The MATE department held its 8th annual Technical Conference on May 22-23, 2008 with several alumni and Advisory Board members attending as distinguished judges. Senior projects were presented as oral presentations, and masters projects were either oral or poster presentations. (Click here for abstract book.) In addition, sophomores and juniors participated in the poster session with their class assignments: “Applications in Kinetics” and “Living in a Materials World.”

Awards presented:

Best Senior Project Presentation (Individual) – Jessica Fortin, "RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNIQUES FOR JOINING 303 STAINLESS STEEL TO CHROME PLATED 1040 STEEL"

Best Senior Project Presentation (Team) – Nate Knock and Eric Schoneberger, "FAILURE ANALYSIS OF Ti-6Al-4V FEMORAL INTRAMEDULLARY NAILS USING FRACTURE MECHANICS AND SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY”

Best BMS Presentation – Brian Stahl, "MICROFABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THIN SILICON DIAPHRAGMS MADE BY WET ANISOTROPIC ETCHING"

Poster Session with the distinguished judges from industry.

Best Masters Poster – Ion Production Rate from Dissociation of Orthopedic Implant Wear Partiles In Vitro (Click to view Ion Production Rate Poster)
Darin Grandfield and Ted Tong

Best Sophomore Poster project – How strong is your dollar? (Click to view Dollar Bill poster)
Eric Blank, Danny Filomeo, Caroline Gegan, and Joshua Wright

Best Junior Poster Project – Piezoelectrics (Click to view Piezoelectrics poster)
Chris Harrington, Steve Hawks, David Phillips, Kevan Turner