2008 CONTEST WINNERS

First Prize ($5,000) — tie
Garren Riemenschneider, Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering
“I Learned That in a Video Game”

First Prize ($5,000) — tie
Victoria Yakovleva, Sophomore, Chemical Engineering
“A Memory is Worth a Thousand Words”

Second Prize ($3,000)
Dustin Schneider, Senior, Mechanical Engineering
“Across an Ocean”

Honorable Mention ($1,000) — tie
Rebecca Hager, Senior, Engineering Mechanics and Astronautics
“Methods Used to Damp Structural Vibrations that Cause Noise in Passenger Vehicles”

Honorable Mention ($1,000) — tie
Maia Jacobs, Junior, Industrial Engineering
“Be Positive! Your Life May Depend on It”

Honorable Mention ($1,000) — tie
Ashley Kehus, Junior, Mechanical Engineering
“What it Means to be an Accomplished Woman”

Honorable Mention ($1,000) — tie
Anika Lohrentz, Junior, Biomedical Engineering
“Lack of Correlation between Fetal Testosterone Levels for Autism and Engineering”

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2007 CONTEST WINNERS

First Prize ($3,000) — tie
Eyleen Chou, Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering
“You Don't Live on the Outside”

First Prize ($3,000)
Michele Lorenz, Junior, Biomedical Engineering
“Response and Recovery Pattern Similarities between Mangrove Forests and Caribbean Coral Reefs after Hurricane Activity”

First Prize ($3,000) — tie
Vidhya Raju, Sophomore, Biomedical Engineering
“The Pterodactyl and the Amoeba”

Honorable Mention
April Zehm, Senior, Biomedical Engineering
“Where Have All the Cowgirls Gone? Explaining the Underrepresentation of Women in Science and Engineering”

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2006 CONTEST WINNERS

First Prize ($5,000)
Kyle Oliver, Senior, Nuclear Engineering
“How I Remembered Rachel”

Second Prize ($2,000) — tie
Brian Barrett, Senior, Mechanical Engineering
“No Going Back”

Second Prize ($2,000) — tie
Ryan Hertel, Senior, Mechanical Engineering
“Brunelleschi and I”

Third Prize ($1,000)
Timothy D. Miller, Senior, Civil Engineering/Environmental Engineering Option
“Additions to the 2050 Edition of World Book Encyclopedia”

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2005 CONTEST WINNERS

First Prize ($5,000)
Christopher Mohar, Senior, Materials Science and Engineering
“From Madison to Memphis”

Second Prize ($3,000)
Kyle Oliver, Junior, Nuclear Engineering,
“Departures and ‘Relations’: Milne and Poincaré on Methods and Mathematics”

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2004 CONTEST WINNERS

First Prize ($5,000)
Eli Gratz, Sophomore, Industrial Engineering
“The Proscenium: A Cloak of Immunity”

Second Prize ($3,000)
Christine Lauren Weisshaar, Junior, Biomedical Engineering,
“Lower Limb Prosthesis: Design Consideration”

Honorable Mention ($500)
Robert Slowinski, Senior, Mechanical Engineering,
“Case Studies in Biomimicry”

Honorable Mention ($500)
Jeff Schneider, Junior, Geological Engineering,
“Sailing”

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2003 CONTEST WINNERS

First Prize ($5,000)
Eric Johnson,
“Nano-scale Drug Delivery Particles:  The Future of Medicine”

Second Prize ($3,000)
Jill Ann Gradecki,
“Anaerobic Digestors on Wisconsin Dairy Farms:  An Analysis of Biogas for Energy Generators”

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2002 CONTEST WINNERS

First Prize ($5,000)
John Becker, Senior, Mechanical Engineering
“Nyotaimori”

Second Prize ($3,000)
Kelly McNamer
“Synthetic Spider Silk”

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2001 CONTEST WINNERS

First Prize ($3,000)
Jake Feala Junior, Biomedical Engineering
“2051: Innerspace Odyssey”

Third Prize — tie ($1,000)
Constantine Khripin, Junior, Chemical Engineering)
“Yellow”

Third Prize — tie ($1,000)
Derek Daun, Senior, Electrical & Computer Engineering)
“Story Problems”

 

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2000 CONTEST WINNERS

First Prize ($5,000)
Kostyn Khripin, Sophomore in Chemical Engineering
“Cathedral of Marble Strands“

Second Prize ($3000)
Thomas Drew
“Engineered Art“

Third Prize($1,000)
Sean Weitner, Senior, Electrical & Computer Engineering
“ Morris Fuller Benton: Faces of the American Spirit”

Third Prize($1,000)
Charles Christenson, Senior, Electrical & Computer Engineering
“ Redefining Progress“

 

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1999 CONTEST WINNERS

First Prize ($5,000)
Sean Weitner,
“Doomed to Success”

Second Prize ($2500)
Katherine Sewell,
“On the San Juan”

Third Prize — tie ($1,000)
Robert H. Olson,
“Criteria for Choosing Finite Element Software
for Engineering Students”

Third Prize — tie ($1,000)
Tanya Kosmo,
“Lucid Dreams”

Honorable Mention ($250)
Vicki Basset,
“Causes and Effects
of the Rapid Sinking of the Titanic”

Honorable Mention ($250)
Tim Waters,
“ Engineering and the Golden Rule”

 

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1998 CONTEST WINNERS

First Prize ($5,000)
Gregory B. Ingersoll
“Baroque, Boole, Binary, Beams, and Bach”

Second Prize ($3,000)
Laura Clavette
“Pie Is Squared”

Third Prize ($1,000)
Mark Grubis
“The Life of an Engineering Student”

Honorable Mention ($400)
Sarah Diny
“Comparison of Four Procedures Commonly Used
in Refractive Eye Surgery”

 

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1997 CONTEST WINNERS

First Prize ($5,000)
Diane Zeller
“Diary of a Company Manager”

Second Prize (tie, $2,000 each)
Laura Clavette
“Big D”

Christopher Webber
“Gettysburg”

Honorable Mentions ($400 each)
Heidi Behling
“My Car Is Made of Tupperware?”

Joel Conover,
“Understanding Computer Networks ”

 

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1996 CONTEST WINNERS

First Prize: $5,000
Joel C. Moser
“The Art of Noise”

Second Prize: $3,000
Svetlana E. Zilist
“A Glimpse of Culture”

Third Prize: $1,000
Michael Scholz
“Landmine”

Honorable Mentions: $300 (each)
Rick Giallombardo
“Old Man River”

Travis King
“Locked Out”

Yaniv Lazimy
“Defusing the Population Explosion”

 

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