Eagle X Tradition of Celebrating Excellence

Eagle X Tradition of Celebrating Excellence

May 04, 2023  / U.A. Whitaker College of Engineering 

Eagle X is FGCU’s largest annual showcase event featuring the most highly regarded student projects of the year! Eagle X celebrates the many eXceptional eXperiences that FGCU students undertake (from student research to service learning – leadership to internships) in talks and poster presentations. In Eagle X, we bring together the long-standing FGCU traditions of Community Engagement Day and Research Day with student leadership and internship opportunities so that our eXcellent students show off their very best work.

U.A. Whitaker College of Engineering Awardees:

Best Engineering Undergraduate Design Presentation
NASA Advanced Multi-Mission Operations System Common Workflow Service (CWS)
Ronny Fray, Alexis M. Lopez, Andrew Wilhelm, & Zachary Mixson
Mentor: Dr. Fernando Gonzalez

Best Engineering Undergraduate Research Presentation
Nanofiber Scaffolds for Modeling Tissue Architecture and Cell-Matrix Interactions
James Bell, Autymn Shreffler, Lainie Bonthron, and Dr. Jiehong Liao
Mentor: Dr. Jiehong Liao

Best Engineering Graduate Presentation
The Geochemical Analysis of a Continuous Core, Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Project Aquifer Storage and Recovery Wells
Zoie Kassis
Mentor: Dr. Ahmed Elshall