The College's mechanical engineers continued their winning ways at the regional student conference of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers at the University of Maryland.
Bob Dunton '05, also majoring in computer science, took first in the design competition of a bulk transporter. He will represent Union at the national ASME conference competition in November. He was advised by Prof. Bill Keat. Dunton also took second in the poster competition for “A Computational Study of Axisymmetric Droplet Breakup in Time Varying Flows Using Parallel Processing” (Profs. Brad Bruno and David Hemmendinger).
Shira Mandel '05, who also majors in chemistry, placed first in the poster competition for her poster on “Aerogels: Effects of Chemical Precursors on Physical Properties.” (Profs. Ann Anderson and Mary Carroll).
Dan Archibald '05 won best technical presentation in the oral competition for “The Aerodynamics of a Modern Sports Car.” (Prof. Anderson)
Nathan Stodola '05 placed fourth in the oral competition with “An Organ of Fire and Ice.” (Prof. Bruno)
David Korim '06 won a student award for “outstanding efforts and accomplishments on behalf of the ASME student section at Union College.”
These students continue the trend of Union successes at ASME. Last year, Tim Smith '04 won the oral competition, Marissa Post '04 placed second, and Katie Arthur '04 won the poster competition. Smith went on to compete in the National ASME speaking contest.
In 2003, Smitesh Bakrania '03 placed first in the oral competition, Mark Hoffman '03 third, Scott Clark '03 second in the poster competition, and Ben Tillotson '03 placed third. Bakrania went on to place second at the national ASME speaking contest.
In 2002 David Chapin '02 placed first in the oral competition, Ben Gauthier '02 second, and Jeremy Losaw '02 won the poster competition. Chapin took fourth at the national event.
The ASME Region III Student Conference included 44 schools from New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware.
This year's design competition involved the design of a Bulk Material Transporter. For more, visit: http://www.asme.org/students/Competitions/designcontest/2005/Design_Problem_Description.html)