2023 ASEE Midwest Section Awards Winners

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Society – Outstanding Awards

  • Outstanding Teaching Award

    Framed Certificate and $1,000 cash award
    Dr. Christopher Dalton, Associate Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    University of Oklahoma

  • Outstanding Service Award

    Framed Certificate and $750 cash award
    Dr. Rohit Dua, Associate Teaching Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Missouri University of Science and Technology

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference –  Paper and Poster Awards

Full Paper Awards 

  • First place

    Certificate to each author and $300 cash prize awarded to the team

    • Authors:
    Oghenetega A Obewhere, Karen Acurio Cerda, Rajesh Keloth, Shudipto K Dishari
    University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Title of paper: “Implementing a Virtual STEM Camp for Middle- and High Schoolers in a Post-COVID Climate Leveraging Prior Experience”

  • Second place

    Certificate to each author and $200 cash prize awarded to the team
    Authors:
    Heather Walker (University of Arkansas); William K McAllister (Audubon Engineering); Michael Mourot (Sinclair Group); Robert Dean (Ruggiero, McAllister and McMahon, LLC); Greg Nesmith (Dow Chemical); Edgar C Clausen (University of Arkansas)
    Title of paper: “Adding Ph.D. Students to the Chemical Engineering Alumni Student Mentoring Program”

  • Third place

    Certificate to each author and $100 cash prize awarded to the team
    Authors:
    Julia L. Morse, Tim Bower, Eduard Plett
    Kansas State University - Salina
    Title of paper: “An Interdisciplinary Curriculum in Robotics and Automation to Fill an Industry Gap”

Student Paper Awards

  • First place

    Certificate to each author and $150 cash prize awarded to the team
    Authors:
    Chinmaya Joshi, Stephen Pierson, Jackson Minnick, Corbin Russ, and Han Hu
    University of Arkansas
    Title of paper:
    “Integration of Metal Additive Manufacturing Using Fused Deposition Modeling in Mechanical Engineering Education”

  • Second place

    Certificate to each author and $100 cash prize awarded to the team
    Authors:
    Nafiseh Mohammadianaftah, Sara Wilson
    University of Kansas
    Title of paper:
    “Mechatronics Education: Exploring Inertial Measurement Units Through Hands-on Learning”

  • Third place

    Certificate to each author and $50 cash prize awarded to the team
    Authors:
    Aubrey L. Schultz, Jay McAllister
    University of Arkansas
    Title of paper:
    “A Comparison of Coverage and Subject Areas in Compendex, Inspec, and the Web of Science Core Collection for use as an Engineering Database”

Student Poster Awards

  • First place

    Certificate to each author and $150 cash prize awarded to the team
    Authors:
    Kaylee Cunning, Joseph Tighi, Braden Olson, Nitish Bastola, Isabela Bueno, Jamilla E. S. L. Teixeira, Jessica Deters
    University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Title of paper:
    “Enhancing Engineering Education through Undergraduate Research Experiences: A Case Study on Waste Plastic in Sustainable Infrastructure”

  • Second place

    Certificate to each author and $100 cash prize awarded to the team
    Authors:
    Ian Popp, Claudia Smith, and Heather Walker
    University of Arkansas
    Title of paper:
    “A Teaching Plan for Introducing Engineering in 1st-2nd Grade Classrooms in Northwest Arkansas”

  • Third place (Work in Progress)

    Certificate to each author and $50 cash prize awarded to the team
    Authors:
    Stephen Pierson, Larry Marshall, Landon Lemmons, Lucas Efrid, Wan Shou, and Han Hu
    University of Arkansas
    Title of paper:
    “Open-Source Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) Test Bed”