The College of Engineering’s CUP (Cornell University Presentations) Awards, hosted by the Engineering Communications Program have been announced. The CUP Awards competition invites engaging, unique, insightful technical presentations from undergraduates. For 2019-20 there were three categories of awards and multiple winners in each category.
Current applications for all three competitions for AY 2020-2021, where significant prizes are awarded, are now open. Full details are provided on the CUP website.
The three categories of awards are these:
Roger K. Berman Oral Presentation Awards
Presenter: Issah Madugu
Title: Engineering’s Role in Social Justice
Presenter: Izzie DiGiacomo
Title: LaTeX for Technical Communication
Fuertes Medal Memorial Prizes for Public Speaking
Title: Modeling of Drying Phase of Lyophilization of the Ebola Virus Disease Vaccine
Team Presenters: Abby Adams, Donovan Flood, Sandhya Ganesan, Maho Koga
Partner Courses: BEE 4530 | Computer-Aided Engineering: Applications to Biological Processes and ENGRC 4530 | Communication for Computer-Aided Engineering
Title: Whole Ovary Vitrification Protocol
Team Presenters: Dave Chen, Evan Cheng, Mitchell Scott
Partner Courses: BEE 4530 | Computer-Aided Engineering: Applications to Biological Processes and ENGRC 4530 | Communication for Computer-Aided Engineering
Title: A Win-win Solution: Congestion Pricing
Team Presenters: Maggie Chen, Nick Fanelli, Sandy Chen
Partner Courses: CEE 3610 | Introduction to Transportation Engineering and ENGRC 3610 | Communications for Transportation Engineering
Title: Inaccessible Engineering Campus Tours
Team Presenters: Nicolas Buitrago, Irina Wang, Shadman Khan
Course: ENGRC 3500 | Engineering Communications
Whitney Douglas Awards for Non-traditional Multimedia Presentations
Title: SweetSpace Boston FIG Entry Video
Team Presenters: onewordstudios. In order of appearance: Wendy Zhang, Jeffrey Yao, Demi Chang, Michael Xing, Sam Sorenson, Aashna Saxena
Partner Courses: CS/INFO 4152 (Advanced Games Design) / ENGRC 4152 (Communication for Advanced Games Design)
Title: Spectacle Boston FIG Entry Video
Team Presenters: Mooooovvvve Studios. Erie Adames, Sheri Guo, Naina Pai, Shan Parikh, Yash Sahota, Christopher Talavera, Joy Zhang
Partner Courses: CS/INFO 4152 (Advanced Games Design) / ENGRC 4152 (Communication for Advanced Games Design)
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