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For the winners of the top prize at ESPEX 2022, tackling an important regional issue for their senior design project paid off.
威廉G号. Sykes Innovator and Entrepreneur Award, 还有2500美元的奖金, was presented to a group of Old Dominion University civil and environmental engineering and civil engineering technology students who collaborated with Hampton University architecture students in the development of adaptive design strategies to alleviate flooding in Portsmouth's Port Norfolk neighborhood.
The students attended civic league meetings, talked to community leaders and developed innovative green infrastructure ideas to alleviate flooding.
Using a Storm Water Management Model (SWMM), students proposed individual parcel and community-scale, low-impact development alternatives, including rain gardens, and below and above ground street interventions.
They also designed a green roof for the community center, identified all potential upstream storage sites to hold water until flood events subsided and provided cost estimations for their recommended strategies.
“优秀的工作. Very good project," wrote Sykes on the winning card.
"This was a different experience for them as they had to communicate and make decisions across the two disciplines beyond their training," said Muge Erten-Unal, associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and director of the Sustainable Development Institute. "We think they get a great sense of accomplishment seeing a project come together to positively impact their community."
More than 70 student projects were presented at ESPEX, the Batten College of Engineering and 技术's student project expo, held April 26 at the Ted Constant Center.
The undergraduate senior designs and graduate research projects covered a wide range of subjects including a bi-axial cell stretcher, an automated elevator system used in radiator manufacturing and a helmet sensor that can detect and alert coaches when an athlete has taken a hit indicative of a concussion.
This year, thanks to 斯迪希公司. and William "Billy" Sykes, monetary prizes were offered for the best senior design and graduate research projects.
"STIHL's relationship with ODU's Batten College of Engineering and 技术 has been a vital part of our success here in Virginia Beach," said Andreas Garstenauer, STIHL's director of manufacturing engineering. "The college is known for its focus on innovation and is a source of new engineering talent for us."
ESPEX 2022获奖者
2022年威廉G号. Sykes Innovator and Entrepreneur Award
Adaptive Design Strategies to Flooding for Port Norfolk, Portsmouth
ODU团队成员:
布莱恩Guertler
斯蒂芬·克莱恩
康纳Maceyak
丽贝卡Rodrigez
斯科特Sperlik
团队成员:
Shadah真主
基督教Galindo
Laona大厅
安娜Bernas-Kelly
塞德里克·迈尔斯
莫法特Ngarimo
顾问:
Mujde Erten-Unal
卡罗尔很远
梅森·安德鲁斯(HU)
斯迪希公司. 选择奖
Bi-Axial Cell Stretcher
团队成员:
卡特羊肉
康拉德•米勒
伊恩·芬恩
顾问:
Venkat Maruthamuthu
本科 Student Design Project Award
Super Radiator Coils Fin Stacker
团队成员:
雷伯恩保尔森
安德鲁·佩里
Tocara西蒙斯
弗朗西斯·查特
乔伊卡佩尔
顾问:
奥兰多Ayala
内森Luetke
Department Chairs’ Award for 本科 Senior Design Project
Pulsed Plasma- Based Light Source as Spectral Calibrator
团队成员:
阿什利Razon
敌草隆唐利
Krissy Kotvas
扎克Caudell
顾问:
Chunqi江
Chung-Hao陈
研究生 研究 Project Award
Transfer 学习 and Facial Landmark Feature Fusion for Classification of Child Facial Expressions
团队成员:
梅根一. Witherow
玛娜尔维. Samad
Norou Diawara
顾问:
汗Iftekharuddin
Dean’s 研究生 研究 Award
Transparent Piezoelectric Surface Acoustic Wave Transducers
团队成员:
亚历山大·哈特菲尔德
顾问:
Tian-Bing徐
Peoples’ 选择奖
Youth Sport Instrumentation
团队成员:
Zaria展位
Brian Johnson
安娜·莱昂诺
利亚姆·里昂
沃尔特·门多萨·耶稣
凯文Seimetz
雅各Tardif
阮兰德Zywiak
顾问:
斯泰西Ringleb
To view a list of all of the entered projects: http://adobe.ly / 3 rmh3vq