Learning Factory Student
Project Showcase Winners
Engineering
students displayed their projects at the Learning
Factory Student Project Showcase on Thursday, December
13, at the HUB's Alumni Hall. The project showcase
is organized by the Learning
Factory, a multidisciplinary learning environment
that integrates engineering theory with practice
and promotes team-oriented problem-solving skills.
Mechanical engineering
senior capstone design projects were exhibited along
with other engineering projects that will include teams
partnered with Smeal College of Business students. "The
projects are funded by companies seeking new product
and process improvements and techniques for today's
most difficult design challenges."
Results of the showcase
are listed below:
Best
Project - 1st Place
Project
Name: Shell Ecomarathon
Sponsors: Shell
Oil
Students: Chassis-Jonathan
Fake, Matthew Meyer, Devin Rosencrance, Michael
Slick;
Drivetrain-Brian
Hoover, John Marryott, Matthew Martel, Christopher
Tragreser
Instructor: Leland
Engel
Best
Project - 1st Place
Project
Name: Design of a Production Control and
Measurement System
Sponsors: Gourmet
Kitchen
Students: Robert
Burkholder, Shaleena Cave, Scott Lohbaur, Vincent
Slaugh
Instructor: Dave
Cannon
Best
Project - 2nd Place
Project
Name: Air Duct Simulator
Sponsors: Mine
Safety Appliances
Students: Eric
Miller, Jeremy Petch, Ryan Redline, Eric Stempo
Instructor: Savas
Yavuzkurt
Best
Project - 2nd Place
Project
Name: Prosthetic Arm Terminal Device with
Adjustable Grip Force
Sponsors: JK
Inc.
Students: Yater
Ben-Jebria, Benjamin Clarke, Jeremy Keer, Neil
Klueber
Instructor: Leland
Engel
Best
Project - 3rd Place
Project
Name: Residual energy Measurement Device
for High Energy Impact Tests
Sponsors: Boeing
Students: Matthew
McGill, Timothy Braun, Emerson Goncus, Hoang Nguyen,
John-Kevin Trumbetas
Instructor: Chris
Rahn
Best
Project - 3rd Place
Project
Name: Corn Maze
Sponsors: Sycamore
Lane Farms
Students: Jessica
Charron, Andrew Elmore, William McMurray, Marcus
Oberholzer
Instructor: Sanjay
Joshi
Best
Project - 4th Place
Project
Name: Metalworking Fluids Composition Effects
on Performance in High Speed Machining of Silicon
Cast Aluminum Alloys
Sponsors: Quaker
Chemical Corp.
Students: Stephanie
DeManss, Mary Moravek, Lacy Morris
Instructor: Amine
Lehtehet / Michael Immel
Best
Project - 4th Place
Project
Name: Design of a Control System for Boeing
RC Helicopter
Sponsors: Boeing
Students: Luke
Childs, Adam Gemmill, Amos Hutchinson, Corey Fulton,
Matthew Lockerman
Instructor: Chris
Rahn
The
following teams also received Best Poster Awards:
Best
Poster - 1st Place ($100)
Project
Name: Corn Maze
Sponsors: Sycamore
Lane Farms
Students: Jessica
Charron, Andrew Elmore, William McMurray, Marcus
Oberholzer
Instructor: Sanjay
Joshi
Best
Poster - 2nd Place ($50)
Project
Name: Mobile Energy Balance (MEB) Rovers
for Monitoring Ice Sheet Climate
Sponsors: NASA
/ PSU
Students: Anthony
McGraw, Richard Pedone, Mohammad Sani Tumiran,
Hasso Von Bredow, Daniel Zedack Su
Instructor: Chris
Rahn
Below: Photos
from the Senior Design Project Showcase
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