2019Alelio, Hailey Ross, Rod Gonzalez (Dr. Diane Van Scoter)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n and<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Team 16, \u201cArmy Ant Emulation\u201d<\/p>\n Members: Nicholas Leong, Owen Rockwell, Dennis Scheglov, Richard Goldman (Dr. Mousumi Roy and Dr. Chengyu Cao)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Material Science and Engineering<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n First Place<\/strong> Members: Haley Hubbell and Alexa Wilcox (Dr. Rainer Hebert, Dr. John Graham, Dr. Robert Morlath)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Second Place<\/strong> Members: Greg Ladestro, Ryan Dibiase, Michael Gingrave (Dr. George Rossetti, Dr. Elisa Zaleski)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Third Place<\/strong> Members: Carl Rizzo and Carissa Dibattista (Dr. Seok-Woo Lee and Tom Derko (Sikorsky))<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mechanical Engineering<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n First Place<\/strong> Members: Brandon Steeves, Mateusz Sroka, Lucas Marcouiller (Dr. Horea Ilies)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Second Place<\/strong> Members: Edward Ostrowski, Kinga Wrobel (Dr. Ryan Cooper)<\/p>\n and <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Team 52, \u201cRacing Shell Stiffness Measurement Method and Apparatus\u201d<\/p>\n Members: Tegh Terrell, Dillon Johnson, Anthony Pizzola (Dr. Tom Mealy)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Third Place<\/strong> Members: Spencer Cohen, Michael Ferrara, Marc Cacioppo (Dr. David Giblin)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Professor<\/strong>\u2019<\/strong>s Award<\/strong> Members: Maria Rozman, Samuel Manzolillo, Hubert Bis (Dr. Xinyu Zhao)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For more information on the Senior Design Program, please visit our website: https:\/\/seniordesign.engr.uconn.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two hundred and twenty-eight groups, consisting of nearly 800 seniors stood proudly by projects ranging from as small as a cyborg insect, to as large as an all-electric car, inside of Gampel Pavilion. 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\n Team 20, \u201cCerebral Palsy Hand Rehabilitation Device\u201d<\/p>\n
\n Team 11, \u201cIncubation Unit for Neural Cell Electro-Mechanical Stimulation and Growth\u201d<\/p>\n
\n Team 18, \u201cReducing Pt loading in PEM electrolysis stacks via nano-coating processes\u201d<\/p>\n
\n Team 7, \u201cModeling the Filling Process for Structured Body Wash to Predict Process Sensitivity\u201d<\/p>\n
\n Team 13 (Civil), \u201cMansfield Public Library: Stormwater Management\u201d<\/p>\n
\n Team 7, \u201cInferencing Based on Machine Stoppages\u201d<\/p>\n
\n Team 18, A Visual Euclid\u2019s Elements<\/p>\n
\n Team 31, Hartford Steam Boiler Nameplate Recognition System<\/p>\n
\n Team 1826, \u201cDesign of a Cloud-based Battery Management System\u201d<\/p>\n
\n Team 1819, \u201cAutonomous Weight Detection System\u201d<\/p>\n
\n Team 1814, \u201cGlucose Monitoring Smartwatch\u201d<\/p>\n
\n Team 9, \u201cIntegrated Workbench Implementation in Sub-Assembly\u201d<\/p>\n
\n Team 13, \u201cCell Redesign for Bolt Rework Process\u201d<\/p>\n
\n Team 15, \u201cJonal Laboratories Value Stream Mapping Senior Design Project\u201d<\/p>\n
\n Team 11, \u201cInvestigation of Additive Manufacturing Design, Processes, and Variables to Enhance a Ti-6Al-4V Actuator Bracket<\/p>\n
\n Team 10, \u201cDesign of a Method for Better Predicting CMAS Infiltration into Thermal Barrier Coatings\u201d<\/p>\n
\n Team 8, \u201cOptimized Post Processing Treatment of Additive Manufactured AlSi10Mg\u201d<\/p>\n
\n Team 55, \u201cDesign, Development, and Fabrication of a Right-Sized Compact Press Rolling Machine\u201d<\/p>\n
\n Team 35, \u201cThermal Gradient Rig Sample Holder Redesign\u201d<\/p>\n
\n Team 18B, \u201cDisabled Submarine Compartment Decompression\u201d<\/p>\n
\n Team 34, \u201cRotating Disk Heat Transfer Coefficients\u201d<\/p>\n