U of I Celebrates 31 Years of Engineering Innovation at Engineering Design EXPO April 26
April 23, 2024
MOSCOW, Idaho — The public is invited to experience the many ways University of Idaho engineering students are making a difference and solving real-world problems during the 31st Engineering Design EXPO Friday, April 26.
Student teams will present projects from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, April 26, in the ICCU Arena on the Moscow campus. Project details are available to browse online.
Team projects are the culmination of the U of I College of Engineering’s Interdisciplinary Capstone Design Program, recognized by the National Academy of Engineering as one of the top seven in the nation for infusing real-world experiences into undergraduate education.
A group of computer science and biological and mechanical engineering students are partnering with Whitman Hospital in Colfax, Washington, to improve medical devices used in real-time x-ray imaging during complicated surgical procedures.
The college’s longstanding partnership with NASA continues as a team of capstone students is working to advance NASA-patented unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology. The student team is using NASA’s UAV design for a critical use in the Pacific Northwest — identifying wildfire hot spots.
The U of I’s first cohort of undergraduate cybersecurity students will present their small-scale model of an industrial control system at EXPO. The system is low-cost, modular and can be run in a virtual environment to perform critical cybersecurity-related research.
Senior Director of U.S. Expansion Planning at Micron Technology Jeff Binford will deliver the EXPO’s keynote address 12:30 p.m. Friday, April 26, in the ICCU Arena.
Binford’s more than 20-year professional career has been with Micron Technology, working in planning, operations and strategy roles in Idaho, Utah, Virginia, Japan and Singapore.
He recently moved into a new role as senior director of U.S. expansion planning, setting the strategy and building a comprehensive plan for Micron's more than $100 billion semiconductor fabrication facility expansion in Idaho and New York, the largest expansion in U.S. history to increase domestic supply of leading-edge memory chips.
Students will also publicly present their projects virtually 2-5 p.m. Thursday, April 25, and Friday, April 26.
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Media Contact:
Alexiss Turner
Marketing & Communications Manager
College of Engineering
208-885-7511
alexisst@uidaho.edu
About the University of Idaho
The University of Idaho, home of the Vandals, is Idaho’s land-grant, national research university. From its residential campus in Moscow, U of I serves the state of Idaho through educational centers in Boise, Coeur d’Alene and Idaho Falls, nine research and Extension centers, plus Extension offices in 42 counties. Home to more than 12,000 students statewide, U of I is a leader in student-centered learning and excels at interdisciplinary research, service to businesses and communities, and in advancing diversity, citizenship and global outreach. U of I competes in the Big Sky and Western Athletic conferences. Learn more at uidaho.edu.