JHU Engineering Design Day

Dean’s Design Award and Cross Disciplinary Awards

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The Dean’s Design Award for Undergraduate Engineering Design is a prestigious recognition given to exceptional undergraduate students who have demonstrated outstanding engineering design skills. This award is given to students who have completed an engineering design project as part of their coursework during the academic year.​
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The award criteria include a demonstration of the ability to identify and solve complex engineering problems, creativity in the design process, effective communication skills, and a thorough understanding of the underlying engineering principles.​
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The WSE Dean’s Design Award encourages excellence in engineering design among undergraduate students and recognizes the outstanding achievements of those who have made significant contributions to their field.

Dean’s Design Award
Cross-Disciplinary Awards

Dean’s Design Award for Undergraduate Engineering Design

2024 Recipients

Further Improvements to the Upper Bound for the Site Percolation Threshold of the Square Lattice

Department: Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty Mentor: Dr. John Wierman
Team Member: Sam Oberly

Project Details
From left: Design Center Director Elizabeth Logsdon, Sam Oberly, and Dean Ed Schlesinger.
Velocigraft: Economical Skin Meshing for Burn Surgery in Sub-Saharan Africa

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Clinical Mentor: Dr. Mark Fisher
​Faculty Mentor: Dr. Nicholas Durr
Team Members: Ojas Chahal, Ashley Cluff, Dalhart Dobbs, Aarushi Pant, Thoya Raman, Paree Sharma, Aditya Shrinivasan, Christine Wang, Joanne Wang, Arushi Biswas, Pallavi Ekbote

Project Details
From top left: Ojas Chahal, Ashley Cluff, Christine Wang, Aditya Shrinivasan, Paree Sharma, Aarushi Pant, Thoya Raman, and Joanne Wang.
BioFide

Department: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering​
Faculty Mentors: Lilian Josephson, Lawrence Aronhime
Team Members: Rohan Bongu, Ali Aydin, Brian Tran, Helene Girard, Jaila Acevedo

Project Details
From left: Faculty mentor Lilian Josephson, Helene Girard, Brian Tran, Rohan Bongu, Jaila Acevedo, Ali Aydin, and Dean Ed Schlesinger.
Aquariscope: Seeing Below the Surface of the Inner Harbor Wetlands Exhibit

Department: Center for Leadership Education​
Industry Sponsor: National Aquarium
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Nusaybah Abu-Mulaweh
Team Members: Vedant Gabhawala, Aiden Jurcenko, Jaechan Lee, Greg Wulffen

Project Details
From left: Faculty mentor Nusaybah Abu-Mulaweh, Jaechan Lee, Aiden Jurcenko, Vedant Gabhawala, Greg Wulffen, and Dean Ed Schlesinger.
Reimagining the Baltimore Museum of Art Antioch Court: Capacity, Crowd Flow, and Community Connectivity

Department: Civil and Systems Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Tak Igusa, Melissa Tilashalski
Team Members: Daniel Ardila, Kristen Corlay Sanmiguel, Andrew Solanto

Project Details
From left: Design Center Director Elizabeth Logsdon, Kristen Corlay Sanmiguel, Daniel Ardila, and Dean Ed Schlesinger.
AWS Collaboration to Simulate Infectious Disease Spread in an Airport Terminal

Department: Computer Science
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anton Dahbura​
Team Members: Michelle Wang, Alisa Yang

From left: Design Center Director Elizabeth Logsdon, faculty mentor Anton Dahbura​, Alisa Yang, Michelle Wang, and Dean Ed Schlesinger.
Wirtz Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Generator

Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Susanna Thon
Team Member: Christian Kanzki

From left: Design Center Director Elizabeth Logsdon, Christian Kanzki, and Dean Ed Schlesinger.
Shellfish for Nutrient Mitigation near Baltimore’s Wastewater Treatment Plants

Department: Environmental Health & Engineering​
Faculty Mentors: Hedy Alavi, Ciaran Harman
Team Members: Mikayla Bechtel, Ciara Darden, Anayeli Garcia Villa, Melina Krawchick, Maria Vabson

From left: Design Center Director Elizabeth Logsdon, faculty mentor Hedy Alavi, Ciara Darden, Anayeli Garcia Villa, and Dean Ed Schlesinger.
Designing a Recrystallization Kinetics Model for Dilute Niobium Alloys

Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Orla Wilson
Team Member: Charlie Teeter

Project Details
From left: Design Center Director Elizabeth Logsdon, Charlie Teeter, and Dean Ed Schlesinger.
Leaf Blower Noise Cancellation

Department: Mechanical Engineering
Project Sponsor: Stanley, Black and Decker
​Faculty Mentor: Rich Bauernschub, Dr. Stephen Belkoff​​
Team Members: Leen Alfaoury, Michael Chacón, Madison Morrison, Andrew Palacio

Project Details
Students holding award certificates with faculty and the Dean.
Left to right: Design Center Director Elizabeth Logsdon; faculty mentor Rich Bauernschub; student team Andrew Palacio, Michael Chacón, Leen Alfaoury, and Madison Morrison; Dean Ed Schlesinger. Awarded in 2024 for their project “Leaf Blower Noise Cancellation.”

Previous Recipients of the Dean’s Design Award for Undergraduate Engineering Design

2023 Recipients
Proofreader Evaluation and Analysis toolKit (PEAK) for Nanoscale Connectomics

Department: Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Mentors: Justin Joyce, Victoria Rose​, and Will Gray Roncal
​Faculty Mentor: Dr. Fadil Santosa​
Team Members: Krutal Patel, Vivia Lung, and Rupasri Chalavadi

Students holding award certificates with the Dean.
Left to right: Vivia Lung, Rupasri Chalavadi, and Krutal Patel from the Applied Mathematics and Statistics department, awarded in 2023 for their project “Proofreader Evaluation and Analysis toolKit (PEAK) for Nanoscale Connectomics.” With Dean Ed Schlesinger.
Fetal Therapy Technologies: Designing a Novel Port System to Mitigate Membrane Rupture in Fetal Therapy Procedures

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Clinical Mentor: Dr. Ahmet Baschat
​Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Logsdon
Team Members: Selena Shirkin, Jonathan Wu​, Mariah Snelson​, Eric McAlexander​, Daniel Lewis​, Ayeeshi Poosarla​, Alice Yu, and Gloria Kalnitskaya ​

Students holding award certificates with the Dean.
Left to right: Ayeeshi Poosarla​, Eric McAlexander​, and Selena Shirkin from the Biomedical Engineering department, awarded in 2023 for their project “Fetal Therapy Technologies: Designing a Novel Port System to Mitigate Membrane Rupture in Fetal Therapy Procedures.” With Dean Ed Schlesinger.
SNaP Relief

Department: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering​
Team Members: Benjamin Biggs​, Anica Jones​, Kristen Liu​, and Andrew Tran​

Students holding award certificates with the Dean.
Left to right: Kristen Liu​, Andrew Tran​, Anica Jones​, and Benjamin Biggs from the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering​ department, awarded in 2023 for their project “SNaP Relief.” With Dean Ed Schlesinger.
Charm City Canes

Department: Center for Leadership Education​
Faculty Mentor: Jenna Frye​​
Team Members: Leela Gowland​, Rumani Kafle​, Renee Nerenberg​, and Carolyn Tung​

Students holding award certificates with the Dean.
Left to right: Rumani Kafle​, Carolyn Tung​, Renee Nerenberg, and Leela Gowland​ from the Center for Leadership Education​ department, awarded in 2023 for their project “Charm City Canes.” With Dean Ed Schlesinger.
Levering Hall and the Glass Pavilion – Center for Art and Community

Department: Civil and Systems Engineering
Faculty Mentor: John Matteo​
Team Members: Cecilia Doyle​ and Hanting Wong

Students holding award certificates with the Dean.
Left to right: Cecilia Doyle​ and Hanting Wong from the Civil and Systems Engineering department, awarded in 2023 for their project “Levering Hall and the Glass Pavilion – Center for Art and Community.” With Dean Ed Schlesinger.
Quest2Learn

Department: Computer Science
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anton Dahbura​
Team Members: Chinat Yu​, Jalen Geason​​, Jeffery Zhou​​, Kevin Zhang​​, Maverick Espinosa​​, Michelle Wang​​, Shaina Gabala​​, Siddharth Ananth​​, and Sidharth Pavuluri​

Students holding award certificates with the Dean.
Left to right: Chinat Yu​ and Michelle Wang from the Computer Science department, awarded in 2023 for their project “Quest2Learn.” With Dean Ed Schlesinger.
Wireless Coordinated Interactive Audio System for Toys and Amusement Devices

Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Anton Dahbura​ and Sathappan Ramesh
Team Members: Preston Gonzales​ and Jack Werrell​

Students holding award certificates with the Dean.
Left to right: Jack Werrell​ and Preston Gonzales from the Electrical and Computer Engineering department, awarded in 2023 for their project “Wireless Coordinated Interactive Audio System for Toys and Amusement Devices.” With Dean Ed Schlesinger.
Design Plan for Louisiana Delta Offshore Wind Farm with Consideration for Environmental and Community Impacts

Department: Environmental Health and Engineering​
Team Members: Marisa Thomas​, Julia Choe​, and Adriana Peña​

Students holding award certificates with the Dean.
Left to right: Adriana Peña​ and Julia Choe​ from the Environmental Health and Engineering​ department, awarded in 2023 for their project “Design Plan for Louisiana Delta Offshore Wind Farm with Consideration for Environmental and Community Impacts.” With Dean Ed Schlesinger.
Materials screening method for superconducting quantum bits using simplified fabrication and design of partial quantum bits

Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Team Member: Izze Hedrick​

Student holding award certificate with the Dean.
On left, Izze Hedrick from the Materials Science and Engineering department, awarded in 2023 for her project “Materials screening method for superconducting quantum bits using simplified fabrication and design of partial quantum bits.” With Dean Ed Schlesinger.
Manufacturing White Canes for Blind Services and Industries of Maryland

Department: Mechanical Engineering
Project Sponsor: Blind Industries & Services of Maryland (BISM)​
​Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephen Belkoff​, Herson Morales​, and Yensabro Kanashiro​
Team Members: Daniel Deng​, Delphine Tan​, Justin Carder​, and Katie Bomhoff

Students holding award certificates with the Dean.
Left to right: Delphine Tan​, Daniel Deng​, Justin Carder​, and Katie Bomhoff from the Mechanical Engineering department, awarded in 2023 for their project “Manufacturing White Canes for Blind Services and Industries of Maryland.” With Dean Ed Schlesinger.

Engineering Design Center Cross-Disciplinary Awards for Design Day

2024 Recipients

People’s Choice Award

Attendees voted for their favorite overall project present at the poster session that showcased excellence in presentation, innovation, and overall impact.

DeltaT: Addressing Patient Harm from Peripheral Stimulation in Neurologic Exams

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Clinical Mentor: Dr. Adam Schiavi, Dr. Geoffrey Miller
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Constanza Miranda
Team Members: Iralde Sicilia, Natasha Porwal, Kyle Cooper, Vaishnavi Pinni, Dennis Ngo, Grace Qin, Jeewoo Yoon, Tanish Madan

Project Details
Tangible Ingenuity Award

Attendees voted for the project that best excels in hands-on creativity, recognizing the most innovative and effective use of physical prototypes.

Cuptrics: Management Solution for Obstetric Fistulas

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Clinical Mentor: Dr. Grace Chen
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Logsdon
Team Members: Emma Turner, Emil Guan, Peter Uba, Chantelle Mendoza, Pranavi Gollamudi, Andy Wang, Tessa Hart, Tarini Basireddy

Project Details
Digital Vanguard Award

Attendees voted for the project that best demonstrates outstanding creativity in digital design.

Refugee Employment and Career Hub (REACH)

Department: Computer Science
Faculty Mentors: Lawrence Aronhime, Dr. Anton Dahbura
Team Members: Yush Kapoor, Elmi Moallin, Marco Azar

Project Details