2019 Student Research Poster Competition

The College of Engineering & Applied Science’s 10th Annual Student Research Poster Competition, held April 21, 2018 in the UWM Student Union, was a tremendous success! It drew 100 undergraduate and graduate students, 100 judges from industry plus faculty judges–and provided engaging and productive sharing of research and ideas.

Save the date and watch for details here for our 2019 event–to be held April 27, 2019. 

View highlights of the event:

Congratulations to all 2018 student participants for the high quality of their work and especially to the following graduate and undergraduate student winners, who shared in prizes totaling $10,000:

FIRST PLACE

  • Graduate: Marco Lo Ricco (Civil Engineering)
  • Undergraduate: Nisrit Pandey (Materials)

SECOND PLACE

  • Graduate: Reed Heintzkill (Materials)
  • Undergraduate: Hella Willis (Electrical Engineering)

THIRD PLACE

  • Graduate: Mohsen Manjili (Materials)
  • Undergraduate: Joshua Myszewski (Biomedical Engineering)

HONORABLE MENTION: GRADUATE

  • Shabnam Lashkari (Industrial Engineering)
  • Reihaneh Rostami (Computer Science)
  • Saeed Yazdani (Civil Engineering)

HONORABLE MENTION: UNDERGRADUATE

  • Jeff Becker (Materials)
  • Danielle O’Hagan (Civil Engineering)
  • Michael Stefik (Mechanical Engineering)

STUDENTS’ CHOICE

  • Graduate: Yun Yuan (Civil Engineering)
  • Undergraduate: Nisrit Pandey (Materials)

MIKE KRAUSKI MEMORIAL AWARD

  • Janeé Pederson (Civil Engineering)

For a list of all student researchers and poster topics, click here

The event’s success also depends on the generous support of community sponsors. We are grateful to our nine sponsors—GE Healthcare, Johnson Controls, LEONARDO DRS, Sage Water, We Energies Foundation, Dedicated Computing, Eaton, Generac Power Systems and GRAEF—whose backing this year enabled the expansion of prize money for our students and for the competition to expand to the UWM Student Union.