April 6, 2018 – Faculty, students, industry clients, alumni and proud parents celebrated the design achievements of MIE capstone students on April 4.
The Design Showcase is the culmination of the MIE students’ four years of engineering studies. Through the Capstone Design course, they’re challenged to collaborate in teams in order to innovate and design solutions to real-world industry problems. This year, over 250 students worked in teams to complete 63 engineering design projects for more than 50 industry clients.
Here is just a few of the incredible innovations on display at the showcase:
In addition to naming the top three mechanical and industrial engineering student projects and the Wallace G. Chalmers Engineering Design Award, David F. Poirier (IndE 8T1), MIE Advisory Board Chair, and board member John Peri (IndE 8T4) presented the John H. Weber Scholarship and The Peri Family Industrial Engineering Design Award, respectively.
This year’s winners are:
Mechanical Engineering
John H. Weber Scholarship
“FORMULA SAE PNEUMATIC GEAR SHIFTER”
Members: Kasra Hamzehi, Sarmad Ahmed Khan, Matthew Earnshaw, Tarriq Purivatra
Supervisor: Jason Bazylak
Client: U of T Formula SAE
First Place:
“PORTABLE HANDHELD SKIN PRINTER FOR ARBITRARY SURFACE COMPATIBILITY ”
Members: Shane Graham, Ritchie Chow, Ojas Nakil and Andrew Tabri
Supervisor: Axel Guenther
Client: Centre for Microfluidic Systems
Second Place:
“CLEAN WATER FOR NICARAGUA”
Members: Brennan Sydor, Matthew Freibauer, Zia Karim
Supervisor: Amy Bilton
Client: Winds of Change
Third Place:
“CURING BRUXISM FROM THE ROOT: BIOFEEDBACK ENABLED HEADBAND”
Members: Neel Bhatt, Wei-Hsiang Su, Xin Chen, Zhenni Chen
Supervisor: Nasser Ashgriz
Client: Multiphase Flow and Spray Systems Lab
Industrial Engineering
First Place / The Peri Family Industrial Engineering Design Award:
“NEWVELLA — THE NEW WAY TO DISCOVER BOOKS ”
Members: Spencer Canner, Oghosa Igbinakenzua, Aadil Sookia
Supervisor: Scott Sanner
Client: Rakuten Kobo Inc.
Second Place:
“OPTIMIZING INBOUND LEAD CONNECT RATE FOR SALES DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVES”
Members: Xing Jian Ren, Madeleine Santia, Jessica Ma, Chris (Ze Hao) Zhu
Supervisor: Timothy Chan
Client: Salesforce Inc.
Third Place:
“THE INDIGO STORE OF THE FUTURE: ENHANCING TRADITIONAL RETAIL WITH DIGITAL INNOVATION”
Members: Kayane Kassabian, Sebastian Leung, Jordan Yerzy, Marissa Zhang
Supervisor: Mark Chignell
Client: Indigo Books & Music
Wallace G. Chalmers Engineering Design Award
“PORTABLE HANDHELD SKIN PRINTER FOR ARBITRARY SURFACE COMPATIBILITY ”
Members: Shane Graham, Ritchie Chow, Ojas Nakil and Andrew Tabri
Supervisor: Axel Guenther
Client: Centre for Microfluidic Systems
