The Best of Program Award (1st place in Division IV) was awarded to Drexel University’s MEM Senior Design Team in the 2007 National competition sponsored by the James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation. Four mechanical engineering seniors: Jigarkumar Patel (BS/MS candidate), Socheth Bith (BS/MS candidate), Chandan Naik (BS candidate), and Lindsay Reber (BS candidate) shared the award for their entry, entitled “Autonomous Bacterial Transportation Systems in Microfluidic Environments”. The purpose of the project advised by Dr. MinJun Kim was to harness the power of nanoscale biomolecular motors for engineering applications. The Best of Programs Award is awarded based on originality, ingenuity, feasibility, results achieved or expected, engineering competence, and clarity of the presentation.

The James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation was established in 1936 by the Lincoln Electric Company to advance the science and application of arc welding. Awards have been offered annually for 71 years to recognize superior achievement in these fields. The Lincoln Foundation sponsors this competition to recognize and reward achievement by engineering and technology students in solving design, engineering or fabricating problems.

The website is http://www.jflf.org/awards/division4.asp

The winners for 2007 will be announced on Nov. 15