Student News Briefs
In August, Ph.D. student Daniel Cannon was chosen as the Gold winner in the graduate student category at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory’s (ARL) Summer Student Research Symposium. After spend- ing his summer working at ARL’s Vehicle Technology Directorate, Cannon was one of 11 finalists asked to present their research to an audi- ence of peers, ARL staff, and a panel of judges. Cannon’s winning project was titled “Intuitive Interface for Master-Slave Controllers in Hyper- Redundant Manipulators.”
MechE seniors Kyle Gee and Tema Yaravitz were part of an interdisci- plinary team that won second place in the 2010 Walt Disney Imagineering ImagiNations Design Competition, besting more than 170 teams nationwide (see Carnegie Mech, Spring 2010). Gee and Yaravitz spent a week in Glendale, California, presenting their project to a panel of Disney Imagineers and touring local Disney studios and theme parks. • • • • •
Doctoral student Ross Hatton won the Best Student Paper Award at the Dynamic Systems and Control Conference in Cambridge, Massa- chusetts. Hatton is advised by Associate Professor Howie Choset of the Robotics Institute. • • • • •
Daniel Cannon receives a plaque from ARL Director John Miller (right) and ARL Fellow Shashi Karna (left) after receiving the Gold award at the 2010 Summer Student Research Symposium.
Matthew Eicholtz, a Ph.D. student advised by Assistant Professor Steven Collins, received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. • • • • •
Ph.D. candidate Katherine Fu, advised by Professor Jonathan Cagan, won the John and Claire Bertucci Graduate Fellowship for the 2010-11 academic year. The Fellow- ship was created through the gener- osity of John and Claire Bertucci to support outstanding doctoral students within the College of Engineering. • • • • •
Recent graduates Scott Moorby (B.S. 2010) and Jason Huber (B.S. 2010), along with senior Alex Hanson, were honored by the College Swim Coaches Association of America for their academic success in the 2009-10 school year. They were named to the Scholar All-America team. • • • • •
Ph.D. candidate Scott Moreland has received national attention for his team’s work on the Scarab robot, a new-generation rover designed to assist astronauts in taking rock and mineral samples. In June, Scarab appeared in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., in conjunction with “NASA Day on the Hill,” which showcased cutting-edge aeronautics research and technology. In August, Scarab was part of NASA’s annual Desert RATS (Research and Technology Studies) field event in the Arizona
desert. Moreland is featured in the event video, which can be viewed at
http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/ analogs/
desert_rats.html.
This photo of the Scarab robot—a research focus of Scott Moreland—appeared on NASA’s Web site as its “Image of the Day” on June
23.The photo was taken during “NASA Day on the Hill” in Washington, D.C.
Recent graduate Marina Musicus (B.S. 2010) received Honorable Mention in the 2010 Judith Resnik Award competition. Musicus was nominated by both MechE and the Biomedical Engineering Department for her academic achievements and outstanding contributions. This award honors the late Judith Resnik, a Carnegie Mellon alum, biomedical engineer, and NASA astronaut. • • • • •
Ph.D. candidate Scott Schiffres, advised by Assistant Professor Jonathan Malen, won the Steinbrenner Graduate Fellowship, presented by the Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research. This award includes a $35,000 tuition award which will fund Schiffres’ second year of graduate study.•
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(Photo courtesy ARL)
(Photo courtesy NASA)
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