The UDC School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) team placed second in the 2023 Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE) Design Challenge held at the Gaylord Resort on February 10. The Design Challenge was part of an industry collaboration with AMIE to demonstrate emerging technologies and how they are used to solve real-life problems. Each university team was judged on their design, problem-solving, communication and business model.
Team UDC had a competitive project called “SPEED HEAT,” a low-cost induction heating— a small tuturbine-based heater in the shower head. The SEAS students who participated are Takia Coulter, Benedict Frimpong, Khoa Pham, Ibrahim Abdul-Malik, Jeston Lobo,Tewelde Semere, Jordon Williams and Ciero Kilpatrick (team captain). Dr. Ji Chen, UDC assistant professor in mechanical and biomedical engineering and Dr. Hongmei Dang, assistant professor of electrical engineering, were faculty advisors on the project. UDC won $8000 ($5000 for student retention and $3000 for students) in prizes.