The 2006
symposium for undergraduate
research in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech occured on Friday,
October 13, in Torgersen Museum on the campus of Virginia Tech.
Poster Presentations
(1:00 - 4:00 p.m.)
Aerospace
and Ocean Engineering
Bitzer, Matthew, Optimal Trajectories
for an Electrodynamic Tether System
Sponsor: Dept. of Aerospace and
Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech
Biological Systems
Engineering
Doran, Ian, New Methods in Cellulose
Pretreatment for Ethanol Production
Sponsor: Dept. of Biological
Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
Biomedical
Engineering
Kang, Sungkwon, Development and
Application of Novel Double-Layer Parallel-Plate Chamber
Sponsor: Dept. of Mechanical
Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Virginia
Tech
Chemical Engineering
Foor, Cole, Effects of a "Dolphin"
Magnetic Power Pulse Unit on Iron Particle Size in Water
Sponsor: Dept. of Chemical
Engineering, Virginia Tech
Computer Science
Eller, Paul, Developing Numerical
Integrators for The Kinetic Pre-Precessor
Sponsor: Dept. of Computer
Science,Virginia Tech
Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Afrashteh, Arya, Embedded Wireless
Networks for Strain Monitoring of Tires
Sponsor: Dept. of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech
Harrington, Christina, Wireless
Videoconferencing System Design and Propagation Measurements
Sponsor: Dept. of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech
Hixson, Christa, Finding the Ability
in Disability for High School Students
Sponsor: Dept. of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech
Hunter, Heather, Creation of
Graphical User Interface for Cardiac Image Analysis
Sponsor: Virginia Image and Video
Analysis Laboratory, University of Virginia
Nilforoush, Mohammad, Timing-Based
Side Channel Attacks
Sponsor: Dept. of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech
Simpson, Eric, Offline
Hardware/Software Authentication for Reconfigurable Platforms
Sponsor: Dept. of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech
Engineering Education
Zephirin, Tasha, Mechatronics for
Engineering Freshmen
Sponsor: Sponsor: Depts. of
Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia
Tech
Engineering Science and
Mechanics
Cook, Frederick, Interlaminar Fracture
Toughtness of Unidirectional Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites
Sponsor: Materials Response
Group, Dept. of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech
Glenn, Nyssa, Determination of Fuel
Cell Membrane Material Properties Using 3D Digital Image Correlation
System
Sponsor: Dept. of Engineering
Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech
Industrial and Systems
Engineering
Ashkar, Al, Establishing an
Operational Framework for Human Health
Sponsor: Dept. of Industrial and
Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
Material Science Engineering
Mueller, Jennifer, Characterization
of Nano-particles in Mesophase Pitch Derived Graphite Foams
Sponsor: Oak Ridge National
Laboratory
Mechanical Engineering
Berry, Irene, Development of a System
to Test Internal Pressurizer Dynamics
Sponsor: Oak Ridge National
Laboratory
Hurdus, Jesse, Implementation
of a Flexible, JAUS Interoperable, Potential Fields Architecture on an
Autonomous Cadillac SRX
Sponsor: JOUSTER, Dept. of
Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
Kaeli, Jeffrey, An Automated
Morphological Image Processing Based Methodology for Quantifying Coral
Cover in Deeper-Reef Zones
Deep Submergence Laboratory,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Kimmel, Shawn, Retroactive Conversion
of a Commercial Vehicle to Drive-by-Wire
Sponsor: Dept. of Mechanical
Engineering, Virginia Tech
Murray, Tiffany, Hy V: Designing a
Mach 5 Scramjet to Fly Onboard a Sounding Rocket
Sponsor: Dept. of Mechanical
Engineering, Virginia Tech
Awards Ceremony (4:00
p.m.)
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