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Undergraduate Research Expo

The Department of Mechanical Engineering held its Undergraduate Research Expo during both the Fall 2021 and Fall 2022 semesters . More than 20 posters were presented each year , with best posters being chosen from the group .
2021 best posters were :
• Portable Desalination System Using Renewable Energy by Erin Jones , Kevin Lambert , Jimmy Lane , Ryan Okuda , Ethan Vencill , Dana O ’ Donnel , Tom Malloy , and Benji Andrews ( Lei Zuo , advisor )
• High Pressure Pool Boiling for Void Fraction Studies by Evelyn Washburn , Bruno Serrao , and Kyung Kim ( Julian Duarte , advisor )
• Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of the Motility of Collagenase-Secreting Tumor- Targeting Bacteria in Collagen by Adam Hinson and Eric Leaman ( Bahareh Behkam , advisor )
• Orientation Dependance of Frost Growth by Tejas Jaghari and S . Farzad Ahmadi ( Jonathan Boreyko , advisor )
2022 best posters were :
• Design and Analysis of the Foot Platform for Body Scale Haptic Interface , ForceBot by Michael Han ( Alexander Leonessa , advisor )
• Investigation of Acoustic Holographic Lenses for Low Intensity Transcranial Neuromodulation by Eric Hoffman and Ahmed Sallam ( Shima Shahab , advisor )
• Lower-body Exoskeleton Design and Control by Christian Muet , with Zackory Biggers , Evan Claessen , Seetharam Krishnapuram , Nathan Folta and Musharrat Mau ( Alan Asbeck , advisor )
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