Engineering EXPO 2005

APRIL 12, 2005
Student Center East (former CCC)

Expo 2005 Slideshow

Health and Medicine, Category #1

1st Place - Three Dimensional Matrix Chips for Cancer Diagnostics
Bioengineering Department
Monika Kaniszewska, Anne Styka, Amy Peters
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Andrew Maniotis

(Tie) 2nd Place - Constricting Gel Assay and Therapeutic Patch
Bioengineering Department
Tiffany Moy, Priyamvada Nagar, Qian Sun
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Andrew Maniotis

(Tie) 2nd Place - The Development of a 3-D Bilayer Flow System
Bioengineering Department
Daniel Murauski, Julia Hacer Cesur, Matthew Musielak
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Susan McCormick

Environmental/Health/Safety, Category #2

1st Place - Field Ready Odor Detection System
Bioengineering Department
Jason Wojcik, Noemi Rodriguez, Derrick Kaufman
Faculty Advisor: Dr. John Hetling

2nd Place - Patient Identification System Using RFID
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Anoop Joseph, Farook Ahmad, Atik Shah
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Zhichun Zhu

Site Design Structure, Category #3

1st Place - Use of the Cornhusk as Natural Fiber Reinforcement in Concrete
Civil and Materials Engineering Department
Jeff Barnett, Endrit Hazizi, Paul Matwyshyn, Carl Olson
Faculty Advisor: Dr.Farhad Ansari

2nd Place - Green Roof Design
Civil and Materials Engineering Department
Jim Tock, Mehul Patel, Rajamar Singh, Jonathan Rualo, Adam Jasinski
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Christopher Burke

Infrastructure Design, Category #4

1st Place - Site Development Plan for Air Traffic Control Facility
Civil and Materials Engineering Department
Carlton Lambiasi, Robert Carcellar, Hyun Chang, Gary Chiu, Luis Dominguez
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Donald Lemke

2nd Place - Hibernia Estates/Residential Site Design
Civil and Materials Engineering Department
Mark Coleman, Matt Brolley, Phil Gaske, Sylvan Popovici
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Donald Lemke

Transportation, Category #5

1st Place - Automobile Door Assistant
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department
Michael Aspi, Susan Pinsky, Ernesto Velazquez
Faculty Advisor: Dr. J. Earl Foster

2nd Place - Differential Bolt Cover & Underbody Shield for Caterpillar Compactor
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department
Steven Larmay, Jason Williams, David Zalanka
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael Scott

Security, Category #6

1st Place - RFID Time Report System
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Daniel Bartkiewicz, Joseph Calabrese, Ardavon Mohtashamnia
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alan Feinerman

2nd Place - Voice Activated Lock
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Eric Wilimczyk, Yelena Podolyanyuk
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rashid Ansari

Telecommunications, Category #7

1st Place - Electronic Messaging Board
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Puneet Singh, Tabitha Stoia, Sadia Gulam, Nasrollah Tabatabaei
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kaijie Wu

2nd Place - Baby-Sitter Alert System
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Safa Alkhatib, Deborah Ajayi, Lei Wang
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Daniel Graupe

Communications and Signal Processing, Category #8

1st Place - Wireless Price Tag Display
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Diana Wehbe, Gilberto Piña, Aung Zaw Ong
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ashfaq Khokhar

2nd Place - Voice Controlled Alarm Clock
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Adam Kramarczyk, Joshua Jeon, Abdelkhalak Amyay
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Roland Priemer

Conveniences, Category #9

1st Place - Special Designs for Independence
Bioengineering Department
Betsy Thevalakara, Martina Fialova, David Weed, Lukasz Zientara
Advisor: Judy Gardner

2nd Place - Keyless Home Entry System
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Syed Sohaib Mahood, Samir Patel, Zafar Ashrafi
Facultly Advisor: Dr. Yingwei Yao

Mechanical Design, Category #10

1st Place - Assistive Soccer Mechanism
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department
Russell Pleskunas, Matt Orseske, Kyong Chang
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Brian Fay

2nd Place - Concrete Fastening Tool Test Fixture
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department
Jessica Peak, Andy Rosynek, Blaise Steele
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Laxman Saggere

Process Design , Category #11

1st Place - Production and Separation of Cytotoxins
Chemical Engineering Department
Basel Khatib, Michael Marusiak, Thomas Vander Velde
Faculty Advisor: Dr. E.W. Funk

2nd Place - Sawdust as Fuel: Gasification Process for Producing Compressed Fuel from Sawdust
Chemical Engineering Department
Milka Alyssa, Jena Coulter
Faculty Advisor: Dr. E.W. Funk

Experiment & Tool Design , Category #12

1st Place - Project KOMET / Coolant System Analysis of a Cutting Tool
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department
Peter Stolarczyk, Eloy Barraza, Albert Raczynski
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Francis Loth

2nd Place - Fuel Injector Chamber Redesign
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department
Adnan Shamim, Imran Hashmi, Camilo Castano
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Ghaffarpour

Arlene F. Norsym Award

Economics of producing Bio-diesel from waste vegetable oil
Chemical Engineering Department
Eric S. Bajalis, Kevin Z. Brisport, Christopher A. Haslett
Faculty Advisor: Dr. E.W. Funk

Visitor Award

North Avenue Cable Stay Bridge
Civil and Materials Engineering
Bojan Dubovac, Nick Gazis, James Wonneberg
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ming L. Wang

Easter Seals Assistive Technology Award

1st Place - Special Designs for Independence
Bioengineering Department
Betsy Thevalakara, Martina Fialova, David Weed, Lukasz Zientara
Advisor: Judy Gardner

(Tie) 2nd Place - Oxygen Flotation Unit
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department
Antoine Khoury, John Pucek, Raymond Welby
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Brezinsky

(Tie) 2nd Place - Assistive Soccer Mechanism
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department
Russell Pleskunas, Matt Orseske, Kyong Chang
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Brian Fay