Spring Mechanical Engineering Design Celebration

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023 | 1 pm – 6 pm

Clayton Hall, University of Delaware

 

The University of Delaware’s Department of Mechanical Engineering boasts one of the premier engineering design education programs in the country. The Spring Engineering Design Celebration is a half-day conference that showcases and celebrates our mechanical engineering students’ many accomplishments this semester. This year’s celebration features teams of students in the following design categories:

Schedule-At-A-Glance

Technical Presentations

Student teams will deliver in-person technical presentations and demonstrations in person at Clayton Hall. See Design Category below for detailed presentation schedule and room locations, and click here for a map of Clayton Hall. All presentations are open to the public.

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Junior Design

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.

1-5 pm, Rooms 120, 125, & 128

TimeTeam IDRoomTeam Members
1:00-1:401128Stuart Alexander, Ryan Engel, Yae June Jang, Chloe Kerwin, Connor Lammey, Walden Conan Meredith, Gianni Saracino, Matt Schrock, Bryan Tiamson, Ryan Webb
1:40-2:202128Hannah Burrowes, Ben Caro, Jessica Cohen, Samuel Farca, Joseph Harwell, Ethan Hensigner, Bryan Lambert, Andrew Place, Jacob Prince, Cole Shorter
2:20-3:0010128Sara Dugan, Hannah Epstein, Michael Forte, Michael Graden, Ethan Kacmarcik, Garrett Snyder, Marleen Toney, Ralph Wilkinson, Hunter Wolhar, Tommy Zheng
3:20-4:0012128Colleen Cavagnaro, Braden Cluett, Thomas Gordon, Alysa Hutton, Joshua LaFrance, Matthew Lecates, Kenny Madden, Eman Rios, Melanie Schuessler, Edwin Torres
4:00-4:4013128Jack Arnuk, Matthew Cleary, Justin Clifton, Damon Dowdy, Bradley Fry, Anthony Jiang, Michael Pugh, Xavier Stephenson, Harrison Williams
1:00-1:406125Angel Casanova, Sean Congema, Cameron Emmett, Suneil Harzenski, Brianna Martin, Sean O'Sullivan, Yajaira Vergara-Guzman, Diana Villanueva, Kyle Wolf
1:40-2:207125Cameron Aliff, Yue Bao, Ian Crabtree, Connor Jones, James Marsh, Zachary Schiffman, Matthew Treon
2:20-3:009125Mikey Ainsworth, Gwyneth Clarke, Matthew Hansen, Donovan Haverly, Madison Johnson, Jacob Meredith, Tej Patel, Jenna Taylor, Miguel Vasquez, Kevin Wolynetz
3:20-4:003125Alex Abrams, Joshua Ginsberg, Adam Grim, Max Leary, Ryan James McLaughlin, Matthew Meredith, Tyler Meyer, Matthew Pham, Andrew Roth, Alex Wolff
4:00-4:404125Brandon Awosanya, Heirkhan Borjigin, Colin Homassel, Connor Ludwin, Jasime Middaugh, Matthew Ongtawco, Justin Orriols, Nana Sarpong, Jake Ventresca, Alexander Wilson
1:00-1:4011120Matthew Abraham, Nick Bailey, Rafe Gracia-Hidalgo, David Kinney, Sean Moore, Tyler Phommachanh, Spencer Smith, Owen Stein, Dylan Taylor, John Welborn
1:40-2:208120Samuel Beck, Noah Etienne, Sierra Gloria, Kevin Graziose, Grace Hammond, Prasanna Krishnamoorthy, Robert Martin, Ethan Porette, Sibyl Roosen, Andrew Smith
2:20-3:005120Diego Barrios, Samuel Bolan, Marcus Ceglinski, Goodwin Cobb V, Brendan Conners, Maxwell Demsky, Joshua Ford, Michael Kaehler, Charles Spence
3:20-4:0014120Joseph Beck, Brooke Demore, William Gaither, Raymond Gusakov, Julieta Fe Honrubia Andrino, Zachary Mckennedy, Samuel Parker, Gianna Patti, Alexandra Pfeifer, Samantha Schultz
4:00-4:4015120Jessica Coto, Brian Coyle, Tyler Devitt, Rory Kooker, Stuart Kotch, Evan Martin, Scott Otto, Corey Sookerman, Sophia Waxman, Maya Zagari

 

Freshmen Design

Mechanical Engineering Freshmen Design (MEEG102: Computer Aided Design) is a core undergraduate course focused on introductory design and fabrication. The course sponsor is Melissa and Doug(r) 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(r). Also check out the project gallery for “advertisements” for these toy designs as well as a separate gallery for each student’s individual mini-project, a wooden pull toy.

1-5 pm, Rooms 101A and 101B

TimeTeam IDRoomTeam Members
1:00-1:10101101AAlexander Ball, John Kilmon, Michael Mutschler
1:10-1:20102101ADavid Balogh, Luke Gibson, Jacob Koch, Jayden Thomas
1:20-1:30103101ANicholas Crothamel, Shane Doyle, Benjamin Meredith, Elliott Wolhar
1:30-1:40104101AAvighna Ajesh, Kaixuan Ji, Carter Kouse, Jason Rothman
1:40-1:50105101AHarrison Davlin, Dominic Lopergolo, Robert Smith
1:50-2:00106101ANicholas Fuhs, Olivia Langley, Anika Sen, Ariane Simbulan, Wenzhen Zhang
2:00-2:10107101ABear Figueroa, Daniel Jacques, Lucero Martinez, Ashly Rojas
2:10-2:20108101AJoseph Farley, Addison Garrett, Daxton Hamilton, Vaheh Odjourian
2:20-2:30109101ASeth Jones, Kishan Patel, Austin Vecchio, Matthew Wojcik
2:30-2:40110101AJonathan Liss, Connor Penhale, Christian Raubenstine, Tyler Salmon
2:40-2:50111101ASean Babbitt, Connor Chipoletti, Matthew Currey, Jacob Hogan
2:50-3:00112101AEvan Bush, Braedon Easley, Blake Gifford, Nina Sgambelluri, Gianluca Tiso
3:10-3:20113101AColin Coope, Stephen May, Michael Robinson, Malcolm Thomas, Vicente Vigueras
3:20-3:30114101ASantianna Chrysopoulo, Megan Leinhauser, Ellyn Mcqueeney, Kamya Taneja, Emelia Van Slyke
3:30-3:40115101AJohn Denny, Nicholas Garrison, Jueun Kang, Cayden Walker, Stephen Zrebiec
3:40-3:50116101AAidan Alexander, Matthew Blair, Logan Hahn, Paul Rizzo
3:50-4:00117101AEric Chernichaw, Maddox Derr, David Harbeson, Jackson Miller
4:00-4:10118101AAlexandra Alatzas, Ashley Gott, Shane West
4:10-4:20119101AChristopher Brown, Logan Dendorfer, Louis Dibiase, Matthew Orgeron
4:20-4:30120101AJacob Dotson, Gary Ederer, Benjamin Pardo, Matthew Yezek
4:30-4:40121101AJaiden Buray, Lewis Cherot, Max Oettinger, Nathan Wank
4:40-4:50122101ABryttnei Amankwaa, Fabian Gonzalez-Garcia, Dayanara Gonzalez-Gomez, Savannah Macias
4:50-5:00123101AAlexander Berman, Jack Goldman, Craig Koziel, Tanner Mahoney, Ryan Zimmerer
1:00-1:10124101BBrendan Craig, Nolan Durand, Lukas Manley, Alexander Spuckti
1:10-1:20125101BJonathan Davis, Aiden Harper, Jacob McGuire, Brennan Sieglen
1:20-1:30126101BChristopher Boulden, Drew Dumchus, Tristan Mcclure, Benjamin Nevling
1:30-1:40127101BMichael Beckley, Ethan Edwards, Luke Miller, Joseph Yarbrough
1:40-1:50128101BJohn Cahill, Tyler Mahoney, Mike Poppiti, Colin Swartout
1:50-2:00129101BIbrahim Barry, Parada Castro, Alexander Fonash, Robert Millette, Jonathan Tobin
2:00-2:10130101BKatherine Palmieri, Emma Staib, Olivia Wilson
2:10-2:20131101BCiaran Destino, Melaina Gonzalez, Nicole Makai, Christion Simms
2:20-2:30132101BLogan Feiler, Khrystyna Kuzhanova, Emily Mallett, Jack Yoder
2:30-2:40133101BMason Cathell, Ryan Logullo, Abigail Nguyen, Catherine Teixeira
2:40-2:50134101BAidan Carter, Kamren Driscoll, Nicholas Duncan, Nicholas Weis
2:50-3:00135101BLogan Mull, Jackson Records, Luke Staggers, Daniel Willis
3:10-3:20136101BJonathan Catterton, Yonghao Dong, Hisham Khan, Justin Simoncek, Ryan Willis
3:20-3:30137101BDavid Berson, John King, Ryan Menet, Thomas Nicosia, Jason Spielman
3:30-3:40138101BSteven Giorgi, Jonathan Hunter, Anthony Smaniotto, Aidan Whitney
3:40-3:50139101BSamuel Auerbach, Jacob Boughter, Cavan Conway, Dominic Devito
3:50-4:00140101BMichael Adams, Aidan Babbitt, Cole Gnutti, Matthew Sasso
4:00-4:10141101BAustin Breisch, Benjamin Elsner, Thomas Linaris, Michael Young
4:10-4:20142101BJohn Diossi, William Louden, Michael Phillips, Matthew Walsh
4:20-4:30143101BMatthew Abate, Jardin Cuffey, Ian McKeown, Luis Quevedo, Jonathan Rosado
4:30-4:40144101BCatherine Allenson, Sarah Charles, Megan Crowell, Madison James
4:40-4:50145101BNickel Lashley, Nalani Lawyer, Katlego Matsipane
4:50-5:00146101BPeter Chapman, Jeremiah Glavin, Collin Guest, Richard Reimer, Chandradithya Shake

Mechatronics

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 Area – 3:30 – 5:00 pm

Intermediate Heat Transfer

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.  In 2023, students must use a filament-based additive manufacturing process that makes use of green part debinding/sintering to produce all metal parts.

Room 119 – 3:00-5:00 pm

Start TimeTeam NumberTeam NameTeam Members
3:001Air BudNikki Pilla, TJ Kaifer, Lorrha Hitchner, Hollyann Tobon, Aaron Fieger
3:152KeepingItCoolJohn Papadopoulos, Shaharear Md Emtiaz, Shibanul Haque, Asim Feroz
3:303ShortiSean Magee, Ulysis Slagle, Michael Rosen, Loren Tomlin, Galvin Stuart, Ben Marchesani
3:454Static MixerMarc Giordano, Evan Kimble, Parker Grobe, Michael Graden, Eli Haiko
4:005Rhino SinkPaul D. Samuel, Uday Kiran Balaga, Andrew Stack, Stephanie Ross
4:156Lattice Heat SinkAlex Schneider, Christian Marquina, Victor Abioye, Bilto Moaz
4:307HourglassJaneshwar Sharma, Rosch Roosevelt, Emmanuel Obetta, Rudramoorti Jayaraj, Batuhan Alasahin
4:458The Other AirfoilEthan Watson, Samuel Rauch, Andrew Brown, Oscar Marino, Shaktisinh Zala

High School Design Competition

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.

Poster Presentation & Pitch Competition in the lobby area from 4-5 pm.

Clinical Biomechanics

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.

All presentations are in Room 119 Clayton Hall from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm.

 

Awards Ceremony

Please join us for our awards celebration starting at 5:00 pm in the Clayton Hall Auditorium (Room 128). There will be multiple team and individual awards across all classes.

Project Galleries

Browse the Project Galleries below for specific classes and class assignments. All work in these galleries was completed during Spring 2023.

Sponsors

Faculty Advisors

Adam Wickenheiser, PhD (Junior Design & Mechatronics)

Jenni Buckley, PhD (Freshmen Design & Clinical Biomechanics)

Joe Feser, PhD (Intermediate Heat Transfer)

Margo Donlin, PhDc (Clinical Biomechanics)

Thank You

 

For all of our course projects this semester, we’d like to thank our fantastic Design Studio staff. This includes Whitney Sample, Scott Nelson, and Ron Cantrell, as well as all of the hardworking TAs in The Design Studio and Student Machine Shop. Administrative support for the Spring Showcase and the course projects is provided by Elaine Nelson, Ann Connor, and Vicky Tosh-Morelli.

Together #WeBuildEngineers.