2021 College Student Research Symposium

The 2021 Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing Student Research Symposium successfully took place — virtually — on Friday, April 23 — starting at 1:30 p.m. via Gatherly (as we did for the Industry Expo). Judging used the RocketJudge app as in previous years.

Student researchers from all departments presented 99 posters in 14 categories.: 3D Modeling | Additive Manufacturing | AI & Machine Learning | Alternative Energy | Antennas | Combustion | Control Systems | Cybersecurity | Environmental Engineering | Materials Science | Mechanical Design & Analysis | Robotics & Intelligent Vehicles | Structural Analysis & Design

And the winners are…

Sponsor & Award	Prize	Recipients	Dept.	Faculty Mentor(s)	Presentation Title
New South Construction Sky High Awards of Excellence		Lionel Ramirez Duran Macy Spears Hunter Autrey Charles Dienhart Mathew Flanagan	CEC	Gustavo Maldonado	2021 AISC Student Steel Bridge Competition
Gulfstream - Best Female Researcher		Sasirekha Anbusegaran	CS	Andrew Allen	Unobtrusive Assessment of Student Engagement Levels in Online Classroom Environment using Emotion Analysis
Gulfstream - Best Research in IT		Samuel Ashaolu	IT	Lei Chen	Blockchain and Smart Contracts: Applications, Security, Performance
Crider Foods Mechanical Engineering Excellence Awards	3rd	Drake Grall Cesar Carapia Richard Smith III Austin Brant	MechE	Valentin Soloiu Marcel Ilie	Strategy for Emissions Reduction in Advanced Combustion of Bio-Alcohol and Aerospace Fuel Blends
	2nd	Kenneth Nwagu	MechE	Ermias Koricho	Improving the Crashworthiness of B Pillar using Geometrical Modification and Optimization of Plastic Foam
	1st	Cesar Carapia Drake Grall Levi McKinney Richard Smith III Amanda Weaver	MechE	Valentin Soloiu	An Investigative Study of Single Stage Gas Turbine Engine Performance with Jet A Fuel
Georgia Power Innovation Awards	3rd	Parth Patel Amanda Maner	MechE	Prakash Bhoi	Carbon Dioxide and Biochar to Carbon Monoxide Conversion for Biofuel Production
	2nd	Ziqi Wang Justin Hall	ECE	Rami Haddad	Improving Pneumonia Diagnosis Accuracy via Systematic Convolutional Neural Network-Based Image Enhancement
	1st	John Verboom	ECE	Sungkyun Lim	Design of a Dual-band, Low-profile, Parasitic Array Antenna
Georgia Centers of Innovation Top Eagle Awards - Graduate	3rd	Mohammad Shahabuddin Anthony Palacio Austin Robbins	MechE	Sevki Cesmeci Mahmoud Baniasadi	A Semi-active Vibration Isolator for 3D Printed Material on Shipboard
	2nd	Rubayet Hassan Anthony Palacio Austin Robbins	MechE MfgE	Sevki Cesmeci Mahmoud Baniasadi	A Magnetorheological Elastomeric Micropump for Drug Delivery
	1st	Matthew DeMond Mohammad Fuad Hassan Ikenna Ejiogu James Willis	MechE MfgE	Sevki Cesmeci	An Innovative Elasto-Hydrodynamic Seal Concept for Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles
Georgia Centers of Innovation Top Eagle Awards - Undergraduate	3rd	Jonathan Randall David Obando Ortegon Levi McKinney	MechE	Valentin Soloiu	Intelligent Vehicle Pathfinding and Live Data Simulation
	2nd	John Havenar	MechE	Marcel Ilie	Mach Number Effect on the Aeroelastic Response of Aircraft
	1st	Kenneth Nwagu Kathryn McIntosh	MechE	Jinki Kim	Modal Identification of Gelatinous Structure using Vision-Based Vibrometry

The Companies Sponsoring the Awards

	Georgia Power Innovation Awards (1st, 2nd and 3rd Place)
	Mechanical Engineering Awards of Excellence (1st, 2nd and 3rd Place)
	Top Female Researcher Top IT Project Team
	Georgia Centers of Innovation Top Eagle Award: Undergraduate: (1st, 2nd and 3rd Place) Graduate: (1st, 2nd and 3rd Place)
	New South Sky High Award

Last updated: 4/26/2021