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DESIGNEXPO A FOCUS ON HUMANITIES SWANSON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING December 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.

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BIOENGINEERING Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mark Gartner BioE-1: Non-disruptive Length Acquisition Device for Incubated Neonates Khaled Abdelrahman Joshua George Victor Hoang Emma McBride Dan Mercader Abraham Umo BioE-2: Force Sensor for Telerehabilitation Laura Bechard Michelle Botyrius Nathan Enick Dominic Pezzone Daniel Whitehurst Tatyana Yatsenko BioE-3: Cranial Ultrasound Support Device Gregory Brunette Leonid Mirson Matthew Pesce Liz Santucci Aly Schlieper Yuta Umeda BioE-4: Pressure Sensing Insole for Diabetic/ Neuropathic Patients Jacob Bartee Angela Beck Alex Josowitz Huaxiu Li Nathaniel Schwed BioE-5: Prolonged Field Care: An Improved Tourniquet for Military Use Aly Egan Lindsey Marra Ryan O’Malley Stephanie Sexton Sarah Smelko Joseph Takahashi

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BioE-6: Dynamic Head Support for Pediatric Patients Mitchell Clough Michael Linehan Jeb Miller Natalie Rutkowski Jaclyn Shields Nate Smialek BioE-7: Anti-Gravity Leg Exercise Assist Device Conor Calnan Shannon Gorman Amy Howell Bryan Romell Jeremy Teichmann BioE-8: ICU Ulcer Prevention Mat James Constantin Aaron Dees Johnathan Maynard Tyler Pirkle Corey Williams BioE-9: Shoulder Anti-Subluxation Tray Forme Balebako Kelley Brown Michael Jacus Gregg Karanovich Emily Mihalko BioE-10: Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release Eileen Burke Mike Coury Maria Gracia Gan Molly Knewtson Jonathan Mahoney

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BioE-11: Positive Reinforcement Device to Encourage Vocalization in Autistic Children Trenton Gilstrap Hailee Kulich Sandee Moed Meghan Scott Kevin Woeppel

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BioE-12: Adjustable Ankle-Foot Orthotic for Children with Cerebral Palsy Nicholas Card Luke Drnach Stephanie Schlebusch David Starkman Zak Wool

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CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Faculty Advisor: Dr. John Oyler CEE-1: The Midway Hotel at Conneaut Lake Joseph DeFrancesco Justin Delmaster Le Lu Corey Potetz Charles Raffensberger Tim Sismour CEE-2: Trinity Acres Youth Camp Master Plan Adrian Goldberg Alie Paul Mary Hassan Jordan Panek Chad Smedley Kai Sun Chris Urtz

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CEE-3: Pitt HEAD (Humanities, Engineering and Design) Nicole Dejean Meghan Greenawalt Mark Greer Joe Hastings Emily Holmes Renato Ruzzini Samantha Susich John Walker CEE-4: The Bigelow Boulevard Reconfiguration Project Robert Gehris Nicholas Hoffmaster Matthew Kimbic Jiangmin Lin Nathan Schaeffer Grant Stahl Garrett Swarm

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ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING Faculty Advisor: Dr. Steven Levitan ECE-1: Wireless Monitoring of Eaton PXR High Voltage Circuit Breaker Trip Unit Lenard Aronson Paige Bitler Philip Null Troy Weber

ECE-7: Safety Discharge Circuit for Eaton High Voltage Capacitor Anthony Hopkins Abdelssamad Laaouaouda Deanna Littlefield Brian Sugarmann

ECE-2: Functional Control of Electrical Muscle Stimulation Array Eric Bucklen Rafid Lateef Damian Link

ECE-8: Mobile Application for Food Picture Taking Danchen Huang Jeffrey Mitchell

ECE-3: Managing the Effects of Return Voltage Due to Dipole Polarization for Duquesne Light Nathan Glotzbach Joshua Counihan Alexander Kline

ECE-9: Distributed Power Line Phase Angle Comparison Colin Kennedy Haroon Khalid Robert Lois II Anthony Stimmell ECE-10: Company-University-Student Advising APP Trevor Leong Nicholas Reiter

ECE-4: Evolutionary Algorithm for Boolean Logic Minimization Gabrielle Clark Emily Crabb

ECE-11: Wireless Remote Building Entry Control System for Eaton Matthew Mayrosh Joseph Petti Chen Su

ECE-5: Optical Interface for Eaton Consumer Circuit Breaker Jason Cole-O’Leary Nicholas Reynolds

ECE-12: GPU Optimized 3D Geometric Modeling Kernels John Matty

ECE-6: Hidden Data Channel for MP3 Files Robert Dumont Tyler Wolf

ECE-13: Scoring Controller for Competitive Fencing Matthew Schnur Bacil Shaqqo

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INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mary Besterfield-Sacre IE-1: Where do Big Packages Go? An Analysis of FedEx Grounds Incompatible Package Network Sponsor: FedEx Soumar Daoud Anthony Dinardo Harrison Lynch Michael Trentadue IE-2: Water Infrastructure Sustainability and Maintenance in Kuna Nega Sponsor: Engineers Without Borders and PittHeads Zachary Birney James Brucker John Pidgeon Andrew Treloar IE-3: Integrating Simulation into Mylan’s Manufacturing Operation Sponsor: Mylan Sydney Biggins Emily Burger Zoe Horvath Ryan Orlando IE-4: GPCFB: Strategic Plan to Eliminate Hunger in Southwest PA by 2025 Sponsor: Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank: Strategic Plan to Eliminate Hunger in Southwest PA by 2025 Brent Grove Brian Nelson Roman Perdziola Brett Vuxta

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IE-5: Brother’s Brother Foundation Future Donations and Space Limitations Sponsor: Brother’s Brother Foundation Mary Cook Danielle Lichty Thomas Randall IE-6: Vaccine Cold Chain Electronic Monitoring Solution Sponsor: Children’s Community Pediatrics Kelsey Knox Christopher Kuchera Seth Young IE-7: Improving the Tool Recalibration Process Sponsor: L&S Machining Mike Quake Sean Mack Dominic Stokes Kevin Thornton IE-8: Process Improvements with the Office of Sponsored Research Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Office of Research Sean Maguire John Riddle Colin Stephens IE-9: Workforce Schedule Reconstruction for Levin Furniture Sponsor: Levin Furniture Jocelyn Dansey Melissa Morello Tyler Rybarczyk Nicholas Sunderland

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & MATERIALS SCIENCE Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Schmidt MEMS-1: Improved Medium Voltage Circuit Breaker Lifting Device Sponsor: Eaton, Pittsburgh Daniel Guimaraes A Abdalla Nathan Harlow Ian Jones Shawn Walls

MEMS-6: Semi-Automation of Manufacturing Novel Vascular Grafts Sponsor: Dr. Anne Robertson Elizabeth Craig Nate Kissel Andrew Lawniczak MEMS-7: Electropolisher Design Sponsor: American Stress Technologies Stephanie Lee Lee Maccarone Nino Tommarello

MEMS-2: Experimental Tests on the Motion of a Fluid-Filled Pendulum Sponsor: Dr. Giovanni Galdi Patrick Corelli Julian Ferrante Giordano Pugliese MEMS-3: Shear Punch Device for Mechanical Testing of Miniaturized Specimens Sponsor: Dr. Markus Chmielus and Dr. Jorg Wiezorek Dan Chilutti Bhim Dahal Thomas Stimmel MEMS-4: Compact Heat Exchangers Sponsor: Dr. David Schmidt and Dr. Dan Cole Nathan Budny Paul Carey Pavlo Lebedyev Garret Sultzbach

MEMS-9: Barkhausen Sensor Carrier for Camshaft Inspection Sponsor: American Stress Technologies Joe Leja Colton Loss John Tritschler MEMS-10: Design of a Test Fixture for Micro-Scale Measurements Sponsor: Dr. Tevis Jacobs Chad Corapi Nathan Jones Luke Thimons

MEMS-5: Development of a Getter Dispenser Sponsor: Eaton, Milwaukee Steve Myers Thomas Smyth Zachary Stuck

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MEMS-8: Design and Fabrication of a Testing Fixture for Anterior Tibial Loading Sponsor: Dr. Patrick Smolinski Adedoyin Ojo Luke Schuster Richard Tommarello

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & MATERIALS SCIENCE (continued)

MEMS-11: Development of a Flow Model for Viscosity Characterization Sponsor: Cameron Andrew Kerns Sam Maroursek Cory Owens

MEMS-16: Motor Operator for VFI Switchgear Industry Project Sponsor: Eaton, Milwaukee Robert Decker William Harlam Du K Aloisio Lopes Valerio

MEMS-12: Design a High Throughput Biomechanical Culture System for Growing Tissue Engineered Corneas Sponsor: Dr. Ian Sigal Nick Cox Rachel Rohr Joshua Selling Morgan Skapik

MEMS-17: Prototype Development of a Leonardo da Vinci Clock MEMS Faculty Project Sponsor: Dr. Dan Budny Colin Dingley Mitch Refosco Dan Rens

MEMS-13: A Robotic Workstation for Stroke Rehabilitation of the Upper Extremity using FES MEMS Faculty Project Sponsor: Dr. Nitin Sharma Michael Calabro Spenser Jenkins Sean McHale Arch 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 Materials MEMS Faculty Project Sponsor: Dr. Anthony DeArdo Yuval Krimer Doug Maronde

MEMS-18: Fluid (air/liquid) Simulator for Electrical Training Industry Project Sponsor: Eaton, Warrendale Cameron Gray Danielle Perdue Daniel Silk Steven Terrana MEMS-19: Strain Field Measurements of Intact Bladder under Inflation MEMS Faculty Project Sponsor: Dr. Anne Robertson Oghogho Igbineweka Nasir Sharaf Victoria Zitzka

MEMS-15: Pump Jack Load Industry Project Sponsor: Eaton, Warrendale Alex Cikovic Tom Damarodis Matthew Hilger Yevgeniy Riftin

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PRODUCT REALIZATION Advisor: Eric Winter PR-1: Architecting a Development Environment for the Microlok II System Sponsor: Ansaldo Sean Kurtz Matt Lasensky Dan Turner PR-2: Ultrasonic-Based Viscometer Prototype Sponsor: Cameron Keith Conti James Haber Andrew Lawniczak Lindsey Marra

PR-4: Reverse Engineering the Da Vinci Clock Sponsor: Dr. Dan Budny Michelle Botyrius Nate Jones Joe Leja Kelsey Metheny Abraham Umo PR-5: Solar PV as a Tool for Grid Stabilization Sponsor: Dr. John Swanson Mohamed Alawad Nate Smialek Robert Timmons John Tritschler

PR-3: Borehole Object Detection Technique and Apparatus Sponsor: Cameron Alex Cikovic Kyle Fragassi Phillip McQuin Ryan O’Malley Victoria Zitzka

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ART OF MAKING Advisor: Dr. Joe Samosky AOM-1: ShopFree: Adjustable Attachment Device or a Pediatric Wheelchair and Shopping Cart Swaroop Akkineni Alyssa Brown Shiv Rajesh Oliver Snyder

AOM-4: Head Tracking for Enhanced Audience Interaction Amanda Boyer Tom Jageman Melissa Pallotti Nick Reynolds

AOM-2: Art in Motion – A Kinetic Sculpture Installation Proposal for Benedum Gabe Hinding Carolyn Normile Mitch Refosco Harinee Suthakar

AOM-5: Text. Then Drive: Helping Create Safer Drivers Ron Colmon Jenny Sommer Dominic Stokes Emeka Ukaga Ben Williams

AOM-3: The Car of 2030: A Tangible Design for a Modular Car Joshua Barron Hamad Binghalib Cory Cizauskas Donald Doerfler Kevin Glunt Zachary Mester Philipp Schneider

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AOM-6: Smart Gym: Know When and Where to Workout David Bevins David Hasler Adam Maloney AOM-7: Cave Trekker: A Video Game sans Video Atharva Deshpande Martha Dixon Nate Jones Bryan Kan Shae Rosemore Tyler Wolf

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MEDICAL PRODUCT PROTOTYPING Advisor: Dr. Kilichan Gurleyik MPP-1: VRhab Anisha Butala Jeffrey Crandell Ryan Rightmer Joshua Singer

MPP-4: GyrEx Janele Archibald Hana Casalnova Brian Lupish Scott Thompson

MPP-2: TOD Josh Barman Terrill Richardson Heidi Rupprecht Matthew Salig

MPP-5: BackingItUP Timothy Folts Krytal Pynn Timothy Sanchez Abhilasha Singh

MPP-3: Medi U-Clip Chirag Chauhan John Dienno Kimberly Fogel

STUDENT CLUB SClub-1: Myringo (Practice. Progress. Provide.)

Jonathan Kenneson Molly Knewtson Ritesh Misra Dillon Thomas Quentin Torgerson

SClub-3: Neurosurgical Table Chris Chung Kevin Fleischmann Matthew Kovalchuk Lindsey Marra Sean McCarthy Maya McKeown

SClub-2: Sumo Robot James Braza Brandon Contino Jon Kenneson Quentin Torgerson

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