Endeavour Exhibition 2020: student innovation and ingenuity in the time of COVID

Creative and practical solutions to address real-world problems were showcased as part of Melbourne School of Engineering’s annual Endeavour Exhibition.

A photo mosaic of the staff and students involved in the Exhibition
Students gathered online for the 2020 Endeavour Awards

Final year masters students highlighted their diverse projects as part of a virtual event held in November. The impressive innovations included:

Despite the challenges of 2020, with reduced access to campus and fewer opportunities for face-to-face collaboration, the ingenuity and perseverance of our students shone. Video presentations displayed throughout the exhibition documented their journeys to complete the final product in their design, industry and research projects.

All student projects showcase the breadth of thinking among this talented cohort. Endeavour is also a nod of the exceptional dedication of Melbourne School of Engineering’s teaching staff who nurture and support students throughout the process.

Endeavour would not be possible without the generous support of sponsors who provide funding for awards and prizes to recognise the most outstanding projects. This year’s Endeavour supporters included Boeing; the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST); QinetiQ; Telstra; bequest donor Graham Beanland; and the University of Melbourne Research, Innovation and Commercialisation (RIC) team.

Our best wishes to all Endeavour participants for their hard work throughout 2020; a year we certainly won’t forget. And huge congratulations to the following teams recognised with a Endeavour award this year.

View the exhibition

Awards

Best Project in Biomedical Engineering

Student: Igor Tyshchenko
Project: Pulse design tools for ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging

Merit Award for Biomedical Engineering

Student: Lachlan Lo
Project: Non-invasive measurement of intracranial pressure through application of venous ophthalmodynamometry

Student: Teayun (Jason) Song
Project: Design optimisation of an innovative modular passive blood collection device for difficult phlebotomy patients

Best Project in Computing and Information Systems

Students: Mayank Tomar, Omja Das, Fatemeh Fathi, Zhuo Feng, Jane Hoh, Chengeng Liu, Jay Parikh, Lachlan Trethewey
Project: Business process modelling

Merit Award for Computing and Information Systems

Students: Uvin Abeysinghe, Charles Chen, Ashley Curtis, Victor Ding, Jian Jiao, Cary Jin, Waqas Rehmani, Mayank Sharma, Catherine Jiawen Song, Sunny Yang
Project: Paediatric speech, spatial and qualities (SSQ) of hearing scale

Best Project in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Students: Soliman Ait Maamar, Thomas Harper, Ben Soltau
Project: Jigsaw puzzle solver

Merit Award for Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Students: Xuhui Kang, Xing Wu, Wentao Zhao
Project: Touch sensor-based chess pieces for an intelligent chess-board

Students: Philip Dang, Jared Geere, Jonathon Kikidopoulos, Jacob Mathew
Project: Graphical user interface for visualising integrated electrical, gas and renewable hydrogen-injected networks

Students: Nero Liu, Tao Song, Tina Zhao
Project: Contact resistivity characterisation tool

Students: Ivy Cao, Wei Dai, Weihan Su, Jeremy Wu
Project: 5G use case demonstration: remote-controlled robotic arm with haptic feedback and real-time video streaming

Best Project in Infrastructure Engineering

Students: Tess Exinger, Tamara Howard, Jaya Negi
Project: A material stock inventory of residential buildings in metropolitan Melbourne: circular economy applications

Merit Award for Infrastructure Engineering

Students: Andrew Huang, Michelle Keane, Steven Lee, Jack McRobbie
Project: Melbourne University Racing (MUR) – Autonomous perception

Students: Edward Behrens, Samuel Bolitho, Michael Coen, Thomas Wilson
Project: Utilising green hydrogen to solve South Australia’s electricity reliability issues

Students: Jose Ponce, Frank Vera Barces
Project: 3D distortion of glass reinforced plastic (GRP) pipes: a numerical and field monitoring approach

Students: Taylah Cassidy, Ronney Chen, Kenneth Jin, Xiaoyi Liu
Project: Innovative affordable housing solution using modular prefabrication

Students: Thumitha Higgoda, Qin Li, Kisal Weeratunge
Project: Interaction between consolidation and lubrication of biological joints

Best Project in Mechanical Engineering

Students: Nigel Kour, Josh Parker, Kelvin Wang, Hee Seong Yoon
Project: Enabling real-time visualisation of live cartilage under precision mechanical loading

Merit Award for Mechanical Engineering

Students: Nick Wilson, Ella Meiklejohn, Brodrick Overton, Finlay Robinson
Project: The curious case of a repurposed battery

Students: Luke Balia, Henry Bulbeck, Gabriel Katerelos, Jake Musiker
Project: Development of automatic stocktaking systems for retailers

Best Project in Mechatronics Engineering

Students: Hao Chen, Bin Zhang, Fanzhou Zhang
Project: Design of a glove with integrated textile sensors for hand motion tracking

Merit Award for Mechatronics Engineering

Students: Adam Kues, Ammar Malick, Jun Yi Van
Project: Dynamic area coverage using an autonomous vehicle fleet

People's Choice Award

Students: Tiffany Chang, Stork Hu, Teri Nolan, Marko Ruslim, Sarah Warren
Project: Save time, save lives: early detection of sepsis in pre-term babies (Biodesign3)

People’s Choice Merit Award

Students: Danny Huang, Joanne Liang, Shuhao Zhang
Project: Optimal path-planning/following for autonomous vehicles using partial information

Students: Merve Davraz, Katja Shulman, Emily Legge, Julia Rogerson
Project: Advanced recycling methods for plastic wastes

Telstra Customer and Community Impact Award

Students: Marko Ruslim, Yunzhong Hu, Tiffany Chang, Teri Nolan, Sarah Warren
Project: Save time, save lives: early detection of sepsis in pre-term babies

Telstra Digital Innovation Award

Students: Jacob Mathew, Jared Geere, Jonathon Kikidopoulos, Philip Dang
Project: Graphical user interface for visualising integrated electrical, gas and renewable hydrogen-injected networks

Telstra Excellence in Learning and Application

Students: Bradley O’Meara, Brendan Li, Haydar Jerew, Joey Chin
Project: MUR integration

Endeavour 2020 Boeing Prize

Students: Kweku Acquah, Jordan Watkins, John Laidlaw
Project: ALEX: an open embedded platform for exoskeleton control

2020 IMarEST Endeavour Award

Students: Harrison Bradley, Keil Haas, Aidan Sujecki, Ryan O’Donohue
Project: Onshore wave energy converter

2020 QinetiQ Endeavour Award

Students: Joshua Huang, Lesley Lam, Dylan Andrews, James Lo
Project: An accurate and automated method for monitoring and escalating surgical drain output

2020 Endeavour Research, Innovation and Commercialisation Prize

Students: Penelope Grigor, Nicholas Kosmidis, Darrell Lee, Rinkesh Shah
Project: 3 wheeled offroad electric scooter

Beanland Award

Students: Joshua Huang, Lesley Lam, Dylan Andrews, James Lo
Project: An accurate and automated method for monitoring and escalating surgical drain output

Road to Endeavour Award – 1st Prize

Students: Jose Ponce, Frank Vera Barces
Project: 3D distortion of glass reinforced plastic (GRP) pipes: a numerical and field monitoring approach

Road to Endeavour Award – 2nd Prize

Students: Andrew Matysik, Fan Xia
Project: 3D printing organ models for surgical training

Road to Endeavour Award – 3rd Prize

Students: Tiffany Chang, Stork Hu, Teri Nolan, Marko Ruslim, Sarah Warren
Project: Save time, save lives: early detection of sepsis in pre-term babies (Biodesign3)