Engineering Design EXPO

Virtual Technical Presentations 
1:20-5:20 p.m. PT Thursday, April 30 

Engineering Design EXPO capstone teams of all disciplines will present their industry sponsored projects during technical presentations held via Zoom. All sessions are open to the public. 

• In-Person EXPO Hall Opens 
  Opening Ceremony 8:45 a.m. 
  9 a.m. to noon PT
  Idaho Central Credit Union Arena on the Moscow Campus
  
  Explore innovative and interactive projects that push the boundaries of science and technology and learn how U of I students are working together to solve real-world problems.
   

• Free STEM Activity Fair 
  9-11:30 a.m. PT  
  Idaho Central Credit Union Arena Practice Court on the Moscow Campus

  
  Participate in hands-on activities and explore engineering concepts with current U of I engineering clubs and competition teams and other organizations.  Open to K-12 students and sponsored by the NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium, Idaho STEM Ecosystem, Idaho National Laboratory and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories.  
   

• Virtual Technical Presentations 
  1:40-5:40 p.m. PT Friday, May 1

  
  Engineering Design EXPO capstone teams of all disciplines will present their industry sponsored projects during technical presentations held via Zoom. All sessions are open to the public.
   

• EXPO Keynote Speaker: Tom Mueller 
  Founder & CEO, Impulse Space 
  12:30-1:15 p.m. PT Friday, May 1

  Idaho Central Credit Union Arena on the Moscow Campus

  
  Vandal alumnus and renowned space propulsion expert Tom Mueller brings unparalleled expertise in advanced propulsion architectures, rapid development cycles, and flight-proven engineering. 

Attend the Zoom Session or in-person at the Gauss-Johnson Engineering Building, Room 108A to view the following project presentations:

• 1:30 p.m.    Vandal Motorsports Chassis and Suspension (sponsor: Vandal Motorsports)
• 2 p.m.   Pipe and Roller Bearing Joining Method (sponsor: Spudnik Equipment Co.)
• 2:30 p.m.    Automated 360° Test Sample Photography (sponsor: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories)
• 3 p.m.    Modular and Adaptable Formboard for Manufacturing Wire Harnesses (sponsor: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories)
• 3 p.m.    Hydraulic Oil-Cooled Electric Forklift Drive Axle (sponsor: Hyster-Yale)
• 4 p.m.    Acoustic Isolation of Electric Forklift Drive Axle (sponsor: Hyster-Yale)
• 4:30 p.m.    Shipping Container Temperature Simulator (sponsor: HP, Inc.)

Technical presentations in this session will be facilitated by Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Matthew Swenson. 

Attend the Zoom Session or in-person at the Janssen Engineering Building, Room 326 to view the following project presentations:

• 1:20 p.m.    Improved Lighting Interface for Marching Band Light Shows (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
• 1:40 p.m.    BenchVision: Benchmarking Uncertainty Quantification for Deep Learning (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Computer Science)
• 2 p.m.    Automating Inland Empire Paper Mill in Nvidia Isaac Sim (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Computer Science)
• 2:20 p.m.    AI-driven Security for Smart Devices (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Computer Science)
• 2:40 p.m.    LLM Assisted Knowledge and Data Extraction from Legacy Literature (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Computer Science)
• 3 p.m.    Attacking and Defending Machine Learning Methods (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Computer Science)
• 3:20 p.m.    Cutting-Edge Python Tools for Electromagnetic Wave Visualization (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Computer Science)
• 3:40 p.m.    Automated Security Testing for C/C++ Programs (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Computer Science)
• 4 p.m.    Mapping High Level Information to Compiled Binaries (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Computer Science)
• 4:20 p.m.    Self-Playing Pinball (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Computer Science)
• 4:40 p.m.    AI-Driven Biochar Optimization for Precision Agriculture (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Computer Science)
• 5 p.m.    Lightcast Localisation Software (sponsor: Lightcast) 

Technical presentations in this session will be facilitated by Computer Science Professor Terry Soule. 

Attend the Zoom Session or in-person at the Idaho Commons, Crest-Horizon Room to view the following project presentations:

• 2 p.m.    Farm Road & A Street Roundabout (sponsor: City of Moscow)
• 2:20 p.m.    Boise Airport Hangar Site Development (sponsor: Ardurra)
• 2:40 p.m.    Twin Falls Judicial Building Expansion Structural Design (sponsor: KPFF Consulting Engineers)
• 3 p.m.    Pierce Park and State Street Roundabout (sponsor: Parametrix)
• 3:20 p.m.    Industrial Onsite Disposal Facility (sponsor: Western Consulting Group)
• 3:40 p.m.    4th Street Stormwater and Wetland Mitigation Project (sponsor: J.U.B.)
• 4 p.m.    Ponderay Lakeshore Underpass Project (sponsor: STRATA)
• 4:20 p.m.    Public Avenue Corridor Safety Improvements (sponsor: HMH Engineering)
• 4:40 p.m.    Peterson Group Campground and SH54/Brig Road Intersection (sponsor: Welch Comer)
• 5 p.m.    Cove Road Bridge Redesign (sponsor: HDR)

Technical presentations in this session will be facilitated by Civil Engineering Clinical Associate Professor Erik Arnson. 

Attend the Zoom Session or in-person at the Integrated Research and Innovation Center, Room 105 to view the following project presentations: 

• 1:40 p.m.    Attack on AI (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Computer Science)
• 2 p.m.    AssetShieldLLM: AI Risk Identifier and Mitigation Advisor (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Computer Science)
• 2:20 p.m.    AI Facilitated Binary Analysis (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Computer Science)
• 2:40 p.m.    Modbus ICS Integration for Unreal Engine 5 (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Computer Science)
• 3 p.m.    AI-powered Academic Planner (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Computer Science)
• 3:20 p.m.    Computer Vision Assisted Identification of Novel Killer Yeast Strains (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Computer Science)
• 3:40 p.m.    Agile Emulated Educational Environment for Guided Industrial Security Training (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Computer Science)
• 4 p.m.    G.O.A.T. Mesh Networks (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Computer Science)
• 4:20 p.m.    How Well Can Large-Language Models Write Effective Code? (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Computer Science)
• 4:40 p.m.    Development of LLM-Driven Smart Agents for User-Friendly Access to an Open Data Portal (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Computer Science)
• 5 p.m.    Virtual Reality UIdaho Cleanroom (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Computer Science)
• 5:20 p.m.    Secure On-Demand Wireless Thumbdrive (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Computer Science) 

Technical presentations in this session will be facilitated by Computer Science Professor Terry Soule. 

Attend the Zoom Session or in-person at the Gauss-Johnson Engineering Building, Room 218 to view the following project presentations: 

• 2 p.m.    Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor Polarity Identification (sponsor: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories)
• 2:30 p.m.    Wireless Power Beaming (sponsors: U of I Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
• 3 p.m.    Electric Conversion of Hybrid Joint Tactical Vehicle (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
• 3:30 p.m.    Advanced 3D Semiconductor Packaging with TSVs (sponsors: Idaho Workforce Development Council & Micron)  
• 4 p.m.    Iridium Communication and Star Tracker Satellite Development (sponsor: NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium)

Technical presentations in this session will be facilitated by Electrical and Computer Engineering Clinical Assistant Professor Marc Jean. 

Attend the Zoom Session or in-person at the Engineering and Physics Building, Room 413 to view the following project presentations: 

• 2 p.m.    C.A.I.R.S. - Clean Athletic Integrated Respirator System (sponsor: Dr. Hiller)
• 2:30 p.m.    Fiber Optic Spray Tank Sensor (sponsor: NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium)
• 3 p.m.    Precision Agricultural Spray Drone (sponsor: U of I College of Agricultural and Life Sciences)
• 3:30 p.m.    In-situ Non-destructive Plant Root Mapping (sponsor: Precision Ag Sensors)
• 4 p.m.    Tracking Tendon Fibers (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering)
• 4:30 p.m.    Cyclic Tensile Strain Bioreactor (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering) 

Technical presentations in this session will be facilitated by Biological Engineering Associate Professor Russell Qualls. 

Attend the Zoom Session or in-person at Gauss-Johnson Engineering Building, Room 108A to view the following project presentations: 

• 2 p.m.    Project NORA (Nuclear Operations Robotic Arm) (sponsor: Idaho National Laboratory)
• 2:30 p.m.    Small-scale Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Recovery System (sponsor: NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium)
• 3 p.m.    Twin Screw Extruder for 3D Printing Large Scale Wood Composite Structures (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Mechanical Engineering)
• 3:30 p.m.    Dragon 3.0: The Ember Generator (sponsor: U of I College of Science, Dept. of Earth and Spatial Sciences)
• 4 p.m.    Stand with Ease: A Compact Mechanical Seat Assist System (sponsor: Kip Sikes)
• 4:30 p.m.    Bait Dispenser for Autonomous Animal Surveying Device (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Mechanical Engineering) 

Technical presentations in this session will be facilitated by Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Michael Maughan. 

Attend the Zoom Session or in-person at J. E. Buchanan Engineering Laboratory, Room 346 to view the following project presentations: 

• 2 p.m.    Utilizing Algae to Recover Critical Minerals for Mine-influenced Waters (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering)
• 2:30 p.m.    Design and Prototyping of a Lunar Logistics Module (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering)
• 3 p.m.    Ultra-High Purity Water System (sponsor: U of I Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and U of I Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
• 3:30 p.m.    Molasses Desugarization (sponsor: Amalgamated Research) 

Technical presentations in this session will be facilitated by Chemical Engineering Associate Professor Matthew Bernards.