Previous Years – Mechanical Engineering

MEUS Winter 2018

ME 390 Best Poster Awardee:
- Poster Session: Jack Teener
ME 490 Best Session Awardees:
- Session 1: Ryan Posh
- Session 2: Ankita Sharma
- Session 3: Brandon Mason
- Session 4: Jordan Case
- Session 5: Matthew Schafer
- Session 6: Vladimir Krokhmal

ME 390 Best Poster Awardee:
- Poster Session: Betty Wan
ME 490 Best Session Awardees:
- Session 1: Kanji Sugimori
- Session 2: Yossi Cohen
- Session 3: Kritin Arya
- Session 4: Julia Slatin
- Session 5: Yunseok Choi
- Best Paper: Yunseok Choi

ME 390 Best Poster Awardees:
- Poster Session 1: Quinton Ho (ME 390)
- Poster Session 2: Benjamin Eu (ME 290)
ME 490 Best Session Awardees:
- Session 1: Jung Hyuk Kim
- Session 2: Brian Kalinowski
- Session 3: Jessica Lipa
- Session 4: William Yang
- Session 5: Anne Gu
- Session 6: Benjamin Golder
- Session 7: Mary McMeekin, Riley Doherty

ME 390 Best Poster Awardees:
- Poster Session 1
  Awardee: Xingjian Liu
  Title: Redesign of Compliant Joint for Improved Precision and Speed in Nanopositioning Stages
- Poster Session 2
  Awardee: Parker Haffey
  Title: Pneumatically Controlled Digital Microfluidics
ME 490 Best Session Awardees:
- Session 1: Transportation Systems
  Awardee: Lucy Zhuang
  Title: “Explore Knitting of Smart Materials to Create Changeable and Interactive Product Surfaces”
- Session 2: Mechanical System Design & Manufacturing
  Awardee: Brandon Hazelton
  Title: ElectriFit
- Session 3: Robotic Systems
  Awardee: William Yang
  Title: Effect of an Articulated Spinal Joint on the Gait Dynamics of Quadrupeds
- Session 4: Biological and Fluidic Systems
  Awardee: Joshua LeVay
  Title: Microfluidic Mechanical Cell Lysis
- Session 5: Manufacturing Processes and Systems
  Awardee: Andre Brooks
  Title: Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition Station

ME 490 Best Session Awards:
- Session 1: Lindsay Purvis, “Structure and Corrosion Behavior of a Magnesium Alloy for Bio-Implants”
- Session 2: Clark Teeple, “3D Printing for Prototypes of Thin-Film PZT/Polymer Microrobots”
- Session 3: Kevin Eckstein, “Multi-Stable Cellular Origami Structures”
- Session 4: Yifan Ding, “Device Motion Design for Consumer Experience in Automotive Applications”
- Session 5: Jason Krystek, “Microstructure-Deformation Relationships in AM Ti Alloys”
- Session 6: Jason Ye, “Handling Characteristics Correlation of a Formula SAE Vehicle Model”
- Session 7: David Peyer, “Cell Phone Based Miniaturized Coagulation Monitoring Platform for Point-of-Care Diagnosis”
- Session 8: Hubbard Velie, “Chassis Rigidity Analysis for a Formula SAE Racecar”
- Session 9: Yuxin Chen, “A Continuous Model for a Serial Line in Manufacturing System”
ME 390 Best Poster Award: Brian Kalinowski, “Device Motion Design for Consumers in Automotive Applications”

Best Paper Award: Clark Teeple
ME 490 Best Session Awards:
- Session 1: Kevin Green, “Running Controller for a Bipedal Robot in Simulation and Hardware”
- Session 2: Hayden Youngs, “Substitution of Natural Gas for Electrical Industrial Drying: A Cost Saving Strategy”
- Session 3: Clark Teeple, “3D Printing for Prototypes of Thin-Film PZT / Polymer Microstructures”
- Session 4: David Peyer, “Cell Phone Based Miniaturized Coagulation Monitoring Platform for Point-of-Care Diagnosis”
- Session 5: Aleyna Kapur, “Secure Cloud Manufacturing Multidisciplinary Design Project”
ME 390 Best Poster Award: Kaitlyn Sharon Holmstrom, “DE Self-Pumping Peristaltic Hose”
ME 290 Best Poster Award: Annika Stoldt, “Analysis of Equine Motion and Gait Using Camera Based Kinematics and Wearable Sensing Technology”

ME 290 Best Poster Award: Sriram Sivakumar, “Ford- Fluid Mechanics”
ME 390 Best Poster Award: Gabrielle Zacks, “Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Dielectric Elastomer Artificial Muscle Actuators”
ME 490 Best Presentation Award: Bianca Pillarella