2025 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 students who won Wallace Excellence Awards. View award categories, individual award names, project names and associated award recipient names below:

Industry Awards

  • AAR Doing It the Right Way Award:
    De-Icer 1 (Darsh Choksi, Kody Sudol, Laura Santos, Phanindar Pokala, Tyler Shuford)
  • Airbus WSU AE 525 Wingbox Contest 3rd Place:

    Rylan Fay, Nomine-Erdene Purevdorj, Mason Salmond, Jacob Walden, Zach Weimorts

  • Airbus WSU AE 525 Wingbox Contest 2nd Place:
    William Fischer, Patrick Mack, Jonathan Welch, Jonathan Hammler

  • Airbus WSU AE 525 Wingbox Contest 1st Place:

    Daniel Harnden, Logan Langel, Jordan Lower, Tyler Roush

  • Ametek Trailblazer Award:
    Compact Fastener Loading System (Leonardo Torres; Oases Carrington; Pubudu Perera; Sawin Ratnayake)​

  • Ametek Award for Engineering Excellence:
    RAM Outfeed (Kaycee Schkolovyi, Alexander Spear, Andrew Frieden, Hannah Kraus)

  • Ametek Award for Most Impactful:
    Lower Extremity Recovery Catalyst (LERCs) (Riley Vandaveer, Rachel Stukey, Micah Trevino, Salem Cearley )
  • Biosense Webster J&J MedTech Award:
    Visionaries in Biomedical Engineering (VIBE) Cap - Preventing Heterotopic Ossification and Bone Spurs (Madeline Boman, Adam Slagle, Isabel Peine, Lindsey Mendenhall, Aubrie Thomison)​
  • Boeing WSU Aerospace Engineering Bronze Propeller 3rd Place:
    Team Starfleet (Laura Santos, Darsh Choksi, Phanindar Pokala, Tyler Shuford, and Kody Sudol)
  • Boeing WSU Aerospace Engineering Bronze Propeller 2nd Place:​​
    • ​Team Deuces (Caleb Perkins, Mason Hensley, Joseph Macko, Zephen Rodriguez, and Peter Stuhlsatz)
    • Team Aces (Zachary Silvis, Erik Andersen, Lucas Baker, Derek Eitzmann, and Tracey Hill)
  • Boeing WSU Aerospace Engineering Bronze Propeller 1st Place:
    Julie McLaughlin, Jason Hildreth, Zach Oakley, Hunter Robertson
  • Boeing WSU Aerospace Engineering Bronze Propeller Professional Category:
    Fischer Simonic​​    ​​
  • Boeing Award of Excellence 2nd Runner Up:
    3D Scanner Lift (Natalie McConico, Rolan Nguri, Karen Erondu, Aakash Dahanukar)​​
  • ​Boeing Award of Excellence 1st Runner Up:
    The Ballad of the Bog (Game) (Maddox Kafka, Abdelkarim Jibril)

  • ​Boeing Award of Excellence Best in Show:
    RAM Outfeed (Kaycee Schkolovyi, Alexander Spear, Andrew Frieden, Hannah Kraus)

  • Bombardier Award for Innovation:
    Tractor Trailer Drag Reduction (Side Extender) (Holden Goertzen, Sarah Varner, Erik Andersen, Brylea Schmidt)​​

  • ​Bombardier Award for Problem Solving:
    Space-Y Robot Chicken (Julia McLaughlin, Jason Hildreth, Zach Oakley, Hunter Robertson)

  • Evergy Taking Innovation to Heart 2nd Place:
    Breakaway Buddies (Taylor Cazabat, Madelyn Stilwell, Abby Neumeister)
  • Evergy Taking Innovation to Heart 1st Place:
    Paw Pal (Tyler Bayliff, Levi Durkee, Duy Hoang)

  • Spirit AeroSystems Most Innovative Aerospace Engineering Project:
    Space Y- Robot Chicken (Julia McLaughlin, Jason Hildreth, Zach Oakley, Hunter Robertson)​

  • ​Spirit AeroSystems Most Innovative Industrial Engineering Project:
    Siemens Gamesa WTC SOP and Time Study (Palmer Bo Miller, John Pulaski, Ismael Parga, Thy Huynh)​

  • Sunflower Electric Power Corporation and IEEE Excellence in Electrical and Electronics Engineering 3rd Place:
    Head-Tracking Remote Camera (Ryan Kuskie, James Walling, Jameson Parks, Justen Lee)

  • Sunflower Electric Power Corporation and IEEE Excellence in Electrical and Electronics Engineering 2nd Place:
    The DOSC (Noah Grassmeyer, William Kieu, Takudzwa Mapfeka)

  • Sunflower Electric Power Corporation and IEEE Excellence in Electrical and Electronics Engineering 1st Place:
    Electromech Motor Run in Stand (Jace Brown, Grace Irwin, Dylan Schoenthaler, Elizabeth Koonce)​

Individual Award

  • Kelly and Tanja Harrison Best Diverse Team Award:
    Single Use and Novel Lithotripsic Device to Reduce Procedural Time (Xavier Banuelos, Alejandro Gallo, Ackshana Miranda Joseph, Thu Nguyen, Hafsa Sadaf )​​

​Professional Society Awards

  • SAE Wichita Award for Advancement of Mobility:

    Application of Magnus Effect in Improving Aircraft Landing and Takeoff (Caden Carlson, Gary Tran, Reese Pekny, Will Fischer)

  • SAE Wichita Judges' Discretionary Award

    Changing the Rollcage Angle of the Formula SAE 

  • ​SWE Sustainable Award:

    The Life Cycle of Single Use Plastic Bags (Ayse B Yildirim, Tahsin Shafiullah, Kyndal Nystrom, Duy  Bui)

  • SWE Most Life-Changing Award:

    Insulin Pen Needle Applicator (Jackson Boyle, Alishba Idrees, Bevin Powers)

  • SWE Most Applicable to Daily Life Award:

    911 Audio Typing Application (Bryan Rangel, Shivank Jaiswal, Olivia Robl)

  • SME Impact Award:

    3D Scanner Lift (Natalie McConico, Rolan Nguri, Karen Erondu, Aakash Dahanukar)

  • SME Brilliance Award:

    RAM Outfield (Kaycee Schkolovyi, Alexander Spear, Andrew Frieden, Hannah Kraus)

University Awards

  • NIAR Excellence in Aviation Research:

    Side Extender Active Flow Control for Tractor Trailer Drag Reduction (Holden Goertzen, Sarah Varner, Erik Andersen, Brylea Schmidt)

  • NIAR Advanced Manufacturing Award:

    Space Y – Robot Chicken (Julia McLaughlin, Jason Hildreth, Zach Oakley, Hunter Robertson)

  • Aerospace Engineering Bert L. Smith Outstanding Graduating Senior Award:

    Aiden Holt

  • Aerospace Engineering Sigma Gamma Tau Outstanding Member Award:
    Dakota McLaughlin
  • Aerospace Engineering Outstanding Project 3rd Place:

    De-Icer 1: Safe Winter Travel via Aerial De-Icing (Darsh Choksi, Kody Sudol, Laura Santos, Phanindar Pokala, Tyler Shuford)

  • Aerospace Engineering Outstanding Project 2nd Place:

    Drag Analysis of the Common Loon Power Stroke (Alyssa Rutherford, Ella Kreger, Kellsie Juhl)

  • Aerospace Engineering Outstanding Project 1st Place:

    Space Y Robot Chicken (Julia McLaughlin, Jason Hildreth, Zach Oakley, Hunter Robertson)

  • Aerospace Engineering Fall 2024 Project 1st Place:

    •  Optimizing Blockage Ratio Effects On Pressure Distribution for Intercity Railway Trains (​Darsh Choksi, Radeef Ashhab Bin Karim, Nicolas Perilla Rivera, Tyler Shuford)

    • Wing Tip  Variation and the Effect of Induced Drag on an Elliptical Wing Base (Alexis Silva, Joseph Macko, Michael Lammers, Jordan Manning)

  • ​Applied Engineering Outstanding Applied Engineering/Engineering Technology Student:

    Ever Amaya Villalobos

  • Applied Engineering Best Senior Design Project Runner Up: 

    MACH (Machine Assisted Conveyor Harness) (Cal Kaiser, Juan Rangel, Sara Proctor, Yen-Mai Paula Nguyen)

  • ​Applied Engineering Best Senior Design Project: 
    Smart Supply​ (Cal Kaiser, Juan Rangel, Sara Proctor, Yen-Mai Paula Nguyen)
  • Biomedical Engineering Outstanding Project 4th Place:

    Vibe (Visionary in Biomedical Engineering) (Madeline Boman, Adam Slagle, Isabel Peine, Lindsey Mendenhall, Aubrie Thomison)

  • Biomedical Engineering Outstanding Project 3rd Place:

    ABC-ABC Squared Medical Technologies

  • Biomedical Engineering Outstanding Project 2nd Place:

    Auralith – Single Use Lithtripsic Device

  • Biomedical Engineering Outstanding Project 1st Place:

    ATM – Adaptive Treatment Medical

  • Electrical & Computer Engineering Best Senior Design I Project:

    Automatic Air Conditioning Charge Verification (Jeffrey Ammerman, Fernando Vasquez)

  • Electrical & Computer Engineering Senior Design II Project Runner Up:

    Electromech Motor Run In Stand (Jace Brown, Grace Irwin, Dylan Schoenthaler, Elizabeth Koonce)

  • Electrical & Computer Engineering Senior Design II Project: 

    The DOSC (Noah Grassmeyer, William Kieu, Takudzwa Mapfeka)

  • Industrial, Systems & Manufacturing Engineering Outstanding Graduate Senior in Industrial Engineering:

    Thatcher Luginbill-Ruder

  • Industrial, Systems & Manufacturing Engineering Outstanding Graduate Senior in Product Design and Manufacturing:

    Chidera Erond

  • Industrial, Systems & Manufacturing Engineering Outstanding Industrial Engineering Graduate Student:

    Getachew Ambaye

  • Industrial, Systems & Manufacturing Engineering / Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers: Outstanding Undergraduate Project Runner Up:

    Army Aviation Support Facility Design

  • Industrial, Systems & Manufacturing Engineering / Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers: Outstanding Undergraduate Project:

    3D Scanner Lift (Natalie McConico, Rolan Nguri, Karen Erondu, Aakash Dahanukar)

  • Mechanical Engineering Best Project 3rd Place:

    • RAM Outfeed (Kaycee Schkolovyi, Alexander Spear, Andrew Frieden, Hannah Kraus)

    • SAMDOT (James Marshall)

  • Mechanical Engineering Best Project 2nd Place:

    Heat Exchanger for a Refrigerant-Free Residential HVAC System Using a Geo-Thermal Source/Sink (Clayton Ehrstein, Clint Gordon, John Valentine, Jordan Chastain, Markus Lallement)

  • Mechanical Engineering Best Project 1st Place:

    Design of Endcaps for Tube Furnace used in a Chemical Vapor Deposition System (Ryan Gibson, John Claybon, Bryan Vu, Austin Goforth)

  • Mechanical Engineering Best Capstone Project 3rd Place:

    Compact Fastener Loading System (Leonardo Torres; Oases Carrington; Pubudu Perera; Sawin Ratnayake)

  • Mechanical Engineering Best Capstone Project 2nd Place:

    Automation of Gamma Ray Source Shutter System (Jonathan Spachek, Erik Enriquez, Brandon Tran, Jace White, Jacob Rees)

  • Mechanical Engineering Best Capstone Project 1st Place:

    Design of Endcaps for Tube Furnace Used in a Chemical Vapor Deposition System (Ryan Gibson, John Claybon, Bryan Vu, Austin Goforth)

  • School of Computing Best Senior Design I 3rd Place Project:

    911 Audiotyping Applications (Bryan Rangel, Shivank Jaiswal, Olivia Robl)

  • School of Computing Best Senior Design I 2nd Place Project:

    Yumventory (Amy Kieu, Vicky Li, Ricky Wu)

  • School of Computing Best Senior Design I 1st Place Project:

    2D Open World RPG Pirate Game (Sany Danh)

  • School of Computing Best Senior Design II 3rd Place Project:

    SqueeGee (Christal Shaner)

  • School of Computing Best Senior Design II 2nd Place Project:

    The Ballad of the Bog (Game) (Maddox Kafka, Abdelkarim Jibril)

  • School of Computing Best Senior Design II 1st Place Project:

    Team Lullo-Fi (Logan Cannady, Jacob Greenwald, John Esquibel)

  • School of Computing Best Cybersecurity Project 3rd Place:

    Dragon Wi-Fli (Jkobe Williams, John Henderson, Addison Manzoor, Joshua See)

  • School of Computing Best Cybersecurity Project 2nd Place:

    Footprint Finder (Cole Carothers, Peyton Henry, Nicholas Manion)

  • School of Computing Best Cybersecurity Project 3rd Place:

    PORTSENTRY (Jacob Klausmeyer, Uchechukwu Chikezie, Yoel Woldeyes, Nathaniel Reimer, Connor Pore )​

Clark Beck Award

  • Excellence in Communication Award
    911 Audio Typing Application (Bryan Rangel, Shivank Jaiswal, Olivia Robl)

Dwane & Velma Wallace Excellence Awards

  • Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award:
    • Ahmad Bassaleh
    • Demy Alexander
  • Graduate Student Research Award: 

    Eric Luiz Pereira