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.

2023 Fall Semester Projects

• Rapid Solidification Machine (PDF)
  Team Members: Anthony Carver, Jesse Potts, Landon Tuck, Courtney Wuilleumier
   
• Design and Development of an Extrusion-Based 2.5D/3D Printer for Electronic Packaging (PDF)
  Team Members: Alex Adams, Dylan Hall, Jacob Harrison, Jeet Patel
   
• Development of a Grease Lubrication Mechanism for a Two-Disk Contact Set-Up (PDF)
  Team Members: Devin Blankenship, Braden Russell, Kevin Kemp, Austin Sherwood, Alex Plas
   
• Green Automated Aquaponics System (PDF)
  Team Members: Intissar Elhani, Alan Whiting, Kevin Grubb, Evan Gehret
   
• CFD Modeling of Formula 600 Race Car (PDF)
  Team Members: Sean Barber, Ethan Cornell, Bailey Hoelscher, Tamal Kambarov, Viswanathan Ramesh
   
• Low Head Ocean Energy Storage (PDF)
  Team Members: Adam Hume, Cameron Floyd, Carson Estep, Dustin Leonard, Samuel Boys

2023 Spring Semester Projects

• Convertible Home Gym Apparatus (PDF)
  Team Members: Connor Schock, Noah Bledsoe, Jackson Nix
   
• Battlefield Model Design (PDF)
  Team Members: Hameed Juma, Jeff Denton, Lemuel Duncan, Zach Baker
   
• Metal Air Batteries for EVs and Electronic Devices (PDF)
  Team Members: Alexis Burt, Logan Nielsen, Ian Thompson
   
• Wave Power Conversion (PDF)
  Team Members: Luke Banks, Bryce Ullman, Emma Vuckovich
   
• SAE Baja Collegiate Design Series (PDF)
  Team Members: Clay Minor, Logan Rowland, Elliot Wiggins, Julia Sentman, Dominic Manns, Stephanie Gangl
   
• Hybrid UAV Power System (PDF)
  Team Members: Lucas Duncan, Riley Hall, Abigail Kerestes, James Schmitz
   
• Optimization of Joining Methods for Generator Converter Chassis (PDF)
  Team Members: Tyriek Craigs, Seth Perkins, Robert Hall, Jacob Evans
   
• Optimization of Temperature Gradient in Magnetic Inductors (PDF)
  Team Members: Kyle Schroder, Alan Hingsbergen, Blake Martin, Jordan Stanley
   
• Optimized Wire Coiler for GE Aviation (PDF)
  Team Members: Connor Allen, Bradley Jones, Alex Strack, Kaitlin Willi
   
• Solar Splash Electric Boat Competition (PDF)
  Team Members: Brice Prigge, Bryar Powell, Chase Mansell, Evan Hannon
   
• Ultralight Copper Current Collectors for Flexible Batteries (PDF)
  Team Members: Connor Wyckoff, Branen Bussey, Dryana Russell, Mashuj Alshammari
   

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