Student Design Competition

Thursday, May 7, 2026: 5:15 PM-7:00 PM
Grand Ballroom A-C (Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines)
Team “InfiNiTi” (Saarland University, Germany): Tim Grupp, Julian Kobes, Ali Suleman (Advisors: David Zimmermann, Dr.-Ing. Paul Motzki)

Team “SMILES" Team “SMILES" (Iowa State University, USA): Casen Legreid, Rachel Ellenbecker, Maria Lebedeva, Nathan Atseff, Meghan Young. (Advisors: Sherry Xie, Dr. Jun Cui).

Team “Elastocaloric SMA Composites” (University of Toledo, USA): Shiva Houshmand, Vidura Kanakaratne, Begum Rahman, Swaraj More, Buddhi H. Thanthrige (Advisors: Dr. Ahu Celebi, Dr. Mohammad Elahinia)

Team “ShapeShifters” (University of Toledo, USA): Harsh Bajaj, Maedeh Hesami, Francis Y. A. Baffour, Cecilia Soehnlen, Scottie Burden (Advisors: Dr. Ahu Celebi, Dr. Mohammad Elahinia)

Team “PlaSMA” (University of North Texas, USA): Rylee Renck, Mariah Preston, Ashly Tercero, Juan Galindo, Elliot Crosthwaite (Advisor: Dr. Marcus L. Young)

Team “Epsilon” (Cleveland State University, USA): Asare Stephen, Abdullah Shariff, Antoinette D Berry-Snowden, Enock Tongyem, Olivia Bogna (Advisor: Dr. Josiah Owusu-Danquah)

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