Winter Design Review Features 119 Projects
March 28, 2016 - The 2016 Winter Design Review in March showcased a record 119 senior design projects, including poster displays and demonstrations, created by more than 670 engineering students. After working on their projects for two quarters, the students proudly presented their ideas to industry reviewers as well as a wider audience of faculty and staff.
About 40 industry representatives/reviewers gathered that morning at the UCI Student Center for a welcome breakfast and presentation by Samueli School Dean Gregory Washington before breaking out into their designated presentation rooms.
“The students of today are not the same as five years ago,” Washington told the reviewers. “We expect more from them. They have a whole host of problems to deal with out in the world. We aim to produce engineers who can define and solve problems and who are lifelong learners. These are the students you will meet today.”
The students turned out well-dressed and eager to talk about their designs, providing them the chance to practice for future interviews with prospective employers and graduate school admission officers.
Moses Choi, a mechanical engineering major, worked on a saucer-shaped UAV with aerospace engineering major Zihao Zou. “I loved it,” said Choi. “It gave me hands-on experience and I learned about designing something from scratch.”
Seven projects were singled out for Dean’s Choice Awards. For this special recognition, Washington looked for projects that aimed to meet grand challenges (combat disease, improve health or wellness, improve environmental/energy sustainability, provide energy efficiency), were viable or practical and could lead to commercialization, or were innovative and cool, with a “wow” factor.
Dean’s Choice Award Winners
Opticom - a portable diffuse optical spectroscopic imaging machine to monitor breast cancer patients’ responses to chemotherapy.
Students: Priyanka Ganesh, Amin Gosla, Preston Hoang, Marco Robles, Guriqbal Dhariwal
Dispensus - a device that combines a common water bottle with a Bluetooth-capable electronic pillbox, allowing users to discretely take medication.
Students: Sepehr Zomorodian, Erik Noel, Claudia Cetrola, Katrina Henrikson, Sneha Shivkumar
Arsenic Treatment of Ground Water - The team evaluated the efficiency of Enova Water’s project for treating arsenic and other contaminants in groundwater.
Students: Patrick Lee, Ryan Mangosong, Charlotte Papp, Haley Rogers, Oliver Saeby
Proximity Detection System - a system that uses Bluetooth and computer vision to leverage proximity data for autism research.
Students: Baldwin Chang, Anthony Foley, Meghan Matibag
Indoor Navigation System - iLost is an indoor navigation system based on iBeacon technology that guides customers from their current location to their destination. It is designed for use in hospitals, airports, museums and universities.
Students: Haoran Ma, Jinliang Liao, Xiao Chen, Alan Zhang
HyperXite - a prototype of a floating vehicle that will accelerate from zero to 219 mph in five seconds for the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition.
Students: Juliana Andrews, Gabriel Buenviaje, Anthony Cirillo, Jasmine Cordero, Dean Defuria, Jacob Gantz, Patricio Guerrero Gertz, Margarito Guzman, James Harvey, Austin Johansen, Zepyor Khechadoorian, Bander Linjawi, Nima Moheseni, Calvin Nguyen, Gabriel Pillitiere, Eric Romano, Madelyn Sando, Vivian Tseng
Fuel Cell Data Center - Using fuel cells, clean renewable energy and energy storage, the team proposes to improve energy efficiency and sustainability, reduce pollutant emission and eliminate energy grid reliance on data centers.
Students: Aaron Cheng, Gabrielle Cobos, Michael Crowley, Robert Miller, Allen Schenllerup, John Stansberry
