PREP/T-PREP
Maker Design Expo
PREP & T-PREP Maker Design Expo
Friday August 9, 2024
145 Dwinelle Hall
The Maker Design Studio (MDS) is an intensive short-course for incoming Berkeley Engineering freshman and transfer students created by UC Berkeley Professor Scott Moura. This design and innovation-focused module is part of the summer programs at UC Berkeley called PREP (Pre-Engineering Program) and T-PREP (Transfer Pre-Engineering Program). MDS teaches students to rapidly ideate, design and prototype innovative engineering systems. To this end, we use the "Sprint" design process recently popularized within the start-up community.
Groups present their product pitches to a panel of judges, Shark Tank-style at the final day of the Pre-Engineering Program and the Transfer Pre-Engineering Program.
Agenda
09:00a - 09:30a Breakfast
09:30a - 10:00a PREP/T-PREP Introduction + Judge Introduction
10:00a - 12:00n Presentations
12:00n - 01:00p Lunch
01:00p - 03:00p Presentations
03:00p - 04:00p Awards & Closing Remarks
Judges
Morning & Afternoon
Tennille Christensen (Tech Law Garden)
Vaibhav Mathur (Honeywell)
Kenneth Forward (PG&E)
Nick Williams (Zipline)
Ryan Norris (Berkeley Lab)
Vidish Gupta (Boeing)
Burkhard Lehmann (Kairos)
Manish Shah (VAIL)
Afternoon Only
01:00p - 03:00p
Capella Kerst (geCKo Materials)
Carolyn Yee (Intuit)
Tesa Dinio Abad (Illumina)
Dhruv Vijay
Instructions for Judges
Ask questions during Q&A period.
Vote for top projects at end of each session, using the provided QR code.
Interact with students!
Instructions for Students
Program
Morning Session
Mobility, Infrastructure, Environment, Water
Sky Rail (PREP J): Bringing Public Transportation to New Heights. Team: Sareena Robinson (EECS), Sean Martinez (ME), David Chau (CE), Elias Espinoza (EECS), Derek Le (ME), Lachlan Watts-Tobin (ME)
Infrasense (T-PREP L): A data-driven solution to urban infrastructure. Team: Michelle Goll (EECS), Noel Perez (EECS), Valeria Gonzalez Almaguer (IEOR), Enzou Lopez (CE)
EchoShield (T-PREP A): Alert construction workers of dangerous noises they are being exposed to. Team: Carlos Sanchez (EECS), Seth Tanner (Materials Science & Engineering), Kim Huong Duong (Bioengineering), Emil Salmonga (EECS), Javonne Gallow (Industrial Engineering).
ElevCart (T-PREP J): An attachment for carts to more effectively elevate goods and products to your home. Team: Kyaw Ko Ko Hlaing (CE), Hein Thaw Dar Aung (CE), Yutong Xie (EECS), Julia Sutedjo (BioE, Arunima Basu (ME)
No-Push Cart Motor (T-PREP G): A motorized cart pusher to minimize effort to push shopping carts. Team: Jeremy Dupras (EECS), Kiana Slaughter (EnvEngSci), Monica Taganas (EECS), Mariam Sargsyan (ME), Zachary Rao (BioE)
ScooterGy (PREP B): Powering Campus Rides with Sunshine! Team: Luis Ramirez (EECS), Quy Thai (EECS), Michael Muñoz (CE), Estrella Castro (AeroE), Armando Verdugo (ME)
Safe Stove (T-PREP D): A device that detects gas leakages and turns off the stove. Team: Abbas Baldiwala (EECS), Diego Canela (EES), Monica Chaidez (CE), Katherine Liou (EECS), Nicole Phan (EECS)
Timber (PREP O): Timber! Tree-mounted illegal Logging Detector. Team: Beyonce Fernandez (CE); Yanely Perez (AeroE); Axel Blancas (EECS), Hector Robles (CE); Kathy To (CE); Stefanie Ochoa (CE)
Bear Necessities (PREP N): The bear necessities - access to clean water. Team: August Jensen (ME), Sargunn Cheema (Undec), Steven Huynh (ME), Maria Guerra (BioE), Ariana Villanueva (Civil), Suri Mowji (Undec)
AquaPure Innovation (PREP E): A robotic fish that collects trash found in bodies of water in an effort to create a cleaner world. Team: Abraham Bautista (CE), Alejandro Martinez (ME), Diego Arroyo Chavez (ME), Nimrod Bariagabr (EECS), Sienna Pon (CE)
Waste Whisperers (PREP F): WATE: Sustainable and automated “Waste Eater” - Cleaning up the ocean: one WATE at a time. Team: Davyn Paringkoan (EECS); Elizabeth Faith Hernandez (Engin Undeclared); Saad Qadir (EnvEngSci); Estrella Martin Venegas (ME); Alexa Eve Luque (ME)
Spill Savers (PREP M): Emergency Response Oil Cleanup System that reduces the spread of oil spills during accidents. Team: Elena Rodriguez (BioE), Ana Xu Li (Undec), Sebastian Ceballos (CE), Brisa Martinez (AeroE), Meredith Welcher (IEOR)
T-Steppers (T-PREP C): Introducing Gutter-boy, a new & more efficient device that helps keep unwanted debris out of our waterways. Team: Robbie Hayes (ME), Samantha Shapiro (CE), Justina Acuna (CE), Luke Guerra (ME), and Minh Nguyen (ME)
Afternoon Session
Health & Well-Being, Waste
Feline Fine (PREP G): A cat for your health! Team: Alex Nava (EECS), Matthew Parra (EECS), Gisselle Avina (BioE), Carolina Cabezas (BioE), Mia Blunt (BioE)
Organs for All (PREP I): Safer transport for transplant organs. Team: Jesus (ME), Natalie (BioE), Josemit (Undeclared: AeroE + BizAdm), Mike (BioE), Justin (ME)
Honeybee Enterprises (T-PREP B): Motorized knee rehabilitation device. Team: Hieu Trung Hoang (EECS), Christopher Hoang (EECS), Alberto Lizarraga Herrera (BioE), Philbert Trinh (EECS), Alan Tran (ME)
Mighty Mouse (T-PREP H): A handheld, motorized physical therapy assistant. Team: Austin Gray (NucE), John Kim (ME), Colby Coleman (ME), Wei Wang (BioE), Britney Vera (CE).
RISE (T-PREP F): Lift Lives, Empower Independence: Easy-to-Assemble Patient Hoist for Home or Humanitarian Needs. Team: Jacqueline Garcia Martin (ME), Isabella Meza (CE), Darren Fukae (ME), Elena Saleh (ME), Brandon E. Lee (EECS).
The Posture Posse (T-PREP K): Training better postures, one backpack at a time. Team: Joshua Girgis (EECS), Kismet Lalli (EECS), Alicia Wang (ME), Nathan Au (ME)
Golden Elephants (T-PREP E): Blue light sensing glasses that track screen time & alert the user on extended exposure to screens. Team: Angelika Chandra (AeroE), Sean Isomatsu (BioE), Erick Lara (EECS), Beldon Lee (ME), Dylan Nguyen (EECS)
bearBox (T-PREP). A smart affordable pillbox and delivery service for remote, elderly or Alzheimer's Patients. Team: Amaliya Dray (ME), Brandon Kim (EECS), Meaghan Pearson (ME), Ridwan Saleh (EECS), Mila Teves (Chemistry)
Clean Fashion (PREP L): Finding your Fashion, your Style: Revive, Recycle, Renew. Team: Christopher Alcantar (NucE), Julio Aquino (CE), James Castillo (BioE), Taylor Nguyen (EECS), Valentina Garcia (NucE)
Catching Waste (PREP A): A rover that collects trash in urban areas. Team: Laisha A (CE), Jaqueline M (CE), Manuel R (ME), Isaac M (CE), Nasrellah Harcha (ME)
PRISMS (PREP C): Learn to sort with Oski. Julian Bergado (BioE), Barbara Hernandez Rebolledo (CE), Gabriela Nino Herrera (EECS), Vivian Yang (ME), Cecely Velasquez (EnvEngSci).
Thinking Bears (PREP D): A device that addresses waste management for highly populated low income communities. Team: Hamsa Mohamed (AeroE), Diego Guillen (ME), Judith Arroyo-Chavez (CE), Bryan Torres (CE), Ernesto De Santiago (BioE)
Circular Solutions Co. (PREP H): Sustainasaurus Rex: Recycling for a Roaring Recovery. Team: Rogelio Murillo (Undeclared: ME), Linda Ruby Perez (Undeclared: ME), Sherlyn Romero Bravo (CE), Stephanie Nguyen (CE), Kaitlyn Le (BioE)
Avian (PREP K): Autonomous drones that pick up and sort litter within cities via AI recognition. Team: Giselle Pena (MSE), Frida Vazquez (EECS), Luis Cardenas (EECS), Juan Calderon (EECS), Ava Raugust (CE), Xavier Fabro (CE)
Awards
Judge's Top Choice
Infrasense (T-PREP)
Avian (PREP)
People's Choice Award
ScooterGy (PREP)
Feline Fine (PREP)
Best Presentation
T-Steppers (T-PREP)
Avian (PREP)
Best Prototype
No-Push Cart Motor (T-PREP)
Honeybee Enterprises (T-PREP)
Greatest Impact
Spill Savers (PREP)
Organs for All (PREP)