Congratulations RISE:2019 Winners
Congratulations to our engineering students who won awards at the RISE:2019 Research, Innovation and Scholarship Expo!
| Student | Project | Award |
Focus Awards | ||
| Kaustubh Shivdikar, Electrical MS'19 | Pi-Tiles: A Distributed Matrix-Multiplication Approach Over Tiled Data Using Raspberry Pis | Graduate Innovator Award |
| Basma Bargal, Industrial PhD'21 | Modeling Caregiver Burnout and Resiliency to Optimize Prevention and Mitigation Intervention | College of Engineering Solutions Award Second Place (Graduate) |
| Kunind Sharma, Interdisciplinary PhD'22 | Data-Driven Insights of Thermal Comfort Behavior in Large Populations | College of Engineering Solutions Award First Place (Graduate) |
| Kestral Johnston, Environmental E'19 | Understanding Biological Nitrogen and E. Coli Removal in a Tidal Flow Constructed Wetland For Wastewater Treatment and Water Reuse | College of Engineering Solutions Award First Place (Undergraduate) |
Outstanding Research Awards | ||
| Aberdeen Dinius, Chemical E'21 | Transition State Theory Calculations for Hydrogen Abstraction Reactions of Biofuels | Engineering and Technology (Undergraduate) |
| Kunind Sharma, Interdisciplinary PhD'22 | Modeling Thermal Comfort Behavior | Engineering and Technology (Graduate) |
| Christopher Scianna, Chemical E'19 | Healing Soles | Interdisciplinary Topics (Undergraduate) |
| Qifan Zhai, Operations Research MS'19 | Characterization of Increases in Infection Rates | Interdisciplinary Topics (Graduate) |
Rise Awards | ||
| Aberdeen Dinius, Chemical E'21 | Transition State Theory Calculations for Hydrogen Abstraction Reactions of Biofuels | Excellence In Innovation |
Graduate Innovator Award – Recognizes a graduate peer who demonstrates remarkable innovation by identifying new approaches to problem solving for maximal social impact. Sponsored by Graduate Student Government
COE Solution Awards – $2000 in total awards recognizing COE students demonstrating remarkable innovation by identifying novel solutions to problems within scientific, social, and/or entrepreneurial spheres. Sponsored by the College of Engineering
Innovation – $1,000 awarded for the discovery of novel and revolutionary inventions or processes that can be translated into real-world applications
