Stevens students win awards during annual ASME conference
Students claim top honors in Old Guard Technical Web Page Competition
HOBOKEN, N.J. ― Earlier this month, students from Stevens Institute of Technology took home top honors during the annual American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) conference in Baltimore .
Students Shrirag Nair, Bryant Barrenechea, Jason Ng, David Wang and Wither Merchan won First Prize in the ASME Old Guard Technical Web Page Competition for their topic “Unmanned Spy Chopper.” Professor M.G. Prasad served as the faculty advisor.
Founded at Stevens in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME is a not-for-profit professional organization that promotes the art, science and practice of mechanical and multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences throughout the world. The core values of ASME are rooted in its mission of better enabling mechanical engineering practitioners to contribute to the well being of humankind.
Stevens’ students also took home third prize in the ASME Old Guard Oral Competition for their topic on Organic Water Purification System. The team members included Matthew Fitzsimmons, Nick Faust, Aaron Kalbermatten, Brent Chanin, Andrew Wahl and Matt Wilson. Their faculty advisor was Professor Frank Fisher.
Student Patrick Alfonzo serves as the ASME Student Section President and Professor M.G. Prasad as the Student Section advisor for Stevens.
The awards were handed out on April 4, during the conference held at the University of Maryland in Baltimore.
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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