2025 First Year Engineering Conference Program

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SATURDAY APR I L 5 2025 KEYNOTE SPEAKER Brandon Contino CEO and Co-Founder Four Growers

24th

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engineering conference

Agenda 9 – 10:45 a.m.

Session A – See schedule, page 2

10:45 – 11 a.m.

Break

11 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Session B – See schedule, page 5

12:45 – 1:45 p.m. Lunch Break First, second, and third floors of Benedum Hall 1:45 – 2:15 p.m.

Keynote Address by Brandon Contino CEO and Co-Founder, Four Growers

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

Break

3 – 4:45 p.m.

Session C – See schedule, page 9

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

IMPLEMENTING CARBON NANOTUBES AS AN ADDITIVE IN CONCRETE FOR LONG-TERM STRUCTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY

BRAIN-CONTROLLED PROSTHETICS: GIVING THE BRAIN BACK CONTROL

McKenna Brown, Maude Poirier, Elliot Reinking

Benjamin Bailey, Liliana Chmelar, Andrew Oliver

ENGINEERING MARINE RESILIENCE: THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL REEFS IN COASTAL CONSERVATION

THE FLOATING CURE: UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL JELLYFISH COLLAGEN SCAFFOLDING HOLDS FOR OSTEOARTHRITIS APPLICATIONS

Noel Grignon, MacKenzie Rhykerd, Leila Usanovic

Elizabeth Baxter, Amelie Collazo, Taylor Miller

IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR CITIES USING SELF-HEALING CONCRETE

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NONELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM TECHNOLOGY FOR PORTABLE ACCURATE SEIZURE PREDICTION

Josh Kosmach, Hannah Mikovich, Lillyanna Staines

Katelynn Hyndman, Sebastian Rosa, Abram Spinola

SESSION A3

ORGANS ON CHIPS: THE FUTURE OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND DISEASE MODELING Nadia Lynn Atkins, Arin Magesh, Andrew Yendluri BIOPRINTING FOR ORGAN TRANSPLANT Kaitlyn Angelucci, Gabrielle Camperson, Marcus Wahila SMART PILLS: REVOLUTIONIZING NONINVASIVE DIAGNOSTICS IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT Michael Hollihan, Samantha Meaney, Rachel Milcheck

SESSION A2 Civil and Environmental Engineering Topics, Room: 320 THE EMERGENCE OF VIRTUAL REALITY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TO CREATE A DIGITAL UNIVERSE Jair Guerra, Elizabeth Peta, Ethan Poirot KINETIC TILES: HARNESSING HUMAN MOVEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENERGY

Chemical Engineering Topics, Room: 318 POWERING THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: THE ROLE OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES IN THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE REVOLUTION Megan Grimm, Noah Morey, Abby Santora HYDROGEN-POWERED ENGINES AS A WAY TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS IN TRANSPORTATION Miles Hartlage, Han Kloosterman, Joe Nguyen REVOLUTIONIZING MEAT PRODUCTION WITH CELL-BASED PROTEINS Ella Koontz, Savannah Lang, Aaron Ruth ADVANCING CANCER TREATMENT: THE IMPROVEMENT OF TARGETED THERAPY USING CLICK CHEMISTRY Joey Frank, Karis Judd, Amelie Turmel ADVANCING ETHANOL: A SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL GASOLINE IN THE UNITED STATES Samuel Orshan, Camden Smith, Alexander Vincent TREATING SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND BETA-THALASSEMIA USING CASGEVY AND CRISPR GENE EDITING Danielle Berdik, Jacob Milgrub, Sarah Peduzzi

Jake Ochwat, Elamin Osman, Lakshman Sivaram

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SESSION A4

THE DEVELOPMENT OF 3D BIOPRINTED CARTILAGE TO IMPROVE OSTEOARTHRITIS PATIENT OUTCOMES

Electrical and Computer Engineering Topics, Room: G30

Monish Botla, Maxwell Kennedy, Sarvesh Senguttuvan

CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING: INNOVATIONS, CHALLENGES, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

THE ETHICS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF PREDICTIVE AI IN STROKE TREATMENT

Ethan Gubin, Mikayla Terrana, Gavin Valentino

Joseph George, Jude Howard, Riley Kish

NEUROMORPHIC COMPUTERS: BRINGING BRAIN POWER TO SELF-DRIVING CARS

THE USE OF LIDAR TECHNOLOGY IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES TO IMPROVE ROAD SAFETY

Bilal Algarhy, John Mason, Joseph McNicholas

Kurt Maiden, Colton Park, Ayush Sanghavi

MICROCHIPS FOR BODY MODIFICATION Owen Denny, Sloane Dowd, Reeya Thakkar

SESSION A6

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LIDAR IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Topics, Room: 226

Colin Crawford, Nikhil Karthikeyan, Dante Smith

SOFT ROBOTIC PROSTHETICS: DEXTERITY IN LIGHT-WEIGHT ARTIFICIAL HANDS

THE EMERGENCE OF AUGMENTED REALITY TO IMPROVE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Ashley Daley, Alyssa Trimble, Theo Wilkinson

Alvin Cheung, Elias Emahizer, Oscar Lorenzi

THE APPLICATION OF MAGLEV TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE MODERN TRANSPORTATION

INCREASING ELECTRIC VEHICLE CAPABILITY THROUGH EMBEDDED DYNAMIC WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEMS IN ROADS

Peter Boswell, Ja Den Hudgens, Grant Miller

Scott McShea, Alex Smith, Benjamin Vernon

UTILIZING NUCLEAR POWER THROUGH SMR IMPLEMENTATION

SESSION A5

Bennett Fix, Alexander Lieb

Assorted Engineering Topics, Room: G29

THE ADVANCEMENT OF BIODEGRADABLE BANDAGES TO ALLEVIATE SUFFERING CAUSED BY CHRONIC WOUNDS

INNOVATIVE ADVANCEMENTS IN BIOELECTRONIC UPPER LIMB PROSTHETICS Michael Bowser, Emerson Daneker, Molly Walsh ARTIFICIAL HEARTS REVOLUTIONIZING THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE Chloe Acuna, Lillian Scarlett, Brian Schlafly ADVANCEMENTS IN ROBOTIC ASSISTED TECHNOLOGIES Mark Gray, Marianna Claire Lawrence, Liyana Paiker

Marcos Arbelaez, Michael Murphy, John Nikolatos MEDICAL EXOSKELETONS: FUNCTIONALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS ON GAIT REHABILITATION IN AN OUTPATIENT SETTING Sribhavya Adusumilli, Xiya Lin, Ian Whitaker SOLID STATE LITHIUM SULFIDE BATTERIES AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO LIQUID CRYSTAL ELECTROLYTE LITHIUM ION CELLS Daniel Elkoni, Conrad Gargani, Adamo Shugg

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SESSION A7

SESSION A13

Bioengineering Panel 1, Room: 229

Assorted Engineering Topics, Room: G28

SESSION A8

HOW AI IS REWRITING THE CLASSROOM

Civil and Environmental Engineering Panel 1, Room: 102

SESSION A9 Chemical Engineering Panel 1, Room: 319

SESSION A10 Electrical and Computer Engineering Panel 1, Room: 309

SESSION A11 Industrial Engineering Panel 1, Room: 227

Finn Carlin, Gavin Jacobs FUTURE OF NUCLEAR FUSION: CHALLENGES, BREAKTHROUGHS, AND POSSIBILITIES ON MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT FUSION Zachary Call, Marissa Fix, Merideth Oister SYNTHETIC SPIDER SILK SUTURES: ENGINEERING BIO-INSPIRED SOLUTIONS FOR SURGERY Abbie Bruce, Symon Seyfert, Jessie Wienckoski ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE NAVIGATION: THE BRAIN OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Daniel Kim, Louis Mariano, Adithya Ramadas Guptha

SESSION A12 Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Panel 1, Room: G27

10:45 – 11 a.m. BREAK

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

REDUCING DETRIMENTAL PARTICULATE MATTER THROUGH THE USE OF POLLUTANT ABSORBING BRICKS

Bioengineering Topics, Room: G31

Yanni Rose Chau, Olivia Jeram, Jonas K. Wilbur

NEUROMODULATION AND THE NEXT GENERATION OF SENSORY PROSTHETICS

THE UTILIZATION OF CERAMIC ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT

Savannah Donahue, Luke Murray, Kathryn Wingerson

Shriya Bapat, Andrew Ko, Martin Rice

3D BIOPRINTING USING BIOMIMETIC NATURAL BIOMATERIALS IN TISSUE ENGINEERING

SESSION B3

Samantha Cook, Kaylee Douge, Jacob Shaffer

Chemical Engineering Topics, Room: 318

SIMULATING THE FUTURE: EVALUATING DIGITAL TWINS

TRAIN EMISSION REDUCTION USING HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS

Ava Gray, Rishi Manoj, Ava Murnyack

Ethan Bell, Lorenzo Reid, Charlie Sinrod

AN IN-DEPTH EVALUATION OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM’S EVOLUTION IN THORACIC SURGERY Tessa Kehler, Chace Snyder, Mia van Heerden

ADVANTAGES OF LITHIUM GLASS BATTERIES OVER LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES

TREATING SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND BETA-THALASSEMIA USING CASGEVY AND CRISPR GENE EDITING

John Dufour, Nathan Mathias, Jakub Orybkiewicz

Micah Nagle, Declan Waters, Damian Winters

THE INTEGRATION OF MICROBIAL BASED PLASTICS IN ORDER TO REPLACE POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE (PET) IN SINGLE USE WATER BOTTLES

A NEW ERA IN MEDICAL RESEARCH: ORGAN CHIPS AS A REPLACEMENT FOR ANIMAL TESTING Leah Kerber, Slade Pfadt, Dawson Wenslovas

SESSION B2 Civil and Environmental Engineering Topics, Room: 320 PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY-HARVESTING PAVEMENTS: A NEW AVENUE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY Madeline Dillon, Joel Sommers, Rylee Yeager LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE OF 3D PRINTED HOMES Kyle Johns, Evan Kaminski, Collin Kerrigan HOW BASILISK’S SELF-HEALING CONCRETE INCREASES CONCRETE DURABILITY

Jack Bozarth, Tyler Craciun, Alex Gordon CO2 -DRIVEN ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY: APPLICATION, SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS Ricardo Moctezuma-Medina, Mandresy Raparaoelina, Elliott Sanders USE OF IRON FUEL AS A REUSABLE ENERGY CARRIER TO REPLACE FOSSIL FUELS Jack Barbutes, Kylee Bernhard, Sarah Pomager BIOFUELS: A SUSTAINABLE PATH TO RENEWABLE ENERGY Zachary Davis, Albert Levin, Jack Nolin

Tyler Hoff, Caroline Taylor, Elizabeth Warwick THE TECHBRO SOLUTION FOR ELECTRIC CARS Trey Bauer, Theo Dankoff

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SESSION B4 Electrical and Computer Engineering Topics, Room: G30

THE USE OF LIDAR TECHNOLOGY IN AUTOMOBILES TO ENHANCE DETECTION CAPABILITIES Sean Armour, Jasmine Horton, Elijah Phillips

THE FIGURE 2 ROBOT AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE IN THE UNITED STATES

NEUTRON IMAGING TO STUDY MOLTEN-SALT INTRUSION OF GRAPHITE MODERATORS

Aiden Abreu, Karsten Bardenhagen, Ari Hernandez

Jason Cushing, Ian Ireland, Zachary Rudoi

EXPLORING SOLID-STATE BATTERIES AS A POWER SOURCE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES Danny Blanch, Owen Liu, Eric Van de Putte HYDROGEN-BASED ENERGY TO FUEL IRON ORE REDUCTION IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY Robert Beckman, Brayden Luke, Joshua Zipay THE ROLE OF LIDAR AND CAMERA TECHNOLOGY IN ADVANCING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE FUNCTION AND SAFETY Brock Alekson, Jimmy Howe, Owen Teufel PIEZOELECTRIC FLOOR TILES: PROVIDING ENERGY ONE STEP AT A TIME Jeremiah Cessna, Nick Euteneuer, Nick Frascella THE EMERGENCE OF TRIBOELECTRIC NANOGENERATORS IN WEARABLE HEALTH MONITORING TECHNOLOGY Benjamin Kitchen, Issa Lan Taitt

SESSION B5 Assorted Engineering Topics, Room: G29 INTEGRATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MODERN PROSTHETICS

THE WEAPONIZATION OF INTELLIGENCE: AI’S EVOLVING ROLE IN MODERN WARFARE Beau Cochrane, Ryan Ford, Korey Lowe

SESSION B6 Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Topics, Room: 226 REUSABLE ROCKETRY: A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO SPACE TRAVEL AND RESEARCH Luke Latyak, Logan Willrich, Noah Zimmerman SOLID-STATE BATTERIES: A CLEANER PATH TO ENERGY STORAGE Andela Dozier, Mackenzie Gutberlet, Drew Hendricks THE UTILIZATION OF THE GRCOP-42 SUPERALLOY IN CONSTRUCTING ROCKET COMBUSTION CHAMBERS WITH ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Nathan Collis, Paulien Donnelly, Brendan Johns THE POTENTIAL FOR THORIUM AS A CLEAN NUCLEAR FUEL SOURCE Michael Mccollum, Luke Neiswender, Sophia Russo

Marko Rudek, Pranav Vaddadi, Eric Zheng

OFFSHORE WIND POWER: ADVANCEMENTS TOWARD CARBON NEUTRALITY

SAVING LIVES THROUGH THREE-DIMENSIONAL BIOPRINTING

Alannah Carter, Liam Ong, Beatrix Pawlikowsky

Natalie Burrell, Francesca Gambino, Matthew Maniscalco

ELECTRIC TURBOCHARGERS: REVOLUTIONIZING AUTOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE AND ENHANCING EFFICIENCY

EXPLORING POTENTIAL BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF SYNTHETIC SPIDER SILK

Thomas Conrad, Abrar Hossain, Tyler Rosario

Nolan Mcginn, Maddy Moore, Tim Unurchuluun

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SESSION B7

SESSION B13

Bioengineering Panel 2, Room: 229

Assorted Engineering Topics, Room: G28

SESSION B8

ORGAN-ON-CHIP TECHNOLOGY: UTILIZING ORGAN MICROENVIRONMENTS TO CREATE A MORE EFFICIENT DRUG TESTING INDUSTRY

Civil and Environmental Engineering Panel 2, Room: 102

SESSION B9

Clayton Ackerman, Samuel Koehler, Jack Robertson

Chemical Engineering Panel 2, Room: 319

ARTIFICIAL POLLINATION TECHNIQUES: COULD ROBOTIC INSECTS SOLVE OUR POLLINATION PROBLEM?

SESSION B10

Kyle Johnson, Matthew Stonis, Horacio Tous

Electrical and Computer Engineering Panel 2, Room: 309

ARTIFICIAL MYOFIBERS AND REVOLUTIONARY INFLUENCE IN HUMANOID ROBOTS

SESSION B11 Industrial Engineering Panel 2, Room: 227

SESSION B12

Colleen Fromhartz, Anya Nair, Jean Paul Portuguez HOW AI IS FURTHER DEVELOPING PROSTHETICS AND HELPING AMPUTEES Albert Foessel, Niall Hughes, William Richards

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Panel 2, Room: G27

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12:45 – 1:45 p.m. LUNCH BREAK 1:45 – 2:15 p.m. Keynote During this time, Brandon Contino from Four Growers will give the keynote talk.

Biography – Brandon Contino Brandon graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a BS in Electrical Engineering in 2017. While at Pitt, Brandon had the opportunity to simultaneously be the President of the Engineering Student Council, where he led an established organization of 100+ members, the President of the Robotics and Automation Society, where he grew the club from 5 to 60 people in two years and won multiple robotics competitions, and the President of the Panther Amateur Radio Club. In addition to his work in clubs, Brandon worked as a researcher for different professors and worked on projects from designing algorithms for optimal solar cell functioning, to using radio frequencies to localize objects in the human body, to developing artificial neural networks to assist in brain surgeries. During his final summer Brandon secured two different grants which enabled him to fund a self-designed low-cost IoT water quality sensor to help improve the monitoring of our waterways. It was through this he learned about water scarcity, and became heavily interested in how we can reduce the demands placed on our freshwater resources, which led to a focus on agriculture and the creation of Four Growers with his friend and labmate, Dan. Four Growers is a YCombinator backed startup that develops and deploys world leading AI and robotics to create a world where sustainably grown, nutritious food is accessible for everyone. Their first product, a harvesting and analytics robot, is already deployed across North American and European greenhouse farms, and has picked millions of tomatoes at speeds faster than people. This versatile technology has expanded to harvest cucumbers and provides detailed plant-by-plant scouting feedback – capabilities unprecedented in agricultural robotics. Their solution is augmenting the vanishing farm labor force to ensure the resiliency of our food system and enabling countries to continue to produce higher quality, sustainable produce, with less.

2:15 – 2:45 p.m. Awards Presentation

2:45 – 3 p.m. Break

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3 – 4:45 p.m. SESSION C SESSION C1

REDUCING ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE THROUGH THE USE OF SOLID SORBENTS IN DIRECT AIR CAPTURE DEVICES

Bioengineering Topics, Room: G31 FROM JEDI TO ENGINEER: AN EVALUATION OF ADVANCED BIONIC PROSTHETICS AND THE “LUKE” ARM

Cole Casner, Eymi Ibarra Vazquez, Elena Polar

McKenna Kerns, Sophie Lopez, Brandon Mason

DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION OF SELF-HEALING CONCRETE

INTEGRATION OF BIOENGINEERED LUNGS-ON-CHIPS IN PULMONARY DISEASE OBSERVATION

Spencer Armbrust, Emmanuel Kasato, Elliott Webb

Nora Broering, Rabia Guler, Mary Muirhead

SESSION C3

ANALYZING ROBOTIC ASSISTANCE IN LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY

Chemical Engineering Topics, Room: 318

Akhilesh Baddi, Morgan Jackson, Sage Szumski USING SPRAYABLE NANOFIBERS TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE MEDICAL FIELD Aidan Quinn, Cosimo Rich, Ethan Simeral NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN CANCER RESEARCH Joy-Shiloh Beltchika, Alex Metz, Harini Sundar COLLAGEN-BASED BIOMATERIALS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN TISSUE GROWTH AND ORGAN MANUFACTURE Abraham Tay, Keller Ulrich, Jakob Weisser

SESSION C2 Civil and Environmental Engineering Topics, Room: 320 USING EXPANDED POLYSTYERENE FOR STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS IN RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, AND DURABILITY

HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS: CURBING FOSSIL FUEL USAGE AROUND THE GLOBE Aidan Chau, Ashley Hosni, Kacper Nieradka DECREASING PLASTIC POLLUTION THROUGH FAST-PETASE ENZYMES Evan Baird, Molly Sickles EXPLORING HYDROGEN AS A GREEN FUEL SOURCE FOR AVIATION Aleeza Greenstein, Hugo Seehaver PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS: ADVANCING BEYOND SILICON TO POWER THE FUTURE OF SOLAR ENERGY Lucas Bucht, Patrick Dugan, Aubrey Macri OPTIMIZING GRID STORAGE: THE ROLE OF MANGANESE ZINC DIOXIDE BATTERIES IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY STORAGE Manny Arias, James Cerny, Jake Watson EFFECTIVENESS OF MODIFICATIONS IN SINGLE CRYSTAL CERAMIC SUPERCONDUCTORS FOR SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE IN MICROELECTRONICS

Ilim Abzarov, Jonathan LeStourgeon, Sean McGuigan

Collin Hinkley, Brayden Reeves, Ryan Shollenberger

UTILIZATION OF MICROBIAL DEGRADATION TO BREAK DOWN MICROPLASTICS IN WATER

SESSION C4

Autumn Tapia, Tyson Truong EVALUATING THE EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING IN CONSTRUCTION Lola Abraham, Terran Henderson, Abbey Stewart

Electrical and Computer Engineering Topics, Room: G30 THE INTEGRATION OF AI IN DIGITAL TWIN TECHNOLOGY FOR INDUSTRIAL PROCESS OPTIMIZATION Alexander Braun, Isabella Keller, Annalise Stroup

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COMPLEMENTARY FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS: AN ANALYSIS OF ITS ABILITY TO CONTINUE TRANSISTOR DEVELOPMENT Aidan Duong, Dennis Kindig OPTIMIZING EFFICIENCY WITH MICROINVERTERS Anna Farmer, Shane Mcdonough, Caden Roper

SESSION C6 Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Topics, Room: 226 SMRS: A CLEAN APPROACH TO WATER DESALINATION Emma Curry, Alexis Hammerling, Ricky Harless

INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEMS AND THEIR GROWTH THROUGH MACHINE LEARNING

HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS: FUNCTIONALITY, IMPLEMENTATION, PERFORMANCE AND BENEFITS AS ALTERNATIVE TO INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES

Hania Ahmad, Michael Kawczynski, Krishna Srigiriraju

Jacob Cable, Thomas Mcguire, Pranav Udupa

THE ROLE OF AUTONOMOUS TECHNOLOGY IN MODERN FARMING

THE PROPOSED GO-LOW SATELLITE ARRAY FOR DEEP-SPACE OBSERVATION OF LOW-FREQUENCY RADIO SIGNALS

Peter Ricci, Luke Shope, Samuel Tristani

SESSION C5 Industrial Engineering Topics, Room: G29 REVOLUTIONIZING SHIPPING PROCESSES THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MACHINE LEARNING Julia Cooney, Ryan Linnenbaugh, Angus Penn OPTIMIZING METAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH DIGITAL TWINS Sarah Hogan, Ava Paolone THE ROLE OF DIGITAL TWINS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOEING REDHAWK T-7A Dan Dalton, Sofia Dillon, Elena Fairfull THE IMPACT OF 3D-PRINTED SHOES ON FOOTWEAR AND FOOT CARE Grant Fodi, Simon Moak, Jonathan Sair NVIDIA OMNIVERSE AND THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY Daniel Bracken, Joseph Mollura, Spencer Walsh MAXIMIZING THE ECONOMY EFFICIENCY OF 3D/ADDITIVE PRINTING BY MINIMIZING MATERIAL WASTE THROUGH EFFECTIVE MANUFACTURING DESIGN Aiden Corage, Eric Klaiman

Noah Buffington, Cadence Ford, Sophia Perezous USAGE OF COLLABORATIVE ROBOTS IN AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING TO KEEP JOBS AND IMPROVE EFFICIENCY Owen Acitelli, Jacob Lefebvre, Philip Sharp THE USE OF 3D PRINTING IN THE PRODUCTION OF CAR PARTS Braden Bauer, Anthony Crago, Dylan Roberts ANALYZING THE CAPABILITIES AND USE CASES OF BOSTON DYNAMIC’S SPOT ROBOT William Beck, Caleb Custer, Aaron Smith

SESSION C7 Bioengineering Topics, Room: 229 ASSESSING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL-DIAMETER TISSUE-ENGINEERED VASCULAR GRAFTS Chris Margadonna, Umur Turgut, Matthias Wiezorek ORGAN ON A CHIP: AN EXAMINATION OF A NEW DRUG TESTING INNOVATION Vicki Dong, Theodore Pilko, Emmie Stouffer EVALUATING ACTIVE-TARGETING LIPOSOMES FOR IMPROVED CHEMOTHERAPEUTICS DELIVERY Vibha Mitti, Sasha Roth, Travis Shaffer

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SESSION C9

LIPID-NANOPARTICLE DELIVERY SYSTEMS: THEIR APPLICATION IN MRNA VACCINE DELIVERY

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Topics, Room: 319

Catherine Kirkwood, Maximilian Levine, Jameson Slusarek BIOMIMETIC APPROACHES IN SOFT ROBOTICS: EVALUATING EFFICACY AND LIMITATIONS IN PROSTHETIC TECHNOLOGY THROUGH HOLISTIC ANALYSIS

THE EMERGENCE OF AI AND RESCUE ROBOTS TO IMPROVE WILDFIRE RESPONSE AND DISASTER RELIEF Matthew Farrah, Jake Orenstein, Alexander Smolens GRAPHENE-NANOCOMPOSITES: SHAPING THE FUTURE OF AEROSPACE

Alex Adams, Manya Natakala, Naz Sarikaya BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE (BCI) TECHNOLOGY: REVOLUTIONIZING PROSTHETICS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMB LOSS

Nathan Belculfine, Ethan Gutstadt, Logan Mierzwicki PRODUCING LIGHTWEIGHT, DURABLE AUTOMOTIVE PARTS USING DIRECT METAL LASER SINTERING

Akshat Barjatiya, Sophia Liao, Aashi Patel

Dylan Bedoya, Aubrey Gonzalez, Jolie Rodriguez

SESSION C8

DART: PLANETARY DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN SAVE THE WORLD

Assorted Engineering Topics, Room: 157

Brody Dugan, Isaac Jiang, Charlie Spoales

EMERGING INFRARED LICENSE PLATE SCANNERS AND ITS EFFECTS ON TRAFFIC CONGESTION PRICING

MECHANISMS OF SMALL MODULAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY AND THE APPLICATIONS OF THEIR GENERATIVE OUTPUTS

Ryleigh Marks, Gavin Pollock, Sarah Yoon COMBATTING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES WITH ARTIFICIAL CARDIAC TISSUE ENGINEERING AND BIOPRINTED HEART VALVES

Ricardo Cabrera, Jack Craig, Charlie Sweeney

Josiah Lieb, Kavya Patel, Avery Yelle

THE EMERGENCE OF E-VTOLS TO REVOLUTIONIZE URBAN AIR MOBILITY

A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF MRNA VACCINES

Nicholas Palone, Ryan Zergani

Owen Cobb, Logan Hunt, Christian Jantio

SESSION C10

CRISPR TECHNOLOGY AND EBT-101: A POTENTIAL CURE FOR HIV

Electrical and Computer Engineering Topics, Room: 309

Michael Benke, Diya Bhagat, Julia Jordan USING INFRARED IMAGING DEVICES TO ENHANCE SAFETY, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, AND EFFECTIVENESS OF MILITARY AIRCRAFT Justin Fry, Harkrit Sandhu, Stephen Showalter GRAPHENE SUPERCAPACITORS USED FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY STORAGE IN THE ENERGY GRID Jack Estock, Derek Fetsko, Harrison Jordan

3D-PRINTING’S IMPACT ON THE HOUSING INDUSTRY TO CREATE MORE SUSTAINABLE, EFFICIENT, AND COST-EFFECTIVE HOMES Anthony Arlia, Aaron Gross, Jackson Kime SENSORS AND SENSOR FUSION IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Dillon Gibbons, Joseph Longhi, Tony Rigas THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SMART GRID SYSTEMS TO CREATE A MORE EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE Evan Benscoter, Nick Porter, Alexander Stec

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THE ADVANCEMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY THROUGH GRAPHICS CARDS

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS AS AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE FOR THE DISADVANTAGED

Tarnveer Blagan, Perry Bowser, Dylan Monte

Evan Allen, Gage Pegher, Lino Zosa

BEHAVIORAL MACHINE LEARNING AND UEBA: THE FUTURE OF CYBER SECURITY

REDUCING CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS THROUGH ALTERNATIVES TO FLY ASH IN CONCRETE

Jackson Brotman, Ben Klaus, Evan Reddinger

Ethan Dibonifazio, Leo Ladik, Andrew Schmithorst

EXPLORING THE USE OF VIRTUAL REALITY IN ENGINEERING DESIGN MODELS

HYDROGEN FUEL CELL APPLICATIONS IN COMMERCIAL AIRLINES

Victoria Caroddo, Emanuel Gayanilo

Khylee Hollins-Greene, Frederick Ortiz, Victoria Rivera Quadreny

SESSION C11 Bioengineering Topics, Room: 227 REVOLUTIONIZING BURN TREATMENT THROUGH UTILIZATION OF 3-D PRINTED SKIN TISSUE Brooke Hudec, Kennedy Lutz, Oliver Williams

REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS USING THERMOELECTRIC WOOD-BASED SPONGES Evan Comiciotto, Stella Kennedy, Madeleine Stone THE EXPLORATION OF HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AND THE FUTURE OF GREEN ENERGY

NANOPARTICLE TECHNOLOGY AND THE DIRECT TRANSPORTATION OF CHEMOTHERAPY DRUGS TO BRAIN TUMORS

Chase Davidson, Althea Kermah

Marco Basso, Robert Hoffmann, Richard Polovina

Assorted Engineering Topics, Room: G28

MAGNESIUM AS A BIOMATERIAL FOR BONE FRACTURES: CONTEMPORARY MATERIALS, CURRENT APPLICATIONS, RESEARCH, AND THE FUTURE OF ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS

ADVANCING DATA TRANSMISSION: HARNESSING SILICON PHOTONICS FOR HIGH-SPEED, ENERGY-EFFICIENT OPTICAL COMMUNICATION

Jacob Gilmore, Andrew Nawn, Jude Taha

Augustine Cho, Tomer Tuti, Sean Vargas

CRISPR/CAS9 TO INCREASE HBF PRODUCTION AS A TREATMENT OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE

AN IN-DEPTH REVIEW OF NANOCELLULOSE SOFT ACTUATORS IN BIOMIMETIC ROBOTICS

Akash Malleeswaran, Alaina Wenitsky, Michael Wylie

Sophia Cramer, Ali Siddiqui, Nadia Zribi

INNOVATING BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS THROUGH SYNTHETIC BLOOD

THE ROBOTIC HEART SLEEVE; CHANGING THE FUTURE OF HEART FAILURE TREATMENT

Zaina Ansari, Mathew Hernandez, Alyssa Weber

Maxwell Bauman, Jared Johnson

REVIVING THE BRAIN: THE CURE OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES WITH STEM CELL THERAPY

MYOELECTRIC PROSTHESES: A CONNECTION TO PROSTHETICS FROM ELECTROMYOGRAPHY, MULTIARTICULATING JOINTS, UTILITY, AND DEVELOPMENT

Steve Grud, Anthony Hollo, Samantha Solomon

SESSION C13

Lindsey Caplan, Michael Chibisov, Timothy Driscoll

SESSION C12 Chemical Engineering Topics, Room: G27 RENEWABLE WATER: A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION TO GLOBAL WATER SCARCITY Chidinma Egbeni, Jesse Sommers

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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 are essential to the success of the conference.

Emma Ahlgren Jared Andes Nick Andes Robert Boback Casey Cadman Michael Casey Josh Ciampini

Elizabeth Cook Dave Gau Nicole Gaussa Alyssa Long Beth Lyman Patrick Lyons Joe MacDonald

Kerry McCarthy Nate McGuire Rachel McLoughlin Chris Mensah Michael Reinhart Paige Risley Liam Salter

Taylor Shippling Jami Stuckey Dustin Taylor 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 prepare for their conference presentations. They also serve as session moderators during the conference.

Karleigh Bubeck Evan Chao Andrew Cohen Madelyn DiMarco

Kayla Franchetti Ryan Fry Simeona Hein Kristina Heins

Daniel Marren Emma Mills Christopher Moran Heather Phillips

Hannah Reeve

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.

Renee Prymus Director Liberty Ferda Assistant Director Julie Albright Amanda Brant Laura Brown

Tina Cafasso Janine Carlock Cristina D’Imperio Nora Fussner Deborah Galle Tyler Hensley Isabella Luciani

Nancy Koerbel Thomas Marchi Jenna Massaro Tyler McAndrew Dan McMillan Rachel McTernan Johanna Murphy

Kat Myers Emelyn Smith-Ferris Katy Rank Lev Andrew Yim

Engineering Library Thanks also to the Bevier Engineering Library and to the University of Pittsburgh Writing Center. Librarians and 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 decisionmaking 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 “nonattainment” 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 and nomenclature. “Sustainable development;”

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“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 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

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

Abraham, Lola Abreu, Aiden Abzarov, Ilim Acitelli, Owen Ackerman, Clayton Acuna, Chloe Adams, Alex Adusumilli, Sribhavya Ahmad, Hania Alekson, Brock Algarhy, Bilal Allen, Evan Angelucci, Kaitlyn Ansari, Zaina Arbelaez, Marcos Arias, Manny Arlia, Anthony Armbrust, Spencer Armour, Sean Atkins, Nadia Lynn Baddi, Akhilesh Bailey, Benjamin Baird, Evan Bapat, Shriya Barbutes, Jack Bardenhagen, Karsten Barjatiya, Akshat Basso, Marco Bauer, Braden Bauer, Trey Bauman, Maxwell Baxter, Elizabeth Beck, William Beckman, Robert Bedoya, Dylan Belculfine, Nathan Bell, Ethan Beltchika, Joy-Shiloh Benke, Michael Benscoter, Evan Berdik, Danielle Bernhard, Kylee Bhagat, Diya Blagan, Tarnveer Blanch, Danny Boswell, Peter Botla, Monish Bowser, Michael Bowser, Perry Bozarth, Jack Bracken, Daniel Braun, Alexander

C1 C10 A2 A13 C3 C6 B5 C6 C9 A13 A1 C13 A13 C10 B6 C2 C3 B4 C3 B2 A4 C13 A1 C13 C8 B5 A1 B6 C12 B6 B1 C5 C5 B3 C6 C9 C13 A4 C6 B5 C6 A6 C5 A5 B2 C12 B3 A4 C12 B2 C5 B1

Broering, Nora Brotman, Jackson Brown, McKenna Bruce, Abbie Bucht, Lucas Buffington, Noah Burrell, Natalie Cable, Jacob Cabrera, Ricardo Call, Zachary Camperson, Gabrielle Caplan, Lindsey Carlin, Finn Caroddo, Victoria Carter, Alannah Casner, Cole Cerny, James Cessna, Jeremiah Chau, Aidan Chau, Yanni Rose Cheung, Alvin Chibisov, Michael Chmelar, Liliana Cho, Augustine Cobb, Owen Cochrane, Beau Collazo, Amelie Collis, Nathan Comiciotto, Evan Conrad, Thomas Cook, Samantha Cooney, Julia Corage, Aiden Craciun, Tyler Crago, Anthony Craig, Jack Cramer, Sophia Crawford, Colin Curry, Emma Cushing, Jason Custer, Caleb Daley, Ashley Dalton, Dan Daneker, Emerson Dankoff, Theo Davidson, Chase Davis, Zachary Denny, Owen Dibonifazio, Ethan Dillon, Madeline Dillon, Sofia Donahue, Savannah

C7 B6 B1 A4 B6 C13 B3 C9 C3 C4 C12 A6 A4 C8 B4 C5 C4 C9 C8 A6 A13 C5 B13 C6 B5 A3 B4 B13 C8 B5 A6 C10 A5 C10 C11 C9 B3 B1 A5 C3 A2 A3 C10 C11 A4 A2 C1 B6 C9 C6 C6 A3

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Dong, Vicki Donnelly, Paulien Douge, Kaylee Dowd, Sloane Dozier, Andela Driscoll, Timothy Dufour, John Dugan, Brody Dugan, Patrick Duong, Aidan Egbeni, Chidinma Elkoni, Daniel Emahizer, Elias Estock, Jack Euteneuer, Nick Fairfull, Elena Farmer, Anna Farrah, Matthew Fetsko, Derek Fix, Bennett Fix, Marissa Fodi, Grant Foessel, Albert Ford, Cadence Ford, Ryan Frank, Joey Frascella, Nick Fromhartz, Colleen Fry, Justin Gambino, Francesca Gargani, Conrad Gayanilo, Emanuel George, Joseph Gibbons, Dillon Gilmore, Jacob Gonzalez, Aubrey Gordon, Alex Gray, Ava Gray, Mark Greenstein, Aleeza Grignon, Noel Grimm, Megan Gross, Aaron Grud, Steve Gubin, Ethan Guerra, Jair Guler, Rabia Gutberlet, Mackenzie Gutstadt, Ethan Hammerling, Alexis Harless, Ricky Hartlage, Miles

Session

Name

Session

Name

Session Name

C2 B6 B4 C11 C3 B2 C11 C5 A1 C12 C11 B5 C3 B6 A5 B4 C11 A6 B13 C8 A1 C2 B5 C1 A13 C8 B2 C9 B6 B2 C13 B13 C8 C8 A3 B2 A4 C2 C4 B1 C4 A5 C12 B1 C12 C1 B2 A13 C10 C4 C7 A5

Henderson, Terran Hendricks, Drew Hernandez, Ari Hernandez, Mathew Hinkley, Collin Hoff, Tyler Hoffmann, Robert Hogan, Sarah Hollihan, Michael Hollins-Greene, Khylee Hollo, Anthony Horton, Jasmine Hosni, Ashley Hossain, Abrar Howard, Jude Howe, Jimmy Hudec, Brooke Hudgens, Ja Den Hughes, Niall Hunt, Logan Hyndman, Katelynn Ibarra Vazquez, Eymi Ireland, Ian Jackson, Morgan Jacobs, Gavin Jantio, Christian Jeram, Olivia Jiang, Isaac Johns, Brendan Johns, Kyle Johnson, Jared Johnson, Kyle Jordan, Harrison Jordan, Julia Judd, Karis Kaminski, Evan Karthikeyan, Nikhil Kasato, Emmanuel Kawczynski, Michael Kehler, Tessa Keller, Isabella Kennedy, Maxwell Kennedy, Stella Kerber, Leah Kermah, Althea Kerns, McKenna Kerrigan, Collin Kim, Daniel Kime, Jackson Kindig, Dennis Kirkwood, Catherine Kish, Riley

B4 C5 C10 A3 B2 B13 A3 A2 C12 A3 B6 A5 C6 C2 B3 C7 C7 A6 C8 A6 C5 B4 C10 C1 A4 B5 B4 C11 C3 A1 A5 C11 B5 B1 C7 A13 C8 C1 A4 B3 B6 C4 B5 C2 C6 A4 A4 A1 C1 C9 A2 A1

Kitchen, Benjamin Klaiman, Eric Klaus, Ben Kloosterman, Han Ko, Andrew Koehler, Samuel Koontz, Ella Kosmach, Josh Ladik, Leo Lang, Savannah Latyak, Luke Lawrence, Marianna Claire Lefebvre, Jacob LeStourgeon, Jonathan Levin, Albert Levine, Maximilian Liao, Sophia Lieb, Alexander Lieb, Josiah Lin, Xiya Linnenbaugh, Ryan Liu, Owen Longhi, Joseph Lopez, Sophie Lorenzi, Oscar Lowe, Korey Luke, Brayden Lutz, Kennedy Macri, Aubrey Magesh, Arin Maiden, Kurt Malleeswaran, Akash Maniscalco, Matthew Manoj, Rishi Margadonna, Chris Mariano, Louis Marks, Ryleigh Mason, Brandon Mason, John Mathias, Nathan Mccollum, Michael Mcdonough, Shane Mcginn, Nolan McGuigan, Sean Mcguire, Thomas McNicholas, Joseph McShea, Scott Meaney, Samantha Metz, Alex Mierzwicki, Logan Mikovich, Hannah Milcheck, Rachel

A3 A6 A1 C7 C5 B3 C5 C10 B5 A3 C1 B1 A6 B1 B1 B13 C7 C11 B6 A3 C3 A6 B3 A2 A13 A1 B6 C9 A3 C12 B3 A2 A5 C9 C5 A5 C7 C8 B6 A3 C12 C5 C6 A2 B1 B5 C7 A2 A2 C2 C8 C11

Milgrub, Jacob Miller, Grant Miller, Taylor Mitti, Vibha Moak, Simon Moctezuma-Medina, Ricardo Mollura, Joseph Monte, Dylan Moore, Maddy Morey, Noah Muirhead, Mary Murnyack, Ava Murphy, Michael Murray, Luke Nagle, Micah Nair, Anya Natakala, Manya Nawn, Andrew Neiswender, Luke Nguyen, Joe Nieradka, Kacper Nikolatos, John Nolin, Jack Ochwat, Jake Oister, Merideth Oliver, Andrew Ong, Liam Orenstein, Jake Orshan, Samuel Ortiz, Frederick Orybkiewicz, Jakub Osman, Elamin Paiker, Liyana Palone, Nicholas Paolone, Ava Park, Colton Patel, Aashi Patel, Kavya Pawlikowsky, Beatrix Peduzzi, Sarah Pegher, Gage Penn, Angus Perezous, Sophia Peta, Elizabeth Pfadt, Slade Phillips, Elijah Pilko, Theodore Poirier, Maude Poirot, Ethan Polar, Elena Pollock, Gavin Polovina, Richard

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Session

Name

Session

Name

Session Name

B3 C10 B13 C1 A13 B3 C10 C3 B3 A2 A2 C4 B2 C1 B13 C10 C12 C6 B13 C9 C4 A1 B6 C7 B5 B5 B6 A3 C5 B3 C8 A5 A3 C7 A5 A5 C12 C3 A5 A13 B1 C7 C6 C3 C4 C8 A6 C3 C13 C1 B3 A2

Pomager, Sarah Porter, Nick Portuguez, Jean Paul Quinn, Aidan Ramadas Guptha, Adithya Raparaoelina, Mandresy Reddinger, Evan Reeves, Brayden Reid, Lorenzo Reinking, Elliot Rhykerd, MacKenzie Ricci, Peter Rice, Martin Rich, Cosimo Richards, William Rigas, Tony Rivera Quadreny, Victoria Roberts, Dylan Robertson, Jack Rodriguez, Jolie Roper, Caden Rosa, Sebastian Rosario, Tyler Roth, Sasha Rudek, Marko Rudoi, Zachary Russo, Sophia Ruth, Aaron Sair, Jonathan Sanders, Elliott Sandhu, Harkrit Sanghavi, Ayush Santora, Abby Sarikaya, Naz Scarlett, Lillian Schlafly, Brian Schmithorst, Andrew Seehaver, Hugo Senguttuvan, Sarvesh Seyfert, Symon Shaffer, Jacob Shaffer, Travis Sharp, Philip Shollenberger, Ryan Shope, Luke Showalter, Stephen Shugg, Adamo Sickles, Molly Siddiqui, Ali Simeral, Ethan Sinrod, Charlie Sivaram, Lakshman

C7 C6 A4 A3 A4 C9 B1 C11 C12 B2 A1 C9 C4 A2 C10 C2 C12 B13 C7 C4 C1 C9 C1 C11 B4 C2 C1 B2 A4 B4 A4 B13 A6 C4 C2 C7 A3 C13 C6 C1 B5 A2 B5 A4 B4 B1 C13 A4 A3 A1 A5 C5

Slusarek, Jameson Smith, Aaron Smith, Alex Smith, Camden Smith, Dante Smolens, Alexander Snyder, Chace Solomon, Samantha Sommers, Jesse Sommers, Joel Spinola, Abram Spoales, Charlie Srigiriraju, Krishna Staines, Lillyanna Stec, Alexander Stewart, Abbey Stone, Madeleine Stonis, Matthew Stouffer, Emmie Stroup, Annalise Sundar, Harini Sweeney, Charlie Szumski, Sage Taha, Jude Taitt, Issa Lan Tapia, Autumn Tay, Abraham Taylor, Caroline Terrana, Mikayla Teufel, Owen Thakkar, Reeya Tous, Horacio Trimble, Alyssa Tristani, Samuel Truong, Tyson Turgut, Umur Turmel, Amelie Tuti, Tomer Udupa, Pranav Ulrich, Keller Unurchuluun, Tim Usanovic, Leila Vaddadi, Pranav Valentino, Gavin Van de Putte, Eric van Heerden, Mia Vargas, Sean Vernon, Benjamin Vincent, Alexander Wahila, Marcus Walsh, Molly Walsh, Spencer

B2 B1 C3 C2 C11 C1 C11 B1 A6 A13 C7 B2 A6 C11 B6 B1 B1 C11 B2 C8 A1 C8 C9 B5 B6 B4 C12 C13

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Warwick, Elizabeth Waters, Declan Watson, Jake Webb, Elliott Weber, Alyssa Weisser, Jakob Wenitsky, Alaina Wenslovas, Dawson Whitaker, Ian Wienckoski, Jessie Wiezorek, Matthias Wilbur, Jonas K. Wilkinson, Theo Williams, Oliver Willrich, Logan Wingerson, Kathryn Winters, Damian Wylie, Michael Yeager, Rylee Yelle, Avery Yendluri, Andrew Yoon, Sarah Zergani, Ryan Zheng, Eric Zimmerman, Noah Zipay, Joshua Zosa, Lino Zribi, Nadia

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