Audio and Music Engineering (AME)

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Creating a Secondary Mirror Support System (SMSS) for a secondary mirror in a space telescope.

How can we improve knowledge distillation from large unstructured data?

VPNs are increasingly promoted as a privacy-enhancing technology and a solution to protecting users’ privacy from surveillance and cyber attacks.1 While most VPN protocols encrypt users’ browsing traffic, the research community has repeatedly demonstrated that encryption algorithms need not be broken for malicious agents with knowledge of users’ encrypted traffic to fingerprint the websites they visit. We investigate whether advancements in VPN technologies in the last two decades make VPNs harder to fingerprint.

In this study, we investigate the capabilities and inherent biases of advanced large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 in the context of debate evaluation.

This practitioner paper describes a new, multi-locality benchmark program for testing memory access latency and using it to study recent AMD machines equipped with 3D vertical cache(V-Cache) that can be over 1 GiB in total size on a single node.

In this paper, we introduce the causal data lake discovery problem and propose a large language model(LLM)-based framework to discover potential pairwise causal links between columns from different tables.

This thesis delves into MO-MAB algorithms, examining their broad applications and potential to enhance HPO.

This project aims to build and design a continuous concentration measurement system for a low-volatile monomer in the vapor phase.

Team Members Advisor Michael Giacomelli Problem Statement This project is aimed at designing a device that allows for accurate and repeatable calibration of an optical probe that will be used…

A device that allows surgeons to adjust the declination angle of their loupes to improve posture during long operations.

Ticklers prevent heel formation from occurring and allow for most, if not all, material to drain through the tank. The goal of this project is to design a system to test different tickler impeller configurations to optimize slurry draining performance.

The purpose of this project was to identify and optimize factors for a continuous reactor that can be used to prepare aryl amines from nitro arenes using an acid/proton donor system and a heterogeneous palladium catalyst.

This project explores the effects of an iodine based etchant on the etch rates of both electroplated and sputtered gold coated silicon wafers.

Team Stonefish researched novel treatments for inhibiting post-canning refermentation in sweetened beer, which can cause profit loss and recalls.

Investigating the use of biochar made from woody yard waste stored in the Waste Management landfill in Fairport, NY as a PFAS removal treatment for the landfill leachate

In order to decrease costs of NoWave’s cannabis extraction process, methods were investigated to increase yield and allow for more reuse of the ethanol

This project explores the most effective foam fractionation system for PFAS removal from landfill leachate.

Antony Georgiadis Mentors Professor James Fienup and Joseph Tang Abstract Wavefront sensing via phase retrieval algorithms are critical to enabling the use of large aperture systems on the ground and…

Tatsunosuke Hanano Mentor Professor Robert Boyd Abstract Light with structured polarization is called polarization structured beams, and they have gotten attention because of their ability to process more information per…

Kaleigh Rook Mentors Dr. Andrew Berger and Dr. Samantha Romanick “Everything you make returns to the Earth as either food or poison.” Abstract Microplastics have permeated every corner of our…

The purpose of this project is to create a computational algorithm capable of taking an aberrated image and correct it to a sharp high contrast image. We used optical design…

Team Customer Dr. Daniel Brooks – Optimax Systems Inc. Mentor Dr. Aaron Bauer – Institute of Optics Abstract The goal of this design project was to demonstrate the capabilities of…

The META360 project seeks to enhance the current Circle Optics 360º field-of-view stitch-free camera system using novel meta-optics technology. Using Synopsys’ new MetaOptic Designer software, we explore the use of meta-optics in a hybrid lens design.

Optical Design of a Compact Projector Lens for a Portable Display Project Vision The desired product is a portable display consisting of a collapsible screen and a compact projector with…

Team Mentor Professor Greg Schmidt Abstract Advanced Growing Resources (AGR), is pioneering targeting systems that send mass pesticide blanketing towards obsolescence. The targeting system that was designed during this project…

DCORE4 Team Mentors Govind P. Agrawal, Julie Bentley, Jacob Roccabruno Abstract The optical senior design class at the University of Rochester strives to tackle engineering problems through engineering processes and…

Team Mentor Brandon Zimmerman Abstract The Clear Eye Exam allows for users to take an eye exam from their home and obtain an eye prescription. This lets people have an…

This senior design-driven project creates accurate Zemax ray-tracing models of the human eye to evaluate diffractive-refractive hybrid contact lenses for correcting wavefront error and chromatic aberration. The eventual goal is to apply the technology to school-aged children to prevent the progression of myopia development.

Mission Statement The goal of our project is to create a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) telescope that provides an engaging and educational experience for kids. The telescope will come fully disassembled, empowering…

The Light Avoidance Team developed a device that delivers customizable light stimuli to mice and analyzes their resulting behavior for use in vision research.

Team Customer The Goal Customer Scenario Key Design Decisions System Design  Prototype Electrical Schematics Customer Feedbacks and Steps Moving Forward LSI Device Feedback: Ways LSI can further develop the product:…

Team WorkStress Customer Adam Christopher Dziorny, M.D., Ph.D., Physician Scientist, University of Rochester Medical Center Project Advisor Edmund C. Lalor, Ph.D. , Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester Project…

Meet the Team Background Wedge Deformities: Also known as the Wedge Effect. Characterized by the distraction of the proximal femur and lateralization of medullary nails within the femur. ​ ​ Why is it…

Team Mentor Greg Gdowski, Martin Gira, and Amy Lerner Abstract Left ventricular assist (LVAD) devices are implanted in patients with heart failure to assist with pumping blood through the body.…

Our Team Background Scoliosis is an abnormal lateral curvature and rotation of the spine. There is a 2-3% prevalence worldwide. In Ghana, 138000 to 207000 adolescents may be affected by using this statistic. Problem In…

Pediatric Surgical Group Pediatric Expansive Hernia Repair – A CDH Treatment Abdullah Abuomar, Marianna Aviles Jubis, John Moyer, & Terra Spurgeon Table of Contents Biodesign Need Statement Disease State Fundamentals…

Team Testing Product Design We envision our final product to be a reusable medical grade, bone conduction headset. This headset will feature a single-use disposable coverings that prevent contamination between…

A device to simplify the aortic valve attachment process during AVR surgeries.

Team & Specialty: We are Hemorrhage Heroes, one of the two teams focused on neurosurgical devices within the University of Rochester CMTI program. Our team is composed of Zachary Muench…

Team Abdalrahman Almallahi Timmarie Gallagher Maysoon Harunani Phuong Le Rosemary MacLean Ellie Richard Project Supervisor Regine Choe, Ph.D. Customer Nicole Wilson, Ph.D, M.D. Paul Kupicha Background Information Problem Statement The…

We present TSUBASA, an algorithm for efficiently computing the exact pair-wise time-series correlation based on Pearson’s correlation.

We present findings of a project that studies word meaning changes over time.

An alternative solution design for Laser-Plasma Simulation Environment (LPSE).

Team Members Ahmed Abdalla Ihab Youssef Lingyun Huang Samantha Dinhofer aabdalla@u.rochester.edu iyousse2@u.rochester.edu lhuang21@u.rochester.edu sdinhofe@u.rochester.edu Mentors Christopher Muir, Chris Pratt, Mike Pomerantz, Jim Alkins Problem Description Normal transportation can be dirty…

The hemiblock spacer is a novel surgical device designed to expand the knee joint during total knee replacements, allowing for easy access to the back of the knee to facilitate excess cement removal.

Increase Accessibility to Healthcare CelluCov aims to provide sustainable solutions that are accessible to everyone, without sacrificing quality or performance of the device. While eco-friendlier manufacturing processes are often more…

This study proposes a semi-supervised method for obtaining arousal-valence annotations of a speech corpus when only discrete emotion category information is available.

To avoid the cost of join and union, given a set of joins, we study the problem of obtaining a random sample from the union of joins without performing the full join and union.

Team Team Member Major Amanda Pignataro B.S. in Data Science Avery Girksy B.S. in Data Science Ryan Hilton B.S. in Data Science Vaarya Srivastava B.S. in Data Science Mentor Prof.…

Our project is to aid in the development of a pickleball analytics platform by improving ball detection and tracking. The baseline model used is a TrackNetV2 (Sun et. al. 2020) model trained on badminton, and the purpose of this project is to adapt the model by using transfer learning techniques to improve its performance in pickleball.

1. Team 2. Mentor  Georgen Institute for Data Science (GIDS) 3. Sponsor Lisa Altman 4. Abstract Due to the continuously increased demand for Data Science degrees, our school will open…

Magnetic Couple Study collected data and information from heterosexual couples who are of mixed HIV-status and recorded their prevention methods, including condom use, viral load, and new method-PrEP. This project focused on using unsupervised learning algorithms to examine the main predictors associated with protection strategies.

ML Based classification model to detect triage level for patients arriving at trauma centre, and thus allocate appropriate resources. This was achieved using patients’ data from URMC (Department of Paediatrics).

Virufy has created machine learning models that analyze coughs in order to provide a COVID-19 diagnosis. Training these models requires an even balance between COVID-positive and COVID-negative data, but they unfortunately have very little positive data. In order to combat this issue, the team hoped to generate synthetic coughs that closely resemble real coughs.

Team Academic Advisor Prof. Ajay Anand and Prof. Cantay Caliskan Project Sponsor Dr. Erika Ramsdale and the URMC Geriatric Oncology Team Introduction Studies in recent years have shown that cancer…

Team Mentor Professor Ajay Anand Dr. Preston Countryman Sponsor Corning Inc. – Data Science & Intelligence (DSI) Team Abstract Corning wants to develop a deep-time-series model to perform accurate customer-level…

We aimed to create a device that allows acoustic guitarists to produce real-time audio effects, such as reverb and delay, by resonating the body of their guitar with a transducer. Our device would improve upon existing market products by offering higher-qaulity audio processing, more effects and more user-friendly hardware components.

This project combines two instrument and vocal effects, Talkbox and Vocoder, in one guitar pedal unit, making it easy to use and switch between either effect.

Team Mentors Professor Michael Heilemann, Professor Daniel Phinney, Professor Sarah Smith, Tre DiPassio TL;DR We designed a system that includes both hardware and software components to extract speech audio from…

Team Mentor Michael Heilemann, Dan Phinney, Sarah Smith, Tre DiPassio Abstract An Electronic Wind Instrument, or EWI, is a type of wind controller that takes in breath input and outputs…

Team Mentor Professor Mottley and Professor Phinney Abstract Wildfires burn 7 million acres of land in the US every year. We present a read-out integrated circuit (ROIC) designed to be…

Design an interchangeable, fixed offset, fixed gear-ratio eccentric tool spindle for gravity-loaded optical polishing procedures.

This project’s goal was to develop an easily reproducible robot for use in ECE216 for students to learn about motor controllers. The robot was required to be modular, so each wheel has its own module that can be controlled independently and can move/rotate in any direction.

Team Mentor Christopher Muir Project Description The Human Powered Vehicle Competition (HPVC) is an annual competition hosted by ASME where various universities build vehicles to compete in a 2.5-hour endurance…

A robot which navigates between points on campus, delivering packages.

With the MVP Ring, surgeons are able to recreate a patient’s native heart valve anatomy and overall hemodynamic function leading to improved surgical outcomes.

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Hemp composites are a sustainable alternative to carbon fiber and fiberglass composites. Our team has developed a manufacturing process and testing procedure to characterize hemp composites.

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A process developed by Xerox results in a waste stream of heptane and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The team built and tested a semi-continuous extraction system to separate heptane and PDMS.

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This project involved designing, building, and testing the functionality of an adsorption system. The system will be used by the Porosoff Lab to study different sorbents for use in the direct air capture of CO2.

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Students can study heterogeneous catalysis reactions with a continuous reactor

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Team Yihe Chen Harry Huang Junting Chen Kehan Yu Mentor Cantay Caliskan Abstract Predictive Analytics for Demand Responsive Para- transportation Vision & Goal ● Create a productive schedule for Demand…

This project uses the luminescence of the nighttime sky as a predictive features for economic activity.

This project aims to observe, visualize, and model the trends in which COVID-19 patients at the University of Medical Center were allocated ventilators. Descriptive analyses are performed to investigate the relationships between variables such as but not limited to recovery rate and length of ventilator allocation and gender, race, and age.

This project aims to build a model which detects features such as crosswalks and curb ramps at intersections in the city of Rochester.

Team Qianqian Gu (Project Manager) Wei Wu Chen Yao Hanyang Zhang Mentor Ajay Anand Abstract The Goergen Institute for Data Science (GIDS) masters admission office wants to better understand applicants’…

Team Steven Dai Zachary Mustin Uzoma Ohajekwe Duy Pham Sponsor Vnomics Corporation Matt Mayo Mentor Prof. Ajay Anand Abstract Our task is to predict imminent failures in Diesel Particulate Filters…

Team Xiaoen Ding Jiecheng Gu Sung Beom Park Joseph Smith Mentor Ajay Anand Sponsor Lisa Altman Gretchen Briscoe Abstract The Goergen Institute for Data Science wants to understand the types…

Team Yihan Shao Chuqin Wu Melanie Xue Zihe Zheng Mentor Cantay Çalışkan Abstract The goal of this project is to forecast the pest pressure of Grape Powdery Mildew at a…

This project investigates the associations between geriatric assessment based features and relative dose intensity of chemotherapy. It is at the first few phases of Wilmot Cancer Institute’s Ger Oncology Research team at University of Rochester Medical Center. The team refined the data preprocessing pipeline, built predictive models and employed feature selection on the dataset, providing insightful suggestions for future work in cancer studies.

Cross Beam Energy Transfer (CBET) is a simulation that models how intersecting laser beams share energy.