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| This confocal microscope system can measure the center thickness of hydrogel-based contact lenses to 1 mm accuracy. An interdisciplinary engineering design team designed and built the system for Vistakon, the world's leading manufacturer of contact lenses. |
Design Day 2005 included 60 projects from seven engineering departments, as well as from UA's multidisciplinary senior design course and from several engineering clubs.
The projects were judged by 54 practicing engineers from 34 companies.
Some Design Day projects may eventually be commercialized. Others will provide important experimental data for companies that sponsored the projects or will become integral parts of ongoing engineering research projects at UA.
Lockheed Martin is the primary sponsor of Engineering Design Day, and several other companies also sponsor awards, including PADT, Ventana Medical Systems, BRO, and Texas Instruments.
The winners included:
• Lockheed Martin Best Overall Design Award ($1,000)
Cardiac Tissue Tester
 The Cardiac Tissue Tester |
This device measures stress and strain values in two dimensions on cardiac tissue. Stress and strain data recorded during biaxial experiments will be used to model tissue properties. Eventually this could help in creating regenerative tissue therapy to treat patients whose hearts have been damaged during heart attacks.
Class: Interdisciplinary Design Course, ENGR 498
Sponsor: Dr. Mohamed A. Gaballa, UMC
Team members: Elizabeth Schneider, Rachael Turner, Garrett Smith, and Timothy Allen.
• Ventana Innovation in Engineering Award ($750)
Camless Valve System for IC Engine
Internal combustion engine performance is directly related to timed events, such as when air and fuel enter the engine and when exhaust gases are pushed out. Current valve-train technology cannot adapt to changing external conditions or different user needs. This project developed hardware to control and vary valve timing for both intake and exhaust gasses.
Class: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (AME) 412
Sponsor: Self-sponsored
Team members: Robert Kunkel, Todd Peterson, Yoichi Matsuda, Scott Brack, and Dustin Tures.
• Raytheon Best Aerospace Engineering Design Award ($500)
SensorCraft Design
This group created a conceptual design for SensorCraft, a high-endurance surveillance airplane to be used for detecting, tracking and monitoring highly camouflaged mobile targets.
Class: AME 422
Sponsor: Professor Israel Wygnanski
Team members: Jesse Blake, Scott M. Clark, Benjamin F. Wesley, Ariane M. Mortazavi, Shinichi Tokoro, Eric Russell Rosenwald, and Jeffery S. Goldstein.
• Best Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Design Award ($250)
Chiropractic Axial Traction Device
 The Chiropractic Axial Traction Device |
This prototype machine performs an axial traction chiropractic manipulation. The students had to design a machine that would apply less than 30 percent of the total force to the patient's face and chin. The machine also had to be portable and could apply force for a maximum distance of 2 inches.
Class: Agriculture and Biosystems Engineeering (ABE) 498
Sponsor: Circle Lazy J. Ent.
Team members: Dyan Lindsay Pratt and Brandon J. Bryce.
• Texas Instruments Best Electrical and Computer Engineering Design Award ($500)
Active Noise-Canceling Headphones
This team designed and built a set of headphones to block outside noise. The final prototype noticeably cancelled noise between 300 Hz and 1,500 Hz.
Class: Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) 498
Sponsor: Texas Instruments
Team members: Jeffrey Kissinger, Khoa Han, Matt Hesselbacher, Richard Fan, and Blake Shimata.
• Best Materials Science and Engineering Design Award ($250)
Synthesis of AZO Transparent Conductor by PAD Process
Students investigated polymer-assisted deposition (PAD) as a way to synthesize aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) transparent conductors, which are used in microelectronics. AZO conductors are usually made using sol-gel formulation and deposition techniques.
Class: Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) 498
Sponsor: Ajjer Technologies
Team members: Ellen King, Andrea J. Coleman, and Chris T. Campbell.
• Best Systems and Industrial Engineering Design Award ($500)
Health Analytics EMS Scheduling
This team designed a program that maximizes the efficiency of EMT scheduling. The program is designed to make the best use of resources, which could result in cutting the costs of EMT service.
Class: Systems and Industrial Engineering (SIE) 442
Sponsor: HealthAnalytics.
Team members: Martin Vanwinkle, Kimberly Jeffries, Todd R. Roman and Amada B. Meaker.
• Lockheed Martin Best Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Award ($500)
Cryogenic Spectrophotometer Chamber
This team designed and constructed a cryogenic chamber to help test materials to be used in space-based telescopes.
Class: ENGR 498
Sponsor: Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center
Team members: Constance Fay, Bryce Furlong and Patrick Fields.
• BRO Best Optics Engineering Design Award ($500)
Focus Sensor
This team designed a system that added automatic position measuring capability to a camera that is used to measure some of the properties of silicon wafers. This system reduces the time required to take measurements and keeps the wafer surface in focus as it is moved in different directions.
Class: ENGR 498
Sponsor: KLA-Tencor
Team members: Jad Halimeh, Jason Curtis, Stephen Borota, Peter Goldstein, and Kpakpo Buabe.
• PADT Best Mechanical Engineering Design Award ($500)
Mobile Intensive Care Unit
The Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MOBI) is an on-going design project. A previous design team completed the frame and wheel assembly but didn't work on equipment mounting. This year's team attached the required medical equipment based on visibility and access requirements. MOBI is a gurney that's used to sustain heart patients while they are transported to University Medical Center.
Class: AME 412
Sponsor: University Medical Center
Team members: Victor Siordia, Ryan White, Matthew Gledhill, Kristy Pearson, and Matthew Wargo.
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