McGill Design Day 2024

Bioengineering

BIEN-1 Development of a Pipeline for Analyzing Quantitative MRI Data of the Brain
Mckenna Baron, Nour Hanna, Alessio Palladino, and Kyle Vamvakas

BIEN-2 Using Deep Learning to Identify High-risk Tumor Subregions in Soft-tissue Sarcoma
Charlotte Volk, Marc Amin, Justin Charney, and Niharika Lal

BIEN-3 Miniscope for in Vitro Imaging
Kaitlyn Cribb, Abigail Vikstrom, and Ula Mastej

BIEN-4 Developing a Bioinformatic Pipeline for Analysis of Transcriptomic Data in Plants and Algae
Palmyra Mendoza Cabrer, Karina Carlson, Catherine Xu, and Xavier Santerre

BIEN-5 Test bench for Real-time ACcuracy Validation in Total kneE Replacement Surgery (TRACE)
Hubert Laflamme, Mohul Sharma, Samuel Bernard, and Guillaume Rodier

BIEN-6 Integration of an Aerosol Capture Device into a Ventilator for Early Detection of Pneumonia in Intubated Patients
Anne Sarah Dickman, Camille Gagnon, Emma Martin, and Marion Vandewynckele-Bossut

BIEN-7 Development of Pipeline for Analyzing fMRI of Rats and Primates
Ziyad Bouslama

BIEN-8 Engineering Catalytic Efficiency and Product Specificity of Taxadiene Synthase Involved in Taxol Biosynthesis
Shu Yuan Zhang, Curtis Ehlert, Liv Toft, and Andrei Bocan

BIEN-9 Engineering Substrate Selectivity and Catalytic Activity of Taxadiene 5α-Hydroxylase Involved in Early Steps of Taxol Biosynthesis
Rylee McDonald, Jake Pringle, Julianna Raabel, and Michael Weldon

BIEN-10 Multiplexed Colorimetric Biosensor on Contact-mode CMOS Image Sensor
Laura Camila Penuela Cardenas, Nassib Jr. Hassouna, Young chae Han, Lan Anh Huynh, and Mary Wan

BIEN-11 Development of Analysis Pipelines to Study Neuro-vascular Coupling
Taegan Hallahan, Spencer Levine, Nabhaan Farooqi, Aiden Licoppe, and Graeme McKinley

BIEN-12 Development of Methods for Designing 3D-Printed Holders for Optimal MRI of the Brain
Angela Zhu, Junqi Wang, Michelle Sateen Yazbek, and Lina El Kesti

Bioresource Engineering

BIORESOURCE-1 An Ecological Solution to Culvert Damming
Alannah Mescheder, Sadie MacDonald, and Stephanie Marks

BIORESOURCE-2 Biomaterial from Phragmites: An Alternative to Synthetic Polymers
Jeanne Lacombe, Sandrine Lapointe, Chloe Michel, and Félix Marcil-Gendreau

BIORESOURCE-3 Resource Management for the Macdonald Campus Dairy Barn
Terra Vanstone, Tatiana Rayvich, and Maya Dwivedi-Leng

BIORESOURCE-4 Using Stored Snow as Cooling at Macdonald Campus
Élisabeth Cayer-Desforge, Pishoy Mikhail, and Camille Julien

BIORESOURCE-5 Forest Fire Detection Using Remote Sensing for Rural Communities
Anna Gleason, Michele Pellegrino, Flynn Vainer, and Benjamin Reny

Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering

ECE-1 Hardware/Software Co-Design of an FPGA-Based Accelerator for Real-time Embedded SLAM for Mobile Robots
Samuel Dayo

ECE-2 Digital Leaky Integrate-and-fire Neuron for CTT-based Neuromorphic Systems
Okyanus Gumus

ECE-3 The Multinational Fantasy Soccer League (MFSL)
Abhijeet Praveen, Lina Moufarreh, Rooshnie Velautham, and Sebastien Cantin

ECE-4 Electronic Control of Super-resolution Microscope
Shiyuan Qiao, Guo Cheng, Zhiheng Zhou, and Junbo Wang

ECE-5 Al Development of an MLB Expected Run Calculator
Alexandra Galerakis, Alondra Karam, Joseph Toteda, and Samuel Silva

ECE-6 Image Segmentation Using Machine Learning on the Sony IMX500
Mathieu Geoffroy, Theo Ghanem, Gabrielle Halpin, and Charles Lapierre

ECE-7 Stocate - Scan and Scrape
Joey Koay, Hassan Gaber, Kara Best, and Siddhant Puri

ECE-8 Human Knowledge Resource Management and Visualization
Kalvin Khuu, Matthew Litwiller, Robert Liu, and Hong Yi Meng

ECE-9 Nanotube Hall Sensor Measurement for Tracking Head Motion in MRI Systems
Elias Abou Farah, Romy Makhoul, Sophia Moubarak, and Karim Moussa

ECE-10 McGill Python Circuit Simulator
Ralph Nassar, Karl Rouhana, Matthieu Hakim, and Adam Kazma

ECE-11 McGill Formula Electric Custom Inverters -Hardware
Philippe Létourneau, Youjung Kang, Catherine Gaudio, and Leftraru Gonzalez-Tucas

ECE-12 New Controller for McGill's Multifan wind Tunnel Facility
Chayenne Bien-Aimé, Philippe Mandeville, Samuel Proulx, and Esteban Levesque

ECE-13 Universal Antigen Encoding of T-cell Activation from High-dimensional Single-cell Dynamics
Liamo Pennimpede, Abe Arafat, Ryan Reszetnik, and Romen Poirier

ECE-14 Web Graphic Enrichment through Spatial Audio and Haptic Interaction under IMAGE (Internet Multimodal Access to Graphical Exploration)
Lukas Bebee, Emma Kawczynski, Massimo Rosati, and Alex Tsahageas

ECE-15 McGill Formula Electric Custom Inverters - Software
Mario Bouzakhm, Thomas Song, Pierre Masselot, and Ahmed Bachir

ECE-16 Mapping Video Visual Data to 3D Model: Analysis of Shopper's Visual Activity in retail store
Ziyue Wang, William Guang Lin, Jacob Leung, and Hongfei Liu

ECE-17 e-IMPAQc Mobile App for Caregivers of Cancer Patients
Remi Carriere, Ariane Leroux, Lucas Pacicco, and Sarah Zhang

ECE-18 NEOSSat Data Amplifier: Multi-Purpose Image Analysis for Space
Rebecca Mizrahi, Samantha Handal, Dania Pennimpede, and Amélie Barsoum

ECE-19 Robot Resurrection R1-D4
Selina Gao, Lisa Morcellet, Hu Zhang, and Zihan Zhang

ECE-20 Detect Language Model Generated Data
Adam Geenen, Samuel Vasserman, Dominic Wener, and William Lumsden

ECE-21 Stocate: Sustainability at your fingertips
Menad Kessaci, Danny Tu, Arturo Mory Ramirez, and Alexandre St-Amant-Lavigne

ECE-22 Web-based Satellite Image Scheduling and Downlinking System
Noshin Saiyara Chowdhury, Kaifan Zheng, Chun Li, and Yujin Li

ECE-23 Building Intrusion Detection Schemes for CAN Devices
Tim Delorme, Tofic Esses, Victor Micha, and Karim Elgammal

ECE-24 Mouthpiece Actuated Digital Brass Instruments
Ann Trinh, Niels Mainville, Jessica Li, and Joyce Liu

ECE-25 Machine Learning for Manufacturing of Integrated Photonics Circuits
James Darby, Can Akin, Naiwrita Sen, and Rambod Azimi

ECE-26 Optimizing Automated Generation of Test Scenarios for Autonomous Vehicles with Metaheuristic Search
Zhekai Jiang, Jerry Hou-Liu, Oliver (Sibo) Huang, and Harehn Kaundun

ECE-27 Al Based Anesthesia Interview Robot
Oliver Cafferty, Tara Ginsberg, Liam Serour, and Abraham Somech

ECE-28 BBuild-your-piano with Your Own Tuning System
Debopriyo Saha, Alexandre Hafemeister, and Aslam Ahmad

ECE-29 Silent Ecological Footprint Quantifying Carbon Emissions in the Healthcare Sector
Karim Kanafani, Li Chao Zhang, Qinghan Zhang, and Eric Zhang

ECE-30 Patient Mobile App
Alexandru Bangala, Sebastian Ionascu, Abdelmadjid Kamli, and Youssef M Walid Farouk

ECE-31 Nanotube Hall Sensor Measurement of MRI Field Fluctuations
Sabrina Mansour, Rebecca Elliott, Sehr Moosabhoy, and Matthew MacDonald

ECE-32 SparkGPT
Simo Benkirane, Maxime Drouin, Bashar Eskandar, and Abd-El-Aziz Zayed

ECE-33 Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) based Over-the-air Update (OTA) on STM32 platforms
Chenyi Xu, Fengqi Zhang, Zhanyue Zhang, and Alex Wei

ECE-36 Matrix Multiplication Accelerator FPGA Module
Michael Grieco, Frédérik Martin, Cao Phan, and Jacoby Roy

ECE-38 Vision-guided Navigation Assistance for the Visually Impaired
Mihail Calitoiu, Eren Gurhan, John Park, and Ke Yan

ECE-40 Mouthpiece Brass Digital Instrument
Joseph Saliba, Pasha Hakim, Philippe Sarouphim Hochar, and Kazuto Kambara

ECE-42 Project title: Dynamic Neural Network Augmentation for Query-Cost Optimization
Wassim Jabbour, Theodore Glavas, Mehdi Ammor, and Enzo Benoit-Jeannin

ECE-45 Augmented Reality for Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Simulator
Victoria lannotti, Mathieu-Joseph Magri, Zoya Malhi, and Jerry Xia

ECE-49 Design of an Integrated Hardware and Software Solution for 1/10-Scale Model Vehicles
Simon Li, Malo Salmon, Xinya Lin, and Antoine Deng

ECE-50 Decision Table Editor
Justin Randisi, Lucca Di Lullo, Julien Lefebvre, and Yazan Saleh

ECE-53 Design and Techno-Economic Analysis of the Energy Infrastructure of the New Vic Project
Matthew Zeitouni, Irene Ma, David Coriatt, and Celeste Borjeau

ECE-56 Computer Controlled Gas Mixing System for Probing Neural Circuits of Respiratory Function
Camille Gaudreau, Mohammad Shaheer Bilal, Nicolas Ciarallo, and Matthew Beaudet

ECE-60 Software Optimization Based Around Satellite Tasking and Planning
Amandeep Chana, John Wang, Ali Therrien-Motamedi, and Myunghoon Choi

Mechanical Engineering

MECH-1 Calibration Flow Bench for Flow and Pressure Calibration of a Medical Device
Joya Al-Haddad, Grégoire Baldo, Simon La Vieille, Sebastien Bondarenko, and Aymen Boustani

MECH-4 Multi-Camera Surgical Tool Localization Setup for Image-Guided Neurosurgery
George Sideris, Justin Cree, Andrew Stirling, and Mamadou Ly

MECH-5 Automatic Tray Assembly System
Olivier Bois-Yan, Jérémie Marcoux, Antoine Petraki, Adriano Serpente, and Burt Sheng

MECH-6 Design of a Robotic Dishwasher for Chef Jasper’s Robotic Kitchen
Laura Mielke, Emily-Kate Simard, Alex Gonzalez, Sophie Jones-Glick, and Emma Terris

MECH-7 Radax Coupler for the McGill Rocket Team
Colette Beauvais, Julien Besson, Blake Quellmann, and Antonella Navarro

MECH-8 Experimental Wind Tunnel Study of the Front Wing for McGill Formula Electric
Mariya Dobrovolska, Rui Du, Sabrina Ead, Jacob Kirolous Gayed, Jeremy Wight, and Dmytro Yakymenko

MECH-10 Large Scale Design and Implementation of Algae Collection and Cultivation Device (Algo)
Aidan Gaul, S M Shahriar Matin, Shamir Kabir, Michaeline Anderson, and Rahul Barua

MECH-13 Design and Transformation of Lathe Machining Process and Tooling
Jad Mansour, Frederic Tomajian, Anthony Saber, and Francis Reinert-Woodfine

MECH-14 A Wearable Monitor for Detecting Bladder Fullness
Alexandros Aravantinos, Michael Bitz, Peter Petrakos, Joshua Ptack, Jonah Roy, and Charles Taylor

MECH-15 Design of a Hydrogen Fuel Cell for Flight
Yueting Chen, Shuqi Liao, Haoming Ye, Randy El-Haddad, Karl Hajj, and Jinghe Zong

MECH-16 Tailsitter Drone Horizontal and Vertical Test Stand
Pierre Labé, Ritchard Gilot, Tony Yang, Photini Pantelopoulos, Anthony Kiremitci, and Jonathan Mo

MECH-17 Oscillating Device for Postural Correction of Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Disorders
Sean Shan, Liam Hill, Cyriaque Genest, Dacarlos Parodis-Yu, and Adrian Marinov

MECH-20 Redesign of the GIRO Horseshoe System: A Self-Adjusting Surgical Guide for Temporary Epiphysiodesis
Ava Ghods, Andrew Roussac, Carl Berzghal, Daniel Diaz, and Tian Ren Hu

MECH-21 Automatic Measuring and Dispensing Device for Liquid Silicone
Jacob Boon, Brett Carbray, Samuel Hazan Mea, Nicolas Kantchev, Tristan Kuhn, and Kasra Saddad

MECH-23 Development of A Ventricular Dynamic Phantom to Assess Microvascular Lung Hydraulic Resistance
Maria Ortiz, Kisothan Suthakaran, Dimitri Lambrinakos, Frederic Michel, Jacob Loder, and Ziam Elkalai

MECH-24 Development of an Abrasion testing Setup for Medical Devices
Gavin Sun, Tianxiao Xie, Ruofan Niu, and Benjamin Labelle

MECH-25 Cascaded Airfoil Wind Turbine (CAWT)
Ethan Gibson, Nicolas Delisle, Maxime Lacroix, Isabel Wleugal, Luiza Monteiro da Carvalheira, and Naomi Fung

MECH-26 Contactless Fluid Flow in Photo-bioreactors
Alexandre Buge, Jyotit Sachdeva, Baptiste Roques, Oscar Bouvier, Prisha Dhoowooah, and Sebastian Castaneda

MECH-27 Design of PCR Chambers for Improved Cooling Speed
Jason Jiang, Liam Chevrier Gibbons, James Kary, Eliott Vacher, and Lyon Belyansky

MECH-29 Design of a Testing Platform for Student Researched and Developed Parachutes
Yahya Haider, Amanda Kronish, Peter Bougas, and Ioanna Korbis

MECH-30 Biodiversity Spreading Shoes
Louis-Julien Chalimon, Mir-Kevin Aghazadeh-Tabrizi, Olivia Amiouny, Alexandre Poiget, and Chloe Mikhael

MECH-31 Development of Environmental Cell for in Situ Battery Testing
Aniket Raj, MD Hafizur Rahman, Joshua Walker, Nafiz Faiyaz, Bassem Sobhy, and Malou Galuak

MECH-32 Industrial Design/Manufacturing of a Gaming Device for Helping People with ADHD
Isabel Lougheed, Robert Mcrae, Frank-Lucas Pantazis, Alexandra Oprea, Maurice Pitre, and Crystal Lam

MECH-33 Design and Construction of a Vertical Axis Turbine for Experimentation
Luis Alberto Tovar, Todor Stefanov, Kevin Zhu, Adam Britz, Yilan Lu, and Titouan Dubray

MECH-34 Deployment Mechanism for a Superconducting Cable on a Space Propulsion CubeSat Mission
Timothy Adams, Ian Ward, Mikhail Nicolaidis-Gagnon, Seungjun Kim, Victor Walewicz, and Zilong Zhuang

MECH-35 Composite Chess Table
Tyler Hungerbuhler, Melina Lanzo, Manuel Fernandez Avila, Mathieu Mailhot, and Jean-Christophe Bélanger

MECH-37 Seat Table Insert
Declan Gleason, Manas Rao, Noshin Shaiara, Abrar Mahir Rakin, and M Ahnaf Ur Rahman

MECH-38 Cello in Cabin
Xingbo Huang, Jack Zaarour, Brooklyn Verela, Manel Wassifi, Mohammed Sadeq, and William Jabbour

MECH-40 Flight Termination System for a Stratospheric Expandable Balloon
Tala Abou Rizk, Michael Tablan. Eric Dalbin, William Grant, and Alessio Scione

MECH-41 Development of a O2 (POCA) Bracket Capable to Withstand a Regulator Release Event
Ines Bucheit, Shaun Craft, William Riddle, Cayman DeFehr, Sam Valentine, and Ariel Sitbon

MECH-42 Laser Thermal Propulsion
Serge Rubeiz, Alain Halbouny, Shady Tawil, Karl Atallah, and Jade Tabbara