2023 Awards
The College of Engineering congratulates each of the student teams that won an award during the annual Engineering Open House on Friday, May 5, as well as the graduate student and faculty members who won Wallace Excellence Awards. View award categories, individual award names, project names and associated award recipient names below:
Industry Awards
- The Boeing Company Award of Excellence 2nd Runner Up:
ARINC 825 Investigation and Implementation (Declan Dsouza, Aaron Issacs, Brayden Cary, Connor Howell, Abraham Oatman) - The Boeing Company Award of Excellence 1st Runner Up:
Retro Fit GPS Anchor (Annie Wilson, Sam Benz, Trent Parsons) - The Boeing Company Award of Excellence Best in Show:
Affordable Model Rocket with Bimodal Stability for Recovery (Robert Ross, Emma Ahrenholtz, Trevor Fruci, Whitney Crawford, Edgard Madrid) - AMETEK Most Innovative Project:
Automated Laboratory Environmental Monitoring System (Jeremy Anderson, Brendan Murphy) - AMETEK Best Mechanical Engineering Project:
Wind Tunnel and Test Fixture for Submerged Inlet Testing (Madalyn Shoup, Kenna Biddle, Jared Welsby, Ryan Savage) - AMETEK Best Electrical Engineering Project:
Cooling Fan Monitor Circuit Board (Thane Unruh, Cameron Noggle, Hongsen Tian) - Bombardier Award for Innovation:
Affordable Model Rocket with Bimodal Stability for Recovery (Robert Ross, Emma Ahrenholtz, Trevor Fruci, Whitney Crawford, Edgard Madrid) - Bombardier Award for Problem Solving:
Light Weight Turbine Engine Exhaust Eductor (Thulana Delana Mudiyanselage, Noah King, Chelsie Crook) - Spirit AeroSystems Most Innovative Aerospace Engineering Project:
Affordable Model Rocket with Bimodal Stability for Recovery (Robert Ross, Emma Ahrenholtz, Trevor Fruci, Whitney Crawford, Edgard Madrid) - Spirit AeroSystems Most Outstanding Industrial Engineering Project:
3D Rapid Prototyping Pipeline (Murphy Ownbey, Israel Bosch, Randall D’Cruz) - Evergy Taking Innovation to Heart 2nd Place:
ARINC 825 Investigation and Implementation (Declan Dsouza, Aaron Issacs, Brayden Cary, Connor Howell, Abraham Oatman) - Evergy Taking Innovation to Heart 1st Place:
Line Fault Identification System LFIDS (Jesus Nogues, Raasikh Ahmed, Steven Velazquez, Zahra Alsuntan) - Sunflower Electric Power Corporation & IEEE Excellence in Electrical & Electronics
Engineering 3rd Place:
MyPantry App (Lucas Fronciani, Jonathan Nguyen, Kevin Nguyen, Anna Thomas, Sakshi Yadav, Hope Dimick) - Sunflower Electric Power Corporation & IEEE Excellence in Electrical & Electronics
Engineering 2nd Place:
Automated Laboratory Environmental Monitoring System (Jeremy Anderson, Brendan Murphy) - Sunflower Electric Power Corporation & IEEE Excellence in Electrical & Electronics
Engineering 1st Place:
Cooling Fan Monitor Circuit Board (Thane Unruh, Cameron Noggle, Hongsen Tian)
Professional Society Awards
- Society of Automotive Engineers Award for Advancement of Mobility:
Rocket Rolleron Performance Analysis (Dylan Stephens, Kyle Easley, Riley Prater, Zach Swiam) - Society of Automotive Engineers Best in Open House:
Individual Motorized Prosthetic Finger for Amputee Patients (Ashley Bland, Anna Tri, Dennis Howard, Cindy Mai, Shay Weigel, Alex Zachgo, Parker Tims) - Society of Women Engineers Outstanding Interdisciplinary Project Award:
Individual Motorized Prosthetic Finger for Amputee Patients (Ashley Bland, Anna Tri, Dennis Howard, Cindy Mai, Shay Weigel, Alex Zachgo, Parker Tims) - Society of Women Engineers Outstanding Interdisciplinary Project Award:
On-the-Go (Rhund Khaldi, Dylen Trecek, Jayden Richardson, Aubrie Thomison, Hannah Phillips) - Society of Manufacturing Engineers Impact Award:
Motor End Drilling Machine (Tyler Hook, Carson Powell, Jacob Wilson, Weston Lewis) - Society of Manufacturing Engineers Brilliance Award:
COT Scale (Marha Jean, Emily Caswell, Jett Mattison, Clarissa Rincon, Jose Desantiago) - Association for Supply Chain Management Excellence in Operations Management:
Tooling Storage Warehouse Solution (Wyatt Abell, Taarush Garg, Shawn Trask)
University Awards
- NIAR Excellence in Aviation Research:
Boundary Layer Manipulation on the Pressure Side of a Symmetric Airfoil: An Aerodynamic Investigation (RJ Kunde, Louisa Angeline, Pengfei Song, Nguyen Nhat Quang Truong, Joshua McClure) - NIAR Emerging Technology Innovation Award:
SurfaceComb - Detecting Defects and Abrasions on Polished Metallic Surfaces (Ivan Macias, Rakan Ghaith, Newton Grady, Tyrell Burns) - Aerospace Engineering Outstanding Project Honorable Mention:
The Phoenix: Light Payload Deployment Aircraft for Combating Wildfires (Esmeralda Sanchez-Torres, Henry Hartjes, Joe Sittenauer, Jacob Wang) - Aerospace Engineering Outstanding Project 3rd Place:
Affordable Model Rocket with Bimodal Stability for Recovery (Robert Ross, Emma Ahrenholtz, Trevor Fruci, Whitney Crawford, Edgard Madrid) - Aerospace Engineering Outstanding Project 2nd Place:
NINEVEH - Non-Invasive Education Vehicles (Megan Drake, Benjamin Griffin, Brycen Schroeder, Jackson Caldwell, Sofia Bahr Konkel) - Aerospace Engineering Outstanding Project 1st Place:
Rocket Rolleron Performance Analysis (Dylan Stephens, Kyle Easley, Riley Prater, Zach Swiam) - Aerospace Engineering Bert L. Smith Outstanding Graduating Senior Award:
Amanda Mudra, Emma Ahrenholtz - Aerospace Engineering Sigma Gamma Tau Outstanding Member Award:
Sofia Bahr Konkel - Biomedical Engineering 3rd Place:
Triple B Support (Jessica Gorton, Angelica Perez, Karen Duong, Rahmah Alsukayr) - Biomedical Engineering 2nd Place:
Individual Motorized Prosthetic Finger for Amputee Patients (Ashley Bland, Anna Tri, Dennis Howard, Cindy Mai, Shay Weigel, Alex Zachgo, Parker Tims) - Biomedical Engineering 1st Place:
COT Scale (Marha Jean, Emily Caswell, Jett Mattison, Clarissa Rincon, Jose Desantiago) - Electrical & Computer Engineering Best Senior Design I Project/Team:
Automated Laboratory Environmental Monitoring System (Jeremy Anderson, Brendan Murphy) - Electrical & Computer Engineering Senior Design II Project/Team 2nd Place:
Cooling Fan Monitor Circuit Board (Thane Unruh, Cameron Noggle, Hongsen Tian) - Electrical & Computer Engineering Senior Design II Project/Team 2nd Place:
Little Pig Battery and Charging System (Marshall Kelley, Alberto Pino, Bang Tra, Jason Nguyen, Trang Ngo) - Electrical & Computer Engineering Best Senior Design II Project/Team:
AutoGTC Project (Koy Light, Joel Lewis, John Leigh, Odessa Olien) - Engineering Technology Best Senior Design Project:
On-the-Go (Rhund Khaldi, Dylen Trecek, Jayden Richardson, Aubrie Thomison, Hannah Phillips) - Engineering Technology Best Senior Design Project:
Team Rain (Jordan Mugmon, Eduardo Santillan, Devin Williams, Uriel Gloire Mbengu Batukandikila) - Industrial, Systems & Manufacturing Engineering Outstanding Project 2nd Place:
Sedgwick County Department of Corrections Shift Scheduling (Jacob Robb, Nicholas Plotner, Alreda Baqer) - Industrial, Systems & Manufacturing Engineering Outstanding Project 1st Place:
3D Rapid Prototyping Pipeline (Murphy Ownbey, Israel Bosch, Randall D’Cruz) - Mechanical Engineering Best Capstone Project 3rd Place:
Wind Tunnel and Test Fixture for Submerged Inlet Testing (Madalyn Shoup, Kenna Biddle, Jared Welsby, Ryan Savage) - Mechanical Engineering Best Capstone Project 2nd Place:
Transformer Design: Tricycle to Shopping Cart (Cameron Gillespie, Grant Hutchings, Richard Oswalt, Ryan Walter) - Mechanical Engineering Best Capstone Project 1st Place:
Increasing Efficiency of Electronic Cooling Unit (Charles Harder, Felipe Lima de Oliveira, Nathan Gonzalez, Dylan Peeler) - Mechanical Engineering Best Sustainable Engineering Project:
Design Optimized Building Systems at Truesdell Middle School (Tyson J. Klaassen, Mason Day, Irene de Giacomi Leite, Colton Watters) - School of Computing Best Senior Design Project Runner Up:
Baby Buyer (Jacob Singer) - School of Computing Best Senior Design Project:
MyPantry App (Lucas Fronciani, Jonathan Nguyen, Kevin Nguyen, Anna Thomas, Sakshi Yadav, Hope Dimick) - School of Computing Best Cybersecurity Senior Design Project:
Signal Sniffers (Garrett Wahlstedt, Peter Upton, Harvey Ly, Jonathan Vosecek)
Clark Beck Award
- Excellence in Communication:
Triple B Support (Jessica Gorton, Angelica Perez, Karen Duong, Rahmah Alsukayr)
Dwane & Velma Wallace Excellence Awards
- Graduate Student Research Award Excellence in Research Award:
Pablo Delgado, PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering - Excellence in Research Award:
Dr. Atri Dutta, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering - Excellence in Teaching Award:
Kara McCluskey, Senior Educator, Engineering Technology - Experience-Based Learning Award:
Dr. Perlekar Tamtam, Associate Teaching Professor, Engineering Technology - Lifetime Service Award:
Dr. Bayram Yildirim, Professor, Industrial, Systems, and Manufacturing Engineering