Undergraduate Research Awards
The following projects have been awarded funds in the annual Undergraduate Research Awards program for 2017-18.
| Abbreviated Title | PI | Co-PI | Faculty Mentor | Faculty 2 | Dept |
| Bicycle Generation Station | Carlson, Nicholas | Lee, Aubrey | ElShahat | EE | |
| Conservation Voltage Reduction | Le, Huy | Helton, Zan Hills, Paul |
ElShahat | EE | |
| High-efficiency Antenna Array for 60GHz Application | McPherson, Tyler | Lim | EE | ||
| Near-field Wireless Power Transfer for Charging Home Appliances | Smith, Lauryn | Lim | EE | ||
| Autonomous Shadowing Mobile Robot Using Pixy & Infrared Imaging… | Cordell, Cassidy | Sommer, Cassandra | Rios | EE | |
| Motion Planning, Mapping & Navigation Control for Indoor Autonomous… | Smith, Lauryn | Rios | EE | ||
| Impact of Workplace Practices on Patients Seeking Mental Health Treatment | Wilcauskas, Ryan | Reid, Kaitlin Wright, Meghan |
Aasheim | IT | |
| Mercury Cycling in Sulfur-rich Sediment from the Brunswick Estuary | Rich, Megan | Cubas-Suazo | CE | ||
| Investigation on Effects Hurricanes Have on Coastal Bridge Infrastructure | Crumpler, Zachary | Hedjazi | CE | ||
| Machine Modification for Solway Additive Manufacturing Cup | Ana Ordonez | Kardel | Mfg E | ||
| Design & Fabrication of Scaled Steel Bridge for 2018 ASCE SE Competition | Klinger, Grayson | Harding, Tyler Patel, Dhruv Ramirez, Augusto Baughman, Dylan Rozier, Dallory |
Maldonado | CE | |
| Design Development Experimentation… Improved Efficient VAWT | Rao, Karan | Rahman | MechE | ||
| Dynamic Control of Aerial Robots through Edge Computing | Smith, Adrian | Samanta | MechE | ||
| Parametric Modeling and Fabrication of Orthotic Device | Rogers, Collin | Silwal | MechE | ||
| Securing, Hardening & Analyzing Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure | Baggett, Jonathan | Wimmer | IT | ||
| Fabricate Lightweight & High Shear Strength Advanced Composites… | Sweat, Ridge | Adkison, Ben Dixon, Abigail |
Xu | MechE | |
| Accuracy Comparison for 3D Point-Cloud Models of a City Intersection | Mesta, Dylan | Obermeyer, Katarina Herrington, Vernon |
Maghiar | Maldonado | CE |
| Quantifying Muscle Fatigue Using EIM | Lane, Charles | Ahad | EE | ||
| Robotic Arm Control through Human Machine Interface using Brain Signals | Buck, Ta-Tyonna | Matthews, Amber | Alba-Flores | EE | |
| Optimal Controller Design of a Robot Manipulator | Wang, Xi | Gao | EE | ||
| Brake Dynamometer Analysis on Multi-Material Disc Brakes | Hohm, Justin | Harp | MechE | ||
| Analysis and Design of Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter | Dao, Chris | Ilie | MechE | ||
| Improving Crashworthiness of High Strength Steel… Vehicle Application | Beveridge, Charles | Koricho | MechE | ||
| Effect of Electrostatic Charge on Penetration of Sibmicron Aerosols… | Barrera, Ngoc | Mitra | MechE | ||
| Fast Prototyping Robots Using 3D Printing | Nguyen, Tuan | Shin | MechE | ||
| Ignition Delay Researchin NTC by Determining Thermal Characteristics… | Wiley, Justin | Soloiu | MechE | ||
| Eco-friendly Alternative Fuel Emissions Reduction in LTC Engines | Carapia, Cesar | Soloiu | MechE | ||
| Design of Embedded System to Detec Muscle Fatigue with Android & IOS | Vigliotta, Jacob | Ahad | EE | ||
| Design & Implementation of ANNs to Classify EM Signals to Control… | Enweani, Prince | Alba-Flores | EE | ||
| High-speed Switched Reluctance Motor Generator for Automotive Turbo… | Hunter, Austin | Caleca, Kevin Hamm, Alex |
ElShahat | EE | |
| Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control of Connected Robotic Cars | Achu, Chikamso | Gao | EE | ||
| Optimization of Off-road Suspension: Coil-over v. Pneumatic Shocks | Crow, Chance | Harp | MechE | ||
| Analysis & Design of a Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter | Emery, Jessica | Ilie | MechE | ||
| Enhancing Energy Absorption in Impact-loaded Hybrid Joints… | DeVries, Scott | Koricho | MechE | ||
| Analysis of Accuracy in a Large 3D Point-Cloud Model of a Street… | Rush, Spencer | Obermeyer, Katarina | Maldonado | Maghiar | CE |
| Structural Integrity of Large-size Vertical Pressure Vessel Under Wind Load | Prestridge, Rebecca | Mitra | MechE | ||
| Dexterous Hybrid Robotics for High Precision Applications | Crowther, Mitchell | Shin | MechE |
Last updated: 1/10/2018