2021 Awardees

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS BEST ENGINEERING DESIGN AWARD 1ST PLACE

University of Houston
“TrueStep”
Rukaiya Batliwala, Arnold Emeh,
Tanvi Parikh, Anthony Pham

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS BEST ENGINEERING DESIGN AWARD 2ND PLACE

The University of Texas at Dallas
“Intelligent Occupancy Management Using Air Quality Measurements”
MD Fiaz Islam Bhuiyan, Maxine Cabrasawan, Jeffrey Counts, Benjamin Dattilo, Chandler Linseisen, Pranav Mathews

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS BEST ENGINEERING DESIGN AWARD 3RD PLACE

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
“Smart Robot Bed”
Andrea Baca, Leonardo Escamilla,
Rogelio Hernandez, Maria Reynoso, Connor Sitz

SPOTLIGHT AWARD

You’re ready for the TED Talk circuit! Your presentation skills wowed us.


The University of Texas at Austin
“Autonomous Wind Turbine Internal Blade Inspection”
Patrick August, Brent Bouslog, Usman Farooqi,
Natasha Long, Allegra Thomas

HOLLYWOOD AWARD

Lights! Camera! Action! Your video production and “story-telling” skills are Oscar-worthy!


Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
“Flare Director II”
Adam Gross, Riley Martinson,
Zach Merced, Max Roberts

DARING TO BE GREEN

Our favorite superheroes wear green. Best project with a focus on “green” technologies and sustainability.

The University of Texas at Dallas
“Intelligent Occupancy Management Using Air Quality Measurements”
MD Fiaz Islam Bhuiyan, Maxine Cabrasawan, Jeffrey Counts, Benjamin Dattilo, Chandler Linseisen, Pranav Mathews

MAKING A DIFFERENCE AWARD

Saving the human race? All in a senior design project! Your project takes into consideration impact on public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.

The University of Texas at Tyler – Houston Engineering Center
“A Point-of-Care Sensor for Rapid and Real-Time Monitoring of Inflammatory Biomarkers”
Miguel Gomez Gonzalez, Claude Larrieux,
Amstrong Otieno, Zeeshan Shaikh, Luis Trevino

STEP FORWARD AWARD

You stretched your game beyond your comfort zone, learned new things and incorporated them into a great project.



Texas A&M University
“TI Analog Explorer”
Rhett Guthrie, Nicholas O’Toole,
Mitchell Roselius, John Wildridge

OUT OF THE BOX AWARD

Most “daring” project. You had a BIG idea and your engineering creativity made it go.




University of Houston
“TrueStep”
Rukaiya Batliwala, Arnold Emeh,
Tanvi Parikh, Anthony Pham

ENTREPRENEURIAL AWARD

Calling all venture capitalists! This team’s project is ready to go. Most rounded project when considering the synergy between engineering and business.


The University of Texas at San Antonio
“Taqueria Electrica”
Justin De La Vina, Jamal Khan,
Manuel McKinley

TEAMWORK AWARD

Your project couldn’t exist without each individual member of the team! Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together made you a success.

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
“Smart Robot Bed”
Andrea Baca, Leonardo Escamilla,
Rogelio Hernandez, Maria Reynoso, Connor Sitz

PEER AWARD

You’re the favorite! Each team at the showcase gets to vote for their favorite project.



The University of Texas at Austin
“Autonomous Wind Turbine Internal Blade Inspection”
Patrick August, Brent Bouslog, Usman Farooqi,
Natasha Long, Allegra Thomas