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By: Eli Freund, Editorial Communications Manager, UConn School of Engineering\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Continuing for a second year in a virtual environment, the 2021 Senior Design Demonstration Day showcased a record-breaking 220-plus projects, 800-plus students, and over 120 industry partners.<\/p>\n Working on projects like a COVID-19 diagnostic platform<\/a>, a plan for increased pie production at Lyman Orchards<\/a>, and a prosthetic leg that works for dancers<\/a> highlights the ingenuity and real-world impact all of the projects had on society and for their sponsors.<\/p>\n The winners from each department are as follows.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Biomedical Engineering<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n First Place<\/u>: Team 2: Margaret Daniel, Samuel Dailey, Jessica Tang, \u00a0<\/p>\n Title of project: Prosthetic Leg for Dancers<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Prof.\u00a0\u00a0P. Kumavor; Sponsor: Paige Holden (UCHC)\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Second Place<\/u>: Team 8: Nathan Brockbank, Mariam Mohsin,\u00a0<\/p>\n Title of project: EEG-based Sleep Apnea Detection<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0Advisor: Prof. S. Santaniello\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Third Place<\/u>: Team 22: Amit Eshed, Ngoc Luu,\u00a0<\/p>\n Title of project: Skin Regeneration on Piezoelectric PLA Scaffold<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Prof. T. Nguyen\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n First Place<\/u>: Team 24: Arielle Behar, Dennis Timmons, Megan Walsh, Allyson Barrett<\/p>\n Title of project: Renewable Hydrogen<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0Advisor: Ioulia Valla<\/p>\n \u00a0Sponsor: None<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Second Place<\/u>: Team 8: Jon-Marc McGregor, Brandon Figueroa, Patrick Paul, Rachel Marchini<\/p>\n Title of project: Development of New Skin Care Products by Exploring Different Aeration Techniques<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Anson Ma<\/p>\n Sponsor: Unilever<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Third Place<\/u>: Team 3: Talha Bhatti, Danielle Gan, Jonathan Mustis, Alex Zukowski<\/p>\n Title of project: Optimal\u00a0Design of Agricultural Systems<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Matthew Stuber<\/p>\n Sponsor: None<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Honorable Mention<\/u>: Team 6: Justyn Welsh, Thomas Pauly, Christopher Tang, Ronald Cabello<\/p>\n Title of project: Pfizer Water Consumption Analysis and Reduction<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Jeffery McCutcheon<\/p>\n Sponsor: Pfizer<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Civil Engineering<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n First Place<\/u>: CE 9:\u00a0Matthew Boyer, Olin Green, Roderick Joslin, Thomas Kropp, Makayla Roshkowski\u00a0<\/p>\n Title of project: Old Main Gate Demolition and Site Restoration at the CT Air National Guard<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Nick Lownes<\/p>\n Sponsor: National Guard<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Second Place<\/u>: CE 20:\u00a0Brian Lassy, Christian Mack, Enrique Cubillas, Ethan Hoffman\u00a0<\/p>\n Title of project: Superstructure Redesign<\/span>\u00a0for Jordan Cove River Bridge<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n Advisor: Alexandra Hain<\/p>\n Sponsor: CHA<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Third Place<\/u>: CE 2:\u00a0Kerone Walters, Jason Rich, Josue Flores, Luis Vega\u00a0<\/p>\n Title of project: Traffic Safety and Operational Analysis<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: John Ivan<\/p>\n Sponsor: Jacobs Engineering<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Computer Science and Engineering<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n First Place<\/u>: Team 36:\u00a0Nathan Choi, Jason Kim, Timothy O’Reilly<\/p>\n Title of project: Path Planning with Deep Learning Nets<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Fei Miao<\/p>\n Sponsor: Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Second Place<\/u>: Team 39:\u00a0Matthew Kirschbaum, Zachary Zambuto<\/p>\n Title of project: Remote Firearm Detection System<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Seung-Yun Hong\u00a0<\/p>\n Sponsor: Presco Engineering<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Third Place<\/u>: Team 14:\u00a0Saamiya Bhura, Erik Kriz, Paige Sheridan, Jordan Tsao<\/p>\n Title of project: Mental Health and Wellness Application <\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Jake Scoggin<\/p>\n Sponsor: Student-sponsored<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n First Place<\/u>: Team 2108:\u00a0Bryan Ziobron, Marjol Mukallari, Jamie Moschella, Angelina Fagundes<\/p>\n Title of project: Wearable Fall Prevention Device<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Abhishek Dutta<\/p>\n Sponsor: Presco Engineering<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Second Place<\/u>: Team 2127:\u00a0Elizabeth Chamiec-Case, Paul Roach, Aaron Spaulding<\/p>\n Title of project: Passive Acoustic Array\u00a0Design\u00a0for Environmental Monitoring<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Lei Wang<\/p>\n Sponsor: NUWC<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Third Place<\/u>: Team 2113 (Joint with ME):\u00a0Andrew White, Nicholas Law, Sadman Sakib<\/p>\n Title of project: Smart Box for Transportation of Critical Articles<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Shalabh Gupta<\/p>\n Sponsor: Aquiline Drones<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Environmental Engineering <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n First Place<\/u>: ENVE 5:\u00a0Alex Robotham, Ryan Morais, Brian Dinh, Austin Frank<\/p>\n Title of project: Centredale Manor<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Tim Vadas<\/p>\n Sponsor: Loureiro Engineering Associates<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Second Place<\/u>: ENVE 2:\u00a0Abby Klimowicz, Florence Opoku, Lais Da Silva, Taryn Murasso<\/p>\n Title of project: Canadian Radium<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Tim Vadas<\/p>\n Sponsor: SESI Consulting Engineers (Dr. Amine Dahmani)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Third Place<\/u>: ENVE 3:\u00a0Alexis Coley, Brianna Herman, Sarah Mazerolle, Ryan Tamayoshi<\/p>\n Title of project: Multi-Unit Septic and Well System<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Tim Vadas<\/p>\n Sponsor: CHA<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Management and Engineering for Manufacturing<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n First Place<\/u>: MEM Team 7:\u00a0Kyra Cullerton, Kelly Franklin, and Neha Muktadir<\/p>\n Title of project: Lyman Orchards Future Facility\u00a0Design<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Craig Calvert, Frank J. Cunha<\/p>\n Sponsor: Lyman Orchards<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Second Place<\/u>: MEM Team 4 and 12 (tie):\u00a0Nicholas Curley, Danielle Garnelis, Joseph Homan (Team 4) and Xavier Amos, David Bielawski, Oliver Bogan, Nishanth Sode (Team 12)<\/p>\n Title of project: Improve Fall Protection System with OSHA Compliance<\/em> (Team 4) and Analyzing Digital Outputs of Ultra-Low Freezer <\/em>(Team 12)<\/p>\n Advisor: Craig Calvert\/Frank J. Cunha (Team 4) and Ryan O’Connor (Team 12)<\/p>\n Sponsor: Holo-Krome (Team 4) and Sikorsky (Team 12)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Third Place<\/u>: MEM Team 11:\u00a0Maia Dufane, Jacob Patterson, Natiya Washer<\/p>\n Title of project: Reduction in Ergonomic Risk Factors<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Craig Calvert and Frank J. Cunha<\/p>\n Sponsor: Prysmian Group<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Materials Science and Engineering<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n First Place<\/u>: Team 9:\u00a0Alex Distelman, Michael Geragotelis, Megan Hurley<\/p>\n Title of project: Rapid Martensitic Phase Detection for Improved Processing of 301 Stainless Steel<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Yuanyuan Zhu<\/p>\n Sponsor: Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals, Inc.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Second Place<\/u>: Team 10:\u00a0Joe Doluca, Julia Roemer<\/p>\n Title of project: Design, fabrication, and testing of brain phantom and impactor for dynamic traumatic brain injury studies<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Jasna Jankovic<\/p>\n Sponsor: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Third Place<\/u>: Team 6:\u00a0Louis Crisci, Kienan Tierney<\/p>\n Title of project: 3D Printing Materials and Processing for Seawater Applications<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Volkan Ortalan<\/p>\n Sponsor: NUWC<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mechanical Engineering <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n First Place<\/u>: Team 1:\u00a0Mackenzie Lea, Joseph Symochko, Jacob Tran<\/p>\n Title of project: Design of a Low Cost, Disposable Foam Spray Gun<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Francesco Carbone<\/p>\n Sponsor: Acme Machinery<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Second Place<\/u>: Team 50:\u00a0Zo\u00eb Coleman, Andrew Bugryn, Steven Quinn<\/p>\n Title of project: Rubber Calendering Process Automation & Improvement: Feed-Cut-Stack<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Vito Moreno \u00a0<\/p>\n Sponsor: Rubber Labels USA \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Third Place<\/u>: Team 19:\u00a0Jack DiFrancesco, John Dana, Romario Bowen, Vinny Fazio<\/p>\n Title of project: Alternate Wear Sleeve Installation Method<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Vito Moreno \u00a0<\/p>\n Sponsor: EA Patten \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Professor\u2019s Award<\/u>: Team 68:\u00a0Audrey Watkins<\/p>\n Title of project: Sensing and Demultiplexing Ultra-Low Frequency Waves<\/em><\/p>\n Advisor: Osama Bilal \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Sponsor: UConn Mechanical Engineering \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Continuing for a second year in a virtual environment, the 2021 Senior Design Demonstration Day showcased a record-breaking 220-plus projects, 800-plus students, and over 120 industry partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":30081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1866],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[45],"class_list":["post-30077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-engr"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-08 17:56:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/30081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30077"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=30077"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=30077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}