2016 ASEE-GSW Section Awards

 

Section Outstanding Campus Representative:  Dr. Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University, College Station

 

Person Mile Award:  Texas A&M University, College Station

 

Paper Awards:

Undergraduate Student Papers

First place

The Generation of Free Stream Turbulence Intensity and its Effects on Flow Separation occurring on a Highly Loaded, Low-Pressure Gas Turbine Blade at Low Reynolds Numbers; Tyler Pharris, Olivia Hirst, Ken Van Treuren (145), Baylor University

Second Place

“Wireless Communications System for Low Earth Orbit: An Innovative Capstone Design Project; Dakotah Karrer, Vince Rodriguez, David Smith, Trent Tate, Michael Willey (148), Texas A&M University”

Third Place

Flexible base course material stabilization using polymer-based stabilizing agents; J. T. D. Davis and G. Saygili (126), University of Texas at Tyler 

 

Graduate Student Papers  

First Place

Noise Generation Using the Eppler 387, NACA 0012, NACA 4412 and NREL S823 Airfoils; Andrew Hays, Ken Van Treuren (138), Baylor University

Second Place

Effects of Chemical Treatments on the Properties of Individual Banana Pseudo-stem Fibers for use in LDPE composites; Patrick Chester, William Jordan, (115), Baylor University

Third Place

Knowledge Based System and Optimization of Ashby’s Methodology in Materials Selection for Aircraft Cabin Metallic Structures; Pashupati Adhikari Reza Mirshams (133), University of North Texas

 

 Faculty Papers

First Place

Proposed Changes to ABET Criteria 3 and 5; Ronald E. Barr (103), University Texas at Austin

Second Place

The Effects of Transitioning from a Face-to-Face Fundamentals of Engineering Review to a Virtual Environment; Michael V. Gangone, Mohammad Biswas (136), University of Texas-Tyler

Third Place

Development of an undergraduate seminar course for engineering technology majors; Heidar A. Malki and William Fitzgibbon (114), University of Houston