Allison Williams from the University of Alabama worked with Dr Kevin Nolan from the School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering and Dr Roderick Jones from the School of Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering on a project titled Sensor Package to Promote Offshore Security. This is a proposed sensor package that serves to promote security off of Ireland’s coasts, relaying accurate, up-to-date information in real time while being compact and cost-effective.
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Caleb Burks from the University of Alabama worked with Dr Kevin Nolan from the School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering on The Effect of Spatial Cutoff Geometry on Schlieren: Visualisation of Thermal Plumes. Schlieren imaging is a powerful optical technique used to visualise variations in refractive index within transparent media, such as air. These variations often arise from temperature or pressure gradients, such as those found in convective heat flow.
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Courtney Peterson from Penn State University was supervised by Dr Jufan Zhang from the School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering on a project, Enhancing Stage Range via Mechanical Redesign. Microneedle technology represents a cutting-edge advancement in transdermal drug delivery, offering a less invasive and more accessible alternative to traditional injection methods.
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Devin Von Arx from Rice University worked with two PhD students and Trinity College Dublin on the Early Detection of Pulmonary Fibrosis Using Digital Stethoscope Audio and Signal Processing. Digital stethoscopes capture inaudible sound frequencies, offering a new opportunity for screening. The project investigates whether audio recordings from a digital stethoscope can be used to detect pulmonary fibrosis earlier using signal processing and machine learning techniques.
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Georgia Herr from the University of Alabama worked with Dr James O’Donnell from the School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering on a project titled Evaluating Carbon Dioxide Heat Pump for Residential Use Utilising a Building Energy Performance Simulation. Carbon dioxide heat pumps are an emerging heat pump technology that utilises carbon dioxide as a refrigerant instead of a traditional hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant. CO2 heat pumps have several potential benefits.
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Jessica Bressman from Princeton University worked with Dr Md Salauddin from the School of Civil Engineering on a project Investigating the Impact of Seagrass Species on Coastal Resilience. Coastal resilience becomes increasingly important as climate change progresses, and unnatural engineered solutions have proven to be economically and sustainably infeasible.
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Joseph Duarte from the University of Notre Dame worked with Dr Javad Zeinali from the School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering on a project titled Satellite Imagery Detection Neural Network Through Generative AI. The rise of Generative AI tools, such as the LLM ChatGPT, has introduced new possibilities for enhancing everyday coding projects. Developers now use AI to generate boilerplate code, suggest function improvements, automate documentation, and even simulate user interaction for interface testing.
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Leah Kanzler from Case Western Reserve University worked with Dr Kevin Nolan from the School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering on a project, Bridging Engineering and Extended Reality Using the 2D Heat Equation. To delve into this idea, this project focuses on a simple physics concept and explores ways in which to make it interactive in order to create a more fundamental understanding while also portraying it in an engaging way.
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Olivia Hall from Columbia University worked with Dr Kevin Nolan from the School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering on a project around Optimising AUV Deployment using Finite-Time Lyapunov Exponents from Ocean Flow Data Off the Irish Coast. Approximately 97% of all global data passes through undersea cables: fibre-optic cores that facilitate emergency services, commerce, and military operations worldwide, and Ireland’s position off the mainland of Europe makes it so that 75% of transatlantic cables travel through Irish waters.
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Ryan Leavy from the University of Michigan worked with Dr Kevin Roche from the School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, comparing 3D CT Scans and Photogrammetry Models of Fish Jaws. The goal of this particular study was to compare the results of these methods from various sets of fish jaws to determine how similar they are and if photogrammetry could be used instead of CT scans, since it is cheaper and simpler to use.
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Samantha Feldman from Washington University, St Louis, worked with Dr Vikram Pakrashi from the School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering on a Vortex-Induced Vibrations and Impact Displacement Response project. Vortex-induced vibration (VIV) of a cylinder has been thoroughly studied and documented over the course of the past fifty years. VIV was known as a destructive phenomenon, and researchers attempted to decrease the harmful energy that could cause failures in engineering assemblies.
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Samuel Roth from Syracuse University worked with Dr Kevin Nolan from the School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, titled Why Not Blender? Comparative Study of Blender and ANSYS for Educational Airflow Modelling. This project poses a simple question: If a company like Pixar can simulate realistic airflow for animation, why can't engineers utilise similar streamlined tools for educational purposes that don’t require the greatest precision?
