Dr. Judith A. Todd, Engineering Science and Mechanics Department Head has announced the winners of the 3rd Annual ESM Today Graduate Research Symposium. ESM Today is a showcase for the research done by the graduate students of the Engineering Science and Mechanics department. <View photos from this event>

The 2007 winners are as noted below.

GRAND-PRIZE WINNER:
Matt Kelly "Quantitative Structural Analysis of Thermal Barrier Coating Produced by Electron Beam Physical Vapor Deposition with Relations to Processing Parameters".

PRESENTATIONS
Joint First-Prize Winners:
Jonathan Pitt "A Dynamic Parallel Finite-Element Implementation of a Linear Thermo-Elastic Material with Damage",
and
Yun Zhu "Aircraft Ice Detection and Deicing with Ultrasonic Guided Waves".

Third-Prize Winner:
Luke Breon "Tomographic Imaging of Wall Thinning in Pipes".

POSTERS
First-Prize Winner:
Matt Kropf "Ultrasonic Magnetostrictive Transducers for Guided Ultrasonic Waves".

Joint Second-Prize Winners:
Nick Chernyy "Prototype for Low-Frequency, Sub-Threshold Neural Stimulation and Recording",
and
Guneet Sethi "Development of Structure-Property Relationships in Amorphous Zirconia Thin Films for High Energy Density Capacitors".

ESM Today is organized by the ESM Graduate Student Council. Special thanks are given to this year's organizers:

Jonathan Pitt : President
Jason Van Velsor : Vice-President
Matt Guers : Secretary
Eric Hauck : Treasurer