Innovation Day Awards 2023
Awards are made in three categories - Senior Design, Undergraduate Projects, Graduate Students. Congratulations to the following prize winners.
Senior Design
First Place
Solid State Marx Generator
Patrick Chang, Marcus De La Garza, Brayden Moreno, Phillip Gamblin, Ethan Burt
Second Place
DFW International Airport Skylink Demand Prediction
Philip Adams, TJ Nguyen
Third Place
Raytheon Technologies Unmanned Aircraft Systems University Innovation Showcase
Jaedyn Brown, Robert Carr, Ja'Lun Morris, Javier Lopez, Pearl Iyayi
Honorable Mention
The Design and Testing of an Autonomous Aerial and Ground Vehicle
Vishnu Perincheery, Juan Buritica Yate, Bhawika Kandel, Jaelyn Ort, Ethan Quarles, Madelynn Wimmer
3D Printed Aircraft Competition
Adrian Gonzales, Joshua Hatton, Nicholas Caballero, Raymond Fisk, Viet-Long Truong
Undergraduates
First Place
Implantable Fluorescence Seed for Breast Cancer Localization
Nicholas Singleton, Halim Nam, Alexis Nguyen, Tasneem Khan
Second Place
Tackling “Forever Chemicals PFAS” towards a New Treatment Paradigm and Public Awareness
Malaz Bob, Aashutosh Bhatt, Aditi Kale
Third Place
Advanced Vision Interactive Drone
Nabeel Nayyar, Akshaj Murhekar, Areeb Khan, Jones Lopez, Yash Waghmare, Talha Nayyar
Graduates
First Place
Second Place
Termite Hindgut Bacteria TAV5: Key to Lignocellulose Waste Decomposition
Hussain Ali
Third Place (tie)
Study of DC Arc Flash Phenomena
Nicolaus Jennings
Power Hardware in the Loop (PHIL) Emulation of Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems with Operating Voltages as High as 1 kVDC
Cole Tschritter