Engineering EXPO 2010 Winners

EXPO 2010 Booklet

Remember the Science Fairs of 7^th and 8^th grade? Elevate the projects to senior-level in Engineering and you will have an idea of EXPO! Now that we have your attention, check it out!

Assistive Technology Devices

First
Visual Stimulus System for Glaucoma Diagnosis
Muniba Anwar, Palak Shah, Shinita Thomas, Faisal Waseem

Second
Bionic Tray
Mahmoud Alsharbini, Unberto Garcia, Khoa Mai, Brandon Stoffregen

Mechanism and Device Design

First
Improved Speed Freight Bogie Suspension
Ulysses Contreras, Martin Hamper, Pratik Shah

Second
Blind Eyes
David Liu, Michael Erington, Alexander Sanabria

Chicagoland Infrastructure

First
Elgin-O'Hare Expressway Westbound Extension
Aaron Aarestad, Matthew Jednoroz, Matthew Lew, Pablo Ternes, Stephen Zulkowski

Second
IL-171 Over Long Run Creek
Julio Aybar, Justin Brown, Josue Iniguez, WIll Mardauss, Raul Tejada

Environmental and Energy Conservation

First
SEN Payback
Brian Clark, James Gibson, Daniel Hollenbach, Dylan Matthews

Second
Lake Michigan: Powering the Windy City
Sarah Anderson, James Harding, William Sears, Timothy Wirtz

Structure and Site Design

First
Flexural Behavior of Lightweight Concrete Beams Reinforced with Basalt Fiber Bars
Jameelah Abdulmalik, Gino Bernardi, Allen Curry, Yaw Dwomoh, Tasneem Odeh

Second
Texas Retaining Wall Failure
Juan Almaraz, Scott Bucek, Gerardo Fierro, Helene Maldonado

Water and Environmental Infrastructure

First
Water Distribution System for the Community of Cerro Alto
Sameer Choi, Jason Maciejewski, Michael Pappalardo

Second
Spring Water Collection and Treatment System for Logba-Tota, Ghana
Mahmoud Alafif, Bright Avusuglo, Victor Carbajal, Jose Rodriguez, Omar Velazquez

Energy & Specialty Electronics

First
Ribbit Recorder
Anthony Biank, Daniel Dobrzynski, Aaron Jones

Second
Greener Outdoor Lighting
Alex Benison, Benjmain Salvador

Electronic Conveniences

First
Room Illuminator: The Smart LED Lighting Alternative
Daminabo Harry, Joshua Lawrence, Sameer Raheja

Second
Automated Electronic Dog Whistle
Ivan Martinez, Jorge Perez, Marwin Quito

Medical Devices

First
Novel Drug Delivery Catheter for Chronic Total Occlusions
Gregory Czaplewski, Vikrant Jagadeesan, Amit Paul, Quanglong Truong

Second
User-controlled Valve Interface for Microfluidic Devices
Gaurangi Mittal, Jonathan Stoia, Shuping Zhao

Medical Applications

First
Aqueous Diffusion of Bioactive Proteins from Demineralized Bone Matrix Graft
Michael Dow, Jerry Gomez, Meghan Soulvie, George Tsiagalis

Second
SNEO Sentinel-Silver Nanoparticle Embedded Antibacterial Coating on Ti Alloy
Arman Butt, Ying Hsu, Andrew Kim, Bhavana Kurian

Chemical Processes

First
Production of Polyethylene from Sugarcane
Nakul Gulati, Ray Li, Pravina Mokashi, Steven Ngan, Nishant Patel, Nidhin Thomas

Second
Algae Oil to Functional Food
Travis Dallas, Eric Graves, Joaquin Martinez, Chris McNinch, Ramune Otterson Meskyte, Charu Sainti

Production Methods and Facilities

First
Warehouse Heating
Patrick Hageman, Jeffrey Janicki, Vishal Shah

Second
NALCO Truck Unloading Safety Upgrade
Vincent Bullen, Daniel Garcia, Asim Prses

Arlene Norsym Award

Prize for team receiving most votes from students participating in Engineering EXPO

Blind Eyes
David Liu, Michael Erington, Alexander Sanabria

Sara Lee Award

Prize for project that best demonstrates Environmental and Human Sustainability

Novel Drug Delivery Catheter for Chronic Total Occlusions
Gregory Czaplewski, Vikrant Jagadeesan, Amit Paul, Quanglong Truong

Khounsary Award

Prize for project that best demonstrates Social and Environmental Advancement

Spring Water Collection and Treatment System for Logba-Tota, Ghana
Mahmoud Alafif, Bright Avusuglo, Victor Carbajal, Jose Rodriguez, Omar Velazquez