Schedule for the day
9:30am
Registration Opens
9:30am
10am
Welcome Address
10:15am
Research
Exhibitions,
Session 1:
10:30am - noon
11am
12pm
Lab Tours,
Session 1:
11:30am -12:10pm
Lunch
Noon – 1pm
1pm
Research
Exhibitions,
Session 2:
12:45pm - 2:15pm
2pm
Lab Tours,
Session 2:
2:00pm - 2:40pm
Research
Exhibitions,
Session 3:
2:30pm - 4:00pm
3pm
Lab Tours,
Session 3:
3:50pm - 4:30pm
4pm
Keynote:
Mick Mountz
4:35pm
5pm
Dinner:
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Awards:
5:45pm - 6:15pm
MechE Research Exhibition Council Contact Info:
Ranjeetha Bharath:
[email protected]
Lee Weinstein:
[email protected]
Natasha Wright:
[email protected]
Prof. Nicholas Fang
[email protected]
Prof. Franz Hover
[email protected]
(510) 303-5198
(415) 342-2282
(612) 219-3540
(617) 866-8282
Lab tours
Lab tours have limited spots. Tickets for lab tours will be given out on a first come first served basis at
the registration table.
Session 1
11:30am – 12:10pm
Lienhard Research Group – PI: John Lienhard V
Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Research Laboratory – PI: Rohit Karnik
Multidisciplinary Simulation, Estimation, and Assimilation Systems – Pierre Lermusiaux
NanoEngineering Group – PI: Gang Chen
Photovoltaics Research Laboratory – PI: Tonio Buonassisi
Sloan Automotive Lab – Director: Wai K. Cheng
Marine Robotics Lab – PI: Franz Hover
MIT Sea Grant AUV Lab – PI: Chrys Chryssostomidis
Session 2
2:00pm – 2:40pm
Center for Polymer Micromanufacturing – PI: David Hardt
Device Research Lab – PI: Evelyn Wang
Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Laboratory – PI: Amos Winter
Nanophotonics and Micro/Nano-manufacturing Laboratory – PI: Nicholas Fang
Precision Motion Control Lab – PI: David Trumper
Session 3
3:50pm – 4:30pm
BioInstrumentation Laboratory – PI: Ian Hunter
d'Arbeloff Robotics Lab – Harry Asada
Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Laboratory – PI: Amos Winter
Nanophotonics and Micro/Nano-manufacturing Laboratory – PI: Nicholas Fang
Precision Compliant Systems Lab – PI: Martin Culpepper
Research Exhibits Session 1
10:30am - Noon
Heather Beem
Advisor: Michael Triantafyllou
Seal Whisker-Inspired Wake Detection
Will Bosworth
Advisor: Neville Hogan
A Robot Leg for Dynamic Locomotion
Ashley Brown
Advisor: Ian Hunter
Impinging Jet Debridement
Brandon Chalifoux
Advisor: Mark Schattenburg
Ion implantation for figure correction of thin x-ray telescope mirrors
Nicholas Dee
Advisor: A. John Hart
Direct Transfer of Graphene from Ni to SiO2 via Stress-Driven Thin Film Delamination
Dan Dorsch
Advisor: Amos Winter
Roboclam, A Biomimetic Burrowing Robot
Jasmine Florentine
Advisor: Maria Yang
Solar Thermal Fuels: A Case Study for Design inn Emerging Markets
Wei-Chun Hsu
Advisor: Gang Chen
High Efficient 10-μm-Thick Silicon Photovoltaics Using Periodic Nanostructures
Jacob Izraelevitz
Advisor: Michael Triantafyllou
Improving the Force Envelope of Flapping Flight
Bavand Keshavarz
Advisor: Gareth McKinley
When Viscous Jets Collide
David Donghyun Kim
Advisor: Kamal Youcef-Toumi
FDM soft serve ice cream printer
Jocelyn Kluger
Advisors: Alex Slocum and Themis Sapsis
Nonlinear mechanisms and dynamics
Levi Lentz
Advisor: Alexie Kolpak
Novel hybrid organic-inorganic photovoltaic material design focused on increased efficiency via optimized nano-structures
Michael Mak
Advisor: Roger Kamm
Experimental and Computational Approaches towards Cancer Cell Mechanics and Dynamics
Leah Mendelson
Advisor: Alexandra Techet
I Shoot Lasers at Fish…
Sara Nagelberg
Advisor: Mathias Kolle
Reconfigurable Modular Micro-lens Arrangements Inspired by Light-guiding Cell Nuclei in the Retina of Nocturnal Animals
Alison Olechowski
Advisor: Steve Eppinger
A new method for Evaluating the Test Coverage of Complex Systems Integration
Sei Jin Park
Advisor: A. John Hart
Stress-Engineered Growth of Carbon Nanotube Microstructures with Complex Curvatures
Aaron Ramirez
Advisor: Martin Culpepper
Understanding Ultramicrotomy Cutting Mechanics to Achieve nm-Resolution and cm-scale Brain Mapping
Michael Stern
Advisor: Maria Yang
Glass 3D Printing
Yi Xue
Advisor: Peter So
Parallel Super-resolution Fluorescence Microscopy by Spatial Light Modulator
Daniel Wiese
Advisor: Anuradha Annaswamy
Adaptive Output Feedback Control Design for Hypersonic Vehicles
Yuan Yang & Jenny Wang
Advisor: Gang Chen
Thermally Regenerative Electrochemical Cycle for Harvesting Waste Heat
Research Exhibits Session 2
12:45pm – 2:15pm
Alexander C. Barbati
Advisor: Gareth H. McKinley
Rheology and Particle Transport in Viscoelastic Fluids
Mostafa Bedewy
Advisor: A. John Hart
Realtime Dynamics of Carbon Nanotube Activation and Crowding
Sampriti Bhattacharyya
Advisor: Harry Asada
Design and Control of a Compact, Tetherless ROV for Inspection of Boiling Water Reactors
Michael Buchman
Advisor: Amos Winter
A Low-Cost Means of Turbocharging Single-Cylinder Internal Combustion Engines to Improve Specific Power and Efficiency
Meng Yee Chuah
Advisor: Sangbae Kim
Multi-axis force sensing utilizing neural networks.
Nickolas P. Demas
Advisor: Ian Hunter
Force Sensor for Medical Injections
Poorya Hosseini
Advisor: Peter So
Sickle Cell Anemia in the Light of Phase Microscopy
Yi Huang
Advisor: Gang Chen
Tunable Near-field thermal radiation
Narges Kaynia
Advisors: Nicholas X. Fang and Mary C. Boyce
Multifunctional applications of instability-induced transformation in composites
Jeong-Gil Kim
Advisor: George Barbastathis
Inverted Nanocone Arrays for Mass-producible Multifunctional Films with High Mechanical Robustness
Yoon Kyung (Eunnie) Lee
Advisor: Nicholas X. Fang
Optical Torque from Enhanced Scattering by Multipolar Plasmonic Resonance
Shafigh Mehraeen
Advisor: Jianshu Cao
Climbing Complex Liquid
Ashin Modak
Advisor: Ian Hunter
Vial Extraction and Bubble Removal Process for a Needle-Free Jet Injector
Katy Olesnavage
Advisor: Amos Winter
Design of a Low Cost, Mass-Manufacturable Prosthetic Foot for Persons with Amputations Living in India
Geehoon Park
Advisor: Ian W. Hunter
High Speed X-ray image of Needle Free Jet Injection into porcine tissue
Abhinav Rao
Advisor: A. John Hart
Multiscale modeling and mechanics of carbon nanotube yarns
Sean Ricks
Advisor: Amos Winter
Identifying design requirements in the developing world: A case study on the Tata Swach water filter
Elise Strobach
Advisor: Evelyn Wang
Hybrid Electric and Thermal Solar (HEATS) Receiver
Marcel Thomas
Advisor: Martin Culpepper
Flexural Transmissions Applied to a MEMS Gyroscope
Jerry Wang
Advisor: Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou
Predicting Anomalous Fluid Densities in Carbon Nanotubes
Kyle Wilke
Advisor: Evelyn Wang
Solar Thermal Nanoporous Evaporator
Bo Yang Yu
Advisor: Maria Yang
Designer Behavior in Reverse Osmosis System Design
Research Exhibits Session 3
2:30pm – 4:00pm
Jonathan Abbott
Advisor: Alex Slocum
Beekeeping in India
Murthy Arelekatti
Advisor: Amos Winter
Passive Prosthetic Knee Joint for above-knee amputees in developing countries
Nongnuch Artrith
Advisor: Alexie M. Kolpak
Understanding the Composition and Activity of Electrocatalytic Nanoalloys in Aqueous Solvents: A Combination of DFT and
Accurate Neural Network Potentials
Leonardo Banchik
Advisor: John Lienhard V
A design and rating method for osmotic mass exchangers
Lauren Chai
Advisor: Martin Culpepper
Liver tissue engineering with origami
Vazrik Chiloyan
Advisor: Gang Chen
Bridging Conduction and Radiation
Sunandini Chopra
Advisor: Rohit Karnik
Hybrid Nanoparticles for Oral delivery of proteins
Naga Neehar Dingari
Advisor: Cullen R. Buie
Electrophenotyping using insulator based dielectrophoresis
Grace Gu
Advisor: Markus Buehler
Optimized Design for 3D Printed Composites to Increase Strength and Toughness
A Andrew Jones
Advisor: Cullen R Buie
The Impact of Shear Stress on Biofilm Metabolism and Structure
Robert Katzschmann
Advisor: Daniela Rus
Design, Fabrication and Control of Soft Robots
Bolin Liao
Advisor: Gang Chen
Refrigerator magnets
James Loomis, Xiaopeng Huang, Yanfei Xu & Jianjian Wang
Advisor: Gang Chen
Continuous fabrication platform for highly aligned polymer films
Luke Mooney
Advisor: Hugh Herr
Autonomous Powered Exoskeleton
Sebastian Pattinson
Advisor: John Hart
High-speed roll-to-roll CVD synthesis of grapheme
Ben Peters
Advisor: Amos Winter
Digitally Reconfigurable Surface Actuation
Yili Qian
Advisor: Domitilla Del Vecchio
Hidden interactions in gene networks arising from resource limitations
Joshua Ramos
Advisor: David Wallace
Hands-On Online: Teaching Product Design with Online Resources
Amelia Servi
Advisor: Karen Gleason
Development of advanced membranes for membrane distillation
David Taylor
Advisor: Alex Slocum
Water Safety Valve
Albert Wang, Joao Ramos & Wyatt Ubellacker
Advisor: Sangbae Kim
A Teleoperated Humanoid Robotic Platform for Disaster Response
Sze Zheng Yong
Advisor: Emilio Frazzoli
Intention Inference and Input-State Estimation of (Semi-)Autonomous Vehicles
Yangying Zhu
Advisor: Evelyn Wang
Microstructures for enhanced flow boiling