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May 02, 2010

9th Annual Fred & Harriet Cox Design Awards Announced

The 2010 Fred & Harriet Cox Senior Design Awards were announced on Friday, April 30 at the Cox Pavilion at the Thomas & Mack Center on the UNLV’s campus after inspirational remarks were delivered by Ms. Patricia Mulroy, General Manager of the Las Vegas Water District and the Southern Nevada Water Authority.

Second Place, Civil & Environmental Engineering Team participants share $500 monetary award and each receive the framed Fred & Harriet Cox Award

Project Name: The Nevari Lookout

Team Participants: Stephanie Espinoza-Levy, Samuel Lytle, and Alan Pineda

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ying Tian

Client Advisor: Mr. Robert Welch

Senior Design Instructor: Dr. Walter Vodrazka, Sr. PE

First Place, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Team participants share $1000 monetary award and each receive the framed Fred & Harriet Cox Award

Project Name: Conveyance of Ground Water from Northern Nevada to Las Vegas Valley

Team Participants: Theresa Bray, Regina Dennis, Crystina Gonzalez, and Monika Hagood

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jaci Batista

Client Advisor: Mr. Gregory Kodweis

Senior Design Instructor: Dr. Walter Vodrazka, Sr. PE

Second Place, Electrical & Computer Engineering Team participants share $500 monetary award and each receive the framed Fred & Harriet Cox Award

Project Name: Alternative Energy Road Sign

Team Participants: Michael Sharp and Stuart Wagner Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rama Venkat

Senior Design Instructor: Dr. Paolo Ginobbi

First Place, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Team participants share $1000 monetary award and each receive the framed Fred & Harriet Cox Award

Project Name: Battery Monitor for Generic Battery Systems

Team Participant: Benjamin Mitchell

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Yingtao Jiang

Senior Design Instructor: Dr. Paolo Ginobbi

First Place, Interdisciplinary Engineering

Team participants share $1000 monetary award and each receive the framed Fred & Harriet Cox Award

Project Name: Autonomous Refuse Transporter (A.R.T.)

Team Participants: Freddy Dorantes, Ronald Lorick II, Lucretia Martin, Zachary Mellinger, Marissa Takata, and Vernon Wells

Faculty Advisors: Dr. Shahram Latifi and Dr. Brian Landsberger

Senior Design Instructors: Dr. Paolo Ginobbi & Dr. John Wang

Second Place, Mechanical Engineering

Team participants share $500 monetary award and each receive the framed Fred & Harriet Cox Award

Project Name: Autonomous Material Sorter

Team Participants: Christian Calvo, Anthony Santo Domingo, Kimberly Hammer, Jonathan Sanchez, and Andrew “AJ” Wickersham

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mohamed Trabia S

enior Design Instructor: Dr. John Wang

First Place, Mechanical Engineering

Team participants share $1000 monetary award and each receive the framed Fred & Harriet Cox Award

Project Name: Dual Axis Solar Tracker Team Participants: Leonardo Banchik, Stanton Byington, and Jonathan Realmuto

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Robert Boehm, Dr. Suresh Sadineni, and Rick Hurt

Senior Design Instructor: Dr. John Wang

Grand Prize

Team participants share $2500 monetary award and each receive the framed Fred & Harriet Cox Award

Project Name: Ghana Orphanage Project Team Participants: Steven Conner, Sean Robinson, and Weijian Zhang

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Aly Said

Client Advisor: Ms. Mama Elise Senior Design Instructor: Dr. Walter Vodrazka, Sr. PE

Complete project descriptions are available on the college website: engineering.unlv.edu.

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