Projects

Projects

2019-2021 Initiating UTC Solar Decathlon team

  • Project: Design an energy-efficient house
  • Faculty advisor: Dr. Sungwoo Yang
  • Students
    • Nicholas Daniels (Civil and Chemical Engineering, student lead)
    • Hannah-Rose Margavio (Civil and Chemical Engineering)
    • Daron Lyons (Civil and Chemical Engineering)
    • Marcquis Mikes (Civil and Chemical Engineering)
  • Result:
    1. Presented at A Day in the Life Open House event

2021-2022: DOE Solar Decathlon Design Project (completed)

  • Project: MOC House – New Housing Division
  • Faculty advisors: Dr. Sungwoo Yang (lead), Dr. Seong-Dae Kim, and Dr. Eun-Young Kim
  • Students:
    • Kaid Black (Civil and Chemical Engineering, student lead),
    • Mel Basil (Interior Architecture and Design)
    • Zachary Berta (Civil and Chemical Engineering)
    • Chelsie Ewing (Engineering Management: Construction Management)
    • Blaine Lindsey (Civil and Chemical Engineering)
    • Daron Lyons (Civil and Chemical Engineering)
    • Ashton West (Interior Architecture and Design)
  • Industry mentors: Mary Opalka (Mechanical Engineering, PE. Google)
  • Results:
    1. Global top 10 finalist teams advancing to the final round of the 2022 Design Challenge [2],[3],[4]
    2. Rockstar Rookie Award, Impressive First-Time Team
    3. A journal publication titled “Design a Net Zero House at 100-Year Flood Zone in a Historic District: A Case of Solar Decathlon Design Challenge Entry” on Journal of Green Building (accepted) [5]
2021-2022 UTC Moc House
(from left) Mel, Blaine, Kaid, Chelsie, Ashton and Sungwoo

2022-2023: OC Sustainability Decathlon Build Project (in progress)

2022-2023 Energy-efficient Mocs House to build
  • Project: Build an affordable and energy-efficient house
  • Faculty advisors: Dr. Sungwoo Yang (lead), Dr. Seong-Dae Kim, Dr. Thomas Lyons, and Philip Bonfiglio
  • Industry mentors: Christian Shackelford, Michael Walton (Green|Space)
  • A guest Lecturer (Revit) : Alexis Cosey (Interior Architecture and Design)
  • Students: Christian Despeaux (Lead), Connor Mackey, Andrew Adams, Caleb York, Caleb Blake, Grant Fetters, Abel Binoy, Valerie Ring, David Brown, Mason Hobbs, Logan Sprague
  • Alumni students: Andrew Eubanks, Jennifer Walton, Briana Mayes, Eric Ream, Kole Hall, Jakob Lewis, Dave Patterson, Connor York, Ryan Welch, Ava Bailey
  • Results: (In progress)
    1. $100,000 seed funding from Government of California [6],[7]
    2. $23,500 funding from FLY Pitch Competition [8]
  • Sponsors:
    1. Government of California ($100,000)
    2. College of Engineering and Computer Science at UTC (~ 3000 sq.ft space and a student office)
    3. UTC the Vice President for Research, UT System Administration Office, and the UTC Vice Chancellor’s Office ($23,500)
  • Partners:
    1. Green|Spaces
    2. TVA
    3. EPB
    4. P&C Construction
    5. John Gildernew Construction
    6. The Raines Group
    7. Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    8. JAD Architects + Partners
    9. PDM Engineering Associates, LLC
  • The site is picked. UTC Solar Decathlon team will build an energy-efficient house at Engel Stadium at Chattanooga starting early Dec. 2022.
Engel Stadium at Chattanooga
Working on sub-floors

2022-2023: DOE Solar Decathlon Design Project (completed)

  • Project: Energy-efficient multifamily housing
  • Faculty advisors: Dr. Eun-Young Kim (lead), Dr. Seong-Dae Kim, and Dr. Sungwoo Yang
  • Students: Landon Parker (Interior Design), Jacob Ridenour (Interior Design), Blake Burba (Interior Design), Robyn Wood (Interior Design) Lina Abdelkarim (Eng. Management), Levi Thornton, Daron Lyons (Chemical Eng.), and Caleb Traxler (Electrical Eng.)
  • Industry mentors: Mary Opalka (Mechanical Engineering, PE. Google)
  • Results: Global top 10 in the attached housing division.