Current Projects
Award Winners
Biomedical Engineering
- First place: BME 24-103 - Mini sensors to track movement of preterm babies
- Second place: BME 24-105 - Assistive technology for the deaf blind: facilitating communication between patient and
glucose monitor - Third place: BME 24-104 - Prosthetic liner to mitigate heat and moisture
Chemical & Life Science Engineering
- First place: CLSE 24-204 - Subcritical hydrothermal catalytic degradation of PFA’s
- Second place: CLSE 24-201 - Development of Hydrogel for heavy metal removal
- Third place: CLSE 24-202 - Green isobutylene production process: techno-economic analysis and comparative life
cycle assessment
Computer Science
- First place: CS 24-319 - Sentiment voice: integrating emotion AI & VR
- Second place: CS 24-316 - Proximity real time proximity management
- Third place: CS 24-309 - Advancing high performance computing at VCU HPRC
Electrical & Computer Engineering
- First place: ECE 24-405 - Microgrid model & design
- Second place (tie):
- ECE 24-406 - Cost effective adaptive devices for children with disabilities
- ECE 24-404 - Optimizing motor control for electric vehicles
Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering
- First place: MNE 24-503 - Fabrication of magnetic filaments for fuse deposition modeling technology
- Second place: MNE 24-508 - Development of UR5E robotic ripper for extraction and analysis of asteroid driven
magnetic alloys - Third place: MNE 24-509 - Advanced rudder actuation
Multidisciplinary
- First place: MULT 24-618 - VMFA Horizontal track system
- Second place: MULT 24-617 - Sticky metal customization of mass production with diffusion welding 3D printing
- Third place: MULT 24-620 - Expanding accessibility to little Ram Pantries
Choice awards
Best Industrial: MNE 24-509 - Advanced rudder actuation
Excellence in Design:
- First place: BME 24-107 - Design to reduce pulse oximeter reading inaccuracies due to skin pigmentation
- Second place (3-way tie):
- MNE 24-505 - The STORM: Static high- temperature orbital reactor for MARS
- MNE 24-509 - Advanced Rudder Activation
- ECE 24-406 - Cost effective adaptive devices for children with disabilities
- Third place: MULT 24-618 - VMFA Horizontal track system
People’s Choice: MNE 24-516 - Formula SAE Aerodynamic Front Wing design
Miller Award: Joseph Denisco and Keera Rhoades