Spring Mechanical Engineering Design Celebration

Mechanical Engineering Freshman Design (MEEG102: Intro to Design) is a core undergraduate course focused on introductory design and fabrication. The course sponsor is Melissa and Doug Toys, a US-based toy design firm and leader in the educational toy market. The showcase features final presentations for team design projects centered on new toy designs for Melissa and Doug. Also check out the Virtual Project Gallery below.

Clayton Hall Room 121, 122 & 124: 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Time	Team ID	Room	Team Members
11:00-11:10	101	122	Sean Applegate, Julian Hasson, Brady Tice
11:10-11:20	102	122	Tyler Derby, Jacob Armstrong, Christopher Bair
11:20-11:30	103	122	Michael Colavito, Izabella Dabrasky, Elizabeth Palmer
11:30-11:40	104	122	David Job, Tanner Bell, Dylan Sukosky
11:40-11:50	105	122	David Carey, Johnathan Emmons, Nathaniel Perez
11:50-12:00	106	122	Mariella Carey, Katherine Gronda, Noah McDerby
12:00-12:10	107	122	Alexander Fevrin, Nicholas Fuhs, Aiden Loy
12:10-12:20	108	122	Maddox Caldwell, James Weidman, Eamon Schofield
12:20-12:30	109	122	Connor Fidgeon, Keith Jones II, Aidann Gomez
12:30-12:40	110	122	Patrick Costello, Donovan Kennedy, Bradley Cooper
12:40-12:50	111	122	Calin Losacco, Jonathon Sowinski, Brandon Douglas
12:50-1:00	112	122	Spring Alston, Riley Krapf, Isiah Santiago
1:00-1:10	Break
1:10-1:20	113	122	Jacob Adams, Zachary Vannatter, Alexander Pelinsky
1:20-1:30	114	122	Hope Munson, Kyle Jones, Chastity Lam
1:30-1:40	115	122	Emmanuel Majjul, Hunter Schlegel, Sebastiano Vandoni
1:40-1:50	116	122	Gregory Hoer III, Mateusz Grocholski
1:50-2:00	117	122	Laura Zhang, Madison Viola Sr., Dionyssios Crisp
2:00-2:10	118	122	Maximilian Kelleher, Samantha McGloin, Riya Sharma
2:10-2:20	119	122	Patrick Krygier, Kaeden Monroe, Patrick Fasano
2:20-2:30	120	122	Sean McGurr, Jameson Porter, Daniel Henley, Corey Smallwood
2:30-2:40	121	122	Wesley Pointer, Jaxon Vaughan
2:40-2:50	122	122	Manthan Mehta, Aidan Hawley
2:50-3:00	123	122	Treyvon Shaffer, Iheanyichukwu Anyaegbu, Avery Kucek
11:00-11:10	124	124	Mason Boyles, Liliana DeMarco, Ashley Williams, Abigail Forrester
11:10-11:20	125	124	Peter Dancheck II, David Lemus, Jake White
11:20-11:30	126	124	Antonio Fermin, Nolan Ledford, Tierry Julien
11:30-11:40	127	124	Benjamin Richvalsky, Zachary Swartout, Joshua Mena, Nathan Kungu
11:40-11:50	128	124	Evan Gebhart, Maxwell Anderson, MJ Reyes
11:50-12:00	129	124	Phineas Gill-Gorenc, Kenneth Snyder
12:00-12:10	130	124	Christian Guckenberger, Alexander Moore, Gavin Wagner
12:10-12:20	131	124	Ashlynn Brennan, Noori George, Henry Mighton
12:20-12:30	132	124	Carter Ellis, Cassandra Hibbert, Gabrielle Smith
12:30-12:40	133	124	Nicholas Campbell, Jaxon Molinari, Thomas Hernan Jr.
12:40-12:50	134	124	Thomas Czachorowski, Benjamin Wisniewski, Lucas Karpinski
12:50-1:00	136	124	Charles Deganich, Ethan Gage, Connor Waltman
1:00-1:10	Break
1:10-1:20	135	124	Jerry DeSimone IV, Steven Poirot, Michael Zdanowicz
1:20-1:30	137	124	Jeremiah Tran, Xavier Allison, Patrick Witte
1:30-1:40	138	124	Ahmet Ozdemir, Gabriel Kirsch
1:40-1:50	139	124	William Moore, Griffin Okenye, Daniel Epstein
1:50-2:00	140	124	Nathaniel Roberts-Clapper, Jessica Dunaj, Jaime Kraus, Olivia Spencer
2:00-2:10	141	124	Xavier Granda, Lenny Perez Rivera, Matthew Cox
2:10-2:20	142	124	Aniah Drummond, Kaylin Vincent, Matthew Hwang
2:20-2:30	143	124	Harris Barshick, Nat Nagy, Andrew LoPresti
2:30-2:40	144	124	Ryan Bendena, Joshua Garcia, Johnson Ventura Lopez
2:40-2:50	145	124	Curran Chubb, Alexandra Somers, Georgiana Fitzgerald, Henry Miller
2:50-3:00	146	124	Maks Damiano, Timothy Augusteijn, Wyatt Ogbin
11:00-11:10	147	121	Rex Brashears, Riley Lapinsky, Joseph DeVito
11:10-11:20	148	121	Neil Griesbaum, Gabriel Kan, John Zazzali, Mason Meyerson
11:20-11:30	149	121	Sawyer Whiteman, Peter Racz Jr., Ian Smith
11:30-11:40	150	121	Fletcher Mezzullo, Alec Regan, Henry Shriver
11:40-11:50	151	121	Aidan Moroz, Aidan Shubbar, Tyler Roesel, Luka Batula
11:50-12:00	152	121	Emma Akselrod, Lee Villarreal, Amanda Giebels
12:00-12:10	153	121	Ewan Minihan, Kayden Akins, Dongwook Lee
12:10-12:20	154	121	Yusuf Mahmoud Abdel-Rahman, John Matteson, Garrett Puzio
12:20-12:30	155	121	Isaiah Crawford, Elvis Velasquez Vicente, Charles Henage, Antonio DeVaughn
12:30-12:40	156	121	Caleb Beswick, Preston Welsch, Jayden Paris
12:40-12:50	157	121	Aidan Block, Evan Metzner
12:50-1:00	158	121	Thomas Bubanj, Holden Riddell
1:00-1:10	159	121	Michael Davis, Jesse Silverman, Garrett Kriebel
1:10-1:20	160	121	Ethan LaRue, Ethan St. John, Patrick Collins, Dax Young

Mechanical Engineering Junior Design is a core mechanical engineering course sequence that spans the fall (MEEG301) and spring terms (MEEG304). These courses include a year-long real-world manufacturing and automation challenge posed by two local industry sponsors, Norwalt Design and Omega Design. Teams of approximately 10 junior year students design, manufacture, and test the performance of a custom-designed autonomous bottle fill station. This spring semester showcase features end-of-project presentations and prototype demonstrations for this year-long project.

Clayton Hall Rooms 101A,101B, 120 & 101A (Finale): 12:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Time	Team ID	Room	TA	Team Members
12:00-12:40	1	101B	Evan Martin	Alexandra Alatzas, Jonathan Davis, Dominic Devito, Nicholas Garrison, Logan Hahn, Jonathan Hunter, Michael Mutschler, Vaheh Odjourian, Kishan Patel, Colin Swartout
12:40-1:20	2	101B	Nick Smith, Jiro Guillen	Sean Babbitt, Jacob Boughter, Jaiden Buray, John Cleary, Aiden Harper, Thomas Linaris, Ian McKeown, Brennan Sieglen, Charles Sizer, Alexander Spuckti
1:20-2:00	3	101B	Nick Smith, Jiro Guillen	Joseph Farley, Addison Garrett, Luke Gibson, Jacob McGuire, Ryan Menet, Thomas Nicosia, Ashly Rojas, Robert Smith, Elliott Wolhar, Ryan Zimmerer
2:00-2:20	Break	101B
2:20-3:00	4	101B	Sean Congema	David Berson, Christopher Boulden, Jonathan Catterton, Logan Dendorfer, Ciaran Destino, Katlego Matsipane, Tristan McClure, Malcolm Thomas, Joseph Yarbrough, Jack Yoder
3:00-3:40	5	101B	Ryan Cole	Michael Adams, Aidan Babbitt, Michael Beckley, Jacob Dotson, Cole Gnutti, David Harbeson, Benjamin Nevling, Daniel Otoole, Michael Poppiti, Stephen Zrebiec
12:00-12:40	6	120	Ryan Cole	Matthew Blair, Kamren Driscoll, John King, Ellyn Mcqueeney, Max Oettinger, Iris Sanchez, Christopher Segura, Anika Sen, Anthony Smaniotto, Gianluca Tiso
12:40-1:20	7	120	Evan Martin	Avighna Ajesh, Jared Amoss, John Cahill, Colin Coope, Louis Dibiase, William Louden, Benjamin Meredith, Michael Phillips, Matthew Walsh, Matthew Yezek
1:20-2:00	8	120	Tyler Meyer	Samuel Auerbach, Santianna Chrysopoulo, Luke Dosen, Steven Giorgi, Tanner Mahoney, Nina Sgambelluri, Kamya Taneja, Emelia Van Slyke, Austin Vecchio, Daniel Willis
2:00-2:20	Break	120
2:20-3:00	9	120	Tyler Meyer	Noah Brecht, Cavan Conway, Harrison Davlin, Dalton Facer, Logan Feiler, Khrystyna Kuzhanova, Emily Mallett, Logan Mull, Abigail Nguyen, Connor Syrbe, Catherine Teixeira
3:00-3:40	10	120	Alex Abrams	David Balogh, Alexander Berman, Aidan Carter, Nicholas Duncan, Blake Gifford, Blake Gifford, Olivia Langley, Justin Sayers, Justin Simoncek, Emma Staib, Nicholas Weis, Olivia Wilson
12-12:40	11	101A	Amelia Klinger	Michael Acevedo, Ibrahim Barry, Austin Breisch, Dev Desai, Nolan Durand, Samuel Ferber, Hisham Khan, Victor Krotoff, Jonathan Rosado, Matthew Sasso, Jonathan Tobin
12:40-1:20	12	101A	Gianni Saracino	Skylar Carroll, Matthew Currey, Maddox Derr, David Gelber, Jacob Hogan, Alexander Nash, Connor Penhale, Joey Scilla, Redwana Tasnim, Shane West, Jared Wierzbicki
1:20-2:00	13	101A	Andrew Bryceland	Craig Koziel, Ryan Logullo, Nicole Makai, Jack Miller, Timothy Replogle, Paul Rizzo, Roberto Santos, Ariane Elyse Simbulan, Christion Simms, Michael Young

 

MEEG482/682: Clinical Biomechanics is an upper-division/graduate level course taken by students interested in biomechanics applications in orthopaedics and human movement sciences. Student teams will be presenting their course research projects, which involve design and execution of human motion analysis studies.

Clayton Hall, Room 119: 11:00 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Time	Group ID	Title	Team Members
11:00-11:15	Group 1	ACL injury and ramp walking	Amur Zahir Ali Salim Al Habsi, Ebenezer Annor, Sean Congema, Badhan Saha
11:15-11:30	Group 16	Simulated patellofemoral pain syndrome	Samuel Ferber, Anthony LoCascio, Vishal Somasundaram
11:30-11:45	Group 13	Effect of height on balance during tightrope walking	Aisley Bergdoll, Kyle Crawford, Monica Krutis
11:45-12:00	Group 11	Tech Neck: Effects of prolonged neck flexion on neck range of motion	Katia Hehn, Alexander Kenney, Thomas Linaris
12:00-12:15	Group 2	Elbow stiffness and push-ups	Hailey Bonelli, Kaitlyn Dohn, Cierra Jefferson
12:15-12:30	Group 10	How do rotator cuff injuries impact the ability to complete a pushing motion	Sylvia Katz, Nicholas Pompeo, Ethan Stoecker
12:30-12:45	Group 7	The effect of footwear on max knee angle during a bodyweight squat	Franklin Alas, Lydia Cybyk, Amelia Klinger
12:45-1:00	Group 8	Ankle stiffness during squat exercise	Benjamin Kozak, Troy Vincenzo, Joseph Yarbrough
1:00-1:15	Group 4	Chair rise during pregnancy	Zoe Fields, Jiro Guillen Kuroki, Hisham Omar
1:15-1:30	Group 12	Jumping during simulated pregnancy	Natalie Barcia, Carissa Bonner, Ciaran Destino
1:30-1:45	Group 9	Effect of backpack load on walking	Sarah Charles, Ian McKeown, Juliet Yost
1:45-2:00	Group 14	Stepping Up Onto Step Stool with Backpack	Ryan Cole, Kayley Hart, Liam Nocella
2:00-2:15	Group 15	Crawling with added weight	Amanda Ciaramella, Patrick Flaherty, Dohee Shin

MEEG467/667: Advanced Product Development
This upper-division mechanical engineering course focuses on the end-to-end process of designing, prototyping, and field-testing functional products. Students in the class employ a range of prototyping methods to develop more refined, functional products. Emphasis is placed on iterative prototyping, end-user testing, and market potential/scalability of products.

Clayton Hall, Room 125: 12:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Stanley Black & Decker
Project Title: Powered Coping Saw

When coping trim, you can either use a hand coping saw (see Fig.1, which is time consuming and requires expertise) or improvise with a jig saw or miter saw (which is not an intended use and can be dangerous). This project challenges students to create a powered coping saw to replace the typical hand coping saw and reduce the improper use of other tools (e.g. jig saws) when coping trim. The solution must be small, portable, battery powered, easily maneuverable, light weight, and accurate enough to cope trim with at least the same accuracy and useability as existing, unpowered coping products.

Under Armour
Project Title: Anti-Squeak Sneaks 

What’s the one sound at a basketball game you’re almost certain to hear? SQUEAK! Squeaking happens for a variety of footwear outside of basketball and has likely been around for as long as shoe’s have existed. What causes the squeak phenomenon? In order to build a shoe that is anti-squeak, we must first understand the science of squeaking and the special combination of materials, materials, surface topology, speed, force, etc. that lead to an audible sound. The goal of this project is to develop an apparatus that allows Under Armour to study and test the conditions that lead to shoe squeaks, while looking for solutions that stop squeaking in its tracks. Success for this project looks like a physical prototype that allows the user to test a variety of ground-contact materials and conditions (surface topology, velocity, etc.) to aid the development of anti-squeak footwear.

Under Armour
Project Title: Footwear Upper Containment Tester

Properly functioning footwear promotes an optimal interaction between the user’s foot and the product. It relies on the unity between the upper and bottom unit to make sure the user’s foot interacts with the product in a predictable and repeatable manner, enabling consistent performance. The upper creates unity with the bottom unit by restricting the motion of the user’s foot relative to the bottom unit (a.k.a. lockdown or containment). This ensures the foot does not move too much within the shoe during an activity and potentially lead to injury or diminished performance. Under Armour is currently exploring a more direct way to measure the containment provided by different footwear uppers to inform current upper designs and develop new solutions to continue pushing the boundaries of performance. The goal of this project is design and build a test and fixture/apparatus for cleated products that isolates and measures the degree of containment provided by an upper. Success for this project looks like a proof-of-concept test and physical prototype (fixture or apparatus) capable of testing finished good cleated products.

Team 115  – Biomaterials Testing Labs

Orthopaedics In Action (OIA) is a popular, orthopaedics-themed curriculum for middle and high school classrooms that was developed as a collaboration between The Perry Initiative, Sawbones®, and University of Delaware. This team focused on extending the OIA curriculum to college engineering classrooms through a unique set of biomaterials labs. These labs feature realistic tissue surrogates for bone, tendon, and intervertebral disc that display similar material behavior to actual tissues. The Perry Initiative and University of Delaware will partner with two commercial educational product manufacturers, Sawbones and Vernier, to release these unique labs starting in Fall 2025.

Team 114 – Virtual Orthopaedics In Action

Orthopaedics In Action (OIA) is a popular, orthopaedics-themed curriculum for middle and high school classrooms that was developed as a collaboration between The Perry Initiative, Sawbones®, and University of Delaware. OIA is currently used in nearly 2,000 middle and high schools nationwide, and this team is focused on creating a free, open-access suite of lessons for online instruction. These lessons will be released in Summer/Fall 2025.

Team 114 – Fracture Plate Bending Experiment

Orthopaedics In Action (OIA) is a popular, orthopaedics-themed curriculum for middle and high school classrooms that was developed as a collaboration between The Perry Initiative, Sawbones®, and University of Delaware. OIA is currently used in nearly 2,000 middle and high schools nationwide, and this project involves design and fabrication of a hands-on, multi-day experiment to complement a new semester-long bioengineering course for high school students called OIA: Design a Fracture Plate.

Team 1 – Fracture Plate FEA

The UD MechE Department has developed a unique, orthopaedics-themed design project for MEEG216: Solid Mechanics Lab that consists of designing and fabricating a custom femoral fracture plate. This project involves improving the instructional videos and materials related to the finite element analysis (FEA) portion of this project. These improvements have been pilot tested this semester in MEEG216 and will be rolled out for all students beginning in Spring 2026.

Team 2 – Generic IM Nail

The Perry Initiative is a nonprofit organization with a mission to broaden participation in engineering and orthopaedic surgery through hands-on exposure programs and curriculum. This project involves an improvement to the surgical simulation portion of The Perry Initiative’s Medical Student Outreach Program (MSOP), which reaches approximately 500 medical students across the country every year. The student for this project designed a generical femoral intramedullary nail that is easy to use and economical from a design-for-manufacture perspective. This new IM Nail design will allow The Perry Initiative to expand access to its MSOP programs starting in Fall 2025.

 

Senior year and graduate students in Mechatronics (MEEG476/667) show off their autonomous vehicle designs for their final course project during this one-hour design competition and demonstration.

Clayton Hall Lobby/Pit: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Team #	Team Members
1	Michael Acevedo, Maximus Iacono, Raghavendra Nagaraju, Dhruthi Shivakumar
2	Jessica Coto, Gabriel Dolce, Evan Martin, Rahul Ramagalla
3	Andrew Bryceland, Kevin Foerster, Nicholas Smith, Matthew Young
4	Isaac Chandler, Lauren DeSantis, Katia Hehn, Michelle Vanadia
5	Alex Abrams, Joshua LaFrance, Connor Ludwin, Yaren Usul
6	Riya Baranwal, Rushabh Dhoke, Divyam Patel, Sneh Shukla
7	Yashas Devarahosahalli, Dhanush Pusala, Shubham Shah
8	Avdhesh Gaur, Prem Gudipalli, Vishal Shahare

Graduate students in this course compete in an additive manufacturing heat sink challenge. Over the course of this semester, students design high performance metal heatsinks that balance the need for low maximum temperatures and minimum material usage/cost.  Students must use a filament-based additive manufacturing process that makes use of green part debinding/sintering to produce all metal parts.

Clayton Hall Room 119: 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Time	Team #	Team Name	Team Members
3:00-3:20	Team 1	Staircase Heatsink	Benjamin Yaroch, Het Patel, Jason Vera
3:20-3:40	Team 6	Thermofinatics	Matthew Cleary, Alex Abrams, Adrianne Gowie
3:40-4:00	Team 3	ZigZag	Bo Rui, Xijun Tan, Jonathan Wilson
4:00-4:20	Team 4	Block Fin Tunnel	Noah Carpe, Kaitlyn Dohn, Michael Vo
4:20-4:40	Team 5	The Fin-tastic 3	Rachel Bonfini, Farzad Abdi, Adam Grim
4:40-5:00	Team 2	Floppy Fin	Pegah Manafzadeh, Sam Meyer, Chinoye Agadi