The Student Design Showcase
was started in 2007 as a vehicle to promote and recognize outstanding
undergraduate engineering accomplishment.
2008 Student Design Showcase Awards
- First Place — The PediOmeter: Creating a
Low-Cost Pulse Oximeter Solution for Africa
- Team Three Minute Mile, A. Chen, W. Soofi and M. Wei, Rice University
- Second Place — Development of an Affordable, Low-Power IV Drip
Monitor and Controller for the Developing World
- Team IV Drip, N. Kamat, T. Barth, A. Cottle, K. Shah and C. Vaucher,
Rice University
- Third Place — A LabView-Based Software System
for Identifying and Tracking Diabetic Retinopathy
- Eye Interface, J. Barker, D. Bundy, A. Matthews and R. Melson, Texas
A&M University
- and — B's Mobile Walker (BMW)
- Team T.E.A.M. BMW, T. Moss, A.M. Norman, M. Oehmichen, and K.N. Schexnayder,
Tulane University
- Best Poster — Circuit Representation of
a Neuron Model
- Team: The Neuronal Analog Circuit Group, R. Currier, J. Grady, P. Quinn,
and P. Thomas, Louisiana Tech University
2007 Student Design Showcase Awards
- First Place — A Fluorescence-Based Glucose Detector
- Team GQ, J. Gill, J. Martinez, D. McUsic, J. Valdez and A. Yu, Rice
University
- Second Place — Beyond Traditional Borders: Medicine Refrigeration
Device
- Team Ice, J. Ludwig, M. Mendenhall, J. Hanson, C. Berry, and T. Josef,
Rice University
- Third Place — Enzymatic-Based Fiber-Optic
Probes for Neural Oxygen and Glucose Sensing
- Team Neuro-Sense, K. Broussard, K. Brownsberger, C. Owen and D. Ritter,
Louisiana Tech University
