Mason’s Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research (SEOR) held its fourth annual Andrew P. Sage Memorial Capstone Design Competition on April 26.
This student-focused competition is an international assembly for the design of complex systems and a leading showcase for undergraduate design projects. These projects are from our capstone design courses or from baccalaureate, honors, or design-oriented graduate theses.
Our teams competed with groups from the United States Military Academy at West Point, University of Pennsylvania, James Madison University, Virginia Tech, and the College of Engineering and Computing's SEOR department. Categories included design, network security, healthcare, software security, decision support systems, device security, and transportation and logistics.
Teams from the Bachelor of Science in systems engineering and cyber security engineering represented Mason at the competition.
The event honors Andrew P. Sage, the founding dean of the Volgenau School, a pioneer and leader in systems engineering, a prolific author, and a dedicated educator.
Mason Winners
Track 1: Cybersecurity
Cyber Security Engineering
Michael Fialk, Yun Zhao, Chad Constantine, Harsh Cheema, Tiffany Huynh
Track #2: Network Security
Cyber Security Engineering
Using Elastic Cloud to Identify, Analyze, and Generate Alerts for Anomalous Network Traffic
Sanjeet Bagga, Wyatt Child, Cameron Lawrence, John Leach, Kevin Liu and Joseph Walter
Track 3: Software Security
Cyber Security Engineering
Purple Team Assessment of an Industrial Control System Secured by the Dragos Platform
Andrew Smith, Kyle Simmons, Marissa Costa, Natalie Sebastian, Santiago Taboada Patino, and Zaine Wilson
Track 7: Industry Applications
Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Design of a Vertiport Traffic Flow Management System
Furat Allawi, Parul Chhabra, Betelhem Kebede, and Toavina Ratolojanahary
Track 8: Social Engineering
Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Design of a Decision Support Tool for Developing EV Fleet Transition
Evan Anderson, Khiem Duong, Rebecca Quintero, and Hein Naing
Best MS Paper
Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Forecasting Models for Predicting Power Demand
Maura Kaminow, Ruggieri Guillaume, Mary Taylor, and David Todd
Honorable Mentions
Track 1: Cybersecurity
Cyber Security Engineering
Cyber Hygiene Scoring Model
David Nicholson, Attar Singh, Andres Ramos, Stephen Morrison, Sara Eldabaa, and Jason Corona
Track #2: Network Security
Cyber Security Engineering
Vibrational Comms Project (Weirding Module)
Darby Hopkins, Milcah Barretto, Matt Sipes and Stephen Underwood
Vibrational Comms Project (Weirding Module)
Track 3: Software Security
Cyber Security Engineering
Agile Video Integrity
Christian Tanous, Ethan Lannon, Saleh Alzahrani, Ali Latif, and Shiny Chekuri
Track 9: Systems & Platforms
Cyber Security Engineering
Server Creation for a Distributed Education Platform
Victor Corja, Shaikh Alsharqi, Diana Chong, Omar Rahim, and Mackenzie Tottle