Capstone Design Projects

All mechanical and materials engineering students are required to complete a capstone project in their senior year. Below you will find a list of past capstone projects from our engineering students.

2022 Fall Semester Projects

• Modular Vibration Testing Kit for Vibrations Lab Course (PDF)
  Team Members: Michael Ahlers, Seth Madison Tyler Motzko
   
• Design of Complex Fluid Electrical Conductivity Cell (PDF)
  Team Members: Bradley Cripe, Garrett Gniazdowski, Gaspard Matondo, Scott Osborne
   
• Structural Optimization of Quadcopter Landing Gear (PDF)
  Team Members: Taha Etekbali, Jilian Sollars, Katrina Knight
   
• Convertible Home Gym (PDF)
  Team Members: Max Carnevale, Randa Richards, Kevin Hall, Michael Orengo
   
• IDC Spring Crimping Tool (PDF)
  Team Members: Aleni Burcham, Samuel Sowers, Alexander Smith, and Luke Lieghley
   
• Ocean Wave Energy Generation (PDF)
  Team Members: Cameron Slater, Ben Ferree, Daniel Ploss, Austin Shurlow

Past Capstone Projects

• Micro Turbine Engine Design Competition
• Additive Manufacturing Process Design
• SAE Baja Competition
• Fluid Viscosity Measurement
• Folding UAV
• Wheel Life Prediction
• Dual-Plane Airfoil
• Resonance Wave Power
• Autonomous Aerial Remote-Sensing Drone
• Serial Grinder and Imaging System to Create 3-D Images of Vertebrate Rich Sedimentary Rock Cores
• Customizable and Low-Cost Water Quality Monitoring Platform for Grand Lake St. Marys
• Robotic Football Competition
• Wood Materials Project
• Robotic Football Competition
• Self-Learning Targeting System
• Convertible Home Gym
• Additive Manufacturing Welding
• Programming & Optimization
• Characterizing the Performance of a UAV for a Future Hybrid Powertrain
• Configurable Bike
• Mechanical Tester for Printed Electronics
• Porous Testing Medium
• SAE Aero Design Competition
• Solar Splash Design Competition