Final Competition

Speakers and Judges Check-in: 12:30-2:30 at Lobby

1:00 – 1:15

1:15 – 1:45

1:45 – 2:00

Rules and Procedures

2:00 – 2:50

Session 1 (speaker bios)

  • Revanth Dameria, “Design of a Novel Prosthetic Hand with Anthropomorphic Performance”
  • Heiting Fu, “Propelling the Wind: Fully-coupled Thermal-Fluidic-Structural Lattice Topology Optimization of Thermal Management Systems in Large Scale Metallic Wind Turbine Blade Molds”
  • Yuefeng Jin, “What is Causing Titanium-Aluminum Alloy Failures in Air Jet Engines from Microscale Perspective?”
  • Ellen Kim, “Customizable Inflatable Mobility Aids for Improved Living”
  • Panagiota Kitsopoulos, “Ultraminiature MEMS Sensors for Auditory Prostheses”
  • Dylan Kovacevich, “Active Acoustic Materials for Advanced Sound Control”
  • Elizabeth Livingston, “Discovering Equations that Describe Biological Systems”

2:50- 3:10

Coffee Break (Lobby)

3:10 – 4:00

Session 2 (speaker bios)

  • Mike Mayer, “Power to the Particle: The Next Generation of Concentrated Solar Power”
  • Denislav Nikolov, “Standardizing Material Calibration via 3D Imaging and Experimental Optimization”
  • Rachel Silcox, “Wave Goodbye to CO2: CO2 Capture from Ocean Water”
  • Jenna Stolzman, “Mitigating Methane Emissions from Flaring”
  • Vivian Tran, “In Case of Battery Fire…”
  • Michael Wadas, “Vortex Rings in Inertial Confinement Fusion”

4:00 – 4:30

Coffee Break (Lobby)

4:30 – 4:45

Award Announcements

4:45 – 5:00

Closing Remarks