$40,000 in Sustainable Development Research Grants
Engineering & Technology (E&T) Week 2022
Thu, 04/28/2022 - 5:19pmThis year’s Engineering & Technology (E&T) Week was a huge success beginning with Research Day, followed by Quiz Bowl, EXPO Day, Mystery Design and ending by a banquet that celebrated all of you! I am so proud of the College faculty, staff, and students and how we all came together to make E&T week a great success. Here are a few statistics from the week:
40 graduate posters and 28 undergraduate posters
25 graduate and undergraduate presentation applications
1188 registered visitors for EXPO Day
25 visiting industry and others who had exhibits and exciting challenges for our visitors and students
256 student volunteers to help throughout the week, but mainly on EXPO Day
37 judges in several categories
We received excellent feedback from our visitors. Students and parents were amazed with what our college and our students are accomplishing. A special thank you to the faculty who came in to help on EXPO Day. We needed you and you were there.
All in all, it was a great week, thank you for all your support. Below, please find the list of winners in all categories. Congratulations to the winners and to all competitors. It was an impressive show of Cajun ingenuity throughout the week.
Presentation Competition Winners
Undergraduate Presentation Winners
| Place | Name | DEPT | Faculty Advisor | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Jaimee Bull | MCHE | Ms. Yasmeen Qudsi | Locating Metacarpal Fractures Through Machine Learning Using One-Stage Object Detection |
| Finalist | Kaleb Guillot | EECE | Dr. Paul Darby | PREFER |
| Finalist | Allie Moodie | MCHE | John Carroll | Technoeconomic Study of a Hybrid Propulsion System for Greener Narrowbody Commercial Aircraft |
| Finalist | Zachary Primeaux | EECE | Dr. Farzad Ferdowsi | ML-Enabled String Detection in Additive Manufacturing |
Graduate Presentation Winners
| Place | Name | DEPT | Faculty Advisor | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Justin Courville | MCHE | Dr. Seonhee Jang | Effect of Sintering Atmospheres on Silver Nanoparticle Patters for Flexible Radio Frequency Identification Devices |
| Finalist | Lisa S. Dizon | CHEE | Dr. Emmanuel Revellame | Evaluation of the Effects of Methanotrophic Growth Conditions on Methane Biocatalysis for Lipid Production: An Initiative Towards Climate Change Mitigation |
| Finalist | Rauf Mahmudzade | CHEE | Dr. Dilip Depan | Examining Photodegradaton Mechanisms of Thermoset Shape Memory Polymers |
| Finalist | Haitham Saad | CIVE | Dr. Emad Habib | Dredging the Vermilion River: Benefits and Consequences Using Hydrodynamic Modeling |
Poster Competition Winners
Undergraduate Poster Winners
| Place | Name | DEPT | Faculty Advisor | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lucile Fonseca | CHEE | Dr. Emmanuel Revellame | Photobioreactors in Series for Air Revitalization and Wastewater Treatment in a Space Station |
| 2nd | Hailey Privat | CHEE | Dr. Dilip Depan | Graphene Nanoscroll Lyophilization and Application |
| 3rd | Fernando Torres | CIVE | Mr. Wayne Sharp | Louisiana Highways Right of Way CO2 Sequestration |
Graduate Poster Winners
| Place | Name | DEPT | Faculty Advisor | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Afaq Ahmad Durran | CIVE | Dr. Muhammad Jamal Khattak | Mitigating Reflective Cracking in Composite Pavements of Louisiana |
| 2nd | Chelsea Zeringue | CHEE | Dr. Mark Zappi | Production of Green Adhesives from Sustainable Proteins Derived From Urban Based Sewage Sludge |
| 3rd | Ali Jafarian Abianeh | EECE | Dr. Farzad Ferdowsi | Vulnerability Identification and Remediation of FDI Attacks in Islanded DC Microgrids Using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning |
Departmental Awards
| Quiz Bowl |
1st Place – Chemical Engineering
2nd Place – Engineering Technology 3rd Place – Civil Engineering |
|---|---|
| Mystery Design |
1st Place – Electrical & Computer Engineering 2nd Place – Chemical Engineering 3rd Place – Engineering Technology |
| Most Spirited Department | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Dean's Cup |
1st Place - Chemical Engineering
2nd Place - Mechanical Engineering 3rd Place - Civil Engineering |
| Departmental Project |
1st Place - Chemical Engineering
2nd Place - Petroleum Engineering 3rd Place - Mechanical Engineering |
| Esprit De Corps |
1st Place - Engineering Technology
2nd Place – Chemical Engineering 3rd Place – Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Department of the Year |
1st Place - Chemical Engineering
2nd Place – Electrical & Computer Engineering 3rd Place – Civil Engineering |