2022 First Year Conference Program

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ENGINEERING CONFERENCE 20 22

SATURDAY APRIL 9 2022 KEYNOTE SPEAKER Blake Dubé Founder and CEO Aeronics, Inc.

Swanson School of Engineering

21st

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engineering conference

Agenda 9 – 10:45 a.m.

10:45 – 11 a.m.

11 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Session A – See schedule, page 2 Break Session B – See schedule, page 4

12:45 – 1:45 p.m. Lunch Break Benedum Hall, ground floor and first, second, and third floors 1:45 – 2:15 p.m.

Keynote Address by Blake Dubé Aeronics, Inc.

Benedum Hall, room 157 and broadcasted to all of the conference rooms 2:15 – 2:45 p.m. Awards Presentation Benedum Hall, room 157 and broadcasted to all of the conference rooms 2:45 – 3 p.m.

Break

3 – 4:45 p.m.

Session C – See schedule, page 8

Thank you to

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.

9 – 10:45 a.m. SESSION A SESSION A1 Bioengineering Topics, Room G31 ABIOCOR TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEART

THE IMPORTANCE OF LEDS FOR CONTROLLED HYDROPONIC FARMING Evan Shiveley, Joey Macmillian,

Benjamin Hardy, Moaz Ibrahim, Cashmere Starks SMOG FREE TOWERS AND THE USE OF POSITIVE IONIZATION FOR AIR PURIFICATION ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS AND DIABETES Samantha Gouveia, Camryn Augustine, Ryan Fry, Will Lichauer, Peter Wood

Madison Hughes

BIO-INK AND THE THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING OF LIVING TISSUE

BACTERIA BASED SELF-HEALING CONCRETE Luke Hansen, Anthony Conti, Ethan Moreau

Jared Kolarcik-Schmitt, Emily McShane, William Pastro

SESSION A3

THE FUTURE OF ORGAN XENOTRANSPLANTATION

Chemical Engineering Topics, Room 318

Max Miller, Stephen O’Farrell, Campbell Sines

USING PYROLYSIS TO CONVERT BIOMASS INTO A RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO FOSSIL FUELS

A NEW AGE OF HEADACHE MANAGEMENT: ELECTRONIC NERVE SIMULATION Robert Edney, Kara Nghiem, Albert Sommar HOW NANOTECHNOLOGY IS USED IN DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS Ryan Brogunier, David Hosken, Michael Manko USING STEM CELLS WITHIN CARDIOVASCULAR ISSUES Cole Craig, Dev Jadav, Maitreyi Naikwadi

SESSION A2 Civil and Environmental Engineering Topics, Room 320

Gabrielle Fernandes, Anvita Bhattad, Alek Barter BATTERY THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: THEIR REGULATION OF EXTREME TEMPERATURES IN LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES Juliette Davoine, Anh Nguyen, Rory O’Dwyer LOW-PRESSURE HYDROTHERMAL PROCESSING: TURNING POLYOLEFIN WASTES INTO CLEAN FUELS Caroline Howard, Jack Kaye, Leanni Barreiros GRAPHENE: WATER FILTRATION FOR THE FUTURE Michael Constantine, Peter Gold, Liam Beckett

ALGAE-BASED DESALINATION AS A PRETREATMENT FOR REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION

USE OF CARBON NANOTUBE TECHNOLOGY FOR PHOTOVOLTAICS

Simon Lingle, Jillian Brockhoff, Megan Suess

Ryan Lopez, Brandon Yasin, Julia Loffredi

LARGE SCALE 3D PRINTING FOR INCREASED SUSTAINABILITY IN CONSTRUCTION

GRAPHENE AND THE FUTURE OF SOLAR ENERGY

Ross Gardner, Jacob Korus, Eli Marks GENETICALLY MUTATED BACTERIA GIVES OLD PLASTICS NEW LIFE

Kiersten Beahm, Noah Karow, Sarah Thomson COST-EFFECTIVE BIO-FUEL CELLS Junyi Pan, Aashka Garg

Sofia Bear, Lauren Gilfillan, Joshua Fiorentino GOLDEN RICE: THE CROSSROADS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND BIOTECHNOLOGY Samuel Landon, Aditya Nair, Minakshi Thapa

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SESSION A4

DNA-BASED NANOROBOTS FOR LUNG CANCER DETECTION AND TREATMENT

Electrical and Computer Engineering Topics, Room G30

Oreofe Adeleye, Brandyn D’Amico, Zachary Miller

MACHINE AND AI LEARNING FOR SAFETY IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

APPLICATION OF NEURAL PROSTHETICS IN UPPER LIMB AMPUTEES

Juan Alvarez, Benji Dubin, Ethan Shodi

Michael Lee, Jose Rodriguez, Sachin Srikar

THE IMPACT OF REGENERATIVE BRAKING ON THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

BIOMEDICAL MICROWAVE SENSORS: AN EFFECTIVE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR BREAST CANCER DETECTION

Adam Hartman, Will Hoover, John Lake

Emily Bosworth, Mia Chupein, Abegale Jones

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLEDS) IN TELEVISION SETS AND OTHER VIDEO DISPLAYS

3D BIOPRINTED SKIN GRAFTS FOR ACCELERATED CUTANEOUS WOUND HEALING

Kevin Gu, Zach Higgins, Ian Mason

Zander Coleman, Michael Orsulak, Daniel Teti

COMPUTER AND MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS IN DEVELOPMENT OF MRNA VACCINES

SESSION A6

Dominique Pantin, Michael Vandemark, Shamiah Williams

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Topics, Room 226

BRAIN MACHINE INTERFACES IN NEURAL PROSTHETICS Vishnu Prabakaran, Brian Trieu, Joshua Truesdell MULTIFUNCTIONAL BIO-INSPIRED MICRO-ROBOTIC: THE ROBOBEE AND PLANT POLLINATION Fiona Cheng, Ben Krauss, Julianna Sergi ELECTROMYOGRAPHY FOR MAKING MYOELECTRICPOWERED PROSTHETIC ARMS Robert King, Minh Nguyen, Ethan Panek

WEARABLE EXOSKELETON TECHNOLOGY FOR LOWER LIMB MOBILITY Isabelle McGowan, Adam Price, Emma Murphy CANCER ERADICATING NANOROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY Abigail Kocher, Jaspreet Chera, Mae Plum ION PROPULSION SYSTEMS Adam Browning, Cody Carnes, John Ufer THE ARM OF THE PERSEVERANCE ROVER

SESSION A5

Alex Ivensky, Jake Jarosh

Bioengineering Topics, Room G29

PNEUMATIC ACTUATION IN AN INFLATABLE NEUROPROSTHETIC HAND

LUNGS-ON-CHIPS: A NEW METHOD OF CANCER TREATMENT TESTING Allison Bergkoetter, Maya Franklin, Lily Leh THE EFFECTS OF CRISPR TECHNOLOGY ON HIV Danielle McDonald, Andrea Moore, Katherine Ranallo EFFECTIVENESS AND PROSPECTS OF CLOSED-LOOP ARTIFICIAL PANCREATIC DEVICE SYSTEMS Janhavi Barpande, Patrick Lovenguth, Nana Ohemaa Ofori

Nick Vasas, Sean Weidner MOVING “BEYOND BURGERS:” HOW BIOPRINTING GUILTLESS STEAK WILL LEAD TO A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE Anagha Venkatesh, Owen Spencer, Emma Núñez Colón THE OSSUR CHEETAH BLADE: A HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORTS PROSTHETIC Michael Christofidis, Maxwell Coburn, Harrison Alexander

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SESSION A10

Bioengineering Panel 1, Room 229

Electrical and Computer Engineering Panel 1, Room 309

SESSION A8 Civil and Environmental Engineering Panel 1, Room 157

SESSION A11

SESSION A9

SESSION A12

Chemical Engineering Panel 1, Room 319

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Panel 1, Room G27

Industrial Engineering Panel 1, Room 227

10:45 – 11 a.m. BREAK

11 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. SESSION B SESSION B1

A TEST USING AI TO HELP DIAGNOSE KIDNEY DISEASE

Bioengineering Topics, Room G31

Viral Shah, Arjun Bains, Maxwell Langer

GENETIC ENGINEERING ENABLED XENOTRANSPLANTATION CARBON NANOTUBES AS BIOTRANSPORTERS AND DRUG CARRIERS Rehan Manjila, Austin Bustos, Zackery Layton FREESTYLE LIBRE ALLOWS PEOPLE TO CHECK THEIR GLUCOSE LEVELS TWENTY-FOUR-SEVEN Hannah Bradfield, Cameron Case, Benjamin Rickin-Marks BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACING: AN IMPROVED PROSTHESIS FOR AMPUTEES AND PARAPLEGIC INDIVIDUALS Bella Gaydosh, Charles Oduro, Lizzy Fillman HUMAN ORGAN CHIPS VS. ANIMAL TESTING: AN EVALUATION ON DRUG DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING METHODS

Ankita Raj, Jordan Henry, Bodhi Wilson

SESSION B2 Civil and Environmental Engineering Topics, Room 320 UTILIZING BACTERIAL DECOMPOSITION IN WASTE MANAGEMENT Cheyenne Camacho, Bradley Gavigan, Joshua Le MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS FOR WASTEWATER PURIFICATION Moyosore Ariyo, Nikhil Madaka, Nick Rocco

Sindhu Nalamothu, Lauren Coffman, Yalin Lui

CONSTRUCTION-SCALE 3D PRINTING

CRISPR GENE THERAPY FOR ENHANCING IMMUNE RESPONSE AND PROHIBITING UNRESTRAINED CANCEROUS GROWTH

Benjamin Carr, Colin Devine, Ethan Staudt

Gavin Paulhamus, Leo Goldberg, Pranav Kumar Kaliaperumal

CRISPR IS USED TO MODIFY AND CONTROL THE GROWTH OF CROPS Brennan Aldrich, Daniel Richardson, Jackson Stachel

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RECYCLED PLASTIC PARTICLES AS CEMENT AGGREGATE FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION

USE OF COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS IN PAINT FOR THE HARVESTING OF SOLAR ENERGY

Marie Flinchbaugh, Jana Kimball, Isabella Meyer

Greg Soltys, Amelia Kuzneski, Ryan Schlipf

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND VERTICAL FARMING CAN BE APPLIED TO VERTICAL AQUACULTURE IN ORDER CREATE SELF-SUSTAINING SHRIMP FARMS

RANGE SENSING AND 3D MAPPING IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES USING LIDAR SENSORS

Aaron Flesher, Mia Ingalls, Elizabeth Novikova

Dikchhya Kharel, Kamal Kharel, Nischal Kharel PROSTHETIC DEVICES WHICH RESTORE LIMB FUNCTION TO AMPUTEES

FOG HARVESTING Vanessa Biagiarelli, Joseph Dorminy, Harper Segal

Ian Ndiangui, Sebastian Shaffer, Malini Harinath IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT MONITORING AND NOTIFICATION THAT IS FOUND IN APPLE WATCHES

SESSION B3

Lorenzo Caria, Evan Wheeler, Siddharth Krishnan

Chemical Engineering Topics, Room 318

NANOROBOTS THAT CAN BE USED TO DELIVER TARGETED DRUG

USING SILVER NANOPARTICLES AS COATING ON PROSTHETICS TO COMBAT POST-OPERATIVE INFECTIONS

Prakruti Jajoo, Kristel Kouatchou, Guhan Kumaran

Taylor Mincin, Beryl Sin, Amy Zhang INTEGRATING HYDROGEN AS A FUEL FOR AIRCRAFT

NANITE, A CUTTING-EDGE VIRTUALIZED GEOMETRY SYSTEM

Rohan Ari, John Murray, Yubin Wu

Zayin Edwards, Daniel Glazer, Rigel Voelker

AN ANALYSIS OF BIODIESEL IN THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR Teja Chaparala, Isaac Ellis, Bredt Leon

SESSION B5

ENVIRONMENTALLY NEUTRAL HYDROGEN FUEL AS AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE IN AVIATION

Electrical and Computer Engineering Topics, Room G29

Madison Smith, Liam Pembleton, Robert Jordan THE SOCIOECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVANTAGES TO IMPLEMENTING LARGE SCALE SOLAR THERMAL DESALINATION PLANTS

Zack Baldwin, Austin Schmidt, Timothy Sullivan

Griffin Graham, Theresa Kelly, Owen Mulholland IRON-AIR BATTERIES AS ‘GREEN’ SOURCES OF ENERGY PRODUCTION AND STORAGE

VIABILITY OF USAGE OF COUPLED AND DECOUPLED STRUCTURAL BATTERIES IN VEHICLES

THE REFINEMENT OF MICROPROCESSORS AND THE ADVANCEMENTS OF THE 3 NM PROCESS Everett Cannon, Matt Tarone, Ben Shuttleworth MODERN MYOELETRIC PROSTHETIC HANDS

Samuel Melchio, Evan Sokolson, Taylor William

Katherine Mason, Marc Neff, Juliana Capozzi

SESSION B4

THE POWER OF THOUGHTS: BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACING BROUGHT TO REALITY

Electrical and Computer Engineering Topics, Room G30 THERMODYNAMICS OF PASSIVE COOLING THAT ALLOW FOR GAMING CONSOLES AND PCS TO BE COOLED MORE EFFECTIVELY

Myles Fernau, Trey Gannon LANE ASSIST IN TELSA’S AUTOPILOT Max Ludwig, Dylan Grass, Josie Biddle

James Hill, Rory Cooke, Paul Pelletier

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THE 127-QUBIT QUANTUM PROCESSOR AND THE SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSMON QUBIT Anna Abelev, Peter Kutschke TRANSPARENT SOLAR CELLS: THE FUTURE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY?

SESSION B9 Chemical Engineering Panel 2, Room 319

SESSION B10

Kyle Harwick, Julia Resch, Olivia Rossi

Electrical and Computer Engineering Panel 2, Room 309

SESSION B6

SESSION B11

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Topics, Room 226

Industrial Engineering Panel 2, Room 227

FULL ARM MYOELECTRIC PROSTHETICS FOR UPPER BODY AMPUTEES Nathan Carozza, Brendan Lang, Dylan Riley SENSOR FUSION: COMBINING RADAR, LIDAR, AND OPTICAL CAMERA TECHNOLOGY Kenechukwu Nnake, Abigail Small, Drew Tamassia KINETIC AND ELECTRIC ENERGY IN ELECTRIC MOTORS Rylee Schaffer, Chris Erfort, Cameron Kiebort FIVE-AXIS ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF MEDICAL MODELS AS INSTRUCTIONAL DEVICES USED IN A CLINICAL SETTING Connor Watson, Michael Hosni, Veronika Durr

SESSION B12 Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Panel 2, Room G27

SESSION B13 ENGR 0716 The Art of Making: An Introduction to Hands-On System Design and Engineering Special Topics 1, Room G34 adaPEtive: Adapted Physical Education for Visually Impaired Students Ben Carnovale, Moriah Eley, Kasey Forsythe, Nate Ginck, Hannah Levine, Rebecca Miller

e-Clusivity: Mid-Game Communication for Deaf E-Sports Players

Avery Dittmer, John Darnall, Matthew Carr

Lucas Bayer, Aidan Beecher, Lucas Connell, Owen Gaskill, Caden Schiffer, Jordan Shopp, Kennedy Snook, Lucy Strazis

PROSTHETIC LIMB AND OSSEOINTEGRATION ADVANCEMENTS VIA E-OPRA

StimYOUlation: Creating a Personalized Study Experience

Manny Basnet, Aritra Ghatak, Samuel Little

Bella Lardin, Liam McLaughlin, Alex McMoil, Claire Rossi

THE IMPACT OF THE MICRA PACEMAKER

THE USE OF ELECTRON BEAM MELTING FOR TITANTIUM RECONSTRUCTIVE ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS Edward Disy, Lianna Robbins, Hannah Muschinski

SESSION B7

Pad Place: Facilitating Electrode Placement for Physical Therapy Anna George, Aakash Kottakota, Connor LaMarca, John Marsala, Ritesh Shrivastav

Bioengineering Panel 2, Room 229

SESSION B8 Civil and Environmental Engineering Panel 2, Room 157

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12:45 – 1:45 p.m. LUNCH BREAK

1:45 – 2:15 p.m.

Keynote

During this time, Blake Dubé from Aeronics, Inc. will give the keynote talk.

Biography – Blake Dubé Blake is the Founder and CEO of Aeronics, Inc., a Pittsburgh-based startup that develops portable oxygen systems for human and veterinary use.

Blake started Aeronics in 2016 as a chemical engineering student at the University of Pittsburgh.

The company grew out of an undergraduate research project and gained traction through business plan competitions including the Randall Family Big Idea Competition, The Pitt Innovation Challenge, and Princeton’s Tiger Launch. The company spun out of the university in 2017 and launched its first product, a veterinary oxygen system, in 2019. Today, Aeronics has seven employees at its headquarters in Bloomfield and sells products to thousands of hospitals across the country.

For his work on Aeronics, Blake has been named Pittsburgh 30-under-30 by the Pittsburgh Business Times and Animal Advocate by The Incline magazine. During his time at Pitt, Blake was involved in the triathlon club, did an internship at BASF, worked as a tour guide for the engineering school, and enjoyed sunsets from his porch on Parkview Avenue.

2:15 – 2:45 p.m.

2:45 – 3 p.m.

Awards Presentation

Break

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3 – 4:45 p.m. SESSION C SESSION C1 Bioengineering Topics, Room G31 BIOPRINTING ARTIFICIAL ORGANS FOR TRANSPLANT

TUNED MASS DAMPERS: A GLOBAL SOLUTION TO VIBRATIONAL FREQUENCY AND MODERNIZATION OF SKYSCRAPERS

Vaani Bansal, Amna Imran

Oday Abushaban, Emily Conlon, Delaney Moskowitz

CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED PALINDROMIC REPEATS (CRISPR/CAS-9) FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES

REPURPOSED SHIPPING CONTAINERS AS THE MAIN STRUCTURAL MATERIAL IN SUSTAINABLE AND AFFORDABLE URBAN HOUSING

Ethan Lee, Benjamin Fisher, Aidan Sullivan

Alexandra Greiner, Jiaxuan Kong, Arya Mishra

BRAIN-MACHINE INTERFACE BASED NEURAL PROSTHETICS TO ASSIST PATIENTS WITH PARALYSIS

DEEP-WATER CULTURE HYDROPONICS AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS AGAINST ONGOING ENVIRONMENTAL AND GROWTH CONCERNS VS TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE

Camryn Grizzetti, Tarini Ravikumar, Joseph Valinis REDUCING SYMPTOMS AND INFECTION OF HIV-1 VIRUS USING MRNA VACCINE TECHNOLOGY Jason Bonavita, Ryan Vidal, Aaron Williams TEXTILE-BASED FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION FOR UPPER-BODY MOBILITY AFTER STROKE Shirin Kaye, Margarita Prifti, Liam Tena MEDICINAL NANOTECHNOLOGY AND ITS TREATMENT FOR GLIOBLASTOMA Emilio Hoyos-Sosa, Sophia Shoemaker, Tanvi Verma

SESSION C2 Civil and Environmental Engineering Topics, Room 320 ENHANCING CONCRETE VIA NANOPARTICLES Nicholas Chiaro, Ian Kehinde WATER TREATMENT IN SINGAPORE

Jayson Baggett, Steven Panico, Austin Pierce

SESSION C3 Bioengineering Topics, Room 318 BIODEGRADABLE POLYESTER URETHANE UREA (BPEUU) CARDIAC PATCHES: COMBATING HEART DISEASE AND HEALING THE HEART Ashna Goel, Avni Juneja, Joseph O’Sullivan THE USE OF 3D BIOPRINTING IN THE TREATMENT OF BURN PATIENTS Kristian Borysiak, Aidan Leon, Mark Sarachman THE DEACTIVATION OF VIRSUES ON SURFACES

BY ULTRAVIOLET GERMICIDAL IRRADATION Emre Bilge, Victor Chiang, Connor Cosgrove IMPLANT OF BIOPROSTHETIC HEART VALVES FOR MITRAL DISEASE Jingyu Chen, John Deibert, Jenna Donohue

Mazen Ismail, Riley Rodriguez

WEARABLE MEDICAL DEVICES FOR AUTONOMOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING

DIRECT CARBON CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY USED IN AN APPROACH TO RESOLVE GLOBAL WARMING

Ethan Martin, Amelia Ossman, Madelyn Shaw

Derrick Gonzalez, Joshua Summers, Brendan Wertz

Yuheng Lin, Brock Pemberton, Jay Suggs

3D BIOPRINTING HUMAN ORGANS FOR TRANSPLANTATION

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SESSION C4

ARTIFICIAL NERVE SENSORS IN PROSTHETIC HANDS

SPHERICAL MOSS TANK FOR LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS: STRUCTURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND TRANSPORTATION BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS; EQUITORIAL GUINEA PROJECT STORAGE TECHNIQUES; AND PRODUCTION COMPANY PROCESSES

Alana Burrows, Audrey Gross, Tyler Hansen

Erica Beigi, Madelynn Bennett, Andrew Fox

THE EFFECT OF SMART THERMOSTATS ON THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT

STEERING ENHANCEMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES THROUGH COGNITIVE COMPUTING

Noah Dann, Ari Hansford

Connor Kane, Juan Ma Lugo, Ethan Snyder

GRAPHENE STRUCTURES IN LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES FOR APPLICATIONS IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES

HYDROGEN BREAKTHROUGH IRONMAKING TECHNOLOGY AS A REPLACEMENT FOR COKE IN STEEL PRODUCTION

Toby Jones, Jackson Morrow, Jason Wiedmann

Henry Gaffur, Zachery Kost, Charli Surdyn

PHOTOVOLTAIC WINDOW FILM TECHNOLOGY

SESSION C6

Electrical and Computer Engineering Topics, Room G30

Jacob Krawczyk, Maiah Ruby, Breanna Totaro

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Topics, Room 226

USE OF VIRTUAL REALITY IN THE DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER’S AND DEMENTIA

COMMERCIALIZING ROCKETS WITH REUSABLE TECHNOLOGY IN THE FIRST STAGE: HOW DOES THIS AFFECT SUSTAINABILITY AND SAFETY OF SPACE TRAVEL?

Naa Kordei Botchway, Connor Mccourt, Chanel Williams

Katherine Gonzalez, Yun Dong, Suyash Date

HOW SILICON ANODES PROVIDE GREATER ENERGY CAPABILITIES WITHIN LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES

STIMULATING PHYSICAL TOUCH IN HAND PROSTHETICS USING ARTIFICIAL SKIN

Nathaniel O’Stafy , Connor Paladino, Henry Polaski

Luke Wilson, Cooper Hall, Rebekah Burns

SOLID STATE LITHIUM BATTERIES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES Emilia Chirino, Conor Fallon, Harkamal Singh

SESSION C5 Industrial Engineering Topics, Room G29 AUTOMATION AND THE ROBOTIC COLLABORATION IN THE VEHICLE PRODUCTION INDUSTRY Jackson Laskos, Zachary Nellas, Dylan Renaldi TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERRING TO CREATE A MORE EFFICIENT VACCINE PRODUCTION PROCESS Corbin Glance, Maggie Piro HOW ADVANCEMENTS IN LITHIUM-ION BATTERY RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY PREVENTS THE GROWTH OF BATTERIES IN LANDFILLS

METAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF COMPLEX AUTOMOTIVE PARTS Aidan Giles, David Engler, Lucas Nakamura APPLICATION OF SOFT ROBOTICS IN OCEAN FLOOR MAPPING AND MINING Jillian Noel, Aidan O’Nan, Pat Simmons NUCLEAR THERMAL ENGINES AND THEIR APPLICATION IN INTERPLANETARY TRAVEL TO LIMIT ASTRONAUT EXPOSURE TO RADIATION Jack Schlegel, Tyler Kenney, Seth Williams THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN BOSTON DYNAMICS’S SPOT IN COMMERCIAL USES Anuj Lele, Benjamin Fidler, Paige Dillon

Joseph Kearney, Johnson Yang

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RARE EARTH BARIUM COPPER OXIDE AS A HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET FOR USE IN FUSION REACTORS

MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR LOWER-LIMB MYOELECTRIC PROSTHETICS

Lucas Schletz, Elijah Sivick, Quentin Chen

Carter Jones, Keshav Shankar, Shunsuke Uemura

SESSION C7

NEURALINK AND ITS APPLICATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Bioengineering Topics, Room 229

Gabriella Brubach, Tyler Jacobson, Tai Roberts

THE FUTURE IS BIOPRINTING Ridwon Khaliqi, Kenneth Forlenza, Daniel Weiler DEEP LEARNING ALGORITHMS FOR MEDICAL IMAGING AND RADIOLOGY Adam Gosden, Semira Kizhakkey 3D BIOPRINTING FULL-SIZE HEARTS FOR HEART COMPLICATIONS USING THE (FRESH) METHOD Amber Costello, Alexander Tejada-Inoa THE ROLE OF TRASTUZUMAB DERUXTECAN IN THE TREATMENT OF HER2-POSITIVE BREAST, GASTRIC, AND METASTIC CANCER

ADVANCEMENTS IN COVID-19 TESTING: QUANTUM SENSORS USING THE HYPERSENSITIVE PROPERTIES OF NITROGEN-VACANCY POINT DEFECTS WITHIN NANODIAMONDS Gavin Buiting, Aidan Ehrenhalt, Keith Mawhinney

SESSION C9 Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Topics, Room 319 ELECTRON BEAM FREEFORM FABRICATION FOR AERONAUTICAL MATERIALS

Adam Nichols, Maggie Young, Logan Reilley

Ralph Baker, Maksim Djokic, Sarah Shegogue

THREE-DIMENSIONAL BIOPRINTERS: MEDICAL ADVANCEMENTS FOR SPACE EXPLORATION

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION FOR AI LEAD CLASSROOMS

Jose Morales, Suyash Sinkar, Raymond Zheng

Krishna Patel, Nicholas Schrickel, Noah Trostle

GASTROINTESTINAL MICROPHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS FOR DISEASE MODELING IN CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS

LINKING THE BRAIN AND MACHINE WITH THE POWER OF A CHIP

Jackson McAleer-Forte, Rebecca Swartz, Rachel Towler

SESSION C8 Electrical and Computer Engineering Topics, Room 157 SILICON NANOWIRE ARRAYS

Zachary Fairfull, Chris Jakuboski, Daniel Parks THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD THROUGH NUCLEAR FUSION Ryan Ellefson, Alexander Hall, Phillip Sherman LIDAR SENSORS AND THEIR PLAY IN THE WORLD OF SELF-DRIVING CARS Anton Brunick, Charles Prather, Logan Radomicki

Emily Burger, Michael Mejalli, John Parkhurst

STEM CELL CULTURED BIOPRINTED ORGANS FOR TRANSPLANT

POWER FOR THE FUTURE: SILICON-ANODE SOLID-STATE BATTERIES

Theodore Fooskas, Joshua Steinfeld, Henry Veltum

Nicholas Borzillo, Andrew Curci, Daniel Rieker

MOLTEN SALT STORAGE

ALPHAFOLD: THE FUTURE OF PREDICTING PROTEINS

Jake Doran, Robert Furlan, Roan Mccall

Arissa Buchina, Claire De La Garrigue, Alexander Smith

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SESSION C10

TESLASUIT HAPTIC TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING AND DEVELOPMENT

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Topics, Room 309

Colton Frankenberry, Adam Raible, Everett Sweger-Eisenhart

SMALL MODULAR REACTORS: THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR FISSION

EXPLORING ELECTRICAL STIMULATION ON MUSCLE GROWTH

Ethan Kinyon, Claire Covert, Paige Mancia USE OF CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES AS SCAFFOLDING AND INTERFACING IN CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM REPAIR Gabrielle Olalde, Daniel Orrego, Juniper Smyth SOIL-BASED GRAVITY ENERGY STORAGE FOR SOLAR POWER

Ravyn Brown, Allison Chan, Daniel Stoller THORIUM SALT REACTOR IN CHINA: THE FUTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY Collin Chambers, Elizabeth Maurer, Grace Walker

SESSION C12

Amber Earnest, Aidan Curry, Dalia Chemaitilly

Bioengineering Topics, Room G27

SPARC: THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR FUSION

ELECTROSPINNING AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO THE REGENERATION OF ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENTS

Brennan Donnelly, Ezra Dugosh, Michael Makowski

Nasser Adbulwahab, Lakshanyaa Thirunarayanan Venkatesan

CONTEMPORARY SYSTEM OF PROSTHETICS AND ORTHOTICS DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING

THE USE OF BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES IN PROSTHETIC APPLICATIONS FOR PHYSICALLY DISABLED INDIVIDUALS

Lily Armstrong, Allison Haflett, Matthew Metrosky APPLICATION OF BACTERIAL PRECIPITATE IN AUTONOMOUS REPAIR OF CEMENTITIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE Austin Brannon, John Lascelles, Dylan Noker

Adarsh Kotlapati, Addison Stewart, Thuc Tran THE DEVELOPMENT OF MRNA VACCINES THROUGH CRISPR FOR USE IN THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC Russel Blachere, Maya Connors, Connor Ruark

SESSION C11

INDUCED PLUIPOTENT STEM CELLS BEING USED FOR A CANCER VACCINE

Electrical and Computer Engineering Topics, Room 227

Nathaniel Myers, Brenda Rea, Carina Rose

ROBOTIC MASTECTOMIES WITH THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

3D PRINTED MATERIALS AS SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUE REGENERATION

Emily Bichard, Hunter Kelley, Alexa Velasquez

Ruhani Gill, Bridget Lobo, Sarah Needham

GPS TECHNOLOGY AT THE FOREFRONT OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

THE USE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY IN CIRCUMVENTING THE RESISTANCE OF CANCEROUS CELLS TO CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT

Benjamin Green, Declan Kelly, Saket Varanasi ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: MAXIMIZING AND EXPEDITING THE DRUG DEVELOPMENT AND DISCOVERY PROCESS

Abigail Maier, Rachel Thomas, Maxwell Wasserman

Lauren Beck, Jeet Patel, Isabella Terick

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SESSION C13 ENGR 0716 The Art of Making: An Introduction to Hands-On System Design and Engineering Special Topics 2, Room G34 NaviGAIT: Expediting Gait Analysis Process with Comphrensible Results Matthew Benik, Jack Berkowitz, Trey Blystone, Thomas Eckrich, Benjamin Esquieres, Natasha Mody, Claire Olmsted

Workganizer: The To-Go Study Space Solution Seth Blain, Kushal Parekh, Pavel Serhiayenka, Kevork Zeibari

Spill the Beans: Encouraging Childhood Expression Sam Alfieri, Phoebe Katz, Yugma Patel, Annabella Peretti, Jerome Poravanthattil, Josh Rioux

SESSION C14 Assorted Engineering Topics, Room G28 OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION FEASIBILITY AMONG PACIFIC ISLANDS Timothy Horrell, Christopher Moran, Francesco Nota USING VIRTUAL REALITY IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY TRAINING Luke Fatula, Paul Mcpartland, Samuel Szymaniak GROWING UP(WARDS): THE USE OF AEROPONICS INTEGRATED WITH VERTICAL FARMING IN THE URBAN LANDSCAPE James Benke, Jacob Jordan, Sean Springer HIGH-THROUGHPUT HOLOGRAPHIC CYTOMETRY FOR BREAST CANCER DETECTION

ELECTROLYSIS OF HYDROGEN FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY STORAGE Sophia Edwards, Nicholas Kravits, Sofia Milone TREATMENT OF COMBAT WOUNDS THROUGH EXTRUSION-BASED 3D BIOPRINTING Mosiah Bennett, Jason Cutitta

SESSION C15 Assorted Engineering Topics, Room G24 AN EVALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF WILDLIFE BRIDGES ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS Evan Bourke, Andrew Cohen, Marissa Wyncisky NANOTECHNOLOGY’S APPLICATION IN SUSTAINABLE WATER TREATMENT Joshua Herring, Graham Hoover, Nathan Mock LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES AND THEIR APPLICATION IN UNMANNED AIRCRAFT Michael Bujalski, Daniel Chimes, David Zhang SUPER ENZYME FOR THE DEGRADATION OF PET PLASTICS INTO THEIR MONOMERIC BUILDING BLOCKS Joseph Nypaver, Adam Ricci, Nathanail Sexton AN EXPLORATION OF INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) BASED HYDROPONICS SYSTEMS GOVERNED BY MACHINE LEARNING FOR CROP PRODUCTION Domenic Colangelo, Gianni Diacopoulos, John Profozich APPLICATIONS OF VANTABLACK COATINGS FOR IMPROVED DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION Emma Isenberg, Cora Nevel, Keaton Wnuk THE USE OF VR IN THE REHABILITATION OF STROKE PATIENTS Kshitija Koli, Matthew Renda, Amrutha Selvaraja

Aadhira Arun, Rachel Templeton, Shlok Ven SOFT ROBOTICS IN MARINE PROPULSION MECHANISMS Abiona Flora, Benjamin Jupina, Erica Taylor

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CONFERENCE PANELISTS The Swanson School of Engineering would like to recognize and thank all the panelists for their participation in this event. Their efforts were essential to the success of the conference.

Naomi Anderson Jared Andes Robert Boback Josh Ciampini Travis Coffen Elizabeth Cook

Justin Cooke Anna Dzuricky Jason Esser Mikayla Ferchaw Dave Gau Mike Howell

Jeff Kelly James Logue Kerry McCarthy Anthony Pulleo Zack Ramsey Paige Risley

Taylor Shippling Dustin Taylor Catrina Vargo Matthew Voycik Adam Walkowiak

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS Conference co-chairs are instrumental to the success of the First-Year Engineering Conference.

They serve as resources and mentors as students write their conference papers and prepare their presentations.

Will Blackledge Taylor Brightman Andrew Buonanno Wavy Chen John DeMarco Cameron Hagg Ryan Harden

Alison Heide Robin Kaufman Sneha Kc Margaret Killmeyer Katelyn Lipa Noah Makowicz Amanda Martin

Anna Maywar Morgan Miller Caiti Minahan Gianna Morelli Elizabeth Niemi Sena Noaman Abigail Ramos

Emma Salmon Liam Salter John Simonelli Zoe Yarsky Bailey Ziencik

ENGISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY AND LIBRARIANS The Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences Department of English faculty teaching with the English/First-Year Engineering Writing Program are essential to the First-Year Engineering Conference. These writing instructors create the assignments that guide students through the conference paper process, read and evaluate all conference papers, and provide support to students throughout the writing process.

Beth Newborg, Director Renee Prymus, Assistant Director Keely Bowers Amanda Brant Laura Brown

Tina Cafasso Janine Carlock Cristina D’Imperio Barbara Edelman Liberty Ferda Deborah Galle

Nancy Koerbel Dara Kreske Jenna Massaro Tyler McAndrew Daniel McMillan Rachel McTernan

Johanna Murphy Nathan Nikolic Katy Rank Lev Shannon Reed Emelyn Smith-Ferris

Engineering Library Judy Brink, Head Bevier Engineering Library

Thanks also to the University of Pittsburgh Writing Center. Writing center consultants assist many first-year engineering students throughout spring and fall semesters.

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WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY? “I think of the need for more wisdom in the world, to deal with the knowledge that we have.

At one time we had wisdom, but little knowledge. Now we have a great deal of knowledge, but do we have enough wisdom to deal with that knowledge? I define wisdom as the capacity to make retrospective judgments prospectively.” 1 – Jonas Salk What is “sustainability?” The ground-breaking 1987 Brundtland Report, prepared for the UN’s World Commission on Environment and Development (UNCE), defines it as “satisfying the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” 2 The UNCE has continued to update the particulars and goals of the 1987 declaration, particularly in the area of specific action “…giving further emphasis to practical solutions that can be implemented on the ground. Also the identification of key problem areas has become more specific and the conclusions more action-oriented.” 3 The 2012 Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development defines sustainability this way: “Sustainable development emphasizes a holistic, equitable and far-sighted approach to decision-making at all levels. It emphasizes not just strong economic performance but intragenerational and intergenerational equity.

It rests on integration and a balanced consideration of social, economic and environmental goals and objectives in both public and private decision-making.” 4 Engineers seek to alter the environment and shape it in ways that will serve the various needs of society. While our lives today can attest to the success of engineers’ endeavors, these endeavors have not been without cost.

Oftentimes, the alteration of the environment – whether purposeful or unintentional – has led to undesirable consequences. In the past several decades, engineers acting ethically and in the public interest have become acutely aware of the consequences of their actions on the

environment. This awareness and the growing public demand for attending to short and long term consequences of engineering innovations and actions has led to various legislative and regulatory actions attempting to minimize the adverse consequences of engineering and technology on our society and our environment.

Unfortunately, many of these measures – for example, the “no net loss” of wetlands policy or the industrial restrictions placed on various parts of the U.S. classified as air pollution “non-attainment” regions, can be seen as having a negative impact on growth, development, innovation, and global competition. A situation such as the wetlands use regulation poses a seeming contradiction between “sustainability” of a natural environment and “sustainability” of certain kinds of innovation and development.

In recent years, however, responsible development has been increasingly emphasized (and increasingly required, if a project is to be funded and completed). Engineers recognize that development and responsibility for sustainable processes and outcomes – whether of a fuel cell to power vehicles or of an ocular prosthesis or of a 3D printer for industrial applications – are necessary and that neither development nor sustainability need be sacrificed for the other.

A growing movement recognizes that sustainable processes and outcomes can and must co-exist with development and must be planned for accordingly. Under the general umbrella of “sustainability,” this movement encompasses various concepts

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and nomenclature. “Sustainable development;” “green engineering;” “environmentally conscious manufacturing;” “profits, people, and planet;” and “minimization are some of the terms that have recently entered the engineering lexicon and that describe the move towards “sustainability.” However, each of these terms can mean different things to different people; thus, when discussing and making decisions about “sustainability,” responsible description and action requires clarity and specificity.

Whether constructing a new highway, designing a new product, or improving a manufacturing process, responsibly defining “sustainability” and responsibly, consistently acting on those definitions issues are at the forefront of challenges today’s engineers face.

A responsible, ethical engineer will always be aware of issues of “sustainability” when developing a system, process, or product. With the addition of discussion on “sustainability” in your revised Conference Paper, you demonstrate your awareness of how particular definitions and aspects of sustainability must be considered within the context and outcomes of your topic.

Through your discussion of “sustainability,” you enhance your readers’ understanding of how engineers involved in the developments, systems, innovations, products, and/or outcomes associated with your topic must balance social, environmental, and economic needs and pressures.

SOURCES 1. J . Salk. (2015.7.24.). “Interview, May 16, 1991.” Academy of Achievement. p. 8.

Available: http://www.achievement.org/achiever/jonas-salk-m-d/ http://www.achievement.org/achiever/jonas-salk-m-d/ 2. G . H. Bruntland. (3.20.1987).Chapter 2. Our Common Future: Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development.

Available: http://www.un-documents.net/ocf-02.htm 3. K . Bärlund. Sustainable development - concept and action. UNECE Annual Report 2004-2005.

Available: http://www.unece.org/oes/nutshell/2004-2005/focus_sustainable_development.html 4. R io+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.

Available: https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/news/sustainable/taking-responsibility.html

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AUTHOR INDEX Session

Name

Session

Name

Session Name

B5 C2 C12 A5 B2 A6 C13 A4 B3 B2 C10 C14 A2 C2 B1 C9 B5 C1 A5 A3 A3 B6 B13 A3 A2 C11 A3 B13 C5 C13 C14 C5 C14 A5 C13 A3 B2 C11 B5 C3 C12 C13 C13 C1 C3 C8 A5 C4 C15 B1 C10 A2 A1

Abelev, Anna Abushaban, Oday Adbulwahab, Nasser Adeleye, Oreofe Aldrich, Brennan Alexander, Harrison Alfieri, Sam Alvarez, Juan Ari, Rohan Ariyo, Moyosore Armstrong, Lily Arun, Aadhira Augustine, Camryn Baggett, Jayson Bains, Arjun Baker, Ralph Baldwin, Zack Bansal, Vaani Barpande, Janhavi Barreiros, Leanni Barter, Alek Basnet, Manny Bayer, Lucas Beahm, Kiersten Bear, Sofia Beck, Lauren Beckett, Liam Beecher, Aidan Beigi, Erica Benik, Matthew Benke, James Bennett, Madelynn Bennett, Mosiah Bergkoetter, Allison Berkowitz, Jack Bhattad, Anvita Biagiarelli, Vanessa Bichard, Emily Biddle, Josie Bilge, Emre Blachere, Russel Blain, Seth Blystone, Trey Bonavita, Jason Borysiak, Kristian Borzillo, Nicholas Bosworth, Emily Botchway, Naa Kordei Bourke, Evan Bradfield, Hannah Brannon, Austin Brockhoff, Jillian Brogunier, Ryan

C11 A6 C8 C9 C8 C8 C15 C8 C6 C4 B1 B2 B5 B5 B4 A6 B13 B6 B2 B6 B1 C11 C11 B3 C10 C3 C6 A4 A6 C3 C2 C15 C4 A6 A5 A6 B1 C15 C15 A5 C2 B13 C12 A3 A2 B4 C3 C7 C10 A1 C8 C10 C14

Brown, Ravyn Browning, Adam Brubach, Gabriella Brunick, Anton Buchina, Arissa Buiting, Gavin Bujalski, Michael Burger, Emily Burns, Rebekah Burrows, Alana Bustos, Austin Camacho, Cheyenne Cannon, Everett Capozzi, Juliana Caria, Lorenzo Carnes, Cody Carnovale, Ben Carozza, Nathan Carr, Benjamin Carr, Matthew Case, Cameron Chambers, Collin Chan, Allison Chaparala, Teja Chemaitilly, Dalia Chen, Jingyu Chen, Quentin Cheng, Fiona Chera, Jaspreet Chiang, Victor Chiaro, Nicholas Chimes, Daniel Chirino, Emilia Christofidis, Michael Chupein, Mia Coburn, Maxwell Coffman, Lauren Cohen, Andrew Colangelo, Domenic Coleman, Zander Conlon, Emily Connell, Lucas Connors, Maya Constantine, Michael Conti, Anthony Cooke, Rory Cosgrove, Connor Costello, Amber Covert, Claire Craig, Cole Curci, Andrew Curry, Aidan Cutitta, Jason

A5 C4 B6 C6 A3 C8 C3 B2 C15 C6 B6 B6 C9 C6 C10 C3 C9 B2 A4 C10 B6 C10 C13 A1 C14 B4 C8 B13 C9 B3 C6 B6 C13 C9 C4 C14 A3 B5 C6 B1 A2 C1 B2 B2 C14 C9 C7 B13 C5 C11 A5 A1 C9

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D’Amico, Brandyn Dann, Noah Darnall, John Date, Suyash Davoine, Juliette De La Garrigue, Claire Deibert, John Devine, Colin Diacopoulos, Gianni Dillon, Paige Disy, Edward Dittmer, Avery Djokic, Maksim Dong, Yun Donnelly, Brennan Donohue, Jenna Doran, Jake Dorminy, Joseph Dubin, Benji Dugosh, Ezra Durr, Veronika Earnest, Amber Eckrich, Thomas Edney, Robert Edwards, Sophia Edwards, Zayin Ehrenhalt, Aidan Eley, Moriah Ellefson, Ryan Ellis, Isaac Engler, David Erfort, Chris Esquieres, Benjamin Fairfull, Zachary Fallon, Conor Fatula, Luke Fernandes, Gabrielle Fernau, Myles Fidler, Benjamin Fillman, Lizzy Fiorentino, Joshua Fisher, Benjamin Flesher, Aaron Flinchbaugh, Marie Flora, Abiona Fooskas, Theodore Forlenza, Kenneth Forsythe, Kasey Fox, Andrew Frankenberry, Colton Franklin, Maya Fry, Ryan Furlan, Robert

Session

Name

Session

Name

Session Name

C5 B5 A2 A3 B13 B2 B1 B13 B6 C6 A2 C12 B13 C5 B4 C3 A3 B1 C2 C6 C7 A2 B3 B5 C11 C2 C1 C4 A4 C10 C9 C6 C4 A2 C4 A1 B4 A4 B5 B1 C15 A4 B4 C15 A4 C14 A1 B6 A3 C1 A2 A1 C1

Gaffur, Henry Gannon, Trey Gardner, Ross Garg, Aashka Gaskill, Owen Gavigan, Bradley Gaydosh, Bella George, Anna Ghatak, Aritra Giles, Aidan Gilfillan, Lauren Gill, Ruhani Ginck, Nate Glance, Corbin Glazer, Daniel Goel, Ashna Gold, Peter Goldberg, Leo Gonzalez, Derrick Gonzalez, Katherine Gosden, Adam Gouveia, Samantha Graham, Griffin Grass, Dylan Green, Benjamin Greiner, Alexandra Grizzetti, Camryn Gross, Audrey Gu, Kevin Haflett, Allison Hall, Alexander Hall, Cooper Hansen, Tyler Hansen, Luke Hansford, Ari Hardy, Benjamin Harinath, Malini Hartman, Adam Harwick, Kyle Henry, Jordan Herring, Joshua Higgins, Zach Hill, James Hoover, Graham Hoover, Will Horrell, Timothy Hosken, David Hosni, Michael Howard, Caroline Hoyos-Sosa, Emilio Hughes, Madison Ibrahim, Moaz Imran, Amna

B2 C15 C2 A6 C8 A1 B4 C9 A6 A5 C8 C4 C14 B3 C3 C14 B1 C5 A3 C13 A3 C1 C5 C2 C11 C11 B3 C6 C7 B4 B4 B4 B6 B2 A4 C10 C7 A6 A1 C15 C2 A2 C5 C12 B13 B4 A4 C14 C4 B4 B4 B5 B4

Ingalls, Mia Isenberg, Emma Ismail, Mazen Ivensky, Alex Jacobson, Tyler Jadav, Dev Jajoo, Prakruti Jakuboski, Chris Jarosh, Jake Jones, Abegale Jones, Carter Jones, Toby Jordan, Jacob Jordan, Robert Juneja, Avni Jupina, Benjamin Kaliaperumal, Pranav Kumar Kane, Connor Karow, Noah Katz, Phoebe Kaye, Jack Kaye, Shirin Kearney, Joseph Kehinde, Ian Kelley, Hunter Kelly, Declan Kelly, Theresa Kenney, Tyler Khaliqi, Ridwon Kharel, Dikchhya Kharel, Nischal Kharel, Kamal Kiebort, Cameron Kimball, Jana King, Robert Kinyon, Ethan Kizhakkey, Semira Kocher, Abigail Kolarcik-Schmitt, Jared Koli, Kshitija Kong, Jiaxuan Korus, Jacob Kost, Zachery Kotlapati, Adarsh Kottakota, Aakash Kouatchou, Kristel Krauss, Ben Kravits, Nicholas Krawczyk, Jacob Krishnan, Siddharth Kumaran, Guhan Kutschke, Peter Kuzneski, Amelia

A4 B13 A2 B6 B1 B13 C10 C5 B1 B2 C1 A5 A5 C6 C3 B3 B13 A1 C3 A2 B6 C12 A3 A3 A5 B5 C5 B1 A2 B2 C12 C10 C10 B1 A1 A2 B13 C3 A4 B5 C11 C8 C7 C9 C4 A5 A6 B13 B13 C14 A1 C8 B3

Lake, John LaMarca, Connor Landon, Samuel Lang, Brendan Langer, Maxwell Lardin, Bella Lascelles, John Laskos, Jackson Layton, Zackery Le, Joshua Lee, Ethan Lee, Michael Leh, Lily Lele, Anuj Leon, Aidan Leon, Bredt Levine, Hannah Lichauer, Will Lin, Yuheng Lingle, Simon Little, Samuel Lobo, Bridget Loffredi, Julia Lopez, Ryan Lovenguth, Patrick Ludwig, Max Lugo, Juan Ma Lui, Yalin MacMillian, Joey Madaka, Nikhil Maier, Abigail Makowski, Michael Mancia, Paige Manjila, Rehan Manko, Michael Marks, Eli Marsala, John Martin, Ethan Mason, Ian Mason, Katherine Maurer, Elizabeth Mawhinney, Keith McAleer-Forte, Jackson McCall, Roan Mccourt, Connor McDonald, Danielle McGowan, Isabelle McLaughlin, Liam McMoil, Alex McPartland, Paul McShane, Emily Mejalli, Michael Melchio, Samuel

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Session

Name

Session

Name

Session Name

C10 B2 A1 B13 A5 C14 B3 C2 C15 C13 A5 C7 C14 A2 C4 C2 B3 A6 B3 B6 C12 A1 A2 C6 B1 B4 C12 B5 C5 C15 A1 A3 A4 C7 B6 C6 C10 C14 B2 A6 C15 B1 A3 A1 A5 C10 C13 C6 C10 A5 C3 C4

Metrosky, Matthew Meyer, Isabella Miller, Max Miller, Rebecca Miller, Zachary Milone, Sofia Mincin, Taylor Mishra, Arya Mock, Nathan Mody, Natasha Moore, Andrea Morales, Jose Moran, Christopher Moreau, Ethan Morrow, Jackson Moskowitz, Delaney Mulholland, Owen Murphy, Emma Murray, John Muschinski, Hannah Myers, Nathaniel Naikwadi, Maitreyi Nair, Aditya Nakamura, Lucas Nalamothu, Sindhu Ndiangui, Ian Needham, Sarah Neff, Marc Nellas, Zachary Nevel, Cora Nghiem, Kara Nguyen, Anh Nguyen, Minh Nichols, Adam Nnake, Kenechukwu Noel, Jillian Noker, Dylan Nota, Francesco Novikova, Elizabeth Núñez Colón, Emma Nypaver, Joseph Oduro, Charles O’Dwyer, Rory O’Farrell, Stephen Ofori, Nana Ohemaa Olalde, Gabrielle Olmsted, Claire O’Nan, Aidan Orrego, Daniel Orsulak, Michael Ossman, Amelia O’Stafy, Nathaniel

C3 C4 A3 A4 C2 A4 C13 C8 C9 A1 C11 C9 C13 B1 B4 C3 B3 C13 C2 C5 A6 C4 C13 A4 C9 A6 C1 C15 C9 C11 B1 A5 C1 C12 C7 C5 C15 B5 C15 B2 B1 C8 B6 C13 B6 C8 B2 A5 C2 C12 B5 B13

O’Sullivan, Joseph Paladino, Connor Pan, Junyi Panek, Ethan Panico, Steven Pantin, Dominique Parekh, Kushal Parkhurst, John Parks, Daniel Pastro, William Patel, Jeet Patel, Krishna Patel, Yugma Paulhamus, Gavin Pelletier, Paul Pemberton, Brock Pembleton, Liam Peretti, Annabella Pierce, Austin Piro, Maggie Plum, Mae Polaski, Henry Poravanthattil, Jerome Prabakaran, Vishnu Prather, Charles Price, Adam Prifti, Margarita Profozich, John Radomicki, Logan Raible, Adam Raj, Ankita Ranallo, Katherine Ravikumar, Tarini Rea, Brenda Reilley, Logan Renaldi, Dylan Renda, Matthew Resch, Julia Ricci, Adam Richardson, Daniel Rickin-Marks, Benjamin Rieker, Daniel Riley, Dylan Rioux, Josh Robbins, Lianna Roberts, Tai Rocco, Nick Rodriguez, Jose Rodriguez, Riley Rose, Carina Rossi, Olivia Rossi, Claire

C12 C4 C3 B6 B13 C6 C6 B4 B5 C9 B2 C15 A4 C13 C15 B4 B1 C8 C3 C9 C9 A2 A4 C1 B13 B13 B5 C6 B3 A1 C4 C7 C6 B6 C8 B3 C10 B13 C5 B3 B4 A1 A6 C14 A5 B2 A1 B2 C9 C12 C11 B13

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Ruark, Connor Ruby, Maiah Sarachman, Mark Schaffer, Rylee Schiffer, Caden Schlegel, Jack Schletz, Lucas Schlipf, Ryan Schmidt, Austin Schrickel, Nicholas Segal, Harper Selvaraja, Amrutha Sergi, Julianna Serhiayenka, Pavel Sexton, Nathanail Shaffer, Sebastian Shah, Viral Shankar, Keshav Shaw, Madelyn Shegogue, Sarah Sherman, Phillip Shiveley, Evan Shodi, Ethan Shoemaker, Sophia Shopp, Jordan Shrivastav, Ritesh Shuttleworth, Ben Simmons, Pat Sin, Beryl Sines, Campbell Singh, Harkamal Sinkar, Suyash Sivick, Elijah Small, Abigail Smith, Alexander Smith, Madison Smyth, Juniper Snook, Kennedy Snyder, Ethan Sokolson, Evan Soltys, Greg Sommar, Albert Spencer, Owen Springer, Sean Srikar, Sachin Stachel, Jackson Starks, Cashmere Staudt, Ethan Steinfeld, Joshua Stewart, Addison Stoller, Daniel Strazis, Lucy

Session

Name

A2 Suess, Megan C3 Suggs, Jay C1 Sullivan, Aidan B5 Sullivan, Timothy C2 Summers, Joshua C5 Surdyn, Charli C7 Swartz, Rebecca C11 Sweger-Eisenhart, Everett C14 Szymaniak, Samuel B6 Tamassia, Drew B5 Tarone, Matt C14 Taylor, Erica C7 Tejada-Inoa, Alexander C14 Templeton, Rachel C1 Tena, Liam C11 Terick, Isabella A5 Teti, Daniel A2 Thapa, Minakshi C12 Thirunarayanan Venkatesan, Lakshanyaa C12 Thomas, Rachel A3 Thomson, Sarah C4 Totaro, Breanna

Session

Name

Session Name

C7 C12 A4 C9 A4 C8 A6 C1 A4 C11 A6 C11 C9 C14 A6 C1 C1 B4 C11 C12 B6 A6 C7

Towler, Rachel Tran, Thuc Trieu, Brian Trostle, Noah Truesdell, Joshua Uemura, Shunsuke Ufer, John Valinis, Joseph VanDemark, Michael Varanasi, Saket Vasas, Nick Velasquez, Alexa Veltum, Henry Ven, Shlok Venkatesh, Anagha Verma, Tanvi Vidal, Ryan Voelker, Rigel Walker, Grace Wasserman, Maxwell Watson, Connor Weidner, Sean Weiler, Daniel

C2 B4 C4 B3 C4 C1 C6 A4 B1 C6 C15 A1 B3 C15 C5 A3 C7 C13 B3 C15 C7

Wertz, Brendan Wheeler, Evan Wiedmann, Jason William, Taylor Williams, Chanel Williams, Aaron Williams, Seth Williams, Shamiah Wilson, Bodhi Wilson, Luke Wnuk, Keaton Wood, Peter Wu, Yubin Wyncisky, Marissa Yang, Johnson Yasin, Brandon Young, Maggie Zeibari, Kevork Zhang, Amy Zhang, David Zheng, Raymond

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