MAE PhD Student - Chen Lequn won the first place in American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Computer and Information in Engineering (CIE) 2023 Hackathon

Mr. Chen Lequn, current MAE PhD student under the mentorship of Associate Professor Moon Seung Ki, has won the first place in American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Computer and Information in Engineering (CIE) 2023 Student Hackathon. 

This year, the ASME CIE Hackathon had two sets of challenges from Autodesk and Sandia. all participating students were invited to challenge the real-world engineering problems faced by industries. Mr. Chen Lequn decided to work on the challenge set by Autodesk:  "Automating Materials Selection for Product Design". 

Objective of the challenge was to develop a solution for identifying the most suitable materials for a set of parts, based on CAD geometries and assembly context, thereby expediting the design-to-make cycle. In this competition, Lequn managed to come up with a simple, yet computationally efficient, machine-learning solution that achieved high accuracy in predicting material categories for different assemblies. His solution won over the other 34 participants from over 18 institutions (including Boston University, Northwestern University, Texas A&M, UT Austin, Purdue University, etc.) to come out on top as first place. 

 

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The Computer & Information in Engineering (CIE) Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) held past hackathon events at the IDETC/CIE 2020, 2021, 2022 Conferences. These hackathon events provide students and engineering practitioners with a unique opportunity to learn how data science and machine learning techniques can be leveraged to solve real-world engineering problems.

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