CASMART 4th Design Challenge

THE 4th DESIGN CHALLENGE WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SHAPE MEMORY AND SUPERELASTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SMST)
May 17 – 21, 2021 (GONE VIRTUAL)

CASMART STUDENT DESIGN CHALLENGES are held biennial as part of the SMST conference where students are tasked with designing “The material” or designing “with the material” using shape memory alloy (SMA) technology. Students have the opportunity to showcase their creativity by applying engineering theories and design principles, and leveraging CASMART and SMST members’ experience to address SMA design challenges in aeronautics, astronautics, medical industry, energy, and else. This year, given SMST 2021 was postponed, the 4th CASMART Student Design Challenge will be hosted virtually and will take place in May 17-20, 2021.

4th Design Challenge Guidelines

Teams:

  1. TEAM “Return of the MAC” (Texas A&M University): John Broucek, James “Trey” Royalty (Advisors: William Trehern, Dr. Ibrahim Karaman)
  2. TEAM “SMAlloygator” (Iowa State University): Madison Harrington, Elizabeth Krotz, Alana Pauls, Edward Wagner, Jonathan Zaugg (Advisors: Dr. Jun Cui, Dr. Shraddha Vachhani) – (Material Winner)
  3. TEAM “Heavy Metal” (University of North Texas): J. Eli McCool, Neha S. John, Jessica Rider, Jordyn M. Ward (Advisor: Dr. Marcus Young)
  4. TEAM “SmartGrip” (Universität des Saarlandes): Dominik Scholtes, Carmelo Pirritano, Andre Schieler (Advisors: Dr. Paul Motzki, Dr. Stefan Seelecke) – (Hardware Winner)
  5. TEAM “SMAUG” (Texas A&M University): Sharon Pearlnath, Jacob Spurgers, Brandon Tong (Advisors: Nathan Hite, Dr. Ibrahim Karaman)

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