* Indicates undergraduate winner
2022 Winners
Trust Optimization In Human-AI Interaction: Optimizing worker trust in AI systems to increase industry metrics
Cody Carroll, Fatemeh Mozaffar, and Logan Smith
The University of Georgia
From Automation to Intelligence: Self-organizing Systems
Mingfei Jiang
Beijing Institute of Technology
Technology and Human Resource Investments for a Resilient Futuristic Design and Manufacturing Company
Rashmi Rama Sushil
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
The Complex Systems of High-Tech Manufacturing — 2040
Evelyn Thomas and Sumant Dilip Rokade
The Pennsylvania State University
Leading Design and Manufacturing in 2040: A Focus on Mass Customization & Human-Robot Collaboration
Oredola Adebayo
The University of Texas at Dallas
Industrial 2040: A Vision of the Future State of Design and Manufacturing
Krik Johnson and Nathaniel Smith
Francis Marion University
2021 Winners
Decision Support for Design of Smart and Connected Products, Processes and Systems of the Future
Matthew Baby
Florida Institute of Technology
A Turnkey Solution to Unlock the Power Future of Manufacturing
Bhavika Jain and Vatsal Shah
Plaksha Tech Leaders Fellowship, Purdue University
Challenges in the Design of Complex Systems
Sachin Hebbale Lokesh
Plaksha Tech Leaders Fellowship, Purdue University
Energy Industry Success for the Future – Investment in People and Their Ideas
Jacob Starks*
The University of Oklahoma
2020 Winners
An Autonomous Approach to Facilitate Global Remote Healthcare Services
Ahmed S. Chowdhury and Lakshmi Narasimhon
Florida Institute of Technology
How Does It Affect Me? The Need for Empathy in a Sustainable World
Rohan Prabhu
The Pennsylvania State University
Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
Alan Soo*
Sydney University of Technology
2019 Winners
Rethinking the Utility of Waste: A look into a waste utility network model of circular-economic enterprise(s)
Jonathan T. Bessette*
University at Buffallo
Design for Scarcity
Hannah D. Budinoff
University of California, Berkeley
BioX Technologies, a 2035 Global Sustainable Enterprise
Nafiseh Masoudi and Jebin Biju
Clemson University
Regenerative rockets and Remanufactured satellites: Are we ready now?
Lakshmi Narasimhon A. V. and Ahmed M. S. Chowdhury
Florida Institute of Technology
End-of-Life Recovery as an Intelligent Model for the 2035 Manufacturing Industry
Massimigliano Di Luigi
University at Buffalo
Preventing and Predicting Diabetic Foot Ulceration in 2035:
A Design Framework for an Integrated Clinical Decision Support Footwear
Lin Guo
University of Oklahoma
How Nanotechnology Will Transform Design and Manufacturing
Juzel Lloyd*
Howard University
Eco-Islands: Offshore Sustainable Manufacturing
Xiaoyang Mao
Florida Institute of Technology
Smart Villages — A Sustainable Approach for People, Planet, and Prosperity
Anju Vijayan Nair
Mississippi State University
Stay Competitive in Big Data: A Text Mining Platform for Knowledge Discovery in Manufacturing Enterprises
Shan Peng
University of Oklahoma
2018 Winners
Adaptive Products through Artificial Intelligence
Jonathan Bessette*
University at Buffalo
Holonic Manufacturing Systems for Agile Manufacturing
Ismayuzri Bin Ishak and Mark Moffatt
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and Florida Institute of Technology
Viva in Vitro: Relpacing Farmed Meat with Lab Grown Meat on Supermarket Shelves Everywhere
McKenzie Clark*
Florida Institute of Technology
Data-Driven Energy Development in the Year 2035
Samuel Dunbar
North Carolina State University
Mass Customization by Designing the Customer Order Decoupling Point Using the Formulation Exploration Method
Lin Guo
The University of Oklahoma
The High-Tech Global Design and Manufacturing Enterprise of 2035
Jacob Hunter*
Brigham Young University
Additive Manufacturing in Space
Adam Madison*
Florida Institue of Technology
The Future of High-Tech Global Manufacturing and Design
Donovan A. Ross
Oregon State University
Human-Robot Symbiosis in Manufacturing and Design
Darshan Yadav
Florida Institute of Technology