Engineering EXPO 2009

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Assistive Technology Devices

First
TouchAssist: Head Pointer for Cerebral Palsy Patient
Darpan Patel, Anita Ramrakhyani, Charmi Shah

Second
Padlock Designed for Physical and Cognitive Disabilities
Dhahira Elyas, Diana Dobrescu, Faizan Shakeel, Cheryl Yung

Mechanism and Device Design

First
Stance USA Rear Coilover
Eric Francisco, Michal Pioro, Lawrence S. Semel

Second
Front Coilover Design for Mini Open-Wheel Race Car
Dylan Lawson, Sebastion Janik, Kevin Jasionowski

Chicagoland Infrastructure

First
Grant Park to Lakefront Underpass
Alina Glyvko, Brian Czarnecki, Dijana Novakovic, Thomas Huddleston, Chandni Bhagat

Second
Inter-Campus Bike Boulevard
Andrew Aceron, Patrick Friedrich, Valentin Schiop, Matt Villanueva

Environmental and Energy Conservation

First
High Rise Harvest
Antonio Acevedo, Zohaib Ahmed, David Dobson, Rich McGill, Hiten Patel, Brian Saltzman

Second
Green Energy: Production of Alcohols from Switch Grass
Tim O’Brien, Greg DiCosola, Tim Bannon, Catalina Mogollan, Haseeb Quadri

Structure and Site Design

First
Library Design: Cerro Alto, Guatemala
Safa Alkan, Daniel Atkins, Lipji Choi, Marc Kupfer, Eric Lee, Arbra Shehi

Second
Site Development utilizing Green Technologies
Vito Cinfio, Michael Pransky, Ketan Patel, Sudhir Patel, Gary Syslo

Environmental Infrastructure

First
Fourah Bay College: Independent Approach to meet Water Demand
Akiwumi Attawia, Igor Palyvoda, Farhan Tariq, Greg Cabrera

Second
Alternative Energy Source in Cerro Alto, Guatemala
Emmanuel Alvarez, Jesus Avitia, Carlos Mendez, Irene Pantoja, Awomolo Oluseyi

Energy & Specialty Electronics

First
High Performance LED Light Bulb
Ali Alvi, Mitch Hodges, Dinesh Rajani

Second
UiControl: Home Checking system
Tin Wing Yu, Michael Diffang, Yan H. Shar

Recreation & Conveniences

First
Motion Battery Charger
Nick Novak, Kendra Litz, Dalia Garcia

Second
Household Thermostat with Cell Phone Interface
Daniel Ban, Krzysztof Szot, Vincent Low

Health and Fitness Devices

First
RFID Medical Record Device
Luis Hernandez, Gert Najdeni, Ignacio Ramos

Second
Fun E-Ball
Jose Aburto, Joaquin Herrera, Ramon Acosta

Health and Rehabilitation Devices

First
Cost-Effective Extended MARIONET
Jatin Patel, Rayna Saito, Saunak Shah

Second
Wheel Chair Adapter
Derrick Brace, Waylon Smart, Mark Tate

Medical Applications

First
Cervicure: Localized Chemotherapy Delivery System
Mohamed Ali, Chinmay Chauhan, Krina Gandhi, Nabiha Shamsi

Second
Development of Stem Cell Delivery System for Traumatic Brain Injury
Olusoji Afuwape, Peter Ifft, Christopher Nagelli

Chemical Processes

First
Conversion of Wood Chips to Bioethanol
Mohammed Khan, Javier Ortega, Chris Kusper, Ayotunde Awomolo

Second
Production of Phthalic Anhydride from Ortho-Xylene
Ali Amlani, Robert Bennett, Olga Khomtimskiy, Pavithra Tiruppathi

Production Methods and Facilities

First
Hydrogen Production via Municipal Solid Waste Plasma Gasification
Dima Alfawakhiri, Max Chmara, James Gilbert, Karina Nieto

Second
CHP Analysis for Beverage Facility
Andrey Gribovich, Samantha Gutierrez, Jim Lyon, Owen Putman

Anthony L. Felder and Dr. Shirly A. Felder Visitor Award

Cervicure: Localized Chemotherapy Delivery System
Mohamed Ali, Chinmay Chauhan, Krina Gandhi, Nabiha Shamsi

Arlene Norsym Award

High Rise Harvest
Antonio Acevedo, Zohaib Ahmed, David Dobson, Rich McGill, Hiten Patel, Brian Saltzman

Dr. Ali Khounsary Award

High Performance LED Light Bulb
Ali Alvi, Mitch Hodges, Dinesh Rajani

High Rise Harvest
Antonio Acevedo, Zohaib Ahmed, David Dobson, Rich McGill, Hiten Patel, Brian Saltzman