The Dwight Look College of Engineering hosted the second-annual Texas A&M Engineering Project Showcase April 25 in Reed Arena to demonstrate and display the diverse projects in the college and exhibit the ways in which engineers build solutions that solve real-world problems. The student participants presented work from Senior Capstone Design courses, AggiE-Challenge projects, technical electives, undergraduate research projects, Startup Aggieland companies, freshman design teams and others. The event brought more than 140 industry representatives from 60 companies to campus and provided them with the opportunity to discuss possible collaborations for future industry-sponsored projects with undergraduates and faculty. Students got an opportunity to display their creative engineering skills to fellow students, faculty and industry.
Seven teams out of the 15 winning teams in various design categories at the Engineering Project Showcase organized by the Dwight Look College of Engineering, were comprised of students from the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Our students swept all of the Student Design Awards. They won first places in the AggieE-Challenge Team Awards, and the Capstone Team Award. They earned second places for the General Team Award, and the TEES Commercial Ready Award. Five of these teams were mentored by professors in the Department of Mechanical Engineering as well.
Here is a list of the winning projects, teams, and their mentors.
- The first-place Student Design Team award ($700) went to the Formula SAE – Electrical team. The team member was Brent James Bauer (mechanical engineering) and the faculty mentor was Dr. Make McDermot (mechanical engineering).
- The second-place Student Design Team award ($500) went to the Formula SAE – Aerodynamics teams. Team members were John Mayo (mechanical engineering), Alexandro Monjaraz (aerospace engineering) and Marco Martinez (mechanical engineering). The faculty mentor was Dr. Make McDermot (mechanical engineering).
- The third-place Student Design Team award ($250) went to the Putting on the Brakes: Engineering Oil Transportation team. Team members were Coleman Fincher (mechanical engineering), Daniel Jaeger (mechanical engineering) and Storm Rubio (computer engineering).
- The first-place AggiE-Challenge team award ($750) went to the Noble-metal-nano particle- catalyzed PEDOT: PSS/carbon composite electrode for aqueous lithium-ion batteries team. Team members were Dion Hubble (chemical engineering), Raul Calzada (chemical engineering), Deepak Bhatia (electrical engineering), Aalap Ashtamkar (mechanical engineering), Sergio Cartagena (mechanical engineering), Aaron Morales (mechanical engineering) and Xingliang He (mechanical engineering). The faculty mentors were Dr. Hong Liang (mechanical engineering) and Dr. Partha Mukherjee (mechanical engineering).
- The first-place Capstone team award ($700) was Seawater Desalination Plant – Power team. Team members were Mohannad Hani Mohamed (mechanical engineering) and Kamel Mohamed (mechanical engineering). Faculty mentors were Dr. Dan McAdams (mechanical engineering) and Dr. Michael Schuller.
- The second-place General team award ($500) went to the Communication Network in Remote Areas team. Team members were Chokote Kamdeu (mechanical engineering), Jeremy Cantu (computer science), Janice Rosado (computer engineering) and Melissa McNeil (computer science). The faculty mentors were Dr. Richard Furuta and Rodney Boehm.
- The second-place TEES Commercial Ready award ($500) went to the Low Energy Heat Recover Ventilator team. Team members were Colin Breedlove (mechanical engineering), Matt Krezinski (mechanical engineering), Joe McDonough (mechanical engineering) and James Thorpe (mechanical engineering). The faculty mentors were Dr. Charles Culp and Dr. Devesh Ranjan (mechanical engineering).