Summer 2025 CONTEST WINNERS
Solo Project, Co-Winner: “Preventing Medical Device Defects: Lessons from Process Optimization Case Studies”
- Eliza Robinson, Mechanical Engineering
Solo Project, Co-Winner: “A Report on Improving Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Manufacturing with Ultrasonic Vibration-Assisted Drilling”
- Devon Wire, Mechanical Engineering
Spring 2025 CONTEST WINNERS
Solo Project: “A Proposal to Evaluate the Feasibility of Intranasal Alzheimer’s Drug Delivery to Bypass the Blood-Brain Barrier”
- Prerana Sampath, Chemical Engineering
Team Project, Co-Winner: “Evaluation of Treatment Improvement Strategies for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests”
- Nika Logofet, Mechanical Engineering
- Alex Nines, Industrial Engineering
- Rachel Schulz, Mechanical Engineering
- Drew Simon, Industrial Engineering
- Anna Zampaloni, Mechanical Engineering
Team Project, Co-Winner: “Evaluating Renewable Energy Initiatives at University of Wisconsin-Madison”
Fall 2024 CONTEST WINNERS
Solo Project: “A Proposal to Research Digital Twin and Process Simulation Technologies for Nitrogen Oxide Pollution Reduction in Combustion-Heavy Industries”
- Nathan Zawicki, Chemical Engineering
Team Project, Co-Winner: “Membrane Filtration Methods to Withstand Extreme Flooding Patterns and Protect Clean Water Access in Chicago”
- Isabelle Egizio, Chemical Engineering
- Thomas Derleth, Electrical Engineering
- Ross Gaskill, Civil Engineering
Team Project, Co-Winner: “Addressing PFAS in the Great Lakes: Solutions for Lasting Environmental and Public Health”
- Sam Cartwright, Mechanical Engineering
- Ann McGrath-Flinn, Civil Engineering
- Ellie McLay, Mechanical Engineering
- Megan Mulrooney, Mechanical Engineering
Summer 2024 CONTEST WINNERS
Solo Project: “Using microorganisms to degrade plastics as an alternative to typical recycling methods”
- Emily Nelson, Chemical Engineering
Team Project: “An Analysis of Emerging Solutions to Reduce Polystyrene Microplastic Pollution on a Global Scale”
- Connor Leite, Chemical Engineering
- Joseph Moidl, Chemical Engineering
- Cole Tenor, Material Science & Engineering
- William Ward, Material Science & Engineering
Spring 2024 CONTEST WINNERS
Solo Project: “Proposal to Research the Feasibility of Different Technologies for Municipal Drinking Water PFAS Removal”
- Benjamin Simplot, Civil Engineering
Team Project: “Report: A Comparison of Martian Landing Methods”
- Nathan Chung, Mechanical Engineering
- James Lacey, Mechanical Engineering
- Julia Thormann, Engineering Mechanics
- Nolan Welter, Mechanical Engineering