5:30 – 8:30 p.m. Petersen Events Center 4.23.26
DESIGNEXPO
SWANSON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
April 23, 2026
Welcome to the Swanson School of Engineering’s Spring 2026 Design Expo! We are proud to bring Design Expo back to the Petersen Events Center for our 23rd Expo. We are thrilled to have you with us this evening to honor our students’ exceptional talents and achievements. Tonight’s showcase features 75 design projects across five departments, a prototyping course, and an exciting exhibit featuring first-year engineering student projects.
Our students have undertaken rigorous capstone design courses to tackle real-world challenges presented by industry partners. Each team embarked on a journey through the entire design process – from identifying problems, defining objectives and constraints, conceptual development, and, in many cases, building actual prototypes. Through this Expo, students have a unique platform to demonstrate their creativity, technical skills, and problem-solving abilities.
The Swanson School of Engineering is proud to highlight the ENGR-0717: Foundation of Engineering Design students (the F.E.D.s) who are showcasing their cornerstone projects. These First-Year Engineering student teams have worked on these projects for the past five weeks. Each project was inspired by an external stakeholder and/or the students themselves. They integrated systems thinking, human-centered design, and techniques from our Innovation and Entrepreneurship program. They sought to validate problems and solutions through research, surveys and interviews, iteratively worked on their prototypes, and are excited to share what they’ve found. Please join us in celebrating our first-year honors students and seeing what creative solutions they’ve come up with.
As is tradition, we invite all guests at the Expo to vote for their favorite project via text message. Voting instructions and the designated number are posted throughout the venue, and the project that receives the most votes will earn the coveted “People’s Choice Award.”
In addition, industry judges will evaluate each team’s project to determine the best design from each department, as well as the highest honor of the night – the “Best Overall Design.” Judging will take place from 5 to 7:45 p.m., after which the Expo team will tally the results and announce the winners.
Enclosed in this program, you’ll find a list of tonight’s design projects along with the names of team members; and in some cases the faculty, and industry mentors who have guided these students in bringing their ideas to life. We encourage you to engage with the teams, learn more about their projects, and celebrate their hard work and dedication.
We extend our heartfelt thanks to U. S. Steel Dean of Engineering Michele Manuel, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Mary Besterfield-Sacre, Swanson School of Engineering faculty, and our valued industry partners. Special thanks go to our esteemed judges. Whether this is your first time at Expo or you’ve been with us since the beginning, your support is invaluable in making this event possible. Finally, thank you to the friends, family, and community members here tonight to celebrate and support our students.
Enjoy the evening, and let’s celebrate the innovation, collaboration, and engineering excellence of the Swanson School!
DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING
Advisor: Mark Gartner
BIOE-1 Minimizing External Exposure of Nasogastric Tubes in Pediatric Patients to Prevent Accidental Removal
Janhavi Barpande
Matthew Murrison
Emily McCaffrey
Gabriel Cipollone
Verity Rampulla
BIOE-2 Streamlining Transabdominal Ultrasound-Guided Oocyte Extraction Process
Ishan Patel
Lyric Zimmermann
Colby Shores
Arshia Shams
Sydney Barber
Ashlyn Odenwald
BIOE-3 Attachable Motorized Walker Tray
Adapted for Independent Kitchen Use
Gavin Paulhamus
Meredith Geno
Rebecca Swartz
Harrison Burd
Norah Stivala
Danielle Zambetti
BIOE-4 Development of a Pressure Sensing System for Transtibial Prosthetics
Kaylee Uribe
Emily Schlegel
Kareem Mahmoud
Hannah Carney
Juliana Alvelo-Davies
Taara Nemani
BIOE-5 Improved Fit Blood Pressure Cuff
Colleen OMalley
Arousha Husain
Munir Murad
Michael Bardos
Tianyuan Hao
Rohit Sreejith Nair
BIOE-6 E-Z CVC: Improving Ultrasound-Guided Central Line Placement
Trin Murphy
Tyler Johnston
Phillip Lavrenyuk
Abrahim Kashkoush
Alexis DiNapoli
Colin Henchy
Tristyn Auth
BIOE-7 Biomaterial Patch for PSI Control
Ashley Reilly
Xinning (Jasmine) Ma
Riya Kothari
Katrina Clason
BIOE-8 PhilaeTube: A Chest Tube Dislodgment
Prevention System
Jesse Zhang
Michael Sun
Aqsa Owais
Elizabeth Kats
Anurag Kulkarni
Rohan Deepak
BIOE-9 Wearable Joint Angle Measurement Device
Hailey Conway
Veronica Durr
Chen Liu
Sydney Clements
Connor Alspaugh
BIOE-10 Improved Blood Glucose Measuring Kit
Madison Flaugh
Krista Dronzek
Kenechukwu
Jonah Bruemmer
Junyi Pan
Shaina Patel
Leah Stone
BIOE-11 Retractable Electrocardiogram Lead Organizer for Streamlining Patient Care
Soham Mandal
Audrey Transue
Mya Fulton
John Lorence
Akshay Balaji
Grace Hercik
Ella Wolok
BIOE-12 Adaptive Tensioning in Traction Setups
Adam Almoukamal
Zachary Rafik
Jessica Wong
Kavish Saini
Dylan Shields
Yalin Liu
BIOE-13 Adapting Mechanical Walkers to Facilitate
Sit-to-Stand Transfers
Annette Keitel
William Miller
Olivia Bartholomew
Manav Arora
Kate Verone
BIOE-14 Pulse Oximeter Redesign for Emergency Medicine Situations
Rishi Raturi
Shirin Kaye
Brooke Rambaldi
Madeline Hervey
Matthew Benik
Max Gold
Arushi Singh
Vishnu Prabakaran
DEPARTMENT OF BIOENGINEERING (continued )
BIOE-15 High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation
Chest Wiggle Detection Device
Jaiden Steele
Isabella Hsia
Connor Rees
Isabelle Lisi
BIOE-16 Endotracheal Tube Stabilizer for the Prevention of Device-Related Pressure Injuries
Jillian Brockhoff
Sadie Lombardo
Nicole Bush
Nikolas Troianos
Rachael Juron
Satyaj Bhargava
Will Orr
BIOE-17 Assistive Device for Knee Surgery to Leg Positioner for Knee Surgery
Brock Cunningham
Ben Kaminski
Matthew Kaboly
Cameron Olivera Gavin Davidson
CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Advisor: Ogul Doygun
CEE-1 AV Shuttle
Andrew Jeannot
Clark Mccord
Zachary Bobro
CEE-2 Sharpsburg
Justin Winslow
Rex Dube
Thomas Goss
CEE-3 Campbells Run Rd.
Collin Thompson
Chase Bentley
Emanuela Esposito
Adam Holden
Noah Im
Owen Bartolomeo
Nathan Jackson
Adeline Ziegler
Nicholas Finnegan
Samuel Lander
Sara Zacharia
CEE-4 Culvert Flood Resilience
Hannah Charlton
Liam Byrne
CEE-5 Landslide
Matthew Macey
Caroline Vidic
Miles Fancher
CEE-6 Rec Center
Isabella Pearl
Delaney Wensell
William Jacobs
Benjamin Ruggles
Alexandra Romanchik
Drew Cembrinski
Ella Lowry
Jodie Azar
Yan Hu
Dylan Wechtenhiser
CEE-7 Larimer Bridge
Phil Williams
Julia Gilardi
Greg Herbst
CEE-8 Park West
Christian Kohut
Demitri Magriples
Chase Sickenberger
CEE-9 Willowcrest
Alexander Hancock
Angelina Sweeney
Josh Zielinski
CEE-10 Benzene Reduction
Sophia Freemyer
Maxwell Getty
Ella Grace
CEE-11 Raw Water Intake
Vaughn Cilea
Campbell Jefferson
Amelia Kuzneski
Lane Cornibe
Zackery Layton
Ishana Baldaro
Garret Phipps
Kyrsta Girardi
Jobi Cook
Kate Volna
Chris Hughes
Alyssa Yates
Cassidy Laffey
Trinity Munsisoumang
Sean Snyder
CEE-12 Nemacolin Resort Water Treatment Plant
Norah Alavi
Luke Flecker
Sarah Kenwood
SriGanesh Pennathur
Natalie Studt
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Advisors: Mohamed Bayoumy, Gavin Zhou, YuAnn Li
ECE-1 Solar Power System for the Zoë 2 Rover
Alyson Ferrari
Aragya Goyal
Christian Hall
ECE-2 MPPT-Enabled Smart Solar Charging Rover
Manelin John Rajan
Katrina Lopez
Olivia Sobek
Vish Thirukallam
ECE-3 Multi-Sport Active Tracker (MSAT)
Yahya Farag
Nurfadil Rafiuddin
Isaac Shaker
Anthony Spadafore
ECE-4 Obstacle Detection Assistive Vision (ODAV)
Goggles
William Carr
Kevin Coyne
ECE-5 Music 2
Grace Keywork
Sawyer Mervis
ECE-6 Haptic Hazard Belt
Ravyn Brown
Rory Cooke
Nathan Sloan
Ricky Zhao
Lucas Nowak
Caitlyn Vinger
Aiden Shaffer
ECE-7 Multipurpose Hand Gesture Recognition
Glove Using Flex Sensors
Brennan Aldrich
Ryan Ali
Philip Sherman
ECE-8 Low Cost, Low Latency Automation
Controller for Testbeds
Ian Haverstock
Liam O’Sullivan
Joaquin Tristan
ECE-9 Pill Buddy
Camila Iglesias
Rachel Krauss
Alexi Mascara
Connor Paladino
ECE-10 Closed-Loop Smart Irrigation and Nutrient Control Device
Hanchen Zhu
Gongduo Huang
Yuxin Huang
Xinyu Wu
ECE-11 Speed Controller for Autonomous Surface Vehicle Thrusters
Elyse Chess
Aidan Lefebvre
Paul Sadofsky
ECE-12 Modular Data Acquisition Acceleration for Battery State Estimation in Motorsport
Aaron Grim
Andrew Kim
Nicholas Starace
ECE-13 Electronic 5x5 Hardware Crossword Puzzle Generator
Colin Chambers
Chase Crandall
ECE-14 Smart Chess Board
Jack Bonney
Matthew Discepola
Nicholas McFeeters
Darren Ravichandra
Nadin Kajan
Clayton Sakalousky
ECE-15 MRI Signal Improving System
Taimur Ilahi
Joshua Kurlander
ECE-16 RIDE System
Prashanth Kumaran
Ryan Lopez
Luke Rajakovich
Nicole Mascara
DEPARTMENT
OF ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING (continued )
ECE-17 Reactive Extremity Assessment and Cognitive Training (REACT) Platform
Emma Geis
Rex Rayburg
Jacob Wendt
Raymond Zheng
ECE-18 Neuromuscular Motion Control Assessment and Rehabilitation (NEMO)
Aidan Beecher
Josh Brositz
Mal Mostafa
Sebastian Shaffer
ECE-19 Smart Knee Brace (PT Progress Tracker)
Leo Goldberg
Jiahao Li
Joseph MacMillan
Joshua Milani
ECE-20 Tabletop-Scale Electric Power
Grid Demonstrator
Michael Bliesath
Leslie McDonough
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL
ENGINEERING
Advisor: Scott Streiner
IE-1 3D Printed Unmanned Systems Production
Planning and Facility Design
Nelson Buys
Ethan Hancock
Alexander Nguyen
Owen Richardson
IE-2 FedEx Intelligent Trailer Path Generation
Anisha Aggarwal
Henry Hoeg
Jason Peters
Joseph Rivera
Dominic Spatola
IE-5 Production Area Footprint Optimization
Liam Coughlin
Bradley Gavigan
Blu Trush
Pat Simmons
Siyi Zeng
IE-3 Capacity and Lean Manufacturing Assessment for New Aerospace Program Demand
Logan Biu
Camille Kakoyan
Grant Paladino
Junshan Xie
Tiffany Zheng
IE-6 UPMC Ambulatory Clinic-Surgery Center
Ecosystem and Travel Optimization
Fintan Brady
Jordan During
Alan Ghosh
Alyssa Stauffer
Samuel Walsh-Cooke
IE-4 Assembly Consolidation and Flexible Labor Plan
Braelyn Brozik
Lauren Coffman
Alex Czerkawski
Bryan Landsberg
Eliza Marcy
Danny Marren
Max Rimdzius
IE-7 Redesigning Emergency Response in the CTICU: An Integrated Code Cart System
Maya Jain
Cindy Lkhagvasuren
Garrett Rojik
Madelyn Shaw
Aidan Wolynn
IE-8 UPMC Oncology Patient Capacity Analysis
Andrea Adamski
Camren Corbett
Ava Hartman
Alexis Hong Yuankai Zhang
DEPARTMENT
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & MATERIALS SCIENCE
Advisor: David Schmidt
MEMS-1 Robot-Assisted Construction of Fibrous Materials
Olivia Henderson
Abboud Tamer
Eric Golub
Xianran Yu
Huarnran Peng
Priyanka Natanasabapathy
MEMS-2 Remote Control Vehicle for Use in Contaminated Environments
Xavier Gonzalez
Emma Rowland
Matthew Nagle
Lauren Ippolito
Kalinda Wagner
Maya Clements
MEMS-3 Advanced Head and Neck Support System for Patients with Disorders of Consciousness (DoC)
Nana Ohemaa Ofori
Sruthi Kumar
Shristi Gurung
MEMS-7 High Pressure Blowout Preventers Test Bay Design
Nathan Berarducci
Jiaheng Ni
Jacob Shaw
Turner Bubeck
Jacob Beggarly
MEMS-8 Thermal Fatigue and Additive Manufacturing
Sebastian Franzese
Oscar Gerber
Jordan Kelly
Griffen Yerk
Nicholas Dellarosa
MEMS-9 Remote Hydraulic Tension Assembly - A
Zackary Marinchek
Moyo Ariyo
Margo Levenson
Avery Kury
Elizabeth Karnes
MEMS-4 Replicate Air Flow through Air-Cooled Machines using Wind Tunnels
Kyleigh Motley
Luke Braverman
Jonathan Zhang
Andrew Haddon
Matthew Banford
MEMS-10 Remote Hydraulic Tension Assembly - B
Rachel Sollie
Alex Fritch
Jeffery Kogan
Joshua Hamilton
MEMS-5 Design and Validation of a Drum-Based Powder Flowability Tester for Additive Manufacturing
Rocco Farelli
Eliana Crew
Irving Zhang
Natalie Powell
Yoel Tamar
Bohao Zhang
MEMS-6 Validating Thermal Predictions in Rotating Air-Cooled Machines for Nuclear Power Applications
Tyler Watson
Evan Chao
Jacob Mancz
Riley Benkler
Dale Parks
Evan Turner
Joshua Marco
MEMS-11 Sensor Test-Bed Design and Implementation for Critical Infrastructure Sensing with Emphasis on Pipeline and Reactor Monitoring
Zhengyang Jin
Zhe Lu
Yusen Zhang Linkai Fin
MEMS-12 Laundry Folding Robot – A
Gavin Lacy
Nate Hall
Tim Urban
Drew Lindstrom
Andrew Foley
Ethan Roncace
Dominic Wilfong
Greg Soroka
Danny Marx
MEMS-13 Laundry Folding Robot – B
Thomas Kisiel
Andrew Leech
Liam Gray
Ben Slaw
Bri Schroll Wood
Greg Kenning
Aidan Sullivan
Michael Lukasik
PRODUCT REALIZATION
Advisor: Eric Winter
PR-1 Automated Tool Management
Leilani Cruz
Samiya Henry
R.J. Zik
Purita Ameyaw
PR-2 Canales Cleaning Device
Charlie Greco
Ethan Hancock
PR-3 Opioid Pill Dispenser
Fiona Cheng
Nada Elgendy
Keshav Mukherjee
Sean Savidge
Gavin Lacy
Luke Petro
PR-4 Stand-Alone Pet Health Monitor
Emme Blanchard
Emma Geis
Isaiah Jefferson
PR-5 Technology-Enabled Cane
Ore Adeleye
Kylie Gardner
PR-6 The Club Redesign
Dana Briggs
Turner Bubeck
Yalin Liu
Daniel Mcpeek
Marc Neff
Sophia Rivera
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