Winners of the 5th Annual Andrew P. Sage Memorial Capstone Design Competition announced

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The 5th Annual Andrew P. Sage Memorial Capstone Design Competition held on Mason’s Fairfax Campus April 25, 2022.

Fifty-one System Engineering teams from eight universities competed in 10 tracks. The projects were evaluated by 58 judges representing local companies and the government.

"The quality of the presentations was outstanding," says Conference Chair and System Engineering & Operations Research (SEOR) professor Songjun Luo. "Preparing for the conference was a lot of work. The reward was seeing these amazing students addressing hard real-world challenges."

The awards were presented by SEOR Professor Emeritus George Donohue. "Our planet and our communities are facing some of the most difficult challenges I have experienced in a long career as a System Engineer and analyst. The next generation of System Engineers demonstrated they are up for the challenge."

"Topics ranged from climate change to social justice," added SEOR Department Chair John Shortle. "Solutions include AI/Machine Learning, optimization, simulation and Digital-Twin. It is extremely pleasing to see the energy and creativity of the next generation of System Engineers."

For more information on the Annual Andrew P. Sage Memorial Capstone Design Competition and the GMU System Engineering & Operations Research Department contact Dept Chair John Shortle jshortle@gmu.edu

Capstone Competition Winners and Projects

Track 1: AI, Machine Learning and Data Analytics

Best Paper: Team 2 Virginia Tech

Authors: Kayla Castro, Robert Kaldec, Sam Indest, Shayan Waqar and Natalie Cherbaka

Title: Computer Vision System for Dairy Cattle Weight Estimation

Track 2: Process Improvement

Best Paper: Team 3 Worcester

Authors: Kyle Mikolajczyk, Jenna Charron, and Noelle Morgan

Title: eTextile Interface for Generative Design Software

Track 3: System Design (I)

Best Paper: Team 3 Virginia Tech

Authors: Bartholomew Nicholas, Baker Gallagher, Seung Jin Choi Nathan Marraccini, and Natalie Cherbaka

Title: Self-Learning Sensor Network

 

Honorary Mention: Team 1 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Authors: Yihao Xiong, Yuanlin Xin and Yatao Liu

Title: SuperCubeRobot: Rubik's Cube Restoration Robot

Track 4: Climate and Transportation

Best Paper: Team 1 University of Pennsylvania

Authors: Arnav Joshi, Andy Eskenazi, Landon Butler and Megan Ryerson

Title: Equitable Optimization of U.S. Airline Route Networks

Track 5: Communication and Networks

Best Paper: Team 1 George Mason University – Cyber Security Engineering

Authors: Kylie Amison, Ghizlane Maazouz, Rahul Pathepuram, Brendon Shao, and Benjamin Thong

Title: Risk Sniffer Tool: Cyber Security Risk

Assessment

Track 6: Decision Support and Software Systems

Best Paper: Team 6 George Mason University – System Engineering

Authors: Mahati Malladi, Swathi Potti, Marwa Zubair, and Roja Wazed

Title: A Decision Support Tool to Evaluate

Navy Future Vertical Lift Manpower

 

Honorary Mention: Team 2 George Mason University -- Cyber Security Engineering

Authors: Sean Chacon Cai, John Mai, Po Chi

Su and Talal Alyacoub

Title: ChatApp Vulnerability Research

Track 7: Military and Government

Best Paper: Team 2 George Mason University -- System Engineering

Authors: Wyatt Mingus, Reed Lawrence, Abdulrahman Albawardi, and Mohanned Yasin

Title: Design of a Predictive Maintenance System for Navy Jet Engines

 

Honorary Mention: Team 5 George Mason University – Cyber Security Engineering

Authors: Kaityln Malone, Josh Minick, Vi Nguyen, Jack Raymond, and Kelly-Ann Downer

Title: Bluetooth Vulnerability Research (EvilSmurf)

 

Track 8: Modeling and Digital Twin

Best Paper: Team 3 George Mason University Cyber Security Engineering

Authors: Saeed Alkaabi, Esraa Elshaer, Sharon Alabarado, Mansoor Almazrouei, Bader Alkaabi, and Ghena Alfaiz

Title: Interactive Cybersecurity Incident

Response (IR) Tabletop Exercise Method

Track 9: System Design (II)

Best Paper: Team 3 George Mason University - System Engineering

Authors: Madeline Haas, Nana Yaa Baidoo, Hary Nayer and Megan Woodmancy 

Title: Design for a Wave Adaptive Modular Vessel Guidance and Control System 

 

Honorary Mention: Team 5 University of Pennsylvania

Author: Adam Liang, Andrew Garrett, Justin, Duhamel, Zach Goldberg, and Jason Friedman

Title: BoomBoat: A multi-robot automated oil spill containment system

Track 10: System Improvement

Best Paper: Team 6 Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan

Authors: Syed Waqas Ahmed and Imran Khan

Title: Framework for the digitization and automation of rapidly changing business processes within SMEs

Honorary Mention: Team 1 George Mason University – System Engineering

Authors: Sean Becker, Rashed Almazrouei, Nicholas Lechner and Brian Romero Lopez

Title: Design of a Battlebot System to Maximize the Probability of Winning the Competition