About 100 students from Mason Engineering presented their research, design, and scholarly work at the annual Undergraduate Research Celebration April 16.
Industry representatives as well as Mason faculty and administrators served as judges of the poster presentations. Attendees voted on a special “People's Choice Award.”
Dean Ken Ball presented the winners with cash prizes. Each project was awarded $1,000. Two projects were selected to present at the Dean’s Advisory Board meeting on May 3.
The annual event is co-sponsored by the offices of Development and Alumni Relations and Undergraduate Student Services.
The award winners were:
Keynote Speaker Awards
Zachary Baker, Irvane Ngnie Kamga, Brenda Nguonly, Linda Azab
Magnetic Resonance with Light Microscopy: A Dual System of Imaging
David Stein, Brandon Cary, Darren Korch, Nam Hee Kim, Dondre Sheridan, Joey Vipperman
Optical Pointer
People’s Choice Award
Qairawan AlHajeri, Norhan Algingihy, Karima Modar, Lakshay Nayyar, Jeffrey Lee, Evan Huffman
Swarm Robotics
Outstanding Project Awards
Maymunah Fatani, Shervin Abdollahi, Mohammed Aljaroof, Mohammed Altalha, Sarah Saeed
Wearable Brain Fatigue Detector
Christopher Pertsch, Wisal Mohamed, Jose Soberanis, Jomana Bashatah
Design of a Decision Support System for the Scheduling of the Workflow Process for a Water Utility Company
Doreen Joseph
Securing World Class Public Safety Communications
Sophia Upshaw
Determining the Capturing Abilities of Hydrogel Nanoparticles through Quantitative Electrochemical and Spectrometric Analysis
Elisabetta Iannetti, Mera Shabti, Andres Cruz, Tyler Miesse, Prakriti Khanal, Zhi Chen
Shoreline Flood Protection Using Nature Based Defenses
Dean’s Advisory Board Award
Zachary Baker, Irvane Ngnie Kamga, Brenda Nguonly, Linda Azab
Magnetic Resonance with Light Microscopy: A Dual System of Imaging
Osaze Shears, Kaitlyn Bub, Tina Bui, Huy Dang, Vivian Le, Matthew Rheinstein
Project L.E.N.S.: A Robotic Eye System Using Artificial Muscles
A special thank you to our judges who took time out of their busy schedules to judge the poster presentations. Judges included: Kevin Cevasco, Hadi Rezazad, Deborah L. Crawford, John Schierling, Bruce Fette, Steve Schorling, Andy Goldin, Eric Stalfort, Kevin Hicks, Michael J. Troutman, Sebastian Morana, Rob Walters, Paul Anderson.
"When thinking about research in our school it’s easy to slip into an old-fashioned view that focuses on faculty and PhD students. That’s out of date now and may never have been accurate."
Dr. Stephen Nash, Senior Associate Dean