{"646971":{"#nid":"646971","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ECE Shines at the Spring 2021 Capstone Design Expo","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) showed off their ingenuity and determination at last night\u0026rsquo;s Spring 2021 Capstone Design Expo. Teams with ECE students dominated the top awards winning best overall (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665329\u0026amp;id=413949754\u0022\u003EStrideLink\u003C\/a\u003E), best interdisciplinary (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665329\u0026amp;id=413930189\u0022\u003EGrass Gurus\u003C\/a\u003E), and one of three people\u0026rsquo;s choice awards (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665329\u0026amp;id=413929993\u0022\u003EFlightie Talkie\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe virtual event hosted by Georgia Tech startup\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gatherly.io\/\u0022\u003EGatherly\u003C\/a\u003E included 971 students spread across 186 teams vying for a range of awards as they showcased their semester-long projects. They represented 10 schools from four of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s six colleges, with some pursuing their own projects while others tackled problems pitched by sponsors that included Coca-Cola, USAID, Amazon Freight, Atlanta Department of Transportation, Emory Healthcare, Robins Air Force Base, and a host of Georgia Tech researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWorking under challenging circumstances brought on by the ongoing pandemic, students had to balance safety concerns and the challenges of working remotely or in small, distanced groups when circumstances permitted. This was the third Capstone Design Expo that was conducted virtually and almost 2,400 people attended.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe award for best overall project went to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665329\u0026amp;id=413949754\u0022\u003EStrideLink\u003C\/a\u003E, an unsponsored team of four students: computer engineering majors Marzeah Khorramabadi and Neel Narvekar, electrical engineering major Tony Wineman, and biomedical engineering major Cassandra McIltrot. The group set out with an ambitious goal of developing a low-cost gait analysis tool for physical therapists.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We talked to 15 physical therapists and 12 researchers about gait analysis and we were able, as engineers, to look at how they did their jobs,\u0026rdquo; said Khorramabadi. \u0026ldquo;A large part of their job is watching people walk using only their naked eye and hearing their frustrations we were really motivated to build a device that would actually change the way that they help people.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team got to work designing a custom circuit board and 3D printed housing to create a wearable device that could go on a user\u0026rsquo;s shoe to measure their gait. Over the course of the semester, they worked with Georgia Tech research scientist Kinsey Herrin in Assistant Professor Aaron Young\u0026rsquo;s EPIC Lab to validate their device by comparing it to results from a $40,000 research grade gait analysis system. Their team\u0026rsquo;s results fell within their target range, varying from the research grade equipment\u0026rsquo;s results by just 0.5%, which was an impressive outcome considering that StrideLink built their device for less than $20. Those results impressed the CREATE-X program, and StrideLink will participate in Startup Launch in the coming months in an effort to commercialize their project.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELike StrideLink, the team that earned the award for best electrical and computer engineering project plans to keep working long after the semester ends. There were actually three teams tasked with developing a low-cost, neonatal incubator for a hospital in Ghana. It had to be easy to debug and capable of being manufactured locally, which posed challenges for the groups.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Creating a product that can be fabricated, assembled, and used in a place that\u0026#39;s so different from the one that we are building it in is a really important design constraint and one that I think that we tackled very well,\u0026rdquo; said mechanical engineering major Kyle Heiss.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe three groups became so emotionally invested in the project that they all want to see it through to completion.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Meeting with the doctor and talking to him about his problem and seeing how important it was for him and his team and hospital, and then being able to deliver designs and documentation to him is really important to all of us,\u0026rdquo; said electrical engineering major Breanna Ivey.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665329\u0026amp;id=413930189\u0022\u003EGrass Gurus\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;team worked on a sponsored project for TTI, the parent company of brands that include Ryobi, Milwaukee, HomeLite, Hoover, and Dirt Devil, and took home the prize for top interdisciplinary project. The team of computer and mechanical engineering students developed a low-cost sensor for Ryobi electric lawnmowers that notifies the user when the grass bag attachment is full. The sponsors were thrilled with the design and are exploring how to implement it in their products.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of three people\u0026rsquo;s choice awards went to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665329\u0026amp;id=413929993\u0022\u003EFlightie Talkie\u003C\/a\u003E, a team made up of ECE and mechanical engineering majors. They built a solution for two-way communication with people around a drone that can be used by the military to communicate with civilians or troops without putting themselves in danger.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full list of ECE award winners and their teams, please see below.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GOonE07fTdg\u0022\u003EWatch the awards ceremony on YouTube.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBest Overall Project - \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665329\u0026amp;id=413949754\u0022\u003EStrideLink\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECassandra McIltrot (BME) - Sykesville, MD\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMarzeah Khorramabadi (CmpE) - Birmingham, AL\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nNeel Narvekar (CmpE) - Arcadia, CA\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nTony Wineman (EE) - Woodstock, GA\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EElectrical and Computer Engineering - \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665329\u0026amp;id=413937810\u0022\u003ELittle Einsteins\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665329\u0026amp;id=413949906\u0022\u003ETeam Lavender\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665329\u0026amp;id=413908752\u0022\u003ECapstone :)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlton Stovall - Memphis, TN\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nBreanna Ivey\u0026nbsp;- Macon, GA\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDorsey Beckles - Lithonia, GA\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nHunter Ellison - Evans, GA\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nJacques Crawford - Atlanta, GA\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nJoel Mathew - Grayson, GA\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nBenjamin Leverett - Douglasville, GA\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nHussain Miyaziwala - Seattle, WA\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nHuy Hoang - Stockbridge, GA\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nIsmael Dondasse - Atlanta, GA\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMichelle Ray - Puerto Rico\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nRuth Pavoor - Duluth, GA\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCassidy Fountain - Cochran, GA\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nKarinne Bernanke - Charlotte, NC\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nKyle Heiss - Wilmington, DE\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPaige Gohr - Laguna Niguel, CA\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSrijan Duggal - New Orleans, LA\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nZachary Byrd - Brooks, GA\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInterdisciplinary\u003C\/strong\u003E - \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665329\u0026amp;id=413930189\u0022\u003EGrass Gurus\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EAlex Field (ME) - Brookhaven, GA\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EEli Tiemann (ME) - Millstadt, IL\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EJoshua Shafran (CmpE) - Kingston, NY\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EMaxwell Koerner (ME) - Penn Valley, PA\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EPhillip Holloway (ME) - Atlanta, GA\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003ESamuel Kiley (CmpE) - Duluth, GA\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPeople\u0026#39;s Choice - \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665329\u0026amp;id=413929993\u0022\u003EFlightie Talkie\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBaran Usluel (EE) - Ankara, Turkey\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nBing Guo (ME) - North Potomac, MD\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nJosiah Keene (ME) - Demorest, GA\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nKarl Andraos (ME) - Beirut, Lebanon\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMark Faingold (CmpE) - 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