Spring 2017 Tech Symposium Program

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Tuesday, April 25, 2017

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Table of Contents: Keynote Speaker Biography

David Spencer

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Biomedical Engineering Senior Design Projects

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Civil Engineering Senior Design Projects

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Senior Design Projects Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Projects

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College of Sciences/ College of Liberal and Fine Arts CITE $100K Competitors

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$100K Student Technology Venture Competition

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Vizlab Information

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Schedule of Events

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100K The UTSA College of Engineering Technology Symposium showcases innovative student projects and research performed across multiple disciplines. The symposium is designed to provide a public venue where UTSA design students from engineering and business present advances achieved in their design projects to UTSA students, their parents, students around South Texas, industry and government sponsors, and the general public. The event will include exhibitions of Engineering Senior Design Projects and the annual Center for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CITE) $100K Student Technology Venture Competition.

The Senior Design Projects are the culmination of the engineering undergraduate studies, enabling all engineering students, in their senior year, to apply the knowledge and skills they have accumulated throughout their programs to design, develop, and implement innovative and relevant engineering products.

The CITE $100K Student Technology Venture Competition focuses on student entrepreneurial activities, to give students hands-on experience as early-stage entrepreneurs. Teams of senior business and engineering students work throughout the semester to develop a technology demonstrator and business plan to successfully develop a new company.

David Spencer is a business and civic entrepreneur with a passion for technology commercialization and economic development. He has founded, owned, and/or sold multiple businesses in diverse areas including technology, healthcare, childcare, real estate, banking, and agriculture.

Since 2000, Spencer has also been an active angel investor.

He is currently invested in over 20 privately held companies and 3 separate investment funds. His investment interest centers on technology companies based in San Antonio, or those which support military wounded worldwide. He also mentors selected technology startups in the San Antonio area.

Following a hiatus for public service and as a full time investor, Spencer is actively reengaged as an entrepreneur. He claims after over 20 years of entrepreneurial experience, his track record is “One home run, a few singles and doubles, several strikeouts, two massive explosions, and plenty of persistence.�

Spencer formed his first technology company in 1990. However, his career as a serial entrepreneur took off in 1996 when Kelly Air Force Base closed. Using his back bedroom as an office, Spencer founded OnBoard Software, Inc. with his best friend Steve Kluck. OnBoard grew to more than 90 employees and $17 million in annual revenue. In early 2005, Spencer sold the company to MTC Technologies, Inc. for $34 million. Following the sale of OnBoard, he formed Mandelbrot Ventures, a boutique fund which invested in Texas-based seed-stage technology companies until 2008.

In September 2005, Texas Gov. Rick Perry appointed Spencer to a two-year term as the inaugural chair of the Emerging Technology Fund (ETF) Advisory Committee, a statewide $200 million investment fund. Spencer served a third year on the ETF Advisory Committee as a member/past chair until 2008.

In 2007, he helped found The Bank of San Antonio, the first de novo bank start up in San Antonio for 22 years, which recently surpassed $400 Million in assets. He remains active on the bank board. In 2008, he founded Texas Intrepid Ventures to invest in medical device innovations needed in response to the war in Iraq/Afghanistan.

In 2009, Spencer was founder and CEO of Speer Medical Devices, an unsuccessful effort to bring to market a technology to help combat medics triage and care for combat wounded. Speer closed in 2012. In 2011, Spencer co-founded Prytime Medical Devices with Christopher Banas, a seasoned medical device entrepreneur. Prytime is a vascular hemorrhage control company working closely with the military, where Spencer serves as President and CEO. He remains active in the community, and is a regular speaker, mentor and panelist.

His philanthropic and public service is centered on entrepreneurship, wounded warriors, UTSA, and the future of the San Antonio and South Central Texas.

Senior Desi gn Projects BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING RightTEMP Swaddle

Engineering Students: Mubeen Sultana, Thao Nguyen, Khoa Nguyen, Mahlet Melese • Business Students: Matthew Boyd

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Ninety percent of newborn deaths could be saved if warmth and breastfeeding are provided immediately. Hypothermia can affect healthy newborns as well as at-risk newborns. Our invention called “RightTEMP swaddle” is to address hypothermia issue related to babies born out of hospital. This portable and inexpensive device uniquely utilizes a combination of phase change material and fabric to capsule the heat and keep a baby stay warm at 370C for few hours. This thermal device is also composed of a simple temperature monitor system. It is simple enough to be used at home, or birth center, or even on ambulances.

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Our design project utilizes UV light-induced fluorescence for the detection of dental cavities. Early detection can reverse tooth decay and prevent future treatment expenses. The goal is to provide elevated sensitivity and specificity to detect cavities with a simple user interface designed for non-technical users, all with high feasibility of manufacturing. Expanding the use of this device to dental health screenings and clinics promotes legitimate market potential for this project.

Re-Breath

Engineering Students: Rodolfo “RJ” Garcia, Brant Bennett, Carter Baumgartner, David Jackson

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The purpose of the Re-breath device is to control hyperventilation in a prehospital setting including Military and Emergency medical services (EMS). The device is mainly focused on patients who have been involved in an injury where onset trauma is a major factor. Re-Breath comes into action when a patient desperately needs oxygen and is unable to supply their own. In critical situations Re-Breath maintains the air input into the patient by using a pressure controlled timing system to ensure that the medical personnel is not hyperventilating the patient and administering the correct amount of air that is needed. By preventing the medical personnel from hyperventilating the patient, the traumatic injury is not escalated in the patient, which helps prevent further issues.

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Engineering Students: Alice Hsieh, Joseph Turrubiates, Jorge Villarreal, Joaquin Rodriguez • Business Students: Gerardo Patino, Zach Josey

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This device will assist patients who are visually impaired to recognize their locations in space as well as sensing close-by objects in space in an improved manner.

imPEDIance

Engineering Students: Kristin Steinke, Tiffanny Bunnell, Erin Pollet, Carol Cordova • Business Students: Tara Powers, Nicole Powers

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quadTECK has developed a sock that detects skin integrity for the early detection of diabetic foot ulcers.

FluoroDent

Engineering Students: Daniella Bojado, Steven DeLeon, Frank DeLuna, Alan Kosub • Business Students: Destanee Miller, Alexis Arteaga

Vibrational Ultrasound Feedback Device

On-time Bolus

Engineering Students: Angel Alcala, Brenda De Leon, Kathy Carrizales, Steven Payan • Business Students: Nick Ramos. Jacob Gilchrist

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An external infusion pump is a medical device used to deliver fluids into a patient’s body in a controlled manner. Infusion pumps are capable of delivering fluids in large or small dosages and can be used to deliver nutrients and medications such as insulin, antibiotics and pain relievers, among other fluids. The problem is that when patients use a controlled method of administration of drugs which is by having a continuous infusion, it results in poor sensory blocking and a large dose of Anesthetic is usually needed, which could lead to events of toxicity. By using a programmed intermittent bolus it may result in reduced total anesthetic patient consumption, fewer manual boluses, and greater patient satisfaction.

Pressure Sensor Vein Finder

Engineering Students: John Tapia, Jenna Price, Hector Paredes Zertuche, Guillermo Silva

Venipuncture is necessary for various medical practices. IV misplacement can lead to medical complications. Therefore, a device that is able to detect and alert the user of successful venipuncture will reduce complications. Functional requirements for the device were obtained from customer requests and engineering variables to create a design to address the requirements. The design for this device is to use a pressure sensor. The device will work by measuring the pressure increase created by the blood entering the needle. When the pressure sensor detects this pressure difference, a LED will turn on alerting the user of successful venipuncture.

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ColdClot

Engineering Students: Madeleine Farrer, Hannah Jones, Brian Ruliffson, Jose Trevino • Business Students: Alex Sutcliffe, William Baldridge

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In recent years, there has been an increased use of explosive devices in modern warfare which has led to a rise in military injury. Due to the prevalence of explosive induced trauma, there is a need to manage external hemorrhaging of traumatic amputations in a prehospital environment. Chiron Innovations has developed an innovative hemostatic wound bandage that combines hemostatic gauze, super absorbent polymers, and an endothermic reaction to reduce overall rate of bleeding across a large wound surface area. This device has an increased absorbency when compared to the current combat gauze and initiates three different pathways to reduce bleeding.

abRISE

Engineering Students: Kennedi Wilson, Katie Alex, Travis Kotzur, Jasmine King • Business Students: Abbey Vela

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The medical device, abRISE, is used for pre-hospital treatment of traumainduced hypothermia. The device includes an internal portion to be inserted into the peritoneal cavity and an external potion to be wrapped around the abdomen.

Both components together allow for effective heat transfer increasing the core body temperature. The system is infused with saline fluids that will flow through the peritoneal wrap then peritoneal pouch by means of a pump and will be warmed to 40°C using a heating element. The device is intended to be portable and applicable to all environments.

Pressure Ulcer Prevention using the Uprep Device

Engineering Students: U-Ter Aondo Jia, Mario Hernandez, Meryem Bousfiha, Casey Whitney • Business Students: Spencer Arispe

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Halberd has developed a device that can detect and prevent the formation of pressure ulcers in immobilized patients. Unlike any competitors, it is affordable, disposable, easy to use, and does not require electricity. Our design consists of a fluid chamber containing a chemiluminescent agent or dye, and is positioned between the patient and the bed. As pressure builds within the sachet, the force exerted causes it to open at a predetermined threshold and over a predetermined time. This warning indication will allow healthcare providers with valuable information to reposition a patient, therefore preventing the development of a pressure ulcer.

Cricothyrotomy Assistive Device

Engineering Students: Hong Nhung T. Nguyen, Omar A. Alrufaiee, Doug K. Smith, Alisa I. Isaac • Business Students: Dylan Archer, Devin Sanders

CIVIL ENGINEERING TPC Parkway Hotel

Engineering Students: Ghazi Alosaimi, Abdulwahhab Alali, Jorge Medina, Abdullah Albrinji, Ricardo Ramos, Arnulfo Escamilla

Our project is a resort hotel project which is planned to serve the visitors of northeast of San Antonio. The project will take place in the North side of san Antonio at 2214 TPC Pkwy San Antonio, TX. 78549. The hotel will be a 5 story building, it will have commercial shops and a total of 180 room. It will have one main entrance and two more in the North and South side of the building. A second building is utilized to serve the guests which is a two-story gymnasium building. A bridge will be built to connect the second floors of both building.

Little Stars, Big Dreams: A Two Story Day Care on Stone Oak Parkway

Engineering Students: Pat Vargas, Vicky Sanchez, Trey Resendez, Ricky Chien, Nick Strope

The site for the proposed day care is located at 20523 Stone Oak Parkway in San Antonio, Texas. The project is located over the Edward’s Aquifer Recharge zone, and it will accommodate approximately 150 to 300 children, with multiple age dependent rooms for child care. The day care will made of mostly masonry. The soil is mostly limestone, and we will be designing a slab-on-grade foundation. A roadway will need be implemented at the intersection of Stone Oak Parkway that will connect to the day care. The project will cost over 8 million and will take 12-15 months to complete.

SH 21 West Widening

Engineering Students: Daniel Sanchez, Chance Lane, Jacob Holguin, Erik J Christianson, Christian Rubio

Our team was tasked to design the widening of SH 21. The job begins at the intersection of SH 21 and HWY 130 and stretches 2.66 miles North East. Our design will include a new road alignment along with a new pavement and drainage design. Also included in the design is an expansion of an existing bridge along our roadway.

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“Airway obstruction due to maxillofacial trauma or other tissue damage is the second leading cause of preventable death in a combat setting. Establishment of an artificial airway is paramount in the prevention of death from obstruction of the airway.

The current method of establishing an emergency airway is cricothyroidotomy, where an incision is made through the cricothyroid membrane and an airway catheter inserted through the incision. This method, however, is a very intricate procedure that requires much time and a skillful surgeon. The aim of this project is to develop a device to identify and cannulate the airway in a timely and easy process.”

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ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

San Antonio College Veteran’s Outreach Center

Autonomous Wheelchair *

Our project consists of the design of the San Antonio College Veteran’s Outreach Center.

This building will include educational, career development, and general office space for San Antonio College’s veterans. The design will meet low impact development requirements, LEED standards, and use cost effective alternatives. We will be providing the design of civil engineering services including land development, utility, drainage, structural design, and traffic analysis.

A standard wheelchair will be optimized to be able to travel on its own from a location to another in a local area. In order to achieve this the addition of several electronics such as motors, controller, camera, and sensors will be needed. The wheelchair will transport the user from point A to point B in a designated local area without the user needing to control it. The possibility of obstacles and dangers is always present but the controller will interpret these dangers and avoid them. The system of the wheelchair will not be linked to any wireless system such as GPS or wifi in order to move in the designated local area. All movement of the wheelchair will be done through the control of motors with the controller.

Engineering Students: Dalia Nevarez, Maureen Gonzalez, Ivette Gonzalez, Yajaira Costilla, Matthew Saldivar, Ilse Malagamba

Redland Roadway Improvements & Bus Depot

Engineering Students: David Marotta, Manuel Barrera, Kevin Sipos, Joel Nino, Rene Cardona, Yaser Alghufaly

Design to reconstruct and widen Redland Road to five lanes with shared-use path, curb,sidewalks, driveway approaches, traffic-signals and drainage improvements as needed. Also, we will propose a VIA bus depot with a parking lot. The idea is a VIA park and ride, to make public transportation in the Redland Road area more accessible.

The Row on Roosevelt

Engineering Students: Matthew Solum, Cody Cockayne, Matt Baker, T’andre Smith, Anjulie Hira, Poni Loponi

We will be presenting civil plans for developing a 4 story, low-income apartment complex.

Engineering Students: Luis Valdez, Marco Almanza, Jorge Alarcon, Areski Adjoudj • Business students: Mario Cedillo, Fernando Garcia

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Zoner Time

Engineering Students: Abdul-Hamid Saaka, Daniel Robitaille, David Rodriguez, Brady Emokpae

The goal of the project is to detect a player entering the endzone to score a touchdown. The IR sensor circuit will be used to detect if a player has crossed the endzone line. The cameras will be used to detect the ball and take images of the player scoring a touchdown. The cameras and circuit will work together to determine if the player has properly score a touchdown.

Smart Mosquito Trap

Engineering Students: Edward Rodriguez, Mona Daraei Ahwazi, Antonio Lopez

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING ValidMesh

Engineering Students: Amjad Alnefai, Sulaiman Alotaibi, Shaq Cherry, Nolan Manteufel ValidMesh is a monitoring system kit which contains different sensor modules that are connected to a hub module. The hub module is connected to a smartphone application via Bluetooth. The system will send the data to the smartphone application whenever the user is within Bluetooth range and log the data when they are away. The users will be able to pair their phone to the system whenever they are within Bluetooth range and receive alerts about the status of the sensors and review logged data.

The Magic Cane

The Smart Mosquito Trap or “SMT” is designed for those who want more control over their outdoor experience with minimal interaction. The SMT uses UV lighting as the main attractant similar to traditional charged netted traps with one major advantage. It is more power efficient and aware of nearby pests. This allows for the netting to be active only in the presence of a flying pest. A handheld unit will offer an easy to use option for wireless monitoring of the SMT.

NFC Data Manipulation *

Engineering Students: Kethan Narsimhalu, Daniel Sidhu, Julian Nandin, Jason Flores • Business Students: Karina Colon

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Our project involves the development of two devices that allow for NFC data transfer between devices. The first device is an NFC hub that will connect to a computer via USB and give the computer NFC capabilities. The second device is a card that uses and SD card to store user data. This Card will interface with a computer via the hub to allow a user to transfer files from one device to another.

Engineering Students: Jesus Guerrero, Paul Lundberg, Ray Trevino, Jose Velazquez

The magic cane is a walking cane with extra feedback for the visually impaired. This is achieved through a camera module located at the end of the cane and image processing.

The magic cane will be able to detect obstacles and supply the user with vibration as well as audio feedback through the handle of the magic cane.

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Mobile Motion Capture *

Perfect Parking *

Engineering Students: Nolan Robertson, Daniel Estrada, Hirton David James Yanes, Brian Martinez • Business Students: Isaac Benavidez, Jade Polsey

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With our software specific applications, we have developed a highly versatile system which captures data and provides professional analysis in multiple industries. Our system works to save lives by autonomously detecting falls. Become a better athlete by analyzing acceleration and angular performance. Physical therapy? With our 3D models, we can detect the precise location from which a problem originates allowing for faster healing time and stronger communication. Entertainment? The universe of virtual reality is open and easier to explore. In retail, advanced marketing data produces information to increase revenue. With our revolutionary product possibilities are now endless.

SanRack *

Engineering Students: Sohaib Siddiqui, David Abraham

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SanRack is an automated sanitizing system created for dumbbell racks at the gym. Using UVC and sensors SanRack will automatically sanitize dumbbells to help create a safer and healthier environment.

Emotion Sensor Perceiving Network

Engineering Students: Heath Spidle, Michael Amaya, Garrett Hall, Matthew Bradshaw Detect an emotional state in a person using an electroencephalogram (EEG) headset.

These readings are visualized and can be applied to neurofeedback applications in a virtual environment immersive gaming atmosphere

Safety Garage

Engineering Students: Hassan Alsharif, Ahmed Albattah

The purpose of this project is the development of an automatic garage door system that opens with a certain angle with the detection of carbon monoxide in the garage. If the percentage of carbon monoxide is more than 30%, the door opens with 10 inches to allow fresh air to flow in and reduce the percentage of carbon monoxide to 5% where the garage door closes automatically. The process can be monitored or controlled using an android application. Real time monoxide concentrations can be used to observe it. The android application module can either be used to close and open the garage door remotely.

Smart Speed Bump

Engineering Students: Mohammed alibrahim, Abdulrahman Alhakami,, Khalid alzahrani, Saeed Alghamdi

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The design will consist of a camera that is lining the sidewalk to detect number of individuals are waiting to cross the street. The micro controller will send the information to an LED screen, which will display alert messages to drivers that a speed bump is ahead to slow down. Furthermore, motion and distance sensors will be installed to insure vehicles from accidentally damaged during the operation process. When there are no vehicles near the speed bump, it will rotate 180 degrees to let the pedestrians cross the street safely. Finally, once the road is clear, it will rotate again 180 degrees (flat-side).

Engineering Students: Andrew Spalenka, Faithful Alabi, Christian Leos, Robert Martinez

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Phone application paired with a camera detection algorithm that displays open parking spots on a parking lot. Will also include an exchange feature where a student who is leaving campus can trade spots with a person arriving on campus.

The functionality of the app will be tested on our own mock parking lot.

The Magic Cane

Engineering Students: Jesus Guerrero, Paul Lundberg, Ray Trevino, Jose Velazquez

The magic cane is a walking cane with extra feedback for the visually impaired.

This is achieved through a camera module located at the end of the cane and image processing. The magic cane will be able to detect obstacles and supply the user with vibration as well as audio feedback through the handle of the magic cane.

Air Violin

Engineering Students: Jorge Campos, Daniel Fernandez, Yat Ching Shiu, Jorge Zapata

The Air Violin is intended to be a low-cost, easily transported alternative to an actual violin. It consists of a pair of embedded gloves that can closely simulate the feeling of playing an actual violin. The first glove is the “Bow Hand” which acts as the hand that holds the bow while playing the instrument. The second glove will act as the “Play Hand” and its functionality is to determine which note the user wants to play. A compatible android application will also be included to provide record and playback functions.

O.R.C.A Submersible Quadcopter

Engineering Students: Steven Sprouse, Jacob Olvera, Jhonatan Guerrero

The O.R.C.A Underwater Quad-copter will be an innovative new take on modern Quad-copters. The O.R.C.A will act be able to act as a normal quad-copter, taking in controls from the user while in the air. The difference between the O.R.C.A and normal quad-copters is that the O.R.C.A will be able to float and submerge beneath the surface of a body of water. While floating, the user will be able to give the O.R.C.A a command to dive underwater and autonomously complete a set pattern.

Bluetooth Audio Splitter

Engineering Students: Leonardo Lopez, John Osborne, Michael Warmke

Our project is a bluetooth audio splitter that will take audio from a single audio source (phone, laptop, etc.) and transmit the audio to multiple bluetooth speakers regardless of branding and bluetooth version. This will allow the user to listen to music across the room and not restrict the user to one speaker like they currently are.

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ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING MemMigo *

Engineering Students: Shiloh Fraijo, Hasan Tharwani, Ben Garrett, Evan Wright • Business Students: Trevor Thompson, Devin Lewis

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MemMigo, (Memory Friend), is a system designed to conveniently inventory products in residential & light commercial applications. It will catalog items and send notifications to the user based upon the relative expiration of the product.

MemMigo also acts as a user friendly database to keep track of a large range of items residential & light commercial settings.

Wearable Multi-modal Caution and Warning System Engineering Students: Carlos Aceves, Ryan Doemel

The Wearable Technologies laboratory at NASA JSC asked us to develop a prototype for a wearable & multimodal caution and warning system. Our platform will allow a test conductor to outfit a test subject with multiple wearable nodes that will engage in two way communication with a central server using bluetooth low energy protocols. Our prototype will serve NASA JSC in their early development stages, namely body placement and reaction time testing.

E-Fidget

Engineering Students: Yujen Liao, Noah Hunter, Sinan Abraham

E-Fidget Cube can help in different scenarios, like in a class, medical or work settings in order to let users better cope with their stress.

Water Consumption Data Collector

Engineering Students: Simon Baraz, Pedro Romero Navarre, Manuel Aguilar

The Water Consumption Data Collector is designed to calculate the amount of water used in any appliances the user chooses to select. It is designed to greatly improve the consumer’s water consumption awareness, and it will protect the environment from the excessive use of water that can lead later to drought.

Moozie

Engineering Students: Atenea Lopez, Jonathan Martinez, Joel Tellez, Fred Morsy

Koozie-like device that measures the amount of water the user consumes by scaling out a bottle and weighing the water each time a drink is taken. The data processed and analyzed by the hardware is through sent through Bluetooth to a companion app that is designed in Android Studio. Data is then displayed graphically on the app, showing how much water has been drunk throughout the day, week or month.

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

ASME Human Powered Vehicle Frame

Adjustable Automotive Rear Mounted Airfoil (AARMA)

Engineering Students: Bryan Berkenkamp, Andrew Waterreus, Brian Bassett, Yassmeen Zabalawi, Miguel Guerrero

The frame for a human powered vehicle was designed, manufactured, and tested, for the use of UTSA ASME to compete in the ASME Human Powered Vehicle Competition.

The frame was designed and manufactured according to all rules and specifications set by the ASME HPVC organization. In addition, further specifications were declared by the UTSA HPVC teams, to ensure that all subsystems of the vehicle interfaced properly with one another. The manufactured design underwent thorough testing to ensure that it complied with all specifications, and the team delivered the frame to UTSA ASME before the competition date of 04/21/2017.

The Martian Ice Mole

Engineering Students: Amro Eltayeb, Aksel Magirl, CeCe Kyler, Rudy Jimenez

The discovery of ice deposits on Mars has promoted the development of a water extraction system to support in-situ resource utilization programs. AARC Theory seeks to develop a prototype of an Earth tested, remote controlled water extraction system design that has merit on Mars. The Martian Ice Mole utilizes a coring drill, an induction heating system, and 2 stage filtration to drill through a simulated Martian overburden layer, extract the subsurface ice, melt, filter, and store the product. Path to flight modifications have also been developed and recommended for Martian operation such as using a hybrid drill bit.

T - Pro 21.0

Engineering Students: Levi Jordan, Ivan Paredes, David Rodriguez Jr., Travis Horstman

The purpose of this project is to design, analyze, build, and test a device to determine the load bearing capabilities of threaded inserts set within wooden specimens.

Threaded inserts used in woodworking applications are subjected to both twisting and pulling forces. These forces must be quantified to properly select a threaded insert to ensure a final product will maintain integrity in working environments. The T - Pro 21.0 will test threaded inserts to determine their maximum loading capabilities before failure occurs.

Gator Lift - X1

Engineering Students: Connor Giddings, Theresa Thompson, Dylan Pyka, Jonathon Gleinser

The Gator Lift-X1 car lift design is a portable car lift specifically designed for a Porsche 911. The innovative design minimizes the packaging height while maximizing the available lifting height so that it can be utilized for field maintance and be stored within a racecar trailer. Before coming to us with this project, our sponsor searched for portable car lifts currently on the market; however, he was unsuccessful in finding one that made field maintance more convenient. The Gator Lift-X1 solves this issue while being light in weight and easy to store.

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Jonathan Gwinn, Clifford Labowsky, Lukas Cotugno, Eligio Molina

The goal of the project is the design of an automatically adjustable automobile airfoil that is actuated to driver control. By employing this actuation scheme, the driver can control the amount of downforce exerted on the rear of the vehicle by adjusting the angle at which the wind hits the airfoil. Materials chosen for the fabrication of the airfoil are Carbon Fiber with a high density foam core with Aluminum brackets.

Cassaveasy

Engineering Students: John Stevenson, Nubia Sánchez, Levi Toweh, Amanda Hydar

Millions of people worldwide depend on cassava root as a vital source of food. In African countries, cassava root is pounded in a large mortar and pestle into a doughlike food called fufu. This is a strenuous, time-consuming task, often taking two or more people to complete. Thus, the purpose of this project was to design a humanpowered device that performs the process of pounding cassava by a single operator.

This was accomplished with a Scotch-Yoke mechanism. The lack of non-electric products available and the difficulty of pounding were key driving factors in the solution design process. The design was built and tested to confirm its performance.

The Pecker

Engineering Students: Matthew Perez, Kevin De La Rosa, Erik Jackson, Brian Martinez Team INOV8 collaborated with three other senior design teams to design, construct, and test a human powered vehicle for UTSA ASME. The vehicle takes the form of a recumbent tricycle which was entered into the 2017 ASME Human Powered Vehicle Competition (HPVC), thus promoting the development of viable alternative forms of sustainable transportation. INOV8’s responsibilities included the drivetrain and driver integration subsystems equipped with a chain driven, nine speed transmission, mechanical disk brake system, and four-point harness mesh seat. These subsystems meet all specifications set forth by the ASME HPVC rule book and INOV8 making suitable for competition.

Aerodynamic-shell of Human Powered Vehicle for ASME competition Engineering Students: Robert Oakes, Jose De La Garza, Samer Baraz

Aerodynamic drag has become a primary focus in many industries involving transportation to increase fuel efficiency. The Aero-shell system has been designed to make the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Human-Powered Vehicle highly competitive in the upcoming HPV competition in Cookeville, Tennessee in April, 2017. The purpose of the Aero-shell is to increase vehicle efficiency by reducing drag force on the vehicle. The Aero-shell was designed to have streamlined half-body shape to obtain low drag profile. The Aero-shell is made of papier-mâché material composited with fiberglass stucco mesh and fiberglass cloth to strengthen the material.

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Camelbak Cooler

Variable Surface Stiffness Treadmill

Kryo Systems and Technologies has developed the Camelbak Cooler; a device that will cool down the water being consumed by military personnel in desert environments. The Camelbak Cooler will easily clip onto a Camelbak backpack, which is the typical personal water supply for troops. The Camelbak Cooler reroutes the water being consumed by the user from the backpack through a wound-up copper coil that is submerged in ice/water. The copper coil is contained in an aluminum housing, which is itself contained in an insulated carbon fiber housing that rejects environmental heat and environmental hazards.

The number of research and development projects aimed at building exoskeleton suits have been increasing at a rapid rate. Current testing methods are unable to simulate the various surface conditions that might be encountered. The Variable Surface Stiffness Treadmill aims to solve this problem by allowing for a dynamic adjustment of the treadmill’s effective surface stiffness. This will allow researchers to not only test exoskeletons on varying surface stiffnesses, but to examine and simulate how humans walk and compensate at various surface stiffnesses. This will allow mechanized bipedal locomotion to better mimic movements and minor adjustments humans find intuitive.

Engineering Students: Daniel Portillo, Matthew Bryant, Jordan Wolff, Parker Bradshaw

Caging the Can

Engineering Students: Alex Belcher, Brandon Marr, Trevor Scott, Joseph Zapata

Killian Calderon Disposal (KCD) is in need of an improved method to transport 96-gallon trash containers to their clients. ABJT Inc. has designed a cage-like device to be attached to the rear tailgate of a side-load trash vehicle which assists in lifting and transporting these containers effectively. Through vigorous design development and analysis, a final design was chosen for fabrication and testing.

Once constructed, the device passed a variety of static and dynamic tests to prove that it would function as intended. Design specifications and criteria were met to ensure that the final product met the expectations of KCD.

Cooling Helmet

Engineering Students: Ahmed Alsharfa, Mohammed Shawikhat, Dalal Almomin, Ali Alyousif

A cooling helment, typically used by construction workers, has been developed with unique cooling features to maintain cool temperatures on the top of the head.

The cooling unit contains heat sinks, thermoelectric modules, and gel packs. This unit will remove the equivalent of 40 watts of heat from the head.

Wet Clutch Test Conditioning System

Engineering Students: Daniel Hernandez, Raul Hernandez, Xavier Martinez, Thanh Tran

Engineering Students: Kyle Lamoureux, Isaac Sanchez, Whitney Matthews, Essie Lee

Transportable SCBA Re-Certification System (TSRS)

Engineering Students: John Burt, Andrew Hartley, Jeremy Holt, Babajide Ogunbanjo

The Transportable SCBA Re-Certification System, sponsored by American Ocean Systems Services, Inc., mitigates the dilemma of Military Sealift Command firefighters having to send Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) cylinders overseas to have their structural integrity certified. The Etheric Design features a combination of feasible portability and user functionality so that SCBA’s can be tested on-site, and in remote locations.

Ice Boundary Quantifying and Regulating System (IBQRS)

Engineering Students: Ruben Herrera, Ryan Kinsey, Thomas Miller, Jose Perez

For cold-beverage vendors, it is important that expensive dispensing equipment produces profits by dispensing quality beverages with little to no downtime. To do so, a system must be designed to better control the ice formation produced within the chilling reservoir of a cold-beverage dispenser so that ice does not form over components, causing malfunction. Our project is a monitoring and control system used to maintain the geometry and mass of the ice formation produced within a cold-beverage dispenser. Monitoring is done with sensors, a controller, and customized software. Control is accomplished with a customized convection system to direct flow evenly throughout the reservoir, which produces ideal, uniform erosion of the ice.

Our client is currently conducting an experiments to obtain drag loss data of a wet clutch. This drag loss is due to the interaction between ATF (automatic transmission fluid) and a rotating clutch pack. This Wet Clutch Test requires a conditioning system to reach and maintain four different inlet conditions governed by mass flow rate and temperature to obtain valid data. The WCT-CS was designed, analyzed, built, and tested to improve the current conditioning system by effectively reaching and maintaining the inlet conditions. The WCT-CS will provide the required temperature and mass flowrate conditions needed within its tolerance range to deliver useful data for the client.

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Breast Intentions

Engineering Students: Leo Drew, Evan Veregge, Briegette Garcia, Gustavo Contreras

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Human Muscle Simulation Using a Soft Actuator

Engineering Students: David Olazaba, Hector Martinez, Harrison Del Hierro, Quan Nguyen The field of soft robotics is a new growing field, as the demand for intricate autonomous systems and human-like robots continues to increase. Soft robotics will not only overcome the fundamental assumptions that robots are chains of rigid links, but will also open new perspectives by representing a variety of solutions for robot design and control. The purpose of this project is to design, analyze, build and test an electromagnetic soft actuator that can reduce the weight, input power, and relative stiffness of a traditional actuator, while replicating the expansion and contraction of a collection of muscle fibers. The soft actuator is able to generate 3 N of force and 12 % displacement of its original length.

The Body Dryer for the Disabled

Engineering Students: Naser Alazmi, Mohammed Alali, Fahd Alajmi, Salem Alsanan, Mashwat Almeshwat

The aim of the project is to design a simple yet effective device to help facilitate the process of drying the body of the elderly and disabled persons.

VacMAPS *

Engineering Students: James Harbuck, Ana Macias, Josh Weber

Data gathered on current refrigerated vaccine management practices within 100K the medical field reveal a need for a low-cost method that would mechanize and computerize the storage, inventory, and retrieval of refrigerated vaccines.

The resulting solution is VacMAPS, which stands for vaccine management and preservation system. VacMAPS can be retrofitted into existing medical refrigeration systems to store, inventory, and retrieve refrigerated vaccines, meeting the design criteria put forth by healthcare industry professionals. Vaccine inventory and dispensing systems exist in the current market for healthcare providers, but widespread adoption is hindered by cost and large logistical overhauls. The functional design of VacMAPS was created and refined after input from medical professionals working in hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies. VacMAPS accurately tracks, monitors and stores 175-300 single vaccine doses.

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The current methods of measuring infant breastmilk intake are crude and inaccurate.

Breast Intentions provides accurate measurement and a non-intrusive breastfeeding experience to maintain the important bond between mother and child. Infant malnutrition occurs in 10% of infants in the US alone, and over 50% of mothers surveyed feel unsure about the amount of milk their infant receives through breastfeeding. The inaccuracy of current measurement methods stems from the disruption of the typical breastfeeding process and the tendency of a baby to expel bodily fluids unexpectedly. Breast Intentions is used during the normal breastfeeding routine and measures the volume of breastmilk transferred in real time to avoid these issues.

Mobile Veterinarian Exam Table

Engineering Students: Lilian Johnson, Maesan Carley, Richard Conine, Cameron Reynolds

Oaks North Animal Hospital has charged ACME Engineering with the design and construction of a mobile veterinarian exam table. The table was designed to lift and transport animals up to 150 lbs. The table also features an electrical outlet, IV tower, and digital scale as prescribed by the client. The intent of this product will increase the efficiency of veterinary procedures at Oaks North Animal Hospital and improve the quality of patient care.

Full-Cock Cast Net Launcher

Engineering Students: Eric Jung, James Gilligan, Matt Meier, Vilvesh Srinivasan

Cast nets require proper technique to open the net to full bloom, otherwise the improper use of cast nets increases bait costs and disrupts fishing tranquility. The Full-Cock Cast Net Launcher will mitigate this issue by providing a reliable mechanical launch of the cast net, simplifying the technique necessitated for a manual net throw.

To achieve a mechanical launch, the net is contained and accelerated with rotational and translational motion. The FCNL provides a less complex launch procedure at the expense of added mass, providing a new way to catch bait more consistently from a stable location.

Reverse Osmosis System

Engineering Students: Abbas Qasim, Sayid Almusawi, Ali Jeraq, AlBraa Alandanousi

Water Purification using solar cell powered Reverse Osmosis represents a low cost solution for providing clean water using clean energy. The project makes a good use of the energy of the sun to convert it to electrical power through a solar cell to operate a hydraulic system that utilizes an RO element and two secondary filters to purify water.

A survey had been made to select efficient solar cell manufactures (150 watts /m^2) and the highest efficiencies pumps (85%). The system in this project is capable of purifying 100 GPD with a total power consumption of 330 watts. The project is expected to provide a good solution for isolated and far areas of the world where Electric Power sources are limited.

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COLLEGE OF SCIENCES

Lower Extremity Exoskeleton Frame

100 Bit Tech

Engineering Students: Christian Frausto, Matt Fox, Hector Serrano, Josh Glasgow The Lower Extremity Exoskeleton Frame (LEEF) is a mechanical prototype that will be used for research purposes by Professor Jafari and the ARMS lab. The frame will be used to supply torque to the hip, knee, and ankle joints of the human operator.

Effects of the supplied torque will then be recorded, and used to further the UTSA ARMS lab’s research into assisted movement.

Steering and Suspension: Human Powered Vehicle

Engineering Students: Jeremiah Musser, Jonathan Campos, Aldo Hernandez, Will McRae

Four senior design teams are working together on a human powered vehicle that will represent UTSA, for the first year, at a national competition hosted by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. JJAW Engineering is the steering and suspension team with the other teams being referred to as the frame, drivetrain and driver integration, and aeroshell teams. The steering and suspension components support and control the vheicle in both static and dynamic scenarios.

Automated Concrete Depth Gauge *

Engineering Students: Martin Lopez, David Lindsay, Louis Hernandez, Alberto Munguia • Business Students: Carlos Rodriguez, Hugo Fernandez

100K

The methods of measuring concrete thickness and reinforcement bar placement during the concrete placement on a bridge deck currently practiced do not yield accurate or repeatable results. The Automated Concrete Depth Gauge has been developed to provide an accurate and repeatable method of acquiring these measurements. Analysis was done to ensure that the components utilized are sufficiently accurate. The Automated Concrete Depth Gauge provides an accuracy which exceeds the Texas Department of Transportation’s standard of ±1/16th of an inch.

Porcine Eye Material Properties

Engineering Students: Alex Germane, Jeff Hutchins, Ryan Ramirez, Justin Tobler

This experiment tests the material properties of porcine eyes under tension and compression loads in order to verify parameters beings used for a finite element analysis model. From testing it will be determined whether the data is consistent with previous findings for material properties and if there is a significant difference in the directional material properties. The tissue from the cornea and sclera are considered anisotropic. To isolate the directional material properties, two different devices are used. A tension device tests the tissue sample in the transverse directions, while a compression device tests in the axial direction.

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COS Students: Andrew Hutton (TL), Nishant Grover, Jason Blig, Mostafa Dabas • Business Students: Neptaly Robles, Andrew Cazarez

100K

Our product is an event management app that is marketed towards Event Organizers and Hosts. With plenty of customization options, Event Organizers can make announcements, create show schedules, host advertisements, and upload various media. Another feature included is location tracking to gather potential marketing data for future events and sponsors. This app will also help to build a mailing list for future events. Currently in Alpha on Android with a web component and iOS planned for future.

Alpha Spire COE

Students: Hector Zarate, Felipe Diaz

A trader who is trading multiple or single strategies must look at their performance and quantitative metrics on their strategies to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses. Current solutions only serve large institutions or hedge funds, none are aimed at the retail trader. Alpha Spire is a cloud based platform for a trader to upload their portfolios and their trades for quantitative analysis. The platform offers visualizations on metrics such as Sharpe Ratio, Value at Risk, maximum drawdowns, and Sortino Ratio to quantitatively evaluate performance and identify strengths and weaknesses in their strategies

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL AND FINE ARTS DLFA-Derivative Licensing for America

COLFA Students: Molly Baskin (TL), Selena Hernandez, Christopher Osborn, Jacob Crisp

100K

Our startup intends to de-mystify music licensing in the United States and provide groups and individuals these Derivative Licenses at lower prices than market-leader and monopoly Tresona, the only company currently in the field providing such licenses. We will give customers an online platform to access a database of works and calculate price estimates in real time.

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$100K STUDENT TECHNOLOGY VENTURE COMPETITION Five UTSA teams comprised of senior students from different colleges will compete for $100,000 in cash and business-related services at the 100K annual $100K Student Technology Venture Competition. Competitors will be scored on the viability of their proprietary new technologies and the business plans they developed to market those technologies. These top five finalists have been selected from pool of more than 20 teams that competed this semester. • The teams will be judged by local academic, business and entrepreneurial experts on their technology, business plan, and presentation. In addition to a cash prize, the winning teams will receive consulting services, marketing services, office space, and other benefits to support them in getting their projects off the ground. • UTSA’s $100,000 Student Technology Venture Competition founding sponsor is the Texas Research & Technology Foundation. Additional sponsors are Geekdom, the Santonio Technology Center, Startech, Rackspace, Humphries Medical Media, The Whittington Group, Targeted Technology Fund, 80/20 Foundation, SA Economic Development Corporation, SA Tech Boosters, the UTSA Colleges of Business and Engineering, and the UTSA Vice President for Research.

brilliance Tech engineering Symposium

H-E-B Convocation Center 8 - 8:45 a.m.

Home of the VizWall and Core Facility of the Center for Simulation Visualization & Real-Time Prediction (SiViRT) About Viz Lab With an initial funding from the National Science Foundation, the Advanced Visualization Lab (Viz Lab) opened its door in May 2011. It has become a core research facility for interdisciplinary research at UTSA, which attracts faculty and students from engineering and sciences as well as the liberal arts. The Viz Lab currently has a 14 ft. x 6 ft. VizWall, a 3D Haptic Station, a SmartBoard/HD2 station, a multi-touch station and a 3D transparent printer.

There will be one, 30-minute interactive tour of the Viz Lab during the symposium. Those interested in the lab tour can meet at the registration student table at 12 p.m., and will be taken to the lab for a tour.

Sign-up for the tour will be at the Student Symposium Registration table in the UTSA Convocation Center.

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Keynote Address David Spencer 8 – 8:45 a.m.

Senior Design Projects

8:45 a.m.

9:00 a.m. Engineering Senior Design Projects Display/Judging 10:00 a.m.

8:45 a.m. – 12 p.m.

11:00 a.m.

12:00 p.m.

12:30 p.m.

UTSA ADVANCED VISUALIZATION LABORATORY

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

1:00 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

Viz Lab Tour 12 p.m.

Lunch 12 p.m.

CITE Projects CITE Projects Display/ Judging 8:45 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Viz Lab Tour 12 p.m.

Lunch 12 p.m.

CITE Competition 1 – 2 p.m.

2-2:15 p.m.

2-2:15 p.m. Break

2:15 p.m.

Tech Symposium and CITE 100K Awards Presentation 2:15 p.m.

Registration and information will be in the Convocation Center from 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. Deadline to submit Project Judging sheets is 12 p.m. at the judges table.

For maps and more information, visit utsa.edu/techsymposium

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