Air Products Undergraduate Research Symposium
The Air Products ME Undergraduate Research Symposium provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to showcase their research accomplishments. Made possible by a generous grant from Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., the Research Fair reflects the high quality and wide-ranging research being conducted by undergraduate students in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.
Spring 2013
Full List of Spring 2013 Participants
| Winners | Student | Advisor | Research Project | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st place | Anna Hotle | Tim Lieuwen | Flame Configurations in Low Emission Combustors | PURA |
| 2nd place | Alisha Kasam | Chris Paredis | A Vector Autoregressive Model for Interpolating Missing Meterological Data for Use in Buidling Simulation | PURA |
| 3rd place | James Cook | David Hu | Measuring Energetic Cost of Snake Locomotion Using NMR Spectroscopy | PURA |
| Honorable Mention | Bruce Berry & Peter Shankles | David Hu | Mosquito Flight Failure in Heavy Fog | PURA |
| Honorable Mention | Nicholas Johnson | Bo Feng | Thermal and Electrical Properties of Carbon Nanotube Composites | Air Products |
| Honorable Mention | Sara Lydia Tuell | Susan Thomas | The Effects of Tumor Growth on Lymph Node Mechanics | Air Products |
Left to right: Mr. Jignesh Shah (Air Products), James Cook (3rd Place), Anna Hotle (1st Place),
Alisha Kasam (2nd Place), Mr. Daniel Russakow (Air Products)
About Air Products
Air Products touches the lives of consumers around the globe in positive ways every day. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence, and commitment to safety and the environment. Air Products aims to develop lasting relationships with its customers and communities based on human qualities: an understanding of their needs, integrity and honesty in the way it does business, and a passion for exceeding expectations.
Air Products was established in 1940 in Detroit, Michigan, on the strength of a simple but then revolutionary idea: the “on-site” concept of producing and selling industrial gases, primarily oxygen. At the time, most oxygen was sold as a highly compressed gas product in cylinders that weighed five times more than the gas itself. Air Products proposed building oxygen gas generating facilities adjacent to large-volume users, thereby reducing distribution costs. The concept of piping the gas directly from the generator to the point of use proved sound and technically solvable.
Today, Air Products provides numerous products and solutions, including tonnage gases, equipment and energy, electronics and performance materials, and healthcare products. Air Products boasts 18,900 employees around the world, operates in more than 40 countries, posted fiscal 2011 revenues of $10.1 billion, and ranked 271st in sales among Fortune magazine’s May 2011 list of the 500 largest U.S. corporations.