Engineering EXPO 2007

We are pleased to announce the following recipients of awards at Engineering EXPO 2007:

Category 1: Medical Devices and Instrumentation
Second Place

Heart Murmur Detector
Jovani Ibarra, Tenille Medley, Arnold Lee

Category 1: Medical Devices and Instrumentation
First Place

Device to Measure Perineal Pressures During Bicycling
Ali Husain, Ershad Forghani-Arani, Ryan Devon

Category 2: Cellular and Molecular
Second Place

Extended Release of Cisplatin from a Polyacrylic Acid Hydrogel for the Treatment of Ovarian Cancer
Stephen Soong, David Sarcu, Martha Kidd

Category 2: Cellular and Molecular
First Place

Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease Through Nanotechnology
Lucy Trevino, Theresa Lo, Jason Ip, Benjamin Bick

Category 3: Environmental, Health and Safety
Second Place

CLA: Fat That's Good For Your Heart
Sansarng Riewchotisakul, Yevgenny Strashnov, Jesus Trujillo

Category 3: Environmental, Health and Safety
First Place

City of the Future: Recycling Chicago's Water in 2106
Samantha Ebright, Arun Heer, Janet Shackelford, Zaki Ali

Category 4: Assistive Technology
Second Place (Tie)

Communication Device Service Cart
Kevin Carrara, Adam Lewandowski, Peter Visser

Refreshable Braille Display
Vincent Arguelles, Fernando Garcia, Matthew Chan

Category 4: Assistive Technology
First Place

Wheelchair Innovation
Uday Sangar, Chubin Mei, Jerry Bwanhot, Peter Nicholas, Jan Sagun, Jin Bang

Category 5: Process Design
Second Place

Production of Synthetic Diesel from Waste Plastics
Mindy Truong, Barbara Augustynek, Sevasti Pyrovolikou

Category 5: Process Design
First Place

BioButanol - Ethanol's Overlooked Cousin
Kristine Heideman, Dan Heideman, Heather Mayes

Category 6: Structure/Site Design
Second Place

Athletic Residence Halls for the 2016 Summer Olympics
Sean Pfeiffer, Steven Jeske, John Saraceno, Emily Druckrey

Category 6: Structure/Site Design
First Place

Olympic Aquatic Center
Sokol Lluri, Ryan White, Ingrid Oberle, Akash Surani

Category 7: Infrastructure Design
Second Place

Design and Implementation of a Monorail System Within the City of Chicago
Dipak Patel, Dina Muller, Dave Miller, Michael Marczyk, Marat Goldenberg, Korinne Krych

Category7: Infrastructure Design
First Place

Try-Generation
Borko Andric, Nebojsa Kisic, Milos Stefanovic, Jaime Frausto

Category 8: Materials Design
Second Place

Development of High Strength/High Performance Lightweight Concrete
Dorin Bogdan, Romulus Atanasiu, Krysztof Piszczek, Marian Cotor, Elliot Gentry-Fernandez

Category 8: Materials Design
First Place

Evaluation of the Structural Behavior of Lightweight High Strength Reinforced Concrete Beams
Yogesh Patel, Nayankumar Patel, Deian Ivanov, Lukasz Pociecha, Daniel Tomicevic, Marcin Krok

Category 9: User Interface and Education
Second Place

DIGITS: Digital Interface Glove Including Tactile Sensitivity
Jeff Kantarek, Emil Remolana, Christopher Kaczor

Category 9: User Interface and Education
First Place

TypeMouse: Fully Functional Keyboard and Mouse in a Single-Handed Device
Wojciech Przeczkowski, Jeremy Kahsen, Robert Hanrahan, Benjamin Stef

Category 10: Specialty Electronic and Signal Processing
Second Place

SecondSight: Gun-Mounted Wireless Video Camera System
Kent Nelson, Mariam Pauls, Maciej Janiszewski

Category 10: Specialty Electronic and Signal Processing
First Place

Giant Marquee
Steven Mockus, Eric Gesell, Konstantin Khrustov

Category 11: Remote Control
Second Place

System to Allow Easy Access to a Household
Adam Williams, Hafiz Tahiru, Boakye yiadom

Category 11: Remote Control
First Place

Wireless Electronic Shelf Tag Display
Bryan Strysik, Sean Richards, Justin Jones

Category 12: Mechanism and Device Design
Second Place

Increasing The Temperature Differential In A Vortex Tube
Christopher Anagnostopoulos, Stafanie Esposito, James Giannakis, Yulian Fille

Category 12: Mechanism and Device Design
First Place

Easter Seals Bike Project - Interdisciplinary Project Development
Jason Shiffler, Joseph Buchina, Joseph Martin, Christopher Steiner

Category 13: System Monitoring
Second Place

RFID Temperature System
Ken Fadera, Piotr Jedraszczak, Nate Ruengpinyophun

Category 13: System Monitoring
First Place

RFID Based Inventory System
Peter Mazarakos, Paul Kuzich, Donald Keller, Antony Paul

Category 14: Sports Equipment
First Place

Portable Nordic Walking Exercise Device
Georgios Zissimopoulos, Rolland Less, Christopher Naylon, Steven Parnell, Jesus Alvarez

Category 14: Sports Equipment
Second Place

Determination of Optimal Vibration Frequencies for Sports Equipment
Alan Bautista, Nancy Rios, Ashley Selner

Visitor Ballot
Most votes from the Visitors Ballot

Nuclear Hydrogen
Environmental, Health and Safety
Syed Ahmed, Adam Nichols, Nirav Patel

Arlene Norsym Award
Most votes from students participating in EXPO

Nuclear Hydrogen
Environmental, Health and Safety
Syed Ahmed, Adam Nichols, Nirav Patel