Engineering Innovation Highlights ESPEX 2022
Connor Maceyak, 左, and Brian Guertler explain their senior design project to judge William “Billy” Sykes during ESPEX. Their group won the William G. Sykes Innovator and Entrepreneur Award sponsored by Sykes, an ODU alum. Photo Sherry DiBari/ODU
Andreas Garstenauer, director of manufacturing engineering at 斯迪希公司., presents Conrad Miller with a medal during the ESPEX award ceremony. 羊肉, 伊恩·芬恩, 左, and Connor 羊肉’s design of a low-cost bi-axial cell stretcher netted the trio the 斯迪希公司. 选择奖 and $1,000. Photo Sherry Dibari/ODU
By Sherry DiBari
For the winners of the top prize at ESPEX 2022, tackling an important regional issue for their senior design project paid off.
The William G. Sykes Innovator and Entrepreneur Award, which came with a $2,500年奖, was presented to a group of Old Dominion University civil and environmental engineering and civil engineering technology students who collaborated with Hampton University architecture students in the development of adaptive design strategies to alleviate flooding in the Portsmouth's Port Norfolk neighborhood.
The students attended civic league meetings, talked to community leaders and developed innovative green infrastructure ideas to alleviate flooding.
Using a Storm Water Management Model (SWMM), students proposed individual parcel and community-scale, low-impact development alternatives, including rain gardens, and below and above ground street interventions.
They also designed a green roof for the community center, identified all potential upstream storage sites to hold water until flood events subsided and provided cost estimations for their recommended strategies.
"Excellent work. Very good project," wrote Sykes on the judge's notes.
"This was a different experience for them as they had to communicate and make decisions across the two disciplines beyond their training," said Mujde Erten-Unal, associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and director of the Sustainable Development Institute. "We think they get a great sense of accomplishment seeing a project come together to positively impact their community."
More than 70 student projects were presented at ESPEX, the Batten College of Engineering and 技术's student project expo, held April 26 in Chartway Arena at the Ted Constant Center.
The undergraduate senior designs and graduate research projects covered a wide range of subjects including a bi-axial cell stretcher (a device that can analyze how cells respond to stretches in controlled experiments), an automated elevator system used in radiator manufacturing and a helmet sensor that can detect and alert coaches when an athlete has taken a hit indicative of a concussion.
This year, thanks to 斯迪希公司. and alumnus Sykes, monetary prizes were offered for the best senior design and graduate research projects.
"STIHL's relationship with ODU's Batten College of Engineering and 技术 has been a vital part of our success here in Virginia Beach," said Andreas Garstenauer, director of manufacturing engineering for 斯迪希公司. "The college is known for its focus on innovation and is a source of new engineering talent for us."
ESPEX 2022 WINNERS:
The 2022 William G. Sykes Innovator and Entrepreneur Award
Adaptive Design Strategies to Flooding for Port 诺福克 Portsmouth
ODU 团队成员: Brian Guertler, Stephen Kline, Connor Maceyak, Rebecca Rodrigez, Scott Sperlik
HU 团队成员: Shadah Allah, Christian Galindo, Laona Hall, Anna Bernas-Kelly, Cedric Myles, Moffat Ngarimo
顾问: Mujde Erten-Unal, Carol Considine, Mason Andrews (HU)
斯迪希公司. 选择奖
Bi-Axial Cell Stretcher
团队成员: Carter 羊肉, Conrad Miller, 伊恩·芬恩
顾问: Venkat Maruthamuthu
本科 Student Design Project Award
Super Radiator Coils Fin Stacker
团队成员: Raeburn Paulson, Andrew Perry, Tocara Simmons, Francis Chartier, Joey Cantrell
顾问: Orlando Ayala, Nathan Luetke
Department Chairs' Award for 本科 Senior Design Project
Pulsed Plasma-Based Light Source as Spectral Calibrator
团队成员: Ashley Razon, Dailon Donley, Krissy Kotvas, Zach Caudell
顾问: Chunqi Jiang, Chung-Hao Chen
RESEARCH生 RESEARCH Project Award
Transfer 学习 and Facial Landmark Feature Fusion for Classification of Child Facial Expressions
团队成员:梅根A. Witherow, Manar D. Samad, Norou Diawara
顾问: Khan Iftekharuddin
Dean's RESEARCH生 RESEARCH Award
Transparent Piezoelectric Surface Acoustic Wave Transducers
团队成员: Alexander Hatfield
顾问: Tian-Bing徐
Peoples' 选择奖
Youth Sport Instrumentation
团队成员: Zaria展位, Brian Johnson, 安娜·莱昂诺, 利亚姆·里昂, Walter Mendoza Jesus, 凯文Seimetz, 雅各Tardif, 阮兰德Zywiak
顾问: Stacie Ringleb
To view a list of all of the entered projects: http://adobe.ly / 3 rmh3vq
