The Department of Mechanical Engineering 2023 Spring Design Day was held on December 5, 2023 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

CLICK HERE to see videos showcasing all of the Fall 2022 teams.

In addition to the People's Choice Awards and the Social/Environmental Design Impact Award, the department selected six teams as  recipients of  Linda Schmidt Innovation Awards in honor of the late Professor Schmidt.

Linda Schmidt Innovation Awards

The Linda Schmidt Awards recognize teams that demonstrate the exploration of alternative ideas, draw inspiration for their products from other domains and/or take a unique approach to their engineering problem.

Team 1: Shift-Eze
Will Bachner, Alythea Hodges, Michael Isakov, Mark Sasse, Jared Scheffler, Brock Weinstein

Team 2: The Dream Team
Kyle Berman, Sam Guzzone, Patrick James, Agustin Jauregui, Vinny Maltagliati, Ian Rosenthal

Team 7: Autonomous Sport Field Maintenance
Jacob Abell, Jared Gresen, Brendan Magrini, Jacob Rose, Annie Smith, Julian Torres

Team 16: Shower Alert System
Soroush Etemad, Matthew Fodera, William Gleeson, Muhaimun Islam, Lucas Tanniche, Hogan Mower

Team 17: Design Factors
Chloe Goebel, Peter Hwang, Matthew Kopp, Eliza Melia, Steven Nguyen, Emily Wayson

Team 21: Terrapin Solar Scrubbers
Brennan Gray, Jonathan James, Nicole Makarevich, Elizabeth Stiller, Joseph Straatof, Fernando Suarez

Team 22: Pedals for Progress
Abdulkadir Ahmed, Anthony Granruth, Gabriel Ichniowski, Sophie Roberts-Weigert, Samsudeen Sarr, Noah Zipin

Team 26: VA Food Exam Device
Emily Brownfield, Aidan English, Allison Griffith, Kevin Pereira, Glen Prifti, Lillian Williams

Team 31: The Hot Pocket Squad
Vinomie Galagama, Bismi Khan, Parker Kinberg, Maya Sidorovich, Brian Sun, Micaela Wolcott

Social and Environmental Impact Awards

The Social and Environmental Impact Awards are given through a partnership between Mechanical Engineering and the Neilom Foundation and are judged based on the impact of their product and their design choices. In addition, winning teams are allocated $250 to donate to the charity of their choice.

First Place
Team 3: Pink Ladies
Athena Kresker, Ami Patel, Jenna Prasad, Madison Schattenfield, Regina Trevino, Kathryn Whitehead

Second Place
Team 7: Autonomous Sport Field Maintenance
Jacob Abell, Jared Gresen, Brendan Magrini, Jacob Rose, Annie Smith, Julian Torres

Third Place
Team 22: Pedals for Progress
Abdulkadir Ahmed, Anthony Granruth, Gabriel Ichniowski, Sophie Roberts-Weigert, Samsudeen Sarr, Noah Zipin

People’s Choice Awards

The People’s Choice Awards recognize the overall “Best in Show” projects and are voted on by Design Day guests.

First Place
Team 1: Shift-Eze
Will Bachner, Alythea Hodges, Michael Isakov, Mark Sasse, Jared Scheffler, Brock Weinstein

Second Place
Team 26: VA Food Exam Device
Emily Brownfield, Aidan English, Allison Griffith, Kevin Pereira, Glen Prifti, Lillian Williams

Third Place
Team 14: The Lean Green Cleaning Machine
Manav Chaudhary, Nicole Digiambattista, Catherine Dommers, Landon Phan, Lucas Thomazi, Eric Whitescarver

The Department of Mechanical Engineering 2022 Fall Design Day was held on December 6, 2022 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

CLICK HERE to see videos showcasing all of the Fall 2022 teams.

In addition to the People's Choice Awards and the Social/Environmental Design Impact Award, the department selected six teams as  recipients of  Linda Schmidt Innovation Awards in honor of the late Professor Schmidt.

Linda Schmidt Innovation Awards

The Linda Schmidt Awards recognize teams that demonstrate the exploration of alternative ideas, draw inspiration for their products from other domains and/or take a unique approach to their engineering problem.

Team 4: Comin' in Hot, Drone Delivery Landing Pad
Nicolas Aguilar, Jenna Field, Jacob Grossman, Brach Jaworski, and Meghan Shemer

Team 5: Students for the Promotion of Electric Propulsion, Deployable Electrically Propelled Unmanned Naval Test System
Cody Dean, Jonathan Deboer, Josh Lawrence, Joan Popoola, Cory Swaim, and Barry Underwood

Team 11: Ex-Sense, Temperature Sending for Frostbite Prevention
Kaliyah Burnett, Mags Hansen, Lillian Mueller, Aidan Stark, and Ananya Uniyal

Team 13: Sustainability Studs, Residential Sink Waste Separator 
Neil Dixit, Brandon Hill, Alpha Tam, Matthew Weiss, and Andrew Wright

Team 23: Stop on the Go, Emergency Stop Light
Hunter Airey, Josh Airey, Colton Brown, Kyle Shelton, and Matthew Webb

Social and Environmental Impact Awards

The Social and Environmental Impact Awards are given through a partnership between Mechanical Engineering and the Neilom Foundation and are judged based on the impact of their product and their design choices. In addition, winning teams are allocated $250 to donate to the charity of their choice.

First Place
Team 17: Boosting Solar Panel Efficiency, Solar Panel Cleaning
Leif Bugler, Klaudia Karabanowska, Kien Nguyen, Bryan Roeper, and Oluwatobiloga Sanni

Second Place
Team 13: Sustainability Studs, Residential Sink Waste Separator 
Neil Dixit, Brandon Hill, Alpha Tam, Matthew Weiss, and Andrew Wright

Third Place
Team 22: GEMMS, We Clean Water Well
Shayna Berman, Gabriel Casco, Michelle Dang, Sydney Gant, and Edeab Kebede

People’s Choice Awards

The People’s Choice Awards recognize the overall “Best in Show” projects and are voted on by Design Day guests.

First Place
Team 5: Students for the Promotion of Electric Propulsion, Deployable Electrically Propelled Unmanned Naval Test System
Cody Dean, Jonathan Deboer, Josh Lawrence, Joan Popoola, Cory Swaim, and Barry Underwood

Second Place
Team 7: Lawn Locusts, Lawn Debris Collector
Kenneth Bracken, Andrés del Campo, Azmain Faeque, Aruna Rai, and Aditya Sharma

Third Place
Team 15: Safe Landing Pad for Drone Deliveries
Nick Chappell, Rafael Enriquez, Shane Wagner, and Margarette Wang

The Department of Mechanical Engineering 2022 Spring Design Day was held on May 5, 2022 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

CLICK HERE to see videos showcasing all of the Spring 2022 teams.

In addition to the People's Choice Awards and the Social/Environmental Design Impact Award, the department selected six teams as  recipients of  Linda Schmidt Innovation Awards in honor of the late Professor Schmidt.

Linda Schmidt Innovation Awards

Team 1: Tremorware, Cooking with Tremors
Jacob Beard, Luke Biesecker, Carolyn Payne, Nicholas Pett, Kyle Pichney, Aashish Varrey, and Natalie Wolfe

Team 11: "Get Low" Gardening Mobility Device, "Get Low" Gardening Mobility Device for the Elderly
Gavin Jagde, Ethan Miller, Kevin Schwenger, Kyle Shreve, Matthew Stralka, and Hannah Vinner

Team 13: Good Vibes, Automated Medical Percussion Device
Bill Bott, Elizabeth Carlson, Matthew Keeler, Arthur Nissen, Alec Schlenoff, Theodore Tagle, and Kirstin Walz

Team 20: Dynamic Stabilty Support for the Elderly, Stability Support for People with Parkinson's
Lenin Alvarado, Robert Belansen, Spencer Cutter, Mikhail Khrenov, Parshva Patel, Jacob Welch, and Joshua Young

Team 29: Vanilla 1.18, Autonomous Plant Monitor
James Cobau, Sabrina Eason, Nicholas Lee, Isaac Rattey, Noah Whiteman, and Jie Zheng

Team 36: Mulch Monsters, Dragon Wagon
Matthew Berman, Alexia Cochran, Stephanie Dean, Grace DiGiovanni, John Donoghue, Grayson Gilbert, and Justin Roach

Team 37: Green Giants, Mean Green Sorting Machine
Carson Bistline, Adan Castillo-Grynberg, Alexis Fuentes, Nauman Funyas, Kevin Hayes, Joseph Monaghan, Sarah Noland, and Andrew Sherwood

Social and Environmental Impact Awards

First Place
Team 37: Green Giants, Mean Green Sorting Machine
Carson Bistline, Adan Castillo-Grynberg, Alexis Fuentes, Nauman Funyas, Kevin Hayes, Joseph Monaghan, Sarah Noland, and Andrew Sherwood

Second Place
Team 39: Greywater Terps, Greywater Recylcer
Nicolas Benavides, Asa Constantian, Christopher Jean-Rene, Ahmed Mohamed, Richard Schell, Samantha Smith, and Xavier Suchar

Third Place
Team 7: Leap Frogs, LEAP Playground Redesign
Megan Gertmenian, Julie Hirsch, Madison Kaczorowski, Andrea Sullivan, Selam Wolday, and Alex Zimmerman

People’s Choice Awards

First Place
Team 19: Baller Dynamics, Basketball Passing Machine
Kyle Christensen, Samantha Michael, Deep Patel, Robert Propst, King Ralph, Ahmed Seck, and Maxwell Uhl

Second Place
Team 37: Green Giants, Mean Green Sorting Machine
Carson Bistline, Adan Castillo-Grynberg, Alexis Fuentes, Nauman Funyas, Kevin Hayes, Joseph Monaghan, Sarah Noland, and Andrew Sherwood

Third Place
Team 39: Greywater Terps, Greywater Recylcer
Nicolas Benavides, Asa Constantian, Christopher Jean-Rene, Ahmed Mohamed, Richard Schell, Samantha Smith, and Xavier Suchar

The Department of Mechanical Engineering 2021 Fall Design Day was held on December 7, 2021 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

CLICK HERE to see videos showcasing all of the Fall 2021 teams.

In addition to the People's Choice Awards and the Social/Environmental Design Impact Award, the department selected six teams as  recipients of  Linda Schmidt Innovation Awards in honor of the late Professor Schmidt.

The winners of the Fall 2021 Design Day were:

Linda Schmidt Innovation Awards

Team 2: Team Drip, Autonomous Hydroponic System
Matt Bowman, Annina Commins, Benjamin Molnar, Alexandra Patterson and Graham Vinyard

Team 11: Mr. FREEze, The British Thermal Unit
Robert Bruner, Christian Jewell, Matthew Kenlon and Shane Whitaker

Team 16: Let it Snow, All Purpose Snow Remover
Kidus Bahiru, Abel Legesse, Conlan Foster, Jacob Fink and Julia Tran

Team 21: Triple R, Paddle Guided Plastic Sorter
Mutaz Ahmed, Cameron Jno Baptiste, Kelechi Nwanna, Ryan Orwig, Raymond Vuong and Lucas Woo

Team 25: WaTerps, Net-Zero Water Urban Rooftop Farming
Ali Akbarian, Emily de Raet, Edwin Fishman, Ellie Litwack, Lauren Murphy and Ezra Trost

Social and Environmental Impact Awards

First Place
Team 14: SO-2-O, Water Collection and Purification
Tyler Brambora, Kyle Dunn, Sukjoo Hwang, Liam Kharbanda and Danielle Tayco

Second Place
Team 21: Triple R, Paddle Guided Plastic Sorter
Mutaz Ahmed, Cameron Jno Baptiste, Kelechi Nwanna, Ryan Orwig, Raymond Vuong and Lucas Woo

Third Place
Team 9: Greenhouse Cooling System for Hydroponics
Victoria Greenberg, Shirley Teow, Aranindu Lewwandoowa Liyanage, Lewie Weldegiorgis and Natnael Yaji

People’s Choice Awards

First Place
Team 4: N.E.W.T.S., No Electricity Water Transportation
John Carter Braedon Gentry Anthony Miranda Sean McGowan Gino Rospigliosi Noah Zucker

Second Place
Team 14: SO-2-O, Water Collection and Purification
Tyler Brambora, Kyle Dunn, Sukjoo Hwang, Liam Kharbanda and Danielle Tayco

Third Place Tie
Team 20: Pump of Power, The Ram Jam Pump
John Bubser III, Carlos Cuellar, Eric Feng, Sebastian Gutierrez, Luke Rosen and Youssef Selim

Team 29: Rotary Boys, Four Rotor Aerial Vehicle
Cory Svoboda, Jeremy Pilkerton, Kyle Berbarian, Dmitry Markov, Paolo Lami, Diksura Dissanayake

The Department of Mechanical Engineering 2021 Spring Design Day was held virtually May 11, 2021 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Visit https://enme.umd.edu/design-day-spring2021 to see videos showcasing all of the 2021 teams.

In addition to the People's Choice Awards and the Social/Environmental Design Impact Award, the department selected six teams as inaugural recipients of  Linda Schmidt Innovation Awards in honor of the late Professor Schmidt.

• Team 6 – Hydroponics Kings
  Omer Bowman, Aditya Gupta, Antonio Karides, Nguyen Nguyen, Shankar Seharaseyon, and Andrew Shannon
• Team 10 – Damping Pen
  Emily Kopp, Jordan Mwebaze, Diego Principe, Isaac Schlotterbeck, Sara Ragsdale, and Yelena Stuherck
• Team 17 – Lift and Mobilize
  Alexander Fowler, Lucy Hamilton, Mason Long, Saheli Patel, Zachary Weilminster, and Joshua Wood
• Team 22 – Sheltering Southeast Asia
  Carl Allen, Isaac Carlson, Paul Davis, Yejin Moon, Zachary Rufty, and Andrew Welch
• Team 32 – 2Tones
  Kelly Caulfield, Dimitrios Fotopoulos, Luca Greco, Kasia Kane, Jeffrey Klepper, and Arjun Mahal
• Team 36 – Hot Rod Engineering
  Heather Ailinger, Patrick Brogan, Angelo DeLuca, Yonatan Ferneau, Zachary McDonough, and Abigail Meyer

• 1st place - Holy Rollers:

  Garrett Greenwell, Adam Metzbower, James Newman, Josh Newstom, Zach Polhaus

• 2nd place - Hold My Phones:
  Shai Bernard, Nick Daristotle, Yealshaday Demises, Jesse Hearn, Kohar Malkastian, Matthew Moorhead
   
• 3rd place (tie) - Com Col Crew and Plague Busters:
  Suliman Amarkhil, Nathan Brown, Randy Magd, Brittany Nixon, Michael Silva, Chad Tibbs

• 1st place - MRF Shredders:

  Talha Dasti, Wutong Jian, Guangyu Liu, Sepehr Motamedi, Dilshan Senanayake

• 2nd place - The Swing Dancers:
  Brendon Bondoc, Michael Dygert, Israel Hollander, Camille Levine, Madison Maguire

Overview videos of the fall 2020 teams can be viewed on YouTube here.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering held its Fall Design Day on December 3, 2019 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kim Engineering Building. This semester, 19 teams of senior-level mechanical engineering students showcased prototypes of their capstone design projects. Each project was built to solve targeted, everyday engineering problems. The wide range of exhibits demonstrated the capabilities of mechanical engineering from the household level (a self-levelling table) to the industry level (novel designs for pick-up trucks). 

14 Alumni returned to campus to join faculty members as judges for the competition. Students from local middle and high schools also attended to see these engineering innovations. Visitors enjoyed interacting with the different project teams, learning the motivation behind each design, and hearing about each team's process. 

Special thanks to Carrier, Intralox, and Northrop Grumman for sponsoring the day's festivities.

The winners of the Fall 2019 Design Day were: 

FIRST Place and Social/Environmental Design Impact Award
Kyle's Biker Gang, Assistive Bike for the Blind
This bicycle and guidance system enables a blind person to ride a bicycle while following another person/bicyclist. 
Team members: Tayyip Doğu Aydin, Helena Davis, Bryan Jensen, Helen Kent, Priya Kulkarni, Cavan Morley

SECOND Place:
The Joint Effort: A Kneed for Support 
This leg brace provides active support to the knee for a multitude of knee injuries by dynically adjusting to the gait cycle. It can be modulated throughout the recovery process. 
Team members: Sarah Bank, John Fraser, Richard Moglen, Andrew Oliver, Anna Packy, Sahar Shehata

THIRD Place:
Too Fast, Too Farious 
This product gives parents the ability to remotely brake and stop a child's bicycle to avoid accidents/injuries. This is particularly designed for mentally or physically disabled children who cannot make quick decisions.
Team members: Haley Hershey, Artiom Kostiouk, Akshar Patel, Patrick Coward, Gamitha Wijekoon

For more photos of the event, check out our Flickr album!

The Department of Mechanical Engineering held the Spring Design Day on May 9, 2019 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kim Engineering Building. This semester, Design Day showcased 33 student teams, all featuring original product prototype designs built to solve selected engineering problems. There was a wide range of exhibits, everything from a self cleaning wastewater drain to an indoor composting device.

Sponsors Intralox and Bechtel helped support the day's festivities. 

Design Day highlights the talents and creativity of mechanical engineering students in the capstone Integrated Product and Process Development Course. 

Attendees have the chance to vote for their favorite projects, and the top voted team receives the “People’s Choice Award” and has their names displayed in the Mechanical Engineering undergraduate office.

Visitors cast 251 votes for this semester's “People’s Choice Award,” and the top student teams were:

FIRST Place and Spring 2019 Social/Environmental Design Impact Award Winners: Team Suds & Studs + Mia (Mark Butrico, Kevin McShea, Chris Webb, Sam Weingord, Mia Weintraub, Cole Wilson) with their project Safi, a human-powered washing machine design for Ugandan refugee camps. 

SECOND Place: Team S.O.C.S. (Gabrielle Ball, James Butler, Rachel Griffith, Oscar Ramirez, Michael Shimizu, Wade Stephens) with their project Sock 'n' Roll, assisting people with limited joint mobility to easily don compression socks. 

THIRD Place: Team AXYS (Carissa Arillo, Amitai Cohen, Eliza Engelsman, Drew Hamroff, Ryan Kosmides, Brooke Nesselt) with their project AXYS Pen, an electromechanical device designed to counteract the tremors cause by Parkinson's Disease and stabilize the user's handwriting. 

For more photos of the event, check out our Flickr album!

The Department of Mechanical Engineering held the Fall Design Day on December 4, 2018 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kim Engineering Building. This semester, Design Day showcased 24 student teams, all featuring original product prototype designs built to solve selected engineering problems. There was a wide range of exhibits, from an autonomous system for filling potholes to a storm surge protector for boats. 

Design Day highlights the talents and creativity of mechanical engineering students in the capstone Integrated Product and Process Development Course.

Attendees have the chance to vote for their favorite projects, and the top voted team receives the “People’s Choice Award” and has their names displayed in the Mechanical Engineering undergraduate office.

Visitors cast votes for this semester's “People’s Choice Award,” and the top student teams were:

FIRST Place: Paw Patrol (Jessica Brewer, Jennifer Goleman, Kellie Martin, Gray Matty, Sahar Motazedi, and Patrick Talsania) with their project “The Really Awesome Product (T.R.A.P.)", an automatic animal trap with remote notification and interfacing capabilities. 

Fall 2018 Social/Environmental Design Impact Award Winners: Team Wheelie Awesome (Tim Czupich, Michael Healy, Nathan Mengers, Jeff O'Neal, and Lizzie Wonk) with their project “The Wheelie Awesome Chain Cleaner”, an automated cleaning mechanism that degreases and lubricates bicycle chains. 

For more photos of the event, check out our Flickr album!

The Department of Mechanical Engineering held the Spring Design Day on May 8, 2018 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kim Engineering Building. This semester, Design Day showcased 33 student teams, all featuring original product prototype designs built to solve selected engineering problems. There was a wide range of exhibits, from small modular nuclear reactors to alternative power sources for developing nations. 

Design Day highlights the talents and creativity of mechanical engineering students in the capstone Integrated Product and Process Development Course. 

Attendees have the chance to vote for their favorite projects, and the top voted team receives the “People’s Choice Award” and has their names displayed in the Mechanical Engineering undergraduate office.

Visitors cast votes for this semester's “People’s Choice Award,” and the top student teams were:

FIRST Place: The ReStruders with their product that recycles used PLA, or polylactic acid, and extrudes it into repurposed filament for 3D printing. 

SECOND place: Team UCA with their Universal Cart Assist, which aids individuals lifting heavy or bulky items into and out of their shopping carts.

THIRD place: Super Sluggers with their electromechnical batting tee, an all-ages baseball training device that places a baseball in a user-specified strike zone location. 

Spring 2018 Social/Environmental Design Impact Award Winners: Oyster Boys (Noah Todd, Kyle Thibeault, Noah Suttner, Chris Buckley, Patrick O'Shea, and Steve Powers). Their product, Bay Watcher, is a beacon prototype capable of listening for the sound of dredging and, upon detecting that specific sound, alerting the necessary authorities to this illegal and destructive practice.   

For more photos of the event, check out our Flickr album!

The Department of Mechanical Engineering held the Fall Design Day on December 5, 2017 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kim Engineering Building. This semester, Design Day showcased 29 student teams, all featuring original product prototype designs built to solve selected engineering problems. There was a wide range of exhibits, from an umbrella that resists inversion through a truss-inspired design to an assistive cane that ifts small household objects.

Sponsors Intralox and Boeing helped the support the day's festivities. Intralox employees Matthew Fourney, Andrew Akers and Jeff Schwai attended as judges to offer their technical expertise and feedback to students.

STEM students from the Old Mill Middle School South, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and McKinley Technology High School were also in attendance.

Design Day highlights the talents and creativity of mechanical engineering students in the capstone Integrated Product and Process Development Course.

Attendees have the chance to vote for their favorite projects, and the top voted team receives the “People’s Choice Award” and has their names displayed in the Mechanical Engineering undergraduate office.

Visitors cast over 220 votes for this semester's “People’s Choice Award,” and the top student teams were:

FIRST Place: Team Not Perpendicular (Catherine Demmerle, Kathryn Jahn, Hae Lee Kim, Bradley Martinis, Kyle Pritchard and Laura Shumate) with their project “Parker.”

SECOND place: Team O’Doyle Rules 2: The O’Doyling (Stephen Aaron, Jennifer Hendrick, Jordan Horwat, Dustin Murphy and Alex Smith) with their project “T.H.E.G.E.E.Z.E.R.H.E.L.P.E.R.”

THIRD place: Team W.O.C.E. (Steven Baskerville, Nyasha Carter, Cadeem Franklin, Mofoluso Koiki, Susan Ojo and Angelica Ukquoma) with their project “Carbon Dioxide Scrubber.”

Starting this semester, Design Day will offer a new award, the “Social/Environmental Design Impact Award,” funded through the Office of Sustainability and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. These projects are judged on the social or environmental impact considerations that teams have incorporated into their designs. Judges come from the Office of Sustainability. Each semester’s winners will receive recognition on a plaque to be displayed in the Mechanical Engineering hallway and a $100 donation towards a fund of their choosing.

Fall 2017 Social/Environmental Design Impact Award Winners: Team Save Chessie! (Zachary Ball, Eric Bazyk, Andrew Graham, Mike Johnson, Sean Thomas and Mariya Tymofiy) with their project “Chessie.” Chessie is a solar-powered, floating aerator that can be used to revive oxygen deficient zones in large bodies of water.

For more photos of the event, check out our Flickr album!

The Department of Mechanical Engineering held the Spring Design Day on May 9, 2017 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kim Engineering Building. This semester, Design Day showcased 31 student teams, all featuring original product prototype designs built to solve selected engineering problems. There was a wide range of exhibits, everything from a horse jump standard that resets a fallen pole to a system that opens and closes windows based on current weather conditions.

Sponsors Bell Helicopter helped the support the day's festivities. Bell Helicopter employee and Mechanical Engineering Visiting Committee member Charley Kilmain offered some words of encouragement and kicked off the event.

Design Day highlights the talents and creativity of mechanical engineering students in the capstone Integrated Product and Process Development Course. In addition, the event offers an opportunity for regional high school students to visit the campus and experience firsthand what pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering is all about.

Attendees have the chance to vote for their favorite projects, and the top voted team receives the “People’s Choice Award” and has their names displayed in the Mechanical Engineering undergraduate office.

Visitors cast over 250 votes for this semester's “People’s Choice Award,” and the top student teams were:

FIRST Place: Team Journey on a Gurney (Alison Cleary, Alba Dalton, Jordan Hsieh, Christina Krueger, Nika Layton, Jeanette Van Sickle) with their project “GIRL-V”

SECOND place: Team Act (Dan Baab, Kent Druger, Arturo Meza, Pablo Sanhueza, Peng Wang) with their project “Autocart”

THIRD place (a tie): Team Fair Gates (Caleb Cook, Ahmed Hamoud, James Keenan, Grace Lin, Eric Mayo, Ryan Umagat) with their project "Double Door"

Team Spin to Win (Jaime Berez, Ryan Blum, Conor Briggi, Andrew Fein, Chase Manny, Andrew Montgomery) with their project "Hands-Free Snowboard Binding"

For more photos of the event, check out our Flickr album!

The Department of Mechanical Engineering held the Fall Design Day on December 6, 2016 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kim Engineering Building. This semester, Design Day showcased 29 student teams, all featuring original product prototype designs built to solve selected engineering problems. There was a wide range of exhibits, everything from an actively cooled bicycle saddle to a fully automated fish acclimation device.

Sponsors Intralox and Boeing helped the support the day's festivities, Intralox employee Andy Akers kicked off the event, and along with colleague Matthew Fourney helped judge projects and shared expertise with students.

Design Day highlights the talents and creativity of mechanical engineering students in the capstone Integrated Product and Process Development Course. In addition, the event offers an opportunity for regional high school students to visit the campus and experience firsthand what pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering is all about.

This semester, 30 students from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute came and had an opportunity to engage with students, learn about the projects and get a closer look at the design process.

Attendees have the chance to vote for their favorite projects, and the top voted team receives the “People’s Choice Award” and has their names displayed in the Mechanical Engineering undergraduate office.

Visitors cast over 180 votes for this semester's “People’s Choice Award,” and the top student teams were:

FIRST Place: Team Toilet Tilter (Steven Gunter, Justin Layton, Tae Lee, Gary Mckee, Lucas Myers and Ryan Nguyen) with their project "Toilet Seat Tilter"

SECOND place: Team Wheels of an Average Temperature (Austin Baldridge, Christine Bersabal, Eli Griff-McMahon, Elias Gunter, Michael Houser and Delia Shin) with their project "Cooling And Responding seat (CARseat)"

THIRD place: Team Chill Dudes (Christian Germeille, Ellery Klein, Daniel Lass, Alexei Marqueen, Myuran Seharaseyoon and Chungho Woo) with their project "Spin & Chill"

For more photos of the event, check out our Flickr album!

The Department of Mechanical Engineering held the Spring Design Day on May 5, 2016 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kim Engineering Building. This semester, Design Day showcased 30 student teams, all featuring original product prototype designs. A wide range of exhibits including everything from an automated pill dispenser with online scheduling to a robot that grinds up and ejects built up debris in gutters.

Bell Helicopter was the sponsor of the day's festivities. Bell Helicopter employee and Mechanical Engineering Visiting Committee chair Charley Kilmain (B.S. ’85) was on hand to judge teams and share his expertise with the students.

View more photos from Design Day Spring 2016.

Visitors cast their vote for this semester's “People’s Choice Award,” and the top student teams were:

FIRST Place: SkimReaper, SkimReaper Skimming Robot
An autonomous lake-skimming robot that improves water quality by managing harmful vegetation like algae and duckweed.

SECOND Place: Team UNO, Bath-Mate
A unique chair that helps elderly and disabled persons stay independent by making it easy to get in and out of a bathtub.

THIRD Place: Slumber Squad, cariad
An integrated baby travel solution that encompasses carrying, sleeping, and storage capabilities.

The Department would also like to thank our tireless guest judges who made this Design Day a success: Tim Arnold, John Danko, Charley Kilmain, Bill Leasure, Marvin Roush, Kaushal Shah, Chris Straight, Dave Sutton

In case you missed out on the action, photos from the event can be found here.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering held the Fall Design Day on December 8, 2015 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kim Engineering Building. This semester, Design Day showcased 29 student teams, all featuring original product prototype designs. A wide range of exhibits including everything from a device that simulates a horse's walking motion for therapy applications and a hands-free sheet music turner to a window that can open and close automatically depending on temperature differentials and an automated tennis racquetwrapper.

Sponsors Intralox and Boeing helped the support the day's festivities, while Intralox employees Andy Akers and Matthew Fourney were on hand to judge teams and share their expertise with the students.

View more photos from Design Day Spring 2015.

Visitors cast a record setting number of votes for this semester's “People’s Choice Award,” and the top student teams were:

FIRST Place: Team TB(D)12, Gawker Blocker
A versatile, easy to assemble incident screen to be used by first responders at major highway accidents.

Team Members: Toni Davis, Keya Gemechu, Michael Goglia, Everett Gollomp, Josh Marotske, and Jeffrey Shaer

SECOND Place: Mean Clean Mugging Machine, VelocciMug
Robotic travel mug washer: Clean your mug while you wait in line at the coffee shop.

Team Members: Chris Cao, Joshua Dellota, Kyle Fennell, Alvaro Haesbaert, Kane Shim, and Dave Tarr

THIRD Place (a tie): Get a Grip, Wrap Masters
An automated device that provides a customized grip tape wrap for a variety of sports sticks i.e. tennis racket, lacrosse stick, etc.

Team Members: Richard Gill, Teresa Heuver, Julian Hylton, Kenneth Jarvis, William Poh, and Robert Walsh

Seal Team Six, Rapid Medical Emergency Response Drone (R.M.E.R.D.)
The R.M.E.R.D. delivers and dispenses medical devices to those suffering from reaction-based medical emergencies.

Team Members: Kyle Crandall, David Edelen, Joseph Holman, Sony Ninan, Furqan Qureshi, and Paul Romero

The Department would also like to thank our tireless guest judges who made this Design Day a success:

Andy Akers (Intralox), Tim Arnold, Les Bookoff, Bruce Dale, Matthew Fourney, George Halow, Barry Koh, Daniel Kurtz, Benson Kwong, William Leasure, Barry McQuay, Cara Monterosso, Mylene Motsebo, James Newton

In case you missed out on the action, photos from the event can be found here.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering Spring Design Day held May 6, 2015 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kim Engineering Building Rotunda. Design Day highlighted the talents and creativity of mechanical engineering students in the Integrated Product and Process Development Course. 27 teams of seniors presented project prototypes built to solve selected engineering problems, with the top voted team receiving the "People's Choice Award."

Design Day Spring 2015 was sponsored by Bell Helicopter who provided a Texas-style BBQ food truck, and a recruiter booth where students could learn about future career opportunities.

View more photos from Design Day Spring 2015.

238 votes were cast for the "People's Choice Award," and the top five winners were:

FIRST Place: Testudo Trainers – The Spot Buddy

The Spot Buddy is an automatic weight lifting spotting machine that senses a user's distress during an exercise.
Corey Bloom, Will DeMore, Luke Hendrix, Kick Krochta, Yale Sosin, Vincenzo Vernaccio

SECOND Place: BabySavers – Child Car Seat Safety Alert System

A portable pad placed on a child seat that notifies the user to remember the child or if temperature conditions become unsafe.
Kevin Holmes, Trevor Niefrenforf, Kayla Park-Brouse, Tyler Schirf, Justin Turner, with special guest Vince the Koala

THIRD Place: RASFire – RAS Pellets

Recycled Asphalt Shingles (RAS), re-purposed for fuel needs.
Ian Bacon, Evan Cain, Alejandro Moreno, Iman Niknejad, Austin Sichling, Michael Xue

FOURTH Place: Screwdriver Modernizers – Double-Shaft Screwdriver

A screwdriver with a planetary gear system that increases rotational speed of one shaft and torque of the other shaft.
Xiang Zhang, Syed Samiul Elahi, Han Chen, Kendrick Daly, Cesar Atahua, Taiwo Agbebkun

FIFTH Place (Tie): Tidy Fingers – Scoop 'n' Spread

The Scoop 'n' Spread eliminates the messy nature of retrieving the small remaining contents of a jar.
Richard Henry, Danielle Khoo, Maximilian Kinsey, Alan Parvis, Akash Patel

FIFTH Place (Tie): Fans R Cool—The Eco Fan

Bio-inspired, loft wing design that sustainably creates a natural cooling breeze.
Thomas Delmont, Olivia Desser, Michael Garrison, Amanda Heyes, Ellen Kauffman, Joseph Steele