Spring 2022 Design Day Award Winners Announced

Design Day

The Department of Mechanical Engineering announced the winners of their Spring 2022 Design Day held on Thursday, May 5, 2022. Design Day is an annual showcase of senior capstone design projects from ENME472: Integrated Product and Process Development and celebrates students' innovation, teamwork and application of mechanical engineering to tough societal challenges.

During the event, team projects are judged by a panel of faculty, industry professionals and guests to evaluate projects based on technical criteria. Award winners were then announced during a classroom ceremony on May 10, 2022. The winners are listed below.

Linda Schmidt Innovation Awards
The Linda Schmidt Awards recognize teams that demonstrate the exploration of alternative ideas, draw inspiration for their products from other domains and/or take a unique approach to their engineering problem.

Team 1: Tremorware, Cooking with Tremors
Jacob Beard, Luke Biesecker, Carolyn Payne, Nicholas Pett, Kyle Pichney, Aashish Varrey, and Natalie Wolfe

Team 11: "Get Low" Gardening Mobility Device, "Get Low" Gardening Mobility Device for the Elderly
Gavin Jagde, Ethan Miller, Kevin Schwenger, Kyle Shreve, Matthew Stralka, and Hannah Vinner

Team 13: Good Vibes, Automated Medical Percussion Device
Bill Bott, Elizabeth Carlson, Matthew Keeler, Arthur Nissen, Alec Schlenoff, Theodore Tagle, and Kirstin Walz

Team 20: Dynamic Stabilty Support for the Elderly, Stability Support for People with Parkinson's
Lenin Alvarado, Robert Belansen, Spencer Cutter, Mikhail Khrenov, Parshva Patel, Jacob Welch, and Joshua Young

Team 29: Vanilla 1.18, Autonomous Plant Monitor
James Cobau, Sabrina Eason, Nicholas Lee, Isaac Rattey, Noah Whiteman, and Jie Zheng

Team 36: Mulch Monsters, Dragon Wagon
Matthew Berman, Alexia Cochran, Stephanie Dean, Grace DiGiovanni, John Donoghue, Grayson Gilbert, and Justin Roach

Team 37: Green Giants, Mean Green Sorting Machine
Carson Bistline, Adan Castillo-Grynberg, Alexis Fuentes, Nauman Funyas, Kevin Hayes, Joseph Monaghan, Sarah Noland, and Andrew Sherwood

Social and Environmental Impact Awards
The Social and Environmental Impact Awards are given through a partnership between Mechanical Engineering and the Neilom Foundation and are judged based on the impact of their product and their design choices. In addition, winning teams are allocated $250 to donate to the charity of their choice.

First Place
Team 37: Green Giants, Mean Green Sorting Machine
Carson Bistline, Adan Castillo-Grynberg, Alexis Fuentes, Nauman Funyas, Kevin Hayes, Joseph Monaghan, Sarah Noland, and Andrew Sherwood

Second Place
Team 39: Greywater Terps, Greywater Recylcer
Nicolas Benavides, Asa Constantian, Christopher Jean-Rene, Ahmed Mohamed, Richard Schell, Samantha Smith, and Xavier Suchar

Third Place
Team 7: Leap Frogs, LEAP Playground Redesign
Megan Gertmenian, Julie Hirsch, Madison Kaczorowski, Andrea Sullivan, Selam Wolday, and Alex Zimmerman

People’s Choice Awards
The People’s Choice Awards recognize the overall “Best in Show” projects and are voted on by Design Day guests.

First Place
Team 19: Baller Dynamics, Basketball Passing Machine
Kyle Christensen, Samantha Michael, Deep Patel, Robert Propst, King Ralph, Ahmed Seck, and Maxwell Uhl

Second Place
Team 37: Green Giants, Mean Green Sorting Machine
Carson Bistline, Adan Castillo-Grynberg, Alexis Fuentes, Nauman Funyas, Kevin Hayes, Joseph Monaghan, Sarah Noland, and Andrew Sherwood

Third Place
Team 39: Greywater Terps, Greywater Recylcer
Nicolas Benavides, Asa Constantian, Christopher Jean-Rene, Ahmed Mohamed, Richard Schell, Samantha Smith, and Xavier Suchar

To learn more about this semester’s team projects, visit: enme.umd.edu/design-day-spring2022

To see photos from this semester’s event, visit: Spring 2022 Design Day Photos

Published June 1, 2022