ISE 100 Symposium Agenda

Symposium Agenda

100 Years of ISE
Paving the Way for a New Century

Date: Friday, May 3 
Time: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: I Hotel and Conference Center, RM Heritage Hall | 1900 S. 1st Street, Champaign IL

FULL AGENDA 

12 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. Lunch

12:45 p.m. - 1 p.m. Welcome Address: ISE Through the Years
Speakers: Professor Ramavarapu "RS" Sreenivas and Professor Henrique Reis

1 - 2:15 p.m. ISE Program Overview
Moderator: Professor Richard Sowers

• Education and Design: Professor Molly Goldstein
• Science of Engineering Education: Professor Chrysafis Vogiatzis
• Future of Senior Design: Director of Project Design Activity Thomas Titone
• Outstanding Senior Design Team Presentation:
  • Team: Protectoseal
  • Members: Connor Grant, Jenna Kochendorfer, Ethan Schmidt and Felipe Ferreira
  • Abstract: The company manufactures vapor and flame control technologies to protect workers, facilities, and loss of products. The company serves a range of industries including, but not limited to, food and beverage, oil and gas, and pharmaceuticals. The company sells vent products that are losing market share to competitors in the European market because of its inferior overpressure performance. The company would like to improve flow leaving the vent near 10% overpressure of the vent’s setpoint. To achieve this level of performance, the pallet assembly, responsible for opening the vent at the appropriate pressure, requires evaluation, redesign, and testing. At low overpressures, the pallet assembly enters a fluttering stage that causes suboptimal flow out of the vent. The current pallet system consists of weights for setting specifications, rods for alignment, and a plastic diaphragm for a uniform seal. Several designs were tested using computational fluid dynamic software, varying pallet dimensions, geometries, weight distribution, and diaphragm materials. The ability to simulate a range of designs and complete on-site testing allowed the team to thoroughly explore multiple design options to optimize the solution. Ultimately, simulations and testing show that increasing the length of the pallet skirt was the most significant factor to increase flow at low overpressures. The dimensional change to the pallet can be implemented with similar costs and would be backwards compatible with existing models, further increasing sale potential. The team recommends that the company implement pallet design 12, long and angled skirt, an increased fillet radius, and a notched bottom, into production for future sales.

2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Break

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. ISE Research Exploration
Moderator: Professor Harrison Kim

• People Amidst Automation: Competition, Learning and Uncertainty
  Speaker: Professor Roy Dong
• Robust Decision Analytics
  Speaker: Professor Grani Hanasusanto
• Human Factors Research in Healthcare
  Speaker: Professor Caroline Cao

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. The Impact of an ISE Degree on My Career
Panelists: Amer Haider, Nora Hipolito, Julie Jewell, Matt Goetz, Mark Moran and Bradley Mottier

4:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. The Future of ISE in Academia
Panelists: Laura Albert, Joseph Hartman and Mark Spong

ISE Leadership