Who Won the Graphical System Design Achievement Awards?

[Laura Arnold]

Last night, nearly 200 engineers, scientists, editors, researchers, students, NI executives, and industry experts attended the 2012 Graphical System Design Achievement Awards ceremony to honor the 18 contest finalists. Dave Wilson, director of the academic segment at NI, gave the audience an overview of each finalist’s application before revealing the big winners.

So, which engineers took home the awards?

Advanced Control Systems

Winner: Building a Nanomeasuring Machine Using LabVIEW and NI PXI

By Johannes Klöckner, Stephan Zschäck, Felix Balzer, and Brandon Percle, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany

Finalist: UC San Diego Uses LabVIEW and NI Single-Board RIO to Build an Agile Mobile Robot

By Nicholas Morozovsky and Professor Thomas Bewley, University of California, San Diego, USA

Advanced Research

Winner: Developing an EMI Desktop Evaluation System Using a New Measurement Technique

By Naoki Hoshino, PERITEC Inc., Japan

Finalist: Cleaning Up Dirty RF: RF/Communication Physical Layer Research With LabVIEW and NI USRP

By Jan Dohl, Dresden University of Technology, Germany

Automated Test

Winner: Using LabVIEW, NI TestStand, and PXI to Test a Medical Glucose Meter and Insulin Delivery System Within a Regulated Manufacturing Environment

By Matthew Kelton, Advanced Instrument Technologies, and Venkat Raghavan, TestPro Systems, USA

Finalist: Emulating a System Controller CPLD for Automated RF Daughterboard Test

By Rick Garza, Averna, USA

Education

Winner: Creating a Real-Time Simulator for Power Quality Signals

By Miguel E. Hernandez, Davis Montenegro, and Gustavo A. Ramos, University of the Andes, Colombia

Finalist: Measuring and Analyzing the Effects of Waves in an Experimental Basin Using PXI Express

By Álvaro Álvarez Vázquez, Environmental Hydraulics Institute of Cantabria, Spain

Energy

Winner: Bringing Mobile Phone Coverage to Rural Areas With a Green, Off-Grid Energy Solution

By Dr. Mike Rendall, Diverse Energy Ltd, United Kingdom

Finalist: Developing a Fracturing Pump Controller Using NI LabVIEW, Compact FieldPoint, and CompactRIO

By Gregory C. Cala and Brad Westfall, Data Science Automation, USA

Life Sciences

Winner: Controlling a Heart Simulator with CompactRIO and LabVIEW

By Dr. David Keeling and Ali Alazmani, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Finalist: Using NI FlexRIO for Photoacoustic Quantitative Ultrasound (PAQUS)

By Pasi Karppinen, Jari Tuovinen, Timo Karppinen, Edward Hæggström, University of Helsinki, Finland; Petro Moilanen and Jussi Timonen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland; and Zuomin Zhao and Risto Myllylä, University of Oulu, Finland

Finalist: Developing a Mobile X-ray Imaging System for Diagnosis Using LabVIEW Software and NI Hardware

By Duckjune Kim, Kwang-Hee Lee, Dr. Sang-Hoon Ji, Dr. Soo-Yeol Lee, and Dr. In-Beom Lee, the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, South Korea

Structural and Physical Test and Monitoring

Winner: University of Nevada Researchers Use LabVIEW, PXI, and CompactRIO to Measure the Effects of Earthquakes on Bridges

By Patrick Laplace, University of Nevada, Reno, USA

Finalist: Developing an Engine Connecting Rod Fatigue Test System Based on CompactRIO

By Hongrui Liu and Zhentao Liu, Zhejiang University, China

Transportation

Winner: Siemens Uses CompactRIO, LabVIEW, and DIAdem to Determine Root-Cause of Damaging High-Voltage Transients

By Ryan Parkinson and Jacob Cassinat, Siemens, USA

Finalist: Automated Dynamometer Testing of an Advanced In-Wheel Electric Drive System for Electric Vehicles

By Mark McDonnell, Protean Electric Ltd., United Kingdom

Student Design Award

Winner: University of Leeds
Students: Chris Norman, Dominic Clark and Barnaby Cotter

Finalist: Tohuku University
Student: Jumpei Matsunaga
Professor: Shuichi Sakamoto

Application of the Year

Controlling a Heart Simulator with CompactRIO and LabVIEW

By Dr. David Keeling and Ali Alazmani, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Green Engineering

Automated Dynamometer Testing of an Advanced In-Wheel Electric Drive System for Electric Vehicles

By Mark McDonnell, Protean Electric Ltd., United Kingdom

Humanitarian

Controlling a Heart Simulator with CompactRIO and LabVIEW

By Dr. David Keeling, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Community’s Choice

Creating a Real-Time Simulator for Power Quality Signals

By Miguel E. Hernandez, Davis Montenegro, and Gustavo A. Ramos, University of the Andes, Colombia

Editor’s Choice

Developing an EMI Desktop Evaluation System Using a New Measurement Technique

By Naoki Hoshino, PERITEC Inc., Japan

LabVIEW FPGA Innovation Award, Sponsored by Xilinx

Developing a Fracturing Pump Controller Using NI LabVIEW, Compact FieldPoint, and CompactRIO

By Gregory C. Cala and Brad Westfall, Data Science Automation, USA

Multicore Award, Sponsored by Intel

Using NI PXI Modular Instruments and LabVIEW to Build UHF RFID Development Platforms

By Joel Joseph S. Marciano Jr., University of the Philippines Diliman, the Republic of the Philippines