The University of Arizona

College of Optical Sciences

 

2010 Engineering Design Day at UA

Our Seniors Showcase their Senior Design Projects

 

Our seniors take Engineering 498A-B, a year long course in which they work in cross-disciplinary teams to solve industry-sponsored real-world design problems using the design process.  The objectives of the course are to guide the students in:

  • applying a systematic design methodology to a realistic, open-ended, multidisciplinary design problem from start to finish

  • applying approaches for developing innovative solutions

  • applying math, science, and engineering fundamentals in a design process

  • working effectively on teams with engineers from multiple disciplines

  • using project management tools effectively, and

  • communicating to a broad audience via both written and oral reports

At the end of the academic year, the teams show their work at UA's Engineering Design Day.  The projects are judged and prizes are awarded.  

 

The interdisciplinary Engineering Design Day is sponsored by BAE Systems, Lockheed/Martin, and UA's College of Engineering.  The projects are sponsored and funded by faculty and industry partners, including several OSC Industrial Affiliate companies:  Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, Northrop-Grumman, Raytheon,  and Edmund Optics.   The companies also sponsor prizes and provide many of the professional engineers who serve as judges.

 

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Best Overall Design, Runner Up.  $1,000.  Prize Sponsors:  Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems.

Beam, Diffuse, and Global Irradiance Sensor for Solar Panels.  Project Sponsor:  Biosphere 2. 

  • Neriyah K. Carter-Samuel

  • Ethan Samuel Held

  • Alexander C. Hickey

  • Zachary Louis Hillman

  • David Romero

  • Shira Ariella Wolf.

Best Innovation in Engineering.  $1000.  Prize Sponsor:  Ventana Medical Systems.

Fish Out of Water, First Place to Leon Garcia.  $250.  Prize Sponsor:  Kristy Pearson.

Novel Detector Arrays for Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging.  Sponsor:  Prof. Russell Witte.

  • Francisco Eduardo Castaneda

  • Andrew James Dotson

  • Jennifer L. Freeman

  • Leon M. Garcia,

  • Sergio D. Pesqueira.

Credit: Erica Kowalski

Credit: Erica Kowalski

Best Use of Off-the-Shelf Components.  $750.  Prize Sponsor:  Edmund Optics.

Geo-Locating Target Scope.  Sponsor:  Raytheon Missile Systems. 

  • John Tyler Bloom

  • Allison Marie Cicchini

  • Nathan Isaac Cook

  • Mellissa S. Cordova

  • Matthew J. Giardina

  • Kyle Stelzer

  • Eric P. Stratton

  • Javier Carlo Yanez.

Best Analog Design, First Place.  $1500.  Prize Sponsor:  Ventana Medical Systems.

Team iPulse - Remote Pulse Oximater.   Sponsor:  Texas Instruments. 

  • Brian Michael Bailey

  • Brian D. Ebel

  • Scott Douglas Galvin

  • Jack Grantham

  • Scott M. Little

  • Erica Katherine Morey

  • Joseph A. Sankman

  • Charles Christopher Stemple.

Best Technical Documentation.  $750.  Prize Sponsor:  Technical Documentation Consultants Az.

Upgrade to the Shack Cube Interferometer.   Sponsor:  Ruda-Cardinal Inc. 

  • William M. Casson

  • John M. Mongelli

  • Jeff Morris

  • Christopher M. Shanor

  • Asher W. Sussman.

Fish Out of Water, Second Place to Joshua Gill.  $150.  Prize Sponsor:  Kristy Pearson.

Lens Alignment and Positioning System.  Sponsor:  BAE Systems Electronic Solutions. 

  • Timothy C. Budinger

  • Joshua Daniel Gill

  • Sterling J. Jarvis

  • Ryan Fetcher Jones

  • Amanda Smith

  • Melissa L. Stout.

Team Leadership 1 to Will Fielder.  $250.  Prize Sponsor:  Honeywell.

Infrared-Guided Infant Blood Vessel Locator and Injection Device.  Sponsor:  Raytheon.

Linda J. Eriksen

Amanda E. Eskinazi

William Cyrus Fielder

Mitchell Gallaher

Kyle Haston

Benjamin James Lewis

Deepa Patel.

A Fluorescence Force Microscope.  Sponsor:  AME and UA. 

  • Guillermo Lorenzo Aldaz

  • Brian J. Hochheim

  • Matthew Michael Jones

  • William Nickolas Scheurich

  • Livia Zarnescu.

Adjustable Mirror Cant Station.  Sponsor:  Raytheon Missile Systems. 

  • Daniel Raymond Baldwin

  • Troy Hunter Jaeger

  • Kevin J. Kelly

  • Andrew M. Rodack

  • Sergio G. Valenzuela.

Aircraft Insert Orientation and Feeding System.  Sponsor:  B/E Aerospace, Inc. 

  • Mike M. Celestina

  • Nicholas M. Colbert

  • Saleena A. Lee

  • Sang S. Lee

  • Andrew W. Polk

  • Carlos A. Valdiviezo Mijangos.

Demonstration Platform for Smart Camera.  Sponsor:  Alternative Vision Corporation. 

  • Vicente A. Ada II

  • Maria D. Grainger

  • Erica Hoang

  • Michelle L. Korte

  • James D. Weinstein

  • Brian Matthew Wheelwright.

Endoscopic Imaging System.  Sponsor:  Professor Jennifer Barton. 

  • Mitra Adeli

  • Nicole Ashpole

  • Nicholas M. Bostwick

  • Benn Haywood Gleason

  • Samuel J. Goldstein

  • Taylor Davis Sorensen.

Fully Automated Industrial Valve Body Staker.  Sponsor:  AGM Container Controls. 

  • Brandon C. Allvin

  • Kenneth Aganeba Amuri

  • Samuel Asaki

  • David William Charles

  • Alexander Daniel Miramontez,

  • Jason Alan Willoughby.

Global Warming in Phoenix Based on a 60 Day Test.  Sponsor:  Lockheed Martin.

  • Isela D. Howlett

  • Matthew Assad Karam

  • Nathaniel John Letson

  • Elliot J. Montgomery

  • Jeffrey Smith

  • Allison Galindez Villa

NASA RISA Camera Project for Mars Lander.  Sponsor:  NASA. 

Jeremiah Eli Lange

Adrian Lizarraga

Brittany E. Lynn

John C. Rogers

Ruben G. Romero

Azeem Raza Shahid.

Situational Awareness Detection and Warning for Airport Operations.  Sponsor:  Northrop Grumman.

  • John L. Eyre

  • Shafuil Islam

  • Carlin M. Kartchner

  • Adam Dean Robertson

  • Daniel V. Sickinger.

Ultrashort Pulse Filament Location Detection System.  Sponsor:  Applied Energetics, Inc. 

  • Matthew A. Chambers

  • Victor E. Densmore

  • Michael Peter Gaj

  • Kyle Heidman

  • Blake Robert Koomar

  • Cameron Scott Simmons.

 

Cathy Alexander

Information Specialist Coordinator

College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona

cathy.alexander@optics.arizona.edu