Fall Engineering Design Celebration
Thursday, December 12th, 2024 | 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Clayton Hall, University of Delaware | Newark, DE
The University of Delaware boasts one of the premier engineering design education programs in the country. The 2024 Fall Engineering Design Celebration is a half-day conference that showcases and celebrates our engineering students’ many accomplishments this semester. This year’s celebration features teams of students in the following design categories:
Interdisciplinary Senior Engineering Design
Mechanical Engineering Junior Design
Industrial Design
Statics Wooden Bike Frame Challenge
E3 High School Partners
Schedule-At-A-Glance
Technical Presentations
Student teams will deliver in-person technical presentations at Clayton Hall. See Design Category below for detailed presentation schedule and room locations.
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Interdisciplinary Senior Engineering Design
Interdisciplinary Senior Engineering Design is the capstone design course in the Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Programs. The showcase features final technical presentations and a perpetual project gallery for all 41 of our student teams.
Team # | Project Name | Sponsor | Room # | Time |
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101 | Catheter Test Fixture | Abbott | Room 119 | 11:45-12:15 |
102 | Long-EZ Aircraft Performance Optimization | Andrew Meyer | Room 101B | 12:15-12:45 |
103 | Litho-Mask EIP Cover Elevator | ASML | Room 124 | 11:45-12:15 |
104 | Umbilical Cord Manufacturing Optimization | Avkin | Room 101B | 10:00-10:30 |
105 | Modular Airflow Component Test Rig | Carbon Reform | Room 120 | 10:00-10:30 |
106 | Large Container Wash System | Choice MedWaste | Room 119 | 12:15-12:45 |
107 | Mechanizing Water Wheel | Delaware Agricultural Museum | Room 120 | 10:30-11:00 |
108 | Plant Presentation to Overhead Imaging Systems | FMC | Room 120 | 1:30-2:00 |
110 | Compact Milk Frother Extension | Keurig Dr Pepper | Room 119 | 10:00-10:30 |
111 | Folding Arm Frame Design for Large Payload Drone | MaxPran LLC | Room 121 | 10:00-10:30 |
112 | Single-Wheel Test Platform | NASA | Room 119 | 2:00-2:30 |
113 | Samba g3l Print Head Flush Station | Norwalt Design | Room 101B | 12:45-1:15 |
114 | Anatomical Plating Design Project for Biomedical Engineering Programs | Perry Initiative / Sawbones | Room 101B | 10:30-11:00 |
115 | Musculoskeletal Tissue Material Characterization Laboratory Curriculum | Perry Initiative / Sawbones | Room 101B | 11:00-11:30 |
116 | Pipe Repair Cart | Precision Air Convey | Room 120 | 11:00-11:30 |
117 | Powered Coping Saw | Stanley Black & Decker | Room 124 | 12:45-1:15 |
118 | Design-for-manufacture of training device to ensure humane euthanasia for avian species | UD Agriculture: Dr. Brian Ladman | Room 101B | 11:45-12:15 |
119 | Accessible Electrolyzer Test Station | UD Center for Clean Hydrogen | Room 119 | 10:30-11:00 |
120 | Automation and Control System for Innovative Additive Fiber Tethering (AFT) | UD Mechanical Engineering: Dr. Kelvin Fu | Room 120 | 11:45-12:15 |
121 | Design, Modeling and Control of Agile Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) Capable of Navigating Cluttered Environments. | UD Mechanical Engineering: Dr. Paul Huang | Room 120 | 2:00-2:30 |
122 | Entertainment Hoist Redesign | UD Dept of Theatre and Dance | Room 119 | 11:00-11:30 |
123 | Anti-Squeak Sneaks | Under Armour | Room 119 | 2:30-3:00 |
124 | Footwear Upper Containment Tester | Under Armour | Room 119 | 1:30-2:00 |
125 | Highly Potent Substances Repacks | Veranova | Room 120 | 12:15-12:45 |
126 | Seam Tape Respooler | W.L. Gore | Room 120 | 12:45-1:15 |
127 | High Performance Process Pumps | Waters Corporation | Room 125 | 10:00-10:30 |
128 | Digital Fluidic Valve | Waters Corporation | Room 124 | 12:15-12:45 |
201 | Design of a New Endotracheal Tube (ET) Holder with a Rolling Slider | Nemours Children’s Health | Room 124 | 10:30-11:00 |
202 | Modification of Existing Endotracheal Tubes (ET) for Readability | Nemours Children’s Health | Room 124 | 11:00-11:30 |
203 | Design of a Wheelchair Head Support for Individuals with Disabilities | UD IEDH and Mary Campbell Center | Room 125 | 12:45-1:15 |
204 | Simplified Limb Sequential Compression Device | UD IEDH and Dr. Hisham Sherif | Room 125 | 1:30-2:00 |
205 | Voice Recognition System and Control Module for Autonomous Wheelchair | UD IEDH and Mary Campbell Center | Room 125 | 2:00-2:30 |
206 | Quick-Dry Adult Diaper for Palliative Care Patients | Heideveld Community Clinic, South Africa | Room 125 | 11:45-12:15 |
207 | Refinement of a Test Device for Measurement of Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms | UD Kinesiology and Applied Physiology | Room 125 | 2:30-3:00 |
208 | Wrist protector wearable for weightroom training | UD IEDH and UD Athletics | Room 125 | 10:30-11:00 |
209 | Refinement of a Proof-of-Concept Portable Stethoscope Design | HERO Stethoscope | Room 125 | 11:00-11:30 |
210 | Simulated Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Lesions | Terumo Medical Corporation | Room 124 | 10:00-10:30 |
211 | Morphine Measuring Device for the South African Population | UCT, Groote Schuur Hospital and Heideveld Community Clinic, South Africa | Room 125 | 12:15-12:45 |
300 | UD Aero SAE | UD Mechanical Engineering | Room 101B | 1:30-3:00 |
400 | UD Formula SAE | UD Mechanical Engineering | Room 101A | 1:00-3:00 |
Mechanical Engineering Junior Design
Machine Design is a core junior year mechanical engineering design course featuring a real-world manufacturing and automation challenge from two local industry sponsors, Norwalt Design and Omega Design. The showcase features end-of-semester technical presentations for 13 separate student teams at the midpoint of their two-semester project, which involves the design, manufacture, and validation of an autonomous bottle fill station.
Room | Time | Team # | Team Members |
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Room 121 | 12:00-12:30 | 1 | Alexandra Alatzas, Jonathan Davis, Dominic Devito, Nicholas Garrison, Logan Hahn, Jonathan Hunter, Michael Mutschler, Vaheh Odjourian, Kishan Patel, Colin Swartout |
Room 122 | 10:30-11:00 | 2 | Sean Babbitt, Jacob Boughter, Jaiden Buray, John Cleary, Aiden Harper, Thomas Linaris, Ian McKeown, Brennan Sieglen, Charles Sizer, Alexander Spuckti |
Room 122 | 11:00-11:30 | 3 | Joseph Farley, Addison Garrett, Luke Gibson, Dayanara Gonzalez-Gomez, Jacob McGuire, Ryan Menet, Thomas Nicosia, Ashly Rojas, Robert Smith, Elliott Wolhar, Ryan Zimmerer |
Room 123 | 12:30-1:00 | 4 | David Berson, Christopher Boulden, Jonathan Catterton, Logan Dendorfer, Ciaran Destino, Katlego Matsipane, Tristan McClure, Malcolm Thomas, Joseph Yarbrough, Jack Yoder |
Room 121 | 11:00-11:30 | 5 | Michael Adams, Aidan Babbitt, Michael Beckley, Jacob Dotson, Cole Gnutti, David Harbeson, Benjamin Nevling, Daniel Otoole, Michael Poppiti, Stephen Zrebiec |
Room 121 | 11:30-12:00 | 6 | Matthew Blair, Kamren Driscoll, Drew Dumchus, John King, Ellyn Mcqueeney, Max Oettinger, Iris Sanchez, Christopher Segura, Anika Sen, Anthony Smaniotto, Gianluca Tiso |
Room 121 | 12:30-1:00 | 7 | Avighna Ajesh, Jared Amoss, John Cahill, Colin Coope, Louis Dibiase, William Louden, Benjamin Meredith, Michael Phillips, Matthew Walsh, Matthew Yezek |
Room 123 | 10:30-11:00 | 8 | Samuel Auerbach,Santianna Chrysopoulo, Luke Dosen, Steven Giorgi, Tanner Mahoney, Nina Sgambelluri, Kamya Taneja, Emelia Van Slyke, Austin Vecchio, Daniel Willis |
Room 123 | 11:00-11:30 | 9 | Cavan Conway, Harrison Davlin, Dalton Facer, Logan Feiler, Khrystyna Kuzhanova, Emily Mallett, Logan Mull, Abigail Nguyen, Connor Syrbe, Catherine Teixeira |
Room 121 | 10:30-11:00 | 10 | David Balogh, Alexander Berman, Aidan Carter, Nicholas Duncan, Blake Gifford, Olivia Langley, Justin Simoncek, Emma Staib, Nicholas Weis, Olivia Wilson |
Room 122 | 11:30-12:00 | 11 | Michael Acevedo, Ibrahim Barry, Austin Breisch, Dev Desai, Nolan Durand, Hisham Khan, Victor Krotoff, Jonathan Rosado, Matthew Sasso, Jonathan Tobin |
Room 122 | 12:00-12:30 | 12 | Skylar Carroll, Matthew Currey, Maddox Derr, Jacob Hogan, Alexander Nash, Sarah Nichols, Connor Penhale, Redwana Tasnim, Shane West, Jared Wierzbicki |
Room 122 | 12:30-1:00 | 13 | Craig Koziel, Ryan Logullo, Nicole Makai, Jack Miller, Timothy Replogle, Paul Rizzo, Roberto Santos, Ariane Elyse Simbulan, Christion Simms, Michael Young |
Special thanks to our local industry sponsors, Norwalt Design and Omega Design:
Industrial Design Technical Presentations
Industrial Design (MEEG409/667)
Introduction to Industrial Design is a senior and graduate-level technical elective centered around individual and team-based prototyping projects. Team-based projects are sponsored by Stanley Black and Decker and will be presented during the showcase. Presentations are NDA-restricted. Individual prototyping projects for this course will be on display in the lobby area.
Room | Time | Design Challenge | Team # | Team Members |
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101A | 11:30-11:45 | Material Handling Solutions | A-1 | Kevin Foerster, Mark Foerster, Andrew Kite, Hermelis Reyes |
101A | 10:15-10:30 | Material Handling Solutions | A-3 | Hanaa Abdallah, Jonathan Chellew, Ryan Robison |
101A | 10:30-10:45 | Material Handling Solutions | A-2 | Nicholas Amato, Edward Odonnell, Gavin Redgrave |
101A | 10:45-11:00 | Material Handling Solutions | A-4 | Kevin Graziose, Adam Grim, Ethan Kacmarcik |
101A | 11:00-11:15 | Material Handling Solutions | A-5 | Franklin Alas, Annika Labrador, Kylie Taylor |
101A | 10:00-10:15 | Personal Protective Equipment (Hard Hats) | B-1 | Jessica Coto, Evan Martin, Deepak Ramesh, Nithin Surendran |
101A | 11:45-12:00 | Job Site Clean Up Solutions | C-4 | Sean Congema, Samuel Farca, Suneil, Harzenski |
101A | 12:00-12:15 | Job Site Clean Up Solutions | C-2 | Alex Abrams, Jiro Guillen Kuroki, Tyler Meyer, Gianni Saracino |
101A | 12:15-12:30 | Job Site Clean Up Solutions | C-3 | Logan Butler, Ryan Cole, Lauren DeSantis |
101A | 12:30-12:45 | Job Site Clean Up Solutions | C-1 | Carissa Bonner, Samantha Gerhart, Sylvia Katz, Amelia Klinger |
Statics Wooden Bike Frame Challenge
MEEG210: Statics is a core course taught in the Sophomore Year in the Mechanical Engineering Department. Course content focuses on designing and analyzing physical objects that remain stationary and support loads, like structures and machines. As part of this course, students work in teams to design and manufacture an all-wood bike frame. They must predict whether the bike frame can support body weight using the theoretical principles from the course. Their calculations are put to the test in a bike race held on the final day of the semester. The race is sponsored by local bike shop, Wooden Wheels Bikes, who supplies the essential components (like wheels!).
This year’s winning bike frame designs will be on display in the lobby of Clayton Hall during the entire Design Celebration on Dec 12th.
Project Gallery
Special thanks to our local sponsor for this design challenge.
High School Design Showcase
Student teams from local high schools show off their mid-year and end-of-term design projects as part of the UD College of Engineering’s Engineering Education Ecosystem (E3) Program. The showcase features poster presentations and a pitch competition from area high schools.
Rolling Ball Sculpture Poster Presentation & Pitch Competition in the lobby area from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Group 1
Sydney Cusick, Kailyn Lawler, Ruby Reichardt, Sullie Wagner
Group 2
Emma Barton, Jolie Chen
Group 3
Sophia DaGrossa, Symphony Jones
Group 4
Siena Evans, Kendall Reilly
Group 5
Alexis McIntyre, Caroline Merchant
Group 6
Juliana Mongiovi, Sarah Voigt
Awards Ceremony
Please join us to celebrate our students’ achievements starting at 3 p.m. in the Clayton Hall Auditorium (Room 128). This event is open to the public, and students, alumni, friends and family are all welcome.
Senior Design Project Gallery
Browse the Project Gallery below to find out more about our senior design teams, their sponsors, and to watch brief video overviews of their project outcomes. Please note that materials for some teams are restricted due to intellectual-property concerns.
Sponsors
We sincerely thank this year’s senior design sponsors for their support of this program.
Abbott
Air Liquide
Andrew Meyer (Engineer, Northrop Grumman)
ASML
Avkin
Carbon Reform
Choice MedWaste
Delaware Agricultural Museum
FMC
Groote Schuur Hospital
Heideveld Community Clinic, South Africa
HERO Stethoscope
Izbe Innovations LLC
Keurig Dr Pepper
Mary Campbell Center
MaxPran LLC
NASA
Nemours Children’s Health
Norwalt Design
Omega Design
Perry Initiative / Sawbones
Precision Air Convey
Stanley Black & Decker
Terumo
Under Armour
Veranova
W.L.Gore
Waters Corporation
University of Cape Town, South Africa
University of Delaware
- College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
- Brian Landman
- College of Arts & Sciences
- Department of Theatre and Dance
- UD Athletics
- College of Health Sciences
- Department of Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
- College of Engineering
- Center for Clean Hydrogen
- Institute for Engineering Driven Health
- Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Advisors
Yin Bao, PhD
Jenni Buckley, PhD
David Burris, PhD
Alex De Rosa, PhD
Joseph Feser, PhD
Michael Hast, PhD
Guoquan Huang, PhD
Ashutosh Khandha, PhD
Louisa Palmese, PhD
Sarah Rooney, PhD
Steve Timmins, PhD
Adam Wickenheiser, PhD
Thank You
Many thanks are in order to the staff members who help our students with technical and logistical issues throughout the course of the semester.
The Design Studio & Student Machine Shop Staff: Whitney Sample, Scott Nelson, Ron Cantrell and Shane McFoy, Also the TAs in the Design Studio and Machine Shop
Administrative Support: : Elaine Nelson, April English, Ann Connor, Anita Brown, Jazmyn Curry, Nancy England, Pat Fox, Shanice Gravely, Brenda Jackson, Vicky Tosh-Morelli.
We sincerely thank this year’s guest evaluators for their support of this program.