2024 Awards

The College of Engineering congratulates each of the student teams that won an award during the annual Engineering Open House, as well as the graduate student and faculty members who won Wallace Excellence Awards. View award categories, individual award names, project names and associated award recipient names below:

Industry Awards

  • Airbus WSU AE 525 Wingbox Contest 1st Place:
    Mason Hensley, Joseph Macko, Caleb Perkins, Peter Stuhlsatz
  • Airbus WSU AE 525 Wingbox Contest 2nd Place:
    Erik Anderson, Julia Buie, Zachary Oakley, Hunter Robertson

  • Airbus WSU AE 525 Wingbox Contest 3rd Place:
    Treyton Blecke, Luke Cotter, Diego Fuentealba, Aiden Holt

  • 鈥婤oeing Award of Excellence Best in Show: 
    XL Grip Ring Assembly (Ashlynn Clark, Ashlie Weber, Adrian Thorner, Evan Keomany, Hussain Aljunabi)
  • 鈥婤oeing Award of Excellence 1st Runner Up:
    Honeywell Locking Solutions (Cole Anderson, Michael Vaught, Trevor Sherrard, Joseph Bunch)
  • 鈥婤oeing Award of Excellence 2nd Runner Up:
    CAREbus: The Medical Tankerand Manual Fill Block (Brooklyn DeForeest, Hannah Middleton, Carson Mikkelsen, Ian Miner)

  • Ametek Trailblazer Award:
    Honeywell Locking Solutions鈥 (Cole Anderson, Michael Vaught, Trevor Sherrard, Joseph Bunch)

  • Ametek Award for Engineering Excellence:
    XL Grip Ring Assembly (Ashlynn Clark, Ashlie Weber, Adrian Thorner, Evan Keomany, Hussain Aljunabi)
  • Ametek Award for Most Impactful:
    Sheriff's Office Squad Car Design Review (Annika Thomas, Jasmine Carlucci, Jenna Ercolani, Jacob A. Mayne)
  •  Bombardier Award for Innovation:
    CPR Haptic Feedback Device (Mayra Ramirez, Paris Smith, Mea Ames, Jeramy Lamar, Coewen Rains)

  • 鈥婤ombardier Award for Problem Solving:
    High Power Rocket withAugmented Stability System (Riley Prater, Kyle Easley, Jace Francis, Jay Thompson)

  • Spirit AeroSystems Most Innovative Aerospace Engineering Project:
    Evacuation Vehicle for Aquatic Creatures (Tate Radcliffe, Anthony Cilleti, Peyton Meink, Camille Seay, Zachary Swaim)

  • Spirit AeroSystems Most Outstanding Industrial Engineering Project:
    XL Grip Ring Assembly (Ashlynn Clark, Ashlie Weber, Adrian Thorner, Evan Keomany, Hussain Aljunabi)

  • Evergy Taking Innovation to Heart 1st Place:
    Honeywell Locking Solutions (Cole Anderson, Michael Vaught, Trevor Sherrard, Joseph Bunch)
  • Evergy Taking Innovation to Heart 2nd Place:
    Lightning Protection Project (Mary Peterson, Brayden Schmidt, Caleb Stanley, Isaiah Wasson)

  • Sunflower Electric Power Corporation and IEEE Excellence in Electrical and Electronics Engineering 1st Place:
    WSU ESC (Cole McDaniel, Jacob Minter, Ethan Doerksen, Brianna Smith鈥)
  • Sunflower Electric Power Corporation and IEEE Excellence in Electrical and Electronics Engineering 2nd Place:
    Honeywell Locking Solutions (Cole Anderson, Michael Vaught, Trevor Sherrard, Joseph Bunch)
  • Sunflower Electric Power Corporation and IEEE Excellence in Electrical and Electronics Engineering 3rd Place:
    SAGE (Smart Automation for Gear Etching) (Marcela Quintanilla, Emily Knudsen, Tyler Garner, Cruz Acosta)
  • Biosense Webster Award:
    CPR Haptic Feedback Device (Mayra Ramirez, Paris Smith, Mea Ames, Jeramy Lamar, Coewen Rains)
  • AAR Doing It the Right Way Award:
    Air Cycle Machine Test Stand (David Kanaby, Grace Peterson, Peter Dinicola, Taylor Hoch)
  • Kelly and Tanja Harrison Best Renewable Energy Project:
    Solar Powered Mobile Dental鈥 (Hadley Wampler, Sean Dugger, Akram Hawsawi, Hasitha Eranda Hetti Kankanamge Don)

Professional Society Awards

  • SAE Wichita Best in Open House鈥:
    CPR Haptic Feedback Device (Mayra Ramirez, Paris Smith, Mea Ames, Jeramy Lamar, Coewen Rains)
  • SAE Award for Advancement of Mobility:
    A Study on Feasibility & Performance of Toroidal Propellers for Aeronautics (Julia Buie, Hunter Robertson, Zachary Oakley)
  • 鈥婼WE Sustainable Award:
    EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge (Caroline Robinsons, Carly Overacker, Logan Pittman, Rennie Jeffries, Wesley Detter)
  • SWE Most Applicable to Daily Life Award:
    Carpacity鈥 (Peter Saw, Adam Wilson, Mark Stacey, Trevor Herdman, Haden Williams)
  • SWE Most Life Changing Award:
    Wise Water (Marcos Vera Bareiro, Dalton Hevel, Eric Matthews, Toni Bryant, Aziya Jordan)
  • SME Impact Award:
    Process Improvement for Crating and Foam Departments (Alex Holmes, Jaeza Robertson, Jason Nguyen, Vicknesh Prasad)
  • SME Brilliance Award:
    XL Grip Ring Assembly (Ashlynn Clark, Ashlie Weber, Adrian Thorner, Evan Keomany, Hussain Aljunabi)

University Awards

  • NIAR Excellence in Aviation Research:
    SAGE (Smart Automationfor Gear Etching) (Marcela Quintanilla, Emily Knudsen, tyler Gartner, Cruz Acosta)
  • NIAR Emerging Technology Innovation Award:
    Switchable Plate Magnet (Matt Anderson, Neloy Dey, Gabe Fox, Michael Dunber)
  • Aerospace Engineering Outstanding Project 3rd Place:
    The Efficiency of Apogee All Flexible Twin Kneel Parawing for Vehicle Recovery (Mason Hensley, Caleb Perkins, Zephan Rodriguez, Peter Stuhlsatz)
  • Aerospace Engineering Outstanding Project 2nd Place:
    Evacuation Vehicle for Aquatic Creatures (Tate Radcliffe, Anthony Cilleti, Peyton Meink, Camille Seay, Zachary Swaim)
  • Aerospace Engineering Outstanding Project 1st Place:
    BDPH-20 Aerosmit: Soaring Solutions for Global Pollution (Dakota McLaughlin, Benjamin Erwin, Louisa Angeline, Alexander Sterzing, Nathan Adler)
  • Aerospace Engineering Bert L. Smith Outstanding Graduating Senior Award:
    Carlsen Mikkelsen
  • Aerospace Engineering Sigma Gamma Tau Outstanding Member Award:
    Dakota McLaughlin
  • Applied Engineering Best Senior Design Project Runner Up: 
    Attention to Distraction Prevention for Guided & Active Learning (Devin DaPra, Evan Lulius, Mostafa Mohammad, Blake Rausch)
  • Applied Engineering Best Senior Design Project: 
    Cold Pulse 鈥 Athletic Foot Cooler (Alex Richards, Aaron Sisco, Wesley Horner, Jerret Delancy)
  • Biomedical Engineering 3rd Place:
    Modular Component for an Ankle Foot Orthosis (AFO) (Tessa Nolenn, Nathan Eggel, Drake Knier, Jacob Tran, Peyton Linn)
  • Biomedical Engineering 2nd Place:
    Shin-X-Machina (Alex Limon, Josue Uriarte, Doreon Norman, Jaimin Patel)
  • Biomedical Engineering 1st Place:
    CPR Haptic Feedback Device (Mayra Ramirez, Paris Smith, Mea Ames, Jeramy Lamar, Coewen Rains)
  • Electrical & Computer Engineering Best Senior Design I Project/Team:
    Solar Powered Cattle Trough De-Icer (Walter Roensch Jr., Marcos Fisher, Aden Reusser)
  • Electrical & Computer Engineering Senior Design I Project/Team 2nd Place:
    Plant Buddies (Corbin Huisman, John Cuong, Ryan Delos Reyesx)
  • Electrical & Computer Engineering Senior Design II Project/Team 2nd Place:
    Lightning Protection Project (Mary Peterson, Brayden Schmidt, Caleb Stanley, Isaiah Wasson)
  • Electrical & Computer Engineering Best Senior Design II Project/Team:
    Fire Rover (James Earnest, Ricardo, Castanon, Jeff Thompson, Brent Wilson)
  • Industrial, Systems & Manufacturing Engineering Outstanding Project Award Runner Up:
    Sheriff's Office Squad Car Design Review (Annika Thomas, Jasmine Carlucci< Jenna Ercolani, Jacob A. Mayne)
  • Industrial, Systems & Manufacturing Engineering Outstanding Project:
    XL Grip Ring Assembly (Ashlynn Clark, Ashlie Weber, Adrian Thorner, Evan Keomany, Hussain Aljunabi)
  • Mechanical Engineering Best Capstone Project 3rd Place:
    Syringe Transportation Device (Tanner Cross, Sophia Rohling, Sara Rempel, Caleb Schempp)
  • Mechanical Engineering Best Capstone Project 2nd Place:
    Novel Wick Structure Using 3D Printing (Maximilian Kerschen, Connor Lancaster, Kamuai Thompson, Khoa Nguyen)
  • Mechanical Engineering Best Capstone Project 1st Place:
    Manual Fill Block (Evan Fater, Skyler Bellairs, Gracie Maxson, Melisa Alfonso)
  • School of Computing Best Senior Design I Project:
    SAGE (Smart Automation for Gear Etching) (Marcela Quintanilla, Emily Knudsen, Tyler Gartner, Cruz Acosta)
  • School of Computing Best Senior Design II Project:
    Cosmos Twirl Game (3E Studio) (Elizabeth Statzer, Ernest Stevens, Elijah Curry, Kaelyn Godfrey)
  • School of Computing Best Cybersecurity Senior Design Project:
    Escape Room Style Cybersecurity Training (Logan Hutchens, Carlos Rangel, Thomas Nguyen, Landon Winsky, Alex Pollnow, Samantha Cranston)

Clark Beck Award

  • Excellence in Communication:
    CPR Haptic Feedback Device (Mayra Ramirez, Paris Smith, Mea Ames, Jeramy Lamar, Coewen Rains)

Highest Academic Achievement Awards

  • Dean's Award of Highest Academic Achievement of 4.0 Cumulative GPA:

    Adelyn Heuer (Industrial, Systems, and Manufacturing Engineering)

  • Dean's Award of Highest Academic Achievement of 4.0 Cumulative GPA:
    Jacob Minter (Computer Engineering)

  • 2024 Harold and Melba Sullivan Award of 4.0 Cumulative GPA:
    Logan Hutchens (Computer Science)

Dwane & Velma Wallace Excellence Awards

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant Award:

    Yrithu Thulaseedharan Pillay, PhD Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant Award: 
    Saurabh Sanjay Singh鈥, PhD Student, Industrial, Systems and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Graduate Student Research Award: 
    Sarangan Rejendarn鈥, PhD Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Excellence in Research Award:
    Dr. Yongkuk Lee, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • Excellence in Research Award:
    Dr. Eylem Asmatulu, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Excellence in Teaching Award:
    Dr. Cindi Mason, Associate Teaching Professor, Industrial, Systems and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Lifetime Service Award:
    Dr. Steven Skinner, Professor, Industrial, Systems and Manufacturing Engineering