2023 Engineering Design Showcase Presentations

Project Title: Groundwater Desalination Plant, Kuwait
Presenters: Abdulaziz AlFraih, Bader Alhadlaq, and Massa AlRabah 

Project Title: LA EcoVillage Project 
Presenters: Kendall Gilbert, Kristin Hernandez, Gianna Morelli, and Marina Mirelis Rios 

Project Title: New LMU Basketball Arena
Presenters: Derek Carlton, Alberto Castro, Vicente Lamera, and Michael Okoye 

Project Title: Small Sustainable House
Presenters: Alex Gutierrez, Caelan McCamey, Kai Taylor, and Rodolfo Zarate

Project Title: Townhouse Development Project

Presenters: Orion Kamphefner, Alexander Rabushka, and Andrea Sanchez

Project Title: Unconventional Building Design
Presenters: Michaela Chen and Carolina DeBiase

Project Title: Water Treatment Plant for High Desert Area
Presenters: Danah Almutairi, Munirah Almutairi, Alfaysal Alqabandi, and Maged Alshibani

Faculty Advisor for all projects: Joseph Reichenberger

Project Title: Raman Spectroscopy of Lithium-Ion Pouch Cells
Presenters: Lauren Heron, Justin Hynes, and Ethan Persi

Project Title: Smart Car III
Presenters: Marina Aziz and Salim Elsayegh

Project Title: Smart CV Helmet
Presenters: Aryan Barik and Kevin Gager

Project Title: Surgical Microsat Measurement Probe
Presenters: Danielle Buenabad and Michelle Dell

Faculty Advisor for all projects: Hossein Asghari

Project Title: Low-Cost Autonomous Water Quality Sensor
Presenters: Ansel Austin, Sean Hurvitz, and Leo Tanaka
Faculty Advisor: Mahsa Ebrahim 

Project Title: Solar Water Desalination
Presenters: Heidi Johnson, Patricio Osegueda von Waberer, Felipe Rivera-Uribe, and Lauren Tully
Faculty Advisor: Mahsa Ebrahim 

Project Title: Solid Fuel Rocket
Presenters: Logan Ader, Katherine Hummer, Ashley Salisbyry, Jacqueline Smet and Trenton VerKuilen
Faculty Advisor: Mahsa Ebrahim 

Project Title: Baja SAE Off-Road Vehicle
Presenters: Alec Britt, Cameron Hagey, Sean Hornchek, Sunil Klein, and John Vanderway
Faculty Advisor: Emin Issakhanian

Project Title: Fluid Power Vehicle
Presenters: Ambuj Bhatnagar, Cole Daniel, Alexis Mendez, Brent Rouiller, and Brendan Smith
Faculty Advisor: Emin Issakhanian 

Project Title: Skywalker: A 2U CubeSat with a MHD Pump Payload
Presenters: Ciara Brown, Joseph Lazo, Nicholas Lee, Joshua Simkin, and Mason Warren  
Faculty Advisor: Mustafa Mozael 

Project Title: Biomimetic Bird
Presenters: Tra Vera Mariel Ambat, Andre-Louis Picazo, Ural Veral, and Berk Yavuz 
Faculty Advisor: Mustafa Mozael 

Project Title: SAE Aero Design Competition 2023
Presenters: Manuel Armendariz, Taiyo Endo, Calib Mihalczo, and Tin (Joe) Nguyen
Faculty Advisor: Mustafa Mozael

Project Title: Implementation of the Downlink Communication System of the LMU CubeSat
Presenters: Mohammed Alrabeeah

Faculty Advisor: Gustavo Vejarano

Project Title: Dementia Outreach Improvement in Kaiser Permanente Continuing Care
Presenter: Rohan Sepahi
Faculty Advisor: Hassan Movahedi 

Project Title: Improving the Utilization of Health Connect Mammogram Scheduling System
Presenter: Olivia Purser
Faculty Advisor: John Poladian 

Project Title: Redesigning the Hospital Retail Space in a Changing Hospital Environment
Presenter: Chloe Golik
Faculty Advisor: David Quam 

Project Title: Improving Enrollment and Utilization of RemoteGlucose Monitoring at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles 
Presenter: Ariana Say
Faculty Advisor: John Poladian

Project Title: Improving The Use Of Telehealth Visits In Urology
Presenter: James Masayuki Oka
Faculty Advisor: David Quam 

Project Title: Crystal Report Deployment Process UCLA Health IT
Presenter: Maria Eleni Seletopoulou
Faculty Advisor: David Quam  

Project Title: Developing a Medical and Mental Health Clinic for the Unhoused and Low Income Community of DTLA with St. Francis Center
Presenter: Amberly Hershewe and Dylan Shockey
Faculty Advisor: David Quam 

Project Title: Streamlining Oncotype Dx Ordering Process at Kaiser Permanente South Bay
Presenter: Stephanie Watanasutisas
Faculty Advisor: David Quam 

Project Title: Improving Follow-Up Rates at LAC+USC Bariatric Clinic
Presenter: Mollie Williams
Faculty Advisor: David Quam

Project Title: Effect of Overaging on the Static Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Alloy AlSi10Mg Fabricated by Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Presenter: Stephen Sung
 

Project Title: Effect of Elevated Temperature Exposure on the Fracture Toughness of Aluminum Alloy AlSi10Mg Fabricated by Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Presenter: James Harper
 

Project Title: Effect of Solutionizing Conditions on the T6 Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Alloy AlSi10Mg Fabricated Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Presenter: Anthony Castillo

Project Title: The Effect of Heat Treatments on the Tensile and Fatigue Behavior of Laser-Powder-Bed-Fusion Ti-6Al-4V Titanium Alloy
Presenter: Stephen Sung

Faculty Advisor for all projects: Omar Es-Said