D2.2: Student Design Competition

Year 5 (2007-2008):

Coordinator: John Enderle

Process for 2007-2008 Competition:

The contest announcement was distributed to design programs in August 2007, and covered three target areas for the 2007-2008 competition. See also the contest rules (pdf file).

The participating universities include:

Columbia University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Marquette University
Texas A&M
Trinity University (San Antonio, TX)
University of Akron
University of California, Irvine
University of Connecticut
University of Iowa
University of Rochester
University of Toledo
University of Western Ontario
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wyoming
Vanderbilt University

The design reports for the 2007-2008 competition, as provided by each team through web pages, can be viewed for each of the three categories:

Ten judges from government, industry and academia participated in the competition, with three to four judges evaluating each entry. As for the past 3 years, the judging was coordinated by Donald Marlowe of the FDA. Each team received up to $2000 in reimbursement for design costs. First prize: $1000, Second prize: $750, Third prize: $500. The results of the judging process are as follows:

Overall Winner of the Competition

University of Western Ontario, Project Title: An Incontinence Control Device

Within each area, the following teams received awards in the competition:

Accessible Weight Scale for Seated Users

First Place -- University of Connecticut, Project Title: Accessible Weight Scale for Seated Users
Web Address: http://www.bme.uconn.edu/sendes/Spring08/Team9/index.htm
Team Members: James I. Johnson, Patrick Tshilenge, Gregory Whitehouse
Faculty Advisor: Dr. John Enderle

Second Place – Marquette University, Project Title: ThinkTank
Web Address: http://www.rerc-ami.org/ami/projects/d/2/2/ThinkTank/RERC-Competition/home.aspx
Team Members: Kaitlyn Darcy, Chris Estes, Lacey Maiman, Mariel Ponseti, Kim Todd
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jack Winters

Third Place – University of Toledo, Project Title: Seated Accessible Weight Scale
Web Address: http://homepages.utoledo.edu/kstrock
Team Members: Katherine Strock, Michael Taylor, Chelsea Worstall
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ronald Fournier

Accessible Pill Cap Dispensing Device

First Place -- University of Connecticut, Project Title: An Accessible Pill Cap Dispensing/Cutting Device
Web Address: http://www.bme.uconn.edu/sendes/Spring08/Team7/RERCcompetition.htm
Team Members: Ashley Martin, Timothy Coons, Ryan Pogemiller, Christopher Falkner
Faculty Advisor: Dr. John. D. Enderle

Second Place – Columbia University, Project Title: "Capstone Industries: iQueue Pill Dispenser"
Web Address: http://www.bme.columbia.edu/senior_design/08/iqueue/index.htm
Team Members: Kimberly Atiyeh, Pamela Bays, Charles Ekstein, Ashley Regazzi, Daniel Wong
Faculty Advisor: Professor Lance Kam

Third Place – University of Rochester, Project Title : AccessAPill
Web Address: http://www.seas.rochester.edu/SrDesign/2008/
Team Members: John DiRaddo, Peter van Hoff, Bobby Milenovici, Boston Nyer, Julian Oshlag
Faculty Advisor: Kevin Davis

Accessible Incontinence Control Device

First Place -- University of Western Ontario, Project Title: An Incontinence Control Device
Web Address: www.eng.uwo.ca/rerc
Team Members: Aida Kashigar, David Levin, Malgorzata Eva Markowski, Ghazaleh Namavarian, Dale Podolsky
Faculty Advisor: Dr. James Lacefield, Dr. Jim Johnson

Second Place – University of Wisconsin-Madison, Project Title: Accessible Incontinence Control Device
Web Address: https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/bschoepke/web/incontinence/index.html
Team Members: Arin Ellingson, Marty Grasse, Jon Sass, Ben Schoepke, David Schurter
Faculty Advisor: Mitch Tyler

Third Place – University of Akron, Project Title: Accessible Incontinence Control Device (Reliance Inc.)
Web Address: http://biomed.uakron.edu/design/senior-design
Team Members: Jason Frampton, Candice Maurer, Moline Prak, Dimitri Sokolov, Dave Warlop
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mary C. Verstraete