Senior Engineering Design Celebration

Wednesday, December 16th, 2 pm – 7 pm

A Virtual Event, Open to the Community

Welcome to the Interdisciplinary Senior Engineering Design Celebration!

The University of Delaware boasts one of the premier capstone engineering design programs in the country, and this year’s class certainly builds on our reputation. Our senior students showed tremendous grit, creativity, and planning in completing this year’s program, which was one of the few undergraduate courses permitted to utilize on-campus resources during this Fall 2020 term that was drastically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

We are tremendously grateful for our project sponsors, many of whom were similarly impacted by the pandemic but nonetheless partnered with the UD Departments of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering to provide our students with this real-world, hands-on capstone design experience. With the support of our dedicated faculty, staff, and sponsors, our students tackled the Grand Challenges of Engineering, from sustainability to healthcare and security involving technology from a wide range of disciplines, including automotive, aerospace, robotics, physical therapy, medical device design, and manufacturing.

In this day-long virtual event, students will present their final engineering solutions to their sponsors, a panel of external evaluators, and to our visitors, alumni, and friends. We invite you to attend these live Technical Presentations as well as view the work of all of our teams at your leisure in the Project Gallery. Please also join us for the Awards Ceremony webinar at the conclusion of the event.

Thank you for joining us in celebrating our seniors’ accomplishments.

Dr. Ajay Prasad
Engineering Alumni Distinguished Professor and Chair
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Dawn Elliott
Blue & Gold Distinguished Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering

Schedule-At-A-Glance

	1:00 PM	2:00 PM	3:00 PM	4:00 PM	5:00 PM	6:00 PM	7:00 PM
Technical Presentations
Project Gallery
Awards Ceremony

Technical Presentations: 2:00pm – 6:00pm

Project Gallery: 1:00pm – 6:00pm

Awards Ceremony: 6:30pm

Technical Presentations

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Virtual Room 1

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Moderators: Santare, Buckley

Evaluators: John DeLucca, Jordan Estock, Michael Yon, Kevin Cresswell, Pan Lottero-Perdue, Krista Murray, Brooks Twilley, Adam Masters, Zubaer Hossain, Heather Doty, X. Lucas Lu, Doug Darrell

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Team #	Project Name	Sponsor	Team Members	Faculty Advisor	Time
103	Wearable Needle Decompression Simulator for Healthcare Education	Avkin	Jefferson Steltz, Madelynne White, Tam Nguyen, Emily Suwala	Prof. Jenni Buckley	2:00 – 2:30
111	Poultry Euthanasia Training System	UD Agriculture: Dr. Brian Ladman	Mallory Smith, Marc Woolley, Matthew Magorry	Prof. Jenni Buckley	2:30 – 3:00
115	Vocal Demand Task for Vocal Fatigue	UD Communication Sciences & Disorders	Emerson McCauley, Adam Veasey, Fiona Brogan, Shri Prabha Shivram	Prof. Jenni Buckley	3:00 – 3:30
119	HensNest Face Mask	UD Mechanical Engineering: HensNest	Thomas Amato, Jonathan Jenkins, Tyler Walling	Prof. Jenni Buckley	3:30 – 4:00
126	Design Optimization of Bamboo Wheelchair	Yale University School of Medicine: Dr. Yetsa Tuakli	Olivia Romulus, Christina Le Febvre, Cristina Gaia, Nicholas Rubini	Prof. Jenni Buckley	4:00 – 4:30
121	Vibration Stage for Bone Health	UD Mechanical Engineering: Dr. Liyun Wang	Zhu Taoyu, Anne Porter, Emily Magoon	Prof. Michael Santare	4:30 – 5:00
122	Fixture for Eye Lens Biomechanical Analyses	UD Biological Sciences: Dr. Velia Fowler	Amisha Jain, Marissa Heino, Thomas Manzoni, Baylee Scharf	Prof. Michael Santare	5:00 – 5:30

Virtual Room 2

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Moderators: Feser, Burris

Evaluators: Chris Nagele, Ed Gargiulo, Eric Sindelar, Zubaer Hossain, Emily Chang, Ibrahim Farhoud, Mike Seitel, Brooks Twilley, Glenn Catlin, John DeLucca

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Team #	Project Name	Sponsor	Team Members	Faculty Advisor	Time
101	COBOT End Effector and Fixture Design	Agilent Technologies	Austin Weigel, Lucas Edwards, Joseph Whaley, Amen Ahmed	Prof. Joe Feser	2:00 – 2:30
102	Design and build a long range firefighting foam generator	Air Liquide	Justin Adams, Peyton Smith, Cameron Smith, Adam Reynolds, Abdulaziz Alewidi	Prof. Joe Feser	2:30 – 3:00
110	Microfluidic Technology Test Bed	Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics	Heidi Knutsen, Garrett Semenetz, Max Sokolich, Muizz Hassanali	Prof. Joe Feser	3:00 – 3:30
117	Reference Lever for AFM Calibration	UD Mechanical Engineering: Dr. Dave Burris	Andrew Baratz, Christopher Evans, Zachary Krewson	Prof. Joe Feser	3:30 – 4:00
108	Air Conveyor Extrusion Die	Norwalt Design	Joe Ciccarelli, Kevin Marchioni, Andrew Thompson, Zachary Zarett	Prof. David Burris	4:00 – 4:30
116	Tribological test system for rotary bearings	GGB Bearing Technologies	Sean Courtney, Colin Post, Ali Al Ghafri, Cody DeSantis	Prof. David Burris	4:30 – 5:00
120	Waterless Homebrew-Scale Wort Chiller	UD Mechanical Engineering: Dr. Joe Feser	Shannon Bushinsky, Craig Klevan, Tanner Morgan	Prof. Dave Burris	5:00 – 5:30
125	Scrape Abrasion Testing on Insulated Wiring	W.L.Gore	Julian Castillo, James Callindes, Mike Hullstrung, Ryan Fisher, Christopher Mckenzie	Prof. David Burris	5:30 – 6:00

Virtual Room 3

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Moderators: Wickenheiser, Van Buren

Evaluators: Paul Costello, Mark Bendett, Jack Craft, Paul Hagerty, Paul Imhoff, Jim Gitney, Sam Das, Jerry Kegelman

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Team #	Project Name	Sponsor	Team Members	Faculty Advisor	Time
123	Unsteady Foil Experimental Platform	UD Mechanical Engineering: Dr. Tyler Van Buren	Raymond Zayas, Rob Samuelson, Elroy McAlexander, Alex Beyer, Austin Maaddi	Prof. Tyler Van Buren	2:00 – 2:30
124	Bioinspired Propulsion System for Small Watercraft	UD Mechanical Engineering: Dr. Tyler Van Buren	Luke Williams, Gabe Brown, Connor Tamaki, Mendicino Jake, Isabel Catugas	Prof. Tyler Van Buren	2:30 – 3:00
105	Light Based Medical Device for Oral Mucositis	Curative Sciences	Jonathan Kopf, Sophia Cherouri, Julia Zimmer, Donnamarie Gahn	Prof. Adam Wickenheiser	3:00 – 3:30
118	Continuous Particle Dispersion System for Smart Textiles	UD Mechanical Engineering: Dr. Erik Thostenson	Brandon Guagliardo, Josiah Beck, Marc de Lecea	Prof. Adam Wickenheiser	3:30 – 4:00
300	UD Aero SAE: Fuselage Team	UD Department of Mechanical Engineering – ASAE	Peter VanderKley, Deniz Aslan, Adrian Piel, Isabella Krynyckyi	Prof. Adam Wickenheiser	4:00 – 4:30
301	UD Aero SAE: Wings Team	UD Department of Mechanical Engineering – ASAE	Natalie Brown, Mark Marschall, Taylor Key	Prof. Adam Wickenheiser	4:30 – 5:00
302	UD Aero SAE: Controls Team	UD Department of Mechanical Engineering – ASAE	Tage Firkin, Dylan Frasher, James Polemeni, Eric Rivas	Prof. Adam Wickenheiser	5:00 – 5:30

Virtual Room 4

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Moderators: Glancey, Prasad

Evaluators: N’Dea Irvin-Choy, Ariel Gruswitz, Beth Paquette, Dustyn Roberts, Kristi Kiick, Alexis Slupe, David McKee, Koffi Pierre Yao, Dan Freeman, Megan Swan, Mike Keefe, Doug Darrell, Jay Gunasekera, Taylor Vogt

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Team #	Project Name	Sponsor	Team Members	Faculty Advisor	Time
113	Breathing Lung Model	UD Chemical Engineering: Dr. Cathy Fromen	Shakar Herod, Paige Gilbride, Jasmine Pearcy, John-Carlos Saponara	Dr. Ajay Prasad	2:00 – 2:30
114	Dosing Chamber for Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Aerosols	UD Chemical Engineering: Dr. Cathy Fromen	Mason Mostrom, Nick Pautler, Alexander Gliwa, Jadan Randolph	Dr. Ajay Prasad	2:30 – 3:00
104	Rotary Actuating Mechanism for Boom Structure	CNH	David Chong, Luis Lara, Shane Fanning, Jeremy Kuelker	Prof. Jim Glancey	3:00 – 3:30
106	Extrusion Outfeed Optimization	Datwyler	Colin Insinga, Alex Hantman, Hunter Bradford, Kristina Kowal	Prof. Jim Glancey	3:30 – 4:00
107	CNC Coolant Mixing System	KVI	Collin Cresta, William Dowdy, Alec Scallo	Prof. Jim Glancey	4:00 – 4:30
109	Cuvette Assembly Automation	Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics	Madison Weiss, Anthony Dalton, Andrew Slomski, Kenneth Strother	Prof. Jim Glancey	4:30 – 5:00
112	Vaccine Administration Method at Poultry Hatcheries	UD Agriculture: Dr. Hong Li	Matthew Sandford, Justin Leary, Michael Massari, Jessie Lissner	Prof. Jim Glancey	5:00 – 5:30
500	UD Solar Decathlon	UD Department of Mechanical Engineering – Solar	Travis Plystak, Jazmyne Mitchell, Michelle Reckner, Mitchell Maxwell, Jaeah Yoo	Prof. Jim Glancey	5:30 – 6:00

Virtual Room 5

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Moderators: Khandha, Rooney

Evaluators: Christina Pellicane, Ryan Zurakowski, Dawn Elliott, Fabrizio Sergi, Grace McIlvain, Jamie Benson, John DeLucca, Vinu Rajendran, Stefanie Hansen, Kevin Cresswell, Matthew Leibowitz, Jamie Alesi, Elise Corbin

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Team #	Project Name	Sponsor	Team Members	Faculty Advisor	Time
203*	Frugal Emergency Oxygen Can	Air Liquide Healthcare	Eric Chang, Michael Bertman, Amanda Kelly, Zackary Tiedeman	Prof. Sarah Rooney	2:00 – 2:30
211*	Hardware and electronic enhancements of the DE ankle-foot-orthosis (DE-AFO)	Elasthetics and UD Department of Physical Therapy	Krishnan Nair, Pavithran Naicker, Kenneth Mohs, Arya Shajpaul	Prof. Ashutosh Khandha	2:30 – 3:00
212*	Lower limb biomechanical testing integration with six degree of freedom robot	Globus Medical Inc.	Elizabeth Kaye, Emily Easton, Emily Eichenlaub, Daniel Levenson	Prof. Ashutosh Khandha	3:00 – 3:30
201	Adjustable Rotating Easel Table	Art Therapy Express Inc.	Andrew Bank, Gina Pallozzi, Austin Scioli	Prof. Sarah Rooney	3:30 – 4:00
202	Adjustable Angle Paintbrush With Interchangeable Heads	Art Therapy Express Inc.	Megan McIntyre, Giovanni Chacon, Erin Elburn	Prof. Sarah Rooney	4:00 – 4:30
210	Safety and durability testing for a novel Ankle-Foot-Orthosis (AFO)	UD Dept of Kinesiology & Applied Physiology, Dept of Fashion & Apparel Studies	Julianna Wayne, Byron Kasper, Emily Powsner	Prof. Ashutosh Khandha	4:30 – 5:00

Virtual Room 6

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Moderators: Kohn, Johnson

Evaluators: Grace McIlvain, Melanie Smith, Meg Smith, Jamie Alesi, Abigail Dela Paz, Peter Popper, Megan Mannino, Brianna Hulbert, Ryan Zurakowski, Kevin Cresswell, Jamie Benson

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Team #	Project Name	Sponsor	Team Members	Faculty Advisor	Time
206*	Device to compress rapid inflow from arterialized vein	VPScantleburyMD, LLC	Luke James, Violet Ullman, Ethan Todd, Neil Godbole	Prof. Julie Kohn	2:00 – 2:30
204	Double Lumen Nasoenteric Tube	Christiana Care: Helen F Graham Cancer Center	Brea Chernokal, Kiera Popp, Emily Davis, Kristina Newton	Prof. Julie Kohn	2:30 – 3:00
205	Umbilical Catheter Device for Neonates	Christiana Care: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit	Zankar Modi, Joseph Korn, Rachael Passantino, Sarah Geissler	Prof. Julie Kohn	3:00 – 3:30
207	Capturing Tactile Motion During Touch Events	UD Materials Science & Biomedical Engineering	Kylie Greulich, Hannah Nevel, Joshua Jacob	Prof. Curtis Johnson	3:30 – 4:00
208	Improved Lower Body Injury Scooter	UD Athletics & Recreation/Athletic Training	Bill Duncan, Angela Livingston, Jacob Stuchlik, Maria Lilley	Prof. Curtis Johnson	4:00 – 4:30
209	MRI-Compatible Mechanical Loading Device for Application to Knee Joint Testing	UD Biomedical Engineering	Austin Wetzel, Will Borkowski, Harrison Smith, Rebecca Clements	Prof. Curtis Johnson	4:30 – 5:00

Virtual Room 7

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Moderators: Timmins

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Team #	Project Name	Sponsor	Team Members	Faculty Advisor	Time
400	UD Formula SAE	UD Department of Mechanical Engineering – FSAE	Eric Payne, Christian Baez, Bradley Dickerman, Kevin Gallagher, Austin Gleason, Grant Baxter, Nick Hughes, Andrew Eby, Eli Zajicek, Cailin Mazan, Brendan Edwards, John Simon Yovino	Timmins	4:00 – 6:00

Awards Ceremony

Please join us for a live webinar session to celebrate our students’ achievements. The webinar will open at 6:00 pm, and the awards ceremony will be from 6:30-7:00 pm. Students, alumni, friends and family are all welcome. You can participate in the event by nominating teams for the People’s Choice Award.

View Award Winners

Project Gallery

Sponsors

We sincerely thank this year’s senior design sponsors for their support of this program.

Agilent Technologies

Air Liquide

Air Liquide Healthcare

Art Therapy Express, Inc.

Avkin

Christiana Care: Helen F. Graham Cancer Center

Christiana Care Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

CNH Industrial

Curative Sciences, LLC

Datwyler

GGB Bearing Technologies

Globus Medical, Inc.

KVI

Norwalt Design

Siemens Healthineers Diagnostics

VPScantleburyMD, LLC

W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Yale School of Medicine: Dr. Yetsa Tuakli

University of Delaware

Athletics
Athletic Training
College of Agriculture
College of Health Sciences
Communications Sciences & Disorders
Department of Biological Sciences
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Department of Materials Sciences Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Faculty Advisors

Jenni Buckley, PhD

David Burris, PhD

Joe Feser, PhD

Jim Glancey, PhD, PE

Curtis Johnson, PhD

Ashutosh Khandha, PhD

Julie Kohn, PhD

Ajay Prasad, PhD

Sarah Rooney, PhD

Michael Santare, PhD

Steve Timmins, PhD

Tyler Van Buren, PhD

Adam Wickenheiser, PhD

Evaluators

Thank you to our external evaluators, who are engineering professionals from local industry, our alumni community, and our partner programs. These individuals volunteer their time to provide valuable feedback to our student teams during our midterm and final design reviews.

James Alesi | Thunderbolt, LLC.

Mark Bendett | Northstar Strategic Consulting

Jason Benson | University of Delaware,
Department of Biomedical Engineering

Glenn Catlin | DuPont Silicon Valley Technology Center

Emily Chang | W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Elise Corbin | University of Delaware,
Department of Biomedical Engineering

Paul Costello | Evergreen Management Consulting

Jack Craft | Mars International

Kevin Cresswell | W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Doug Darrell | Radius Systems, LLC

Sam Das | University of Delaware,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Abigail Dela Paz | Medtronic

John DeLucca | W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Heather Doty | University of Delaware,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Dawn Elliott | University of Delaware,
Department of Biomedical Engineering

Jordan Estock | Concord High School, Design and Engineering

Ibrahim Farhoud | Air Liquide

Dan Freeman | University of Delaware,
Horn Program in Entrepreneurship

Ed Gargiulo | Siemens Healthcare

Jim Gitney | Group50

Ariel Gruswitz | Delaware Prosperity Partnership

Jay Gunaskera | University of Delaware,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Paul Hagerty | Hagerty Environmental LLC

Stefanie Hansen | University of Delaware,
Department of Theatre

Zubaer Hossain | University of Delaware,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Brianna Hulbert | Intellijoint Surgical

Paul Imhoff | University of Delaware,
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

N’Dea Irvin-Choy | University of Delaware,
Department of Biomedical Engineering

Mike Keefe | University of Delaware,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Jerry Kegelman | NASA’s Langley Research Center

Kristi Kiick | University of Delaware,
Department of Biomedical Engineering

Matthew Leibowitz | Hologic Inc.

Pam Lottero-Perdue | Towson University,
Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences

X. Lucas Lu | University of Delaware,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Megan Mannino | Boston Microfluidics

Adam Masters | Virginia Tech,
Department of Engineering Education

Grace McIlvain | University of Delaware,
Department of Biomedical Engineering

David McKee | University of Delaware,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Krista Murray | University of Delaware,
Department of Environmental Health & Safety

Chris Nagele | Johnson & Johnson

Beth Paquette | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Christina Pellicane | University of Delaware,
Horn Program in Entrepreneurship

Peter Popper | Peacock Sales

Vinu Rajendran | Nimbis Designs, LLC

Dustyn Roberts | University of Pennsylvania,
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics

Mike Seitel | Norwalt Design

Fabrizio Sergi | University of Delaware,
Department of Biomedical Engineering

Eric Sindelar | Hamilton Robotics

Alexis Slupe | W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Meg Smith | Stryker Corporation

Melanie Smith | University of Delaware,
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Megan Swan | Siemens Healthcare

Brooks Twilley | University of Delaware,
MakerGym

Taylor Vogt | Northrop Grumman

Koffi Pierre Yao | University of Delaware,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Michael Yon | Groton Partners Merchant Bankers

Ryan Zurakowski | University of Delaware,
Department of Biomedical Engineering

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, and Jeff Ricketts, Also the TAs in the Design Studio and Machine Shop

Administrative Support: Elaine Nelson, Amy Adams, Ann Connor, Allie Andrews, Michele Schwander, Nancy England, Vicky Tosh‑Morelli, and Kristin Schmidt