Tech Symposium & CITE Awards
More than 60 senior design teams competed for The University of Texas at San Antonio College of Engineering's departmental awards at the 4th Annual Tech Symposium held in April on the UTSA Main Campus. The event, which at its inception had 37 teams competing, has almost doubled in size. Because of this growth, the competition was moved from it's previous location in the H-E-B Ballroom to the UTSA Convocation Center. Ten of the teams that participated in the Tech Symposium also competed in the Center for Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship (CITE) $100K Student Technology Venture Competition.
This year, team InfraVein/Omnibus Medical not only won the top prize in the Biomedical Engineering Departmental Awards, but also won the CITE $100K Student Technology Venture Competition. The team, which consisted of engineering and business students, created a portable device that makes it easier for medical professionals to find veins.
The Tech Symposium and CITE $100K Competition provide a public venue for UTSA senior engineering students to show off their Senior Design Projects to other students, their parents, and visiting high school students, as well as industry and government sponsors. The goal of the Senior Design Projects is for engineering seniors to apply the knowledge they have accumulated throughout their undergraduate career in the design, development, and implementation of projects they have worked on over the past two semesters. Teams also had the option to team up with business students to create a business plan and then compete in the CITE $100K Competition. This Shark Tank style competition gives students hands-on experience as early-stage entrepreneurs and encourages intercollegiate partnership for senior design projects that can translate into new startup companies.
CITE $100K WINNERS
- 1st Place - InfraVein
Team members: Kristen Hamalainen, Sanjiv Patel, Andrew Shiels, Kreg Zimmern, Rachel Loeffler, Cody Baker, Alexis Morales and Ileana Gonzales
- 2nd Place - Bullseye Tactics
Team members: Raafat Seif, Yonggun Lee, Carmina Francia, Ian Stubblefield, Elizabeth Martin, Aaron Castellanos and Federico Berlanga
- 3rd Place - WASDPlay
Team members: Taylor Brauer, Brandon Snow, Zachry Rodriguez, Aljon Lu and Jake Federico
TECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM WINNERS
Biomedical Engineering
1st Place - Omnibus Medical/InfraVein
Andrew Shiels, Sanjiv Parel, Kristen Hamaleinen, and Kreg Zimmein
2nd Place - Oak industries
Maripen Yeatts, Andres Morales, Line Juul- Pedeisen, and Heinan Paz
3rd Place - Renova Systems
Andre Cleaver, Tyler Daniels, Kyanoosh Broumand, and Ismael Sagredo
Civil and Environmental Engineering
1st place - Blue Star Engineering
Jeff Leaf, Jizella San Adres, Anthony Lozano, Hele Cervantes, Edurado Smith, Trent Fidone
2nd Place - Next Generation Engineering
Oscar Ivan Gonzalez, Jesus Garcia, Matthew De La Cruz, Daniel Wall, Andrew Ortega, and Rawan Almusaileem
3rd Place - Construction Corp.
Stephanie Silva, Roger Terrazas, Felipe Flores, Gianluca Gennovesi, Mohana Almokhitah, and Abdulaziz Alserbel
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
1st Place - LEMS Aeronautics Inc.
Joseph Ross, Mathew Carrillo, Sanya Singh and Adnan Yusof
2nd Place - CARL Engineering
Richard Aguilera, Phillip Casso, Crystal Ramirez, and Raul Lozano
3rd Place - R203 Engineerin
Clinton Hopkins, Zachary Huber, Blake Kallemyn, and Garrett White