2022 MMAE Student Research Competition and Departmental Awards
The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering at 杏吧原创 Institute of Technology held its annual student research poster competition and awards ceremony on April 8, 2022.
The MMAE Student Research Poster Competition is a long-standing tradition of the department, drawing keen interest and wide participation among students, faculty, and the 杏吧原创 Tech community.
This year, 20 MMAE students, representing all degree levels, presented posters displaying the research work that they have completed. The participants were evaluated for the originality and relevance of the research as well as overall presentation skills. Separate panels judged the bachelor鈥檚, master鈥檚, and doctorate students鈥 posters.
The judges included members from the MMAE External Advisory Board plus representatives from academia and industry. The department awarded a certificate and monetary prize to top-scoring presenters from each academic level.
Additional departmental awards were presented to faculty and students to recognize their outstanding contributions to research and teaching.
The MMAE 2022 distinguished alumnus, (M.S. MECH 鈥67, Ph.D. 鈥70), professor emeritus at Howard University, delivered a lecture, 鈥Overcoming Challenges for Success in a Changing World.鈥
Congratulations to the following winners:
B.S. CATEGORY:
First Place鈥Rosemary Johnson (AE, M.Eng. MAE 4th Year) advised by Professor David Williams鈥斺淓lectric Powered Testing of Highly Swept Tailless Aircraft with Spatially Distributed Pressure Sensors鈥
M.S./M.Eng. CATEGORY:
First Place鈥Melody Honardan Delpazir (M.S. MSE) advised by Assistant Professor Amir Mostafaei鈥斺淓ffect of Different Post Heat-Treatment on Microstructure and Electrochemical Behavior of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Hydride-Dehydride Ti-6Al-4V Alloy鈥
Ph.D. CATEGORY:
First Place鈥King Longdon Ankobea-Ansah (Ph.D. MAE Candidate) advised by Associate Professor Carrie Hall鈥斺淎 Hybrid Physics-Based and Stochastic Neural Network Modeling of Diesel Engine Combustion鈥
Second Place鈥Sahil Ahmed (Ph.D. MAE Candidate) advised by Professor Boris Pervan鈥斺淕NSS Spoofing Detection Based on Decomposition of the Complex Cross Ambiguity Function鈥
Third Place鈥Mohammadreza Asherloo (Ph.D. MSE Student) advised by Assistant Professor Amir Mostafaei鈥斺淟aser Powder Bed Fusion of Cost-Efficient Non-spherical Hydride Dehydride (HDH) Ti-6Al-4V Powder: Process Optimization, Microstructural Evolution, and Fatigue Properties鈥
DEPARTMENTAL STUDENT AWARDS:
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award鈥Runzi Cui (M.Eng. ME 鈥18, Ph.D. MSE Candidate)
Outstanding Research Assistant Award鈥Aurora Lopez Rubio (M.Eng. MAE 鈥19, Ph.D. MAE Candidate)
DEPARTMENTAL FACULTY AWARDS:
2022 MMAE Excellence in Teaching Award鈥Assistant Professor Baisravan HomChaudhuri
2022 MMAE Excellence in Research Award鈥Professor Boris Pervan
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD:
2022 MMAE Distinguished Alumni Award鈥Lewis Thigpen
Image: 2022 MMAE Student Research Competition and Departmental Awards attendees
