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Industrial Engineering, Engineering Science and Judges’ Lounge on second floor mezzanine

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DESIGNEXPO SWANSON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING December 7, 2023 Welcome to the Swanson School’s eighteenth 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.

Many of our student projects come directly from the Swanson School’s Capstone Design Courses and were submitted by graduating seniors. The Capstone Design Courses 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.

As in past years, we welcome everyone in attendance to text in a 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 5 p.m. and end at 7:45 p.m. Winners will be announced after the results have been calculated.

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 their accomplishments. 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 Interim Dean Sanjeev Shroff, Associate Dean Mary Besterfield-Sacre, the Swanson School of Engineering faculty members, and our generous industry partners who have provided guidance to the student teams. Special thanks to the judges for their time and support of this exciting endeavor. We would also like to thank the family, friends and community members and partners who have gathered here to support our students.

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DEPARTMENT OF

BIOENGINEERING Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mark Gartner BIOE-1 Improved Fetal Monitor Luke Yackovich Victoria Chiusano Arun Guduru Colin Riggins Shivani Ravi Kayla Seigel Emilea Suplick BIOE-2 Improved Tool for Transspeheroidal Procedure Mentor: Dr. Kevin Contrera – UPMC Otolaryngology

Oldrich Virag Matthew Belch Benjamin Leslie

George Barakat Nikita Reddy Andrew Theophanous

BIOE-3 Lateral Patient Transfer Device Faculty Mentor: Dr. April Chambers

Joseph Scolieri Mackenzie Stiles Elizabeth Ibata-Arens Andrew Daoud

Gabrielle Wilson Eva Mischler Katelyn Larson

BIOE-4 Colorimetric Urinometer Apparatus Mentor: Jim Ibinson, MD, PhD – VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Stephanie Hackem Edwin Rock Katelyn Lipa Christopher Garland

Zainab Almuallim Nckolas Sierra Ariella Tucci

BIOE-5 Adaptive Equipment for Assisting Stroke Patients to Stay Upright in Seated Position - A Elizabeth Medvedeva Carli Starman Mikayla Kim

BIOE-7 Nasal Surgery Tool Mentor: Michael McDowell – Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Sebastian Gutensohn Briana Malik Alisa Zhang

Raymond Murray Natasha Mody Claudia Kiely

BIOE-8 Improving Radiographs for Special Needs Dental Patients Mentor: Lynn Taiclet, DMD – School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

Enya Rohatgi Sejeal Vikas Katiyar Bridget Buchanan

Haajar Ahmad-Ali Hansini Kumar Stephanie Frankel

BIOE-9 Nasogastric Tube Securement Mentor: Arcangela L. Balest, MD – Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh

Samuel Lord Rachel Eskander Madison Keczmer

Tarryn O’Rourke Keegan Blain Shannon Roman

BIOE-10 Prosthetic Sockets for Diabetic Patients with Weight Fluctuations from Dialysis Abigail Geary Alyssa Zito Samantha Mnich Rachel da Cruz Maggie Walker BIOE-11 Ruggedized Insulin Pump for Sports Faculty Mentor: Dr. April Chambers

David Situ William Wojton Charles Potash

Hannah Parks Emma Scarton Jacob Chabrier

BIOE-6 Tracheostomy Fixation Device Shaharoz Tahir Kaitlyn Colucci Alec Maraska Shail Patel Ian Buscay Leah Kohlmeyer

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BIOENGINEERING (continued )

BIOE-12 Improved Footplates for Motorized Wheelchairs Mentor: Ellen Muchnok, PT, DPT, ATP – School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh

Leslie George Dylan Reddish Noah Makowicz Ezekiel Bibbo

Julianna Werner Mia Maksin Margaret Herron

BIOE-13 Regional Adjustable Pressure Prosthetic Socket Madeline Viteri Savannah Waymer Camilo Rodriguez Rozas Kristin Bindas Katherine LeClaire Azariah Torain

BIOE-18 Avoiding Air Bubbles in IV Tubing Evan Streeter Jennie Bostich Owen Hohner Garrett Ryan Laurel Koehler Abby Lowe BIOE-19 Adaptive Equipment for Assisting Stroke Patients to Stay Upright in Seated Position – B Charles Blackledge Urmi Choudhary Rajiv Anne Carli Starman Alina Dziamko-Chuhaj

BIOE-14 Improved Communication Tool for Non-Verbal Children Mentor: Brad Dicianno, MD – Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilition, University of Pittsburgh

Grant Snyder Owen Flaugh Rutuja Kulkarni

Emma Stein Noah Rick

BIOE-15 Noise Muffling for 7T MRI System Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tamer S. Ibrahim

Nicholas McDonald Owen Boccabella Ananya Shivakumar Celeste Lintz

Venkata Krishna Moorthy Daita Julia Kisslinger Emily Kirkpatrick

BIOE-16 Improved Otoscope for Blockage Removal Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joseph Samosky

Adriana Cocco Saifuddin Mohammad Rayna Schoenberger Emmet Nikolaus Halton

Claudette Moul Christopher Chengshi Diedre Felix

BIOE-17 Improved Foley Bag Logan Geffen Cara Klinger Sofia Lusvardi Julia Gesell Kathryn Walter Alexis Moodie

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DEPARTMENT OF

CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Faculty Advisor: Professor John Sebastian CEE-1 Pittsburgh International Airport – Terminal Roadways

CEE-5 Chartiers Creek Dam Removal

Faculty Mentors: Dr. Mark Magalotti, Dr. Alex Stevanovic

Industry Mentor: Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy – American Rivers

Industry Mentors: Lindsay Pietz, Matthew Paradise – AECOM

Faith Schmidt Grae Gossman Katherine Rodriguez Benjamin Baynard Aimee Hessler

Jenna Sutton Cesar Rodriguez Adele Sedlar Victoria Herron

CEE-6 Highmark Stadium Expansion

CEE-2 Robb Hollow Intersection Improvements

Faculty Mentors: Dr. Kent Harries, Professor John Sebastian

Faculty Mentors: Dr. Mark Magalotti, Dr. Alex Stevanovic, Dr. John Ovler

Industry Mentor: John Yadlosky – HDR

Zachary Busch Matthew Lewis Griffin Mikovitz Connor Mondock

Quinn Aker Alexander Blake Callum Grealy Ariel Holstein Bailey McCausland

CEE-3 ALCOSAN Improvements

CEE-7 Foxburg Water Treatment Plant

Faculty Mentors: Dr. Ogul Doygun, Dr. Sebastian Lobo-Guerrero Industry Mentor: Adam Walkowiak – Michael Baker

Jake Graff James Clark Benjamin Johnson Caroline Siedlecki

CEE-4 Bridgeville Pedestrian Lift Bridge Faculty Mentors: Dr. John Ovler, Dr. Kent Harries, Professor John Sebastian Industry Mentor: Justine Cimarolli – Bridgeville Borough

Nicholas D’Andrea Jenna Wilson Justin Barlow Wesley Conklin

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Faculty Mentor: Dr. Werner Loehlein

Faculty Mentors: Dr. Leonard Casson, Dr. Vikas Khanna Industry Mentors: Thomas Thompson – Gannett Fleming, Elizabeth Lander – Foxburg Area Water & Sewer Authority

Craig Robinson Daniel Huffman Sarah McGoldrick Dan Nolan

CEE-8 Hazelwood Community Center Faculty Mentors: Dr. Melissa Bilec, Dr. Tony Kerzmann, Professor John Sebastian Industry Mentors: Luca Covi – HITT Construction, Bill Spohn – EcoCraft

Olivia Hartz Sonva Boukengolts Sophia Lex

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ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING Faculty Advisors: Dr. Mohamed Ashraf S. Bayoumy and Dr. Nathan Youngblood ECE-1 Facial Recognition Lock System with Anti-theft A Caleb Gibson Molayo Faseru Lucas Villalba

ECE-7 Music Notation to Audio B Chloe Hale Jack Carnovale Cameron Henning ECE-8 LED Checkers A

ECE-2 Facial Recognition Lock System with Anti-theft B Dane Krall Rayan Hassan Jake Smith

Industry Mentors: Alexander Short, Christopher Westerlund – Naval Nuclear Laboratory

ECE-3 Hydropanic Chamber

ECE-9 LED Checkers B

Industry Mentors: Sean Dowhy, Ray Kovacs Jr. – Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc.

Industry Mentors: Alexander Short, Christopher Westerlund – Naval Nuclear Laboratory

Ashton Bloom Jake Higgins Killian Rush Tamer Muddi

Aiden Seo Caileigh Wettasinghe Stephan Layton

Christopher Brubaker Dylan Murphy Raiyan Islam

ECE-4 Intuitive Drone Controls Madison Lydon Nathaniel Mallick Sima John

ECE-10 Live AI DJ Hudson Panning Brett Craskey Nick D’Arcy Jon Hallowell

ECE-5 Robotic Goalkeeper Zeke Mariotti Daniel Gross William Farrell Thomas Laraia

ECE-11 Logic Puzzle Printer- Hitori Quincy Bayer Karen Turocy Ryan Sieber Carter Leatherman

ECE-6 Music Notation to Audio A Maggie Killmeyer Nathan Evans Mason Dill

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DEPARTMENT OF

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING Faculty Advisor: Dr. Scott Streiner IE-1 C3controls: Controlling the Inventory Nolan Carver Isabella Debendetto Alyson Marcus Kyleigh Zakroski IE-2 Time(sheet) for Improvement: Current State Analysis and Recommendations Industry Mentor: GE Vernova

Zoe Abel Ben Cohen Lauren Lenherr Evan Tipton

IE-3 ID(ea)L Collator Configuration Analysis Industry Mentor: IDL Print

Alex Amentler Maria Luciana Stephen Vandrak

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IE-4 Matching Moms to Mentors with Machine Learning Industry Mentor: Nurture PA

Tom Chimes Gloria Givler Nicole Lipa Andrew Polar

IE-5 Stop the Spread: UPMC Infection Prevention Kathryn Burkert Matthew McCormick Michael Reynolds Elizabeth Sidelnikov IE-6 Efficient Heart Stalking: Streamlining Cardiac Telemetry Monitoring and Distribution at UPMC Shadyside Ken Ching Anna McDonald Ahsen Malik Sierra LeRoy

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & MATERIALS SCIENCE Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Schmidt MEMS-1 Development of an Internal Tracking Device for Bicycles Industry Mentor: Jumoke Davis - CycleBax

Nick Ahualli Ethan Aristauto Zhixnan Zhang

MEMS-6 Strain Annealing Advanced Manufacturing Facility for Nanocrystalline Soft Magnetic Ribbons in Electric Power Grid, Space Exploration and Electric Vehicle Applications Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paul Ohodnicki

MEMS-2 Development of a Remote Handling Vehicle for use in Irradiated Environments

Bofan Xing Chi Zhang Zhengkai Chen Jianan Yang

Industry Mentor: Connor Sullivan - Naval Nuclear Laboratory

MEMS-7 A Shell-Based, Flexible Robotic Manipulator with Controllable Stiffness and Joint Positioning

Angelina Pampena Cameron Griffith Danijel Babic Jacob Natkin Austin Gmuer

Faculty Mentors: Dr. Nikil Bajaj, Dr. Ravi Sankar

MEMS-3 Design for Manufacture of a Loading Platform for Standing CT Scanning

Ethan Tost Mark Blyznak Andrew Stricklin Alexandru Pelinescu

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mark Miller

MEMS-8 Tube Furnace Adapter for Vacuum Sintering, 3D Printed Sample Sintering and Characterization

Derick Basile Daniel Schultz Justin Starcich Ryan Bagett

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Markus Chmielus

MEMS-4 Acoustically Enhanced Uniaxial Extension Tester: A Novel Approach to Detect Tissue Damage

Andrew Zilavy Caden Lawhorn-Watson Yanzhe Wang

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Timothy Chung

MEMS-9 Projects in the Ocular Biomechanics Laboratory

Yuqi Chen Peter Jacobs Elias Mignogna

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ian Sigal

MEMS-5 Development of a Micro-needling Device Faculty Mentor: Dr. Buddy Clark

Justin Seth Tyler Kenny Jon Katherine

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MEMS-10 Development of a Structural Fixture to Test Hip Joint Mechanics

MEMS-12 Generalized Robotic System

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Pat Smolinski

Edwin Noel Casandra Nickelson Matthew Bracken Thomas Andrews Benjamin Lin James Buonato

Grant Clark Ryan Tran Enaly Adikpeto

MEMS-11 Education Focused Illustration of 3D Printing Technologies

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dave Schmidt

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Xiayun Zhao

Cecelia Espadas Cara Rossetti Drew Deffenburgh VJ Taverna Jacob Mattis Elisa Fritzsche

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THE ART OF MAKING: HANDS-ON SYSTEM DESIGN AND ENGINEERING Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joe Samosky AOM-1 Custom Cane: A Walker-Cane Fusion to Make Bathrooms More Accessible to Individuals with Limited Lower-Body Mobility Eden Brunner Rachel Da Cruz Aragya Goyal Amna Imran Joshua Summers AOM-2 BagBuddy: Automated Bag Carrier to Elevate Your Stairway Safety Berfin Bircan Jordan Church Maya Franklin Aidan Iannetti Tyler Kenney Kim Pettersen

AOM-3 The Fashion Library: Extending the Life Cycle of Fast Fashion Clothes Lauren Gilfillan Lauren Harrington Caeden Wargo Jason Worrell David Zhang AOM-4 Study-Score: A Device that Scores and Rewards You for Staying Focused While Studying Robert Donahue Eric Eversbusch Jared Fedosick Sonia Plokhova

MEDICAL PRODUCT PROTOTYPING Advisor: Pete Hill MPP-1 communiCare

MPP-3 Pill Perks

Clinical Mentor: Christina M. Patterson, MD

Clinical Mentor: Dr. Annie Cohoen

Therlking Dervil Neharika Chodapaneedi Aditi Guruprasad Kingsly Jonathan

Julia Castrucci Luke Chuderewicz Mia Satory Ben Ratchford

MPP-2 C-Lift

MPP-4 Aware Compression

Clinical Mentors: Dr. Kirill Kiselyov, Dr. A. Murat Kaynar

Clinical Mentor: Dr. Ulka Sachdev

Emma Skuban Amelia Dubendorf Karson Curran Leo Li Micah Guffey

Maura Siess Megan Johns Connnor Kerstetter Boyan Zhang

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PRODUCT REALIZATION Faculty Advisor: Dr. Eric Winter Project Mentors: Marc Weber Tobias – Security Laboratories and Ilana Hull, MD, – UPMC PR-1 Enclosed Space Control Rachel Eskander Paul Kyros Rahul Reddy Maggie Walker

PR-4 Macy at the Door Bridget Buchanan Abbey Geary Dustin Riberi Lily Tibaldi

PR-2 Li-ion Safety #1: PEDs Talal Abdulsalam Hansini Kumar Tarryn O’Rourke Saket Varanasi

PR-5 MyDose Shreyo Das Amila Niksic Jacob Rendall Elizabeth Sidelnikov Megan Toner

PR-3 Li-ion Safety #2: PT Mychal Amoafo Shubham Dabhade Samantha Mnich Kara Nghiem

ENGINEERING SCIENCE Faculty Advisor: Dr. Paul Ohodnicki ESCI-1 Indirect Adaptive Control of a Cyber-Physical Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Hybrid Energy System Mychal Amoafo

The information printed in this document was accurate to the best of our knowledge at the time of printing and is subject to change at any time at the University’s sole discretion.

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