Best Practice – Professional Development
Collegiate:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Humboldt State University; Purdue University
Professional:
Minnesota; Medtronic SWEnet; Central Illinois
Best Practice – Communication
Collegiate:
Colorado School of Mines; Temple University; The University of Texas at Austin
Professional:
Leadership Coaching Committee; Emerson’s Women in STEM; Hartford
Best Practice – Outreach
Collegiate:
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Yale University; The Pennsylvania State University
Professional:
Emerson’s Women in STEM; Dallas; Kansas City
Best Practice – SWE Leadership Development and Mentoring
Collegiate:
University of California, Berkeley; Cornell University; Georgia Institute of Technology
Professional:
Minnesota; Leadership Coaching Committee; Oklahoma City
Best Practice – Mentoring
Collegiate:
The University of Tennessee; Texas A&M University; The Ohio State University
Professional:
ExxonMobil Houston Women’s Interest Network; Rocky Mountain; Baltimore-Washington
Best Practice – Membership Retention and Engagement
Collegiate:
Carnegie Mellon University; Colorado School of Mines; University of California, Berkeley
Professional:
Medtronic SWEnet; Rockwell Automation Supporting Women in Engineering; Columbia River
Best Practice – Partnerships with Collegiates, Professionals, Industry, and Academia
Collegiate:
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; University of Wisconsin–Madison; Carnegie Mellon University
Professional:
Medtronic SWEnet; Hartford; Detroit
Best Practice – Global
Collegiate:
The Pennsylvania State University; Villanova University; University of Liberia
Professional:
Central Illinois; Northrop Grumman Women’s International Network; Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Best Practice – Public Policy
Collegiate:
Yale University; Georgia Institute of Technology; California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Professional:
Central Illinois; Hartford; Boeing Company
Best Practice – SWE Resource Promotion
Collegiate:
University of Pittsburgh; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Yale University
Professional:
Emerson’s Women in STEM; Leadership Coaching Committee; The Boeing Company
Best Practice – Awards and Recognition
Collegiate:
University of Virginia; University of Florida; Texas A&M University
Professional:
Minnesota; The Boeing Company; Tulsa North-Eastern Oklahoma
Gold
Collegiate:
Yale University; California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; University of Pittsburgh; Rutgers University; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; University of California, Berkeley; The University of Texas at Austin; Drexel University; The Pennsylvania State University; University of Wisconsin–Madison; Texas A&M University; Colorado State University; Georgia Institute of Technology; Purdue University; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; The Ohio State University; Cornell University; University of Michigan; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; University of Kentucky; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Iowa State University; The University of Tennessee; Colorado School of Mines; Temple University
Professional:
Central Illinois; Emerson’s Women in STEM; Leadership Coaching Committee; Minnesota; Dallas; Medtronic SWEnet
Silver
Collegiate:
The University of Rhode Island; University of Louisville; Carnegie Mellon University; University of Florida; Smith College; University of Washington; West Virginia University; Michigan Technological University; University of Virginia; Valparaiso University; Bradley University; Clarkson University; Villanova University; University of Minnesota Duluth; SWE Graduate Community
Professional:
The Boeing Company; Hartford; Oklahoma City; Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; SWE Affiliate Jakarta; Kansas City; Rockwell Automation Supporting Women in Engineering; Pacific Northwest; Northrop Grumman Women’s International Network; ExxonMobil Houston Women’s Interest Network; Rocky Mountain; Rockwell Automation RAWiFi; Tulsa North-Eastern Oklahoma; Baltimore-Washington
Bronze
Collegiate:
University of Idaho; University of North Dakota; University of Liberia; Lorain County Community College; The University of Maine; Koç University; The University of Akron; Messiah College
Professional:
South Ohio; Boston; Columbia River; Southwest Central Indiana; Wisconsin
Collegiate Technical Poster Competition
Graduate:
1st
Samantha Zellner, University of North Texas; Corrosion Measurement of Silicon Carbide
2nd
Sarah Riordan, Carnegie Mellon University; Is Faster FDA Review Time for Cardiovascular Devices Correlated with Adverse Health Outcomes, as Evidenced by Increased Recalls?
3rd
Rachel Tenney, University of Minnesota; Production of Nitrogen- and Phosphorus-Rich Crystals from Municipal Wastewater for Sustainable Nutrient Recovery
Finalists:
Srashtasrita Das, Arizona State University; Study of Paired Charge Compensating Dopants in Ceria for Solar Thermochemical Splitting of H2O and CO2
Sanjana Das, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Mitigating Accumulation of Aeolian Dust Particles on Solar Panels without Using Water
Hannah Emnett, Northwestern University; A Novel Whisker Sensor Used for 3D Contact Point Determination and Contour Extraction
Swatabdi Kamal, Wayne State University; Monitoring HDAC Class IIa Activity in the Brain after Traumatic Brain Injury Using Noninvasive PET Imaging with [18F]TFAHA
Hannah Lohman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Closing the Gap in Access to WASH in Refugee Settlements by Financing Innovative Technologies
Nancy Lu, Princeton University; Controlling Flow Pathways by Reshaping Porous Media
Emine Turali-Emre, University of Michigan; Iron Sulfide Supraparticles as Artificial Viruses for Gene and Gene Editing Therapies
Undergraduate
1st
Ava Karanjia, Arizona State University; Characterizing Quorum Sensing Phenotypes of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
2nd
Alayna Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Influence of Catalyst Physicochemical Properties for Olefin Epoxidation with Hydrogen Peroxide over Group 4 and 5 Metal Oxide Catalysts
3rd
Jessica Yin, Carnegie Mellon University; Design and Fabrication of Stretchable Liquid Metal Sensor Skin for Soft Robotic Gripper
Finalists:
Margaret Bertoni, MIT; Examining the Relationship between Initial Arm Angle, Time to Target and Hand Acceleration in Epee Fencing
Kelsey Frazier, University of Alaska Anchorage; Oil Beneath Arctic Ice: Predicting Storage Capacity as a Means to Better Anticipate Oil Slick Spreading
Jessica Oriente, The University of Maine; The Design and Construction of Trail of the Senses, a Universally Accessible Outdoor Trail System at Hirundo Wildlife Refuge
Andrea Sajewski, Duquesne University; Active Contour Image Segmentation for Automated MRI Quantification of Liver Iron Content
Seda Sarp, Koç University; COx-free Hydrogen Production from Ammonia Decomposition over Sepiolite-Supported Nickel Catalysts
Amber Sogge, Arizona State University; Building an Adaptable 3D Bioprinter
Kelly Weikel, The Pennsylvania State University; The Effect of Particle Size on Partial Inerting Characteristics of Combustible Dusts
Graduate Rapid Fire
1st
Jennifer DiStefano, Northwestern University; Utilizing 2D Materials in Core-Shell Nanocomposites
2nd
Caymen Novak, University of Michigan; Compressive Stimulus Enhances Ovarian Cancer Proliferation, Invasion, and Mechanotransduction in a Novel 3D Compression Bioreactor
3rd
Kritika Iyer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Non-Invasive Diagnostics of Coronary Artery Disease Using Machine Learning and Computational Fluid Dynamics
Finalists:
Nadia Ahlborg, Stanford University; Thermodynamic Design of Perovskite Oxides for Carbon-free Hydrogen Production via Two-step Thermochemical Cycling
Carolyn Chlebek, Cornell University; Debates as Teaching Tools to Discuss Emerging Technologies
Chafica Kesserwan, Wayne State University; Biocompatibility of Insulin and Insulin Subcomponents in Modified “Air Pouch” Model of Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII)
Livia Mello, University of Houston; Multiscale Model of the Time-Dependent Collapse of Reinforced Concrete Buildings
Kelly Parker, Northwestern University; Seeing the Invisible: Novel Staining Methods for Soft Material Electron Microscopy
Ellika Taveres-Cachat, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; The Solar Efficiency Index: A Tool to Compare Design Alternatives for Solar Energy Harvesting Systems in Buildings
Molly Skinner, University of South Florida; Using Turnip Crinkle Virus and Mass Spectrometry to Determine Virus Interaction with Osmolytes
Undergraduate Rapid Fire
1st
Sarah Spivack, University of California, Berkeley; Reducing Fetal Surgery Complications with Adhesive Patches
2nd
Shivani Kohli, Marquette University; SanTran: Sanskrit to English Translator Using Deep Learning
3rd
Gabrielle Mills, Arizona State University; Development of Zebrafish Model to Study Childhood Epileptic Encephalopathy Caused by Dynamin 1 Mutation
Finalists:
Claire Arthurs, Georgia Institute of Technology; Mechanical Characterization of Perflurosulfonic Acid Membranes under Controlled Environment for Fuel Cells
Carlisle DeJulius, The University of Akron; Schwann Cell Response to Polymeric Hydrogels
Nupoor Gandhi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Multi-Dimensional Features for Prediction with Tweets
Hattie Greydanus, Calvin College; Quantifying the Cooling Benefits of Green Infrastructure on Air Temperatures in Portland, Oregon
Andrea Kraetz, Arizona State University; Heat-Responsive Microgel Anti-Foulant Coatings for Water Purification Membranes
Briana Phibbs, University of Wisconsin–Madison; Wind Turbine Foundations and Tower Moment
Carrie Sanford, North Carolina State University; Examining the Feasibility of Syngas Pre-Adaptation in Improving Single Carbon Gas Conversion by Clostridium Autoethanogenum
Team Tech Competition
1st Place
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo working with Lockheed Martin; Crew Overboard Alarm System
Team Leaders: Paulina Nguyen and Nicole Rexwinkel
2nd Place
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez working with Boston Scientific of Puerto Rico; Proximal and Distal Assembly Process
Team Leader: Johana Mercado-Colón
3rd Place
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign working with Caterpillar; Data Acquisition Module for Off-Road Machines
Team Leaders: Madeleine Gandawidjaja and Nasrin Hosseini
PepsiCo SWE Student Engineering Challenge
1st Place
HydroTube, University of Virginia and Georgia Institute of Technology
2nd Place
SWE-sters, University of Idaho
3rd Place
Zenzorality, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Outreach Awards
SWENext Global Innovator Award
Anushka Saran, grade 11, Plano Senior High School
Jothi Ramaswamy, grade 12, Lakeland High School
Kate Stack, grade 11, Glenbrook South High School
Sanjana Shah, grade 12, Monta Vista High School
Swathi Parthibha, grade 12, Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Technologies
SWENext Northrop Grumman Community Award
Julia Garland, grade 10, St. Croix Preparatory Academy
Holly Mastromonica, grade 10, South Brunswick High School
Izabella Pollett, grade 9, Booker T. Washington High School
Sriya Mantena, grade 10, Green Hope High School
Kaavya Raamkumar, grade 9, Del Norte High School
Gabrielle Muniz, grade 10, St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School
Saraswati Sridhar, grade 10, Southwestern Educational Society
Aneet Mangat, grade 9, Castro Valley High School
Radhika Damle, grade 9, John Marshall High School
