Collegiate Competitions

Collegiate Poster Competition

GRADUATE

1st

Mashiat Hossain, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Impacts of Marine Aerosols on Chemistry and Climate over the Benguela Upwelling Zone

2nd

Ayumi Manawadu, Washington State University

Impact Identification on Concrete Panels Using a Surface-Bonded Smart Piezoelectric Module System

3rd

Riannon Smith, The University of Iowa

Improving Wound Infection Treatment Using Sprayable, Antimicrobial Hydrogels

UNDERGRADUATE

1st

Esther Whang, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

E-Textile Origami Accordion with DIY Textile Sensors

2nd

Javiera Cabezas Parra, Northwestern University

Plasmonic Copper Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Dry Methane Reforming: Synthesis, Surface, and Performance

3rd

Alana Smith, UMass Lowell

More than a Campus Community Garden: Transforming University Lawn into a Food Forest Can Result in Handprints

Rapid Fire Competition

GRADUATE

1st

Marie-Pierre Delisle, University of California, Los Angeles

Beach Surface-Subsurface Flow Interactions and Impacts on Coastal Flooding

2nd

Kristi McPherson, The University of Texas at Austin

How Personal Care Products Adversely Affect Air Quality: Formation of Secondary Pollutants from D5 Siloxane

3rd

Brittany Schutrum, Cornell University

Building a Breast Tumor: In Vitro Models to Study Hyaluronic Acid in Breast Cancer

 

UNDERGRADUATE

1st

Tina Sindwani, Arizona State University

Impact of Gamification on Student Motivation and Success in Engineering Courses

2nd

Ashley Galligan, Colorado School of Mines

Influence of Titanium on Pitting Corrosion of 304 Stainless Steel

3rd

Olabisi Bello, Howard University

Are the Bacteria Still Alive? Investigating the Viability and Growth Kinetics of Secondary Cultures of Shewanella Oneidensis MR-1 in Complex and Minimal Media

Team Tech Competition

1st

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo working with The Boeing Company

Boeing Anthropomorphic Cargo System

Team Leaders: Claire Franz and Lauren Chan

2nd

Purdue University working with Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

Confined Unstructured Environment Search and Rescue (CUESR)

Team Leader: Emma Grafford

3rd

University of Wisconsin–Madison working with Mercury Marine

Boating Accessibility with Mercury Marine

Team Leader: Madeline Morrell

 

Honorable Mention

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign working with United Airlines

Development of a Custom OCR Application to Support Domestic and International Travel Health Requirements

Team Leaders: Shreyah Prasad and Uditha Velidandla

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