Spring 2021 Senior Design Expo Winners
The William States Lee College of Engineering held its virtual spring-semester Senior Design Expo on May 7, 2021. Teams who started in fall 2020 presented their completed two-semester projects, while teams who started in spring 2021 presented their first-semester design-concept posters.
Thirteen completed projects had been named finalists, and those were judged by 20 industry panelists. The three completed projects judged the best were:
First Place – LUNA COMP 2 Team
NASA Robotic Mining competition
Team Members: Ryan Barbour, Jacob Daniel, Chaitanya Gokule, Jacob Herbert, Armel Luabeya Tshitala, Pete Mancini, Ricardo Martinez, Sydney McCain, Joseph Satterwhite, Holden Stanley
Team Mentors: Aidan Browne, Michael Smith
Second Place – EPRI MAIN 5 Team
A better approach to vegetation management at utility scale PV plants.
Team Members: Nicholas Gee, Angela Martin, Lydia Miller, Ithamar Mwense, Rene Nicklich, Keith Smith, Avery Turley, Emmanuel Wallace
Team Mentor: Dan Hoch
Industry Supporter and Tech Representative: EPRI, Sean Hackett
Third Place – DUKE VOLT 2
Load profile of customer classes and feeder voltage profiles phase 2.
Team Members: Forest Atchison, Kaylor Garcia, Jared McVeigh, Bryan Trawick, Srikar Vavilala
Team Mentors: Valentina Cecchi, Sukumar Kamalasadan
Industry Supporter and Tech Representatives: Duke Energy, Joe Lavalliere, Shelby Tomassi
The awards for teams presenting the best final Senior Design project videos went to:
First place – EPRI MAIN 5 Team
A better approach to vegetation management at utility scale PV plants.
Team Members: Nicholas Gee, Angela Martin, Lydia Miller, Ithamar Mwense, Rene Nicklich, Keith Smith, Avery Turley, Emmanuel Wallace
Team Mentor: Dan Hoch
Industry Supporter and Tech Representative: EPRI, Sean Hackett
Second Place – WARD BEVEL Team
Design of a machine to bevel half pipe.
Team Members: Amanda Byrne, Sarah Lussier, Bryan Sandifer, Blake Santiago, Tuang Vaan
Team Mentor: Norman Garrett
Industry Supporter and Tech Representatives: Ward Vessel and Exchanger, Bill Huffman, Chris Grice, Jon Ward
Third Place – PCE MOLD Team
Design and build of an injection mold exchange and transport device.
Team Members: Liam Childers, Michael Foster, Elliott Hillmann, David Pisacane, Steven Rapp, John Walter
Team Mentors: Shailendra Suman, Jim Hartman
Industry Supporter and Tech Representative: Polymers Center of Excellence, Amanda Nicholson
All project video presentations can be found at engr.charlotte.edu/news/2021-05-10/spring-2021-senior-design-expo-winners.
Providing students with an innovative, hands-on learning experience, the Senior Design Program at UNC Charlotte is educating engineering students, supporting industry partners and benefiting the State of North Carolina. The program teaches students how to apply their years of math, science, and engineering knowledge to solve the unique problems presented by many progressive North Carolina companies. The William States Lee College of Engineering encourages multi-disciplinary projects that involve engineering and technology solutions in the disciplines of mechanical, electrical, computer, systems, environmental and civil engineering.