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As a senior, you and your design team will design, engineer, and build a public service project selected by your class. You’ll determine just what the client needs, you’ll brainstorm designs, you’ll create design drawings and fabrication plans, you’ll engineer it to make sure it’s safe, you’ll build your project, then your client will try it out! Check out photos and web sites of previous projects below!

Project Examples

More than 1,000 projects successfully completed.

Below are just a handful of recent projects.

Exhibits for the Orpheum Children's Science Museum (Champaign, Illinois)

During the 2018 spring semester, two teams of five MechSE undergradudates created two new interactive astronomy-themed exhibits for the Orpheum Children's Science Museum in Champaign, Illinois. “Asteroid Mine” and “Orphy’s Escape to Space” are first-of-their-kind projects for the Senior Capstone Design Program. The students were given full autonomy to conceive, design, and build the exhibits, and they collaborated with Orpheum staff and MechSE faculty advisors. The students created original, interactive, working exhibits over the course of a single semester. We thank Phillips 66 for their support!

Hydraulic bike for the Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge

The goal of the 2018 spring semester team for the hydraulic bike project was to create a hydraulic system capable of powering and driving a bicycle for the National Fluid Power Association's vehicle challenge. Requirements include a power input, drive motor, a mechanism to store hydraulic power, and regenerative braking. The team produced a functioning treadle pump and hydraulic motor system with improved valving and consistent hydraulic flow.

Compact and Efficient Fluid Power Competition: Additive manufactured excavator cab

Design of a Solar Powered Lemur Heating and Cooling System (for Johnson Controls and the Lemur Conservation Foundation)

Design of an ICU Bed Head Angle Measurement System (for Carle Foundation Hospital and Shell Oil Company)

Design for optimized heat flow across a bolted/gasketed interface (for Boeing)

Surgical pad control box design (for Innoventor)

Bike helmet design (for Caveat Emptor)

Industrial burner redesign for reduced weight (for Eclipse)

Bridge impactor design for fault detection (for Civil Engineering)

Cold aisle containment design to save cooling cost (for NSCA)

Design of an affordable human-powered water pump for Cambodia that utilizes local materials and manufacturing techniques (humanitarian project, sponsored by Shell)

Shell Eco-Marathon Americas Competition

NFPA Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge

Design of a waterside economizer predicted to save over $2M/year in cooling costs (for NCSA Blue Waters supercomputer)

SpaceX Hyperloop

To propose a Senior Capstone Design Project or to learn more, contact: Damon McFall , PE, MBA Sponsored Projects Coordinator [email protected] or 217-244-6278

Mechanical Engineering

College of engineering and information technology, spring 2020 capstone projects.

What is Senior Capstone?

Below you will find a summary video and poster of this semesters Capstone projects. Each video is 2-3 minutes in length.

Lead-Instructor: Dr. Jamie Gurganus, [email protected]

Co-Instructors: Dr. Ruey-Hung Chen, Dr. Keith Bowman, Dr. Marc Zupan

Group#1 Engineers Brewery Consultancy

Customer: JailBreak Brewing Co.

Team: Matt Nauman, Ethan Gazelle, Jesse McElree, Sanjay Mysore

To view Poster full screen click here: EBC-020-Poster

Group#2 390Engineering

Team: Conner Strang, Alex Ives, Bruce Jackson, Brandon Jackson, Devyn Morehouse

To view Poster full screen click here: Group#2 Jailbreak Brewing Co – Poster

Group#3: J.Y.A.F.S Engineering Solutions

Project: Improving Micromobility

Customer: Dr. Steven McAlpine, Assistant Director INDS at UMBC

Team: Abdul-Raheem Adeleke, Yasiru Bandara, Frank Coughlin, James Pak, Shyla Jones

To view Poster full screen click here: : https://me.umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/81/2020/05/ENME-444-Final-Poster.jpg

Group #4 JDECC

Project: Thermoelectrically Cooled Helmet

Customer: Dr. Tony Farquhar – Mechanical Engineering Department UMBC

Team: Dane Meassick, Cole Diana, Christian Traynor, Eli Davidson, Joey Davis

To view Poster full screen click here: : https://me.umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/81/2020/05/JDECC_030_Poster-1.jpg

Group #5 IMPS

Project: Sound Reducing Chamber

Customer: Dr. Tim Topoleski – Mechanical Engineering Department UMBC

To view Poster full screen click here: : IMPS-023-A Poster

Group #6 The Tripawds

Project: Dog Prosthetic Leg

Team: Riley Delker, Nathaniel Valentine,Matthew Laulis, Hamzah Tariq, Kayla Markley

To view Poster full screen click here: https://me.umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/81/2020/05/Final-Project-Poster-3.pdf

Group #7 4 Legs 4 All

Project:Dog Prosthetic Leg

Team: Christina Hoffman, Thomas Chaisson, Patrick Hannon, Catie Gottschalk, Aamin Haroon

To view Poster full screen click here: https://me.umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/81/2020/05/4L4A-Poster.jpg

Group #8 Team Forte

Project: Pocket Violin

Team: Jordan Armstead, Catherine Chonai, Helen Rogers, Nathaniel Zucker

To view Poster full screen click here: Copy of POVI #015- Poster

Group #9 Equilibrium

Project: Global Engineering – Hybrid Pressure Cooker

Customer: Dr. Marc Zupan – Mechanical Engineering Department UMBC

Team: Eric Goodman, Cameron Underwood, Miles Johnson, Jared Rodriguez

To view Poster full screen click here: Equilibrium Project Poster

Group #10 Human First

Project: Global Engineering – Open Fire Stove

Team: Binit Sainju, Ewnet Sisay, Naomi Gordon

To view Poster full screen click here: https://me.umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/81/2020/05/HF-022_Poster-1.jpg

Group #11 Phase Cool

Project: Global Engineering – Cold Chain

Team: Elyssa Ferguson, Gabrielle Magalotti, Sarah Sinnokrot, Jethro Ssengonzi

To view Poster full screen click here: Official FMSS-035 (Poster_Picture)

Group #12 Kinetic Artwork Spinner

Project: Kinetic Artwork Spinner

Customer: Professor Eric Dyer, Visual Arts Department UMBC

Team: Zachary Schulz, Cameron Kincaid, Yousef jabaji

To view Poster full screen click here: SPIN-025-Digital Poster

Group #13 3D Photogrammetric Scanning Rig

Project: Photogrammetry Room enhancement

Customer: Dr. Marc Olano, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department UMBC

Team: Mariana Bueno, Bridgett Redding, Brett McIntyre, Justin Saelens

To view Poster full screen click here: ENME 444 Poster

Group #14 Robo Runners

Project: Improving UROS Engineering 101 project

Dr. Chuck LaBerge, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department UMBC

Dr. Jamie Gurganus, Mechanical Engineering Department, UMBC

Team: Kyle Kulp, Timothy Carter, Ross Welsh, Daniel Corteville

To view Poster full screen click here: https://me.umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/81/2020/05/Team-14-poster-1.png

Group #15 Adaptive Technologies

Project: Automated Skee-Ball System For Children with Disabilities

Customer: St. Elizabeth’s School for Children with Disabilities, Ms. Colynn Furg ason

Team:Samuel Willits, Nick Fisher, Brendan Isaac, Edward Dulaj, German Bu

To view Poster full screen click here: Adaptive_Technologies_Poster (1)

Group #16 Techy Treads

Project: Imani’s Modified Treadmill

Customer: VME https://www.v-linc.org/ & Ms. Imani Graham

Team: Renmar Sarreal, Jennie Le, Jason Vanisko, Rachel Kelly, Thuyai Ha, Jessica Boesch

To view Poster full screen click here: TT-029 Final Poster

Group #17 Trailer Iron Works

Project: Underride Crash Prevention Bumper for Tractor Trailers

Customer: Dr. Marc Zupan & Dr. Michael Duffy – Mechanical Engineering Department UMBC

Anthony Corretto, Engineering Dynamics

Dr. Bob Scurlock, Virtual Crash

Team: Zach Hall, Jackson Stefancik, Tracie Jones, Matt Dusek

To view Poster full screen click here: https://me.umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/81/2020/05/TIW-027-v1-Final-Poster.jpg

Group #18 FISH+

Project: 3D Printer Filament Recycler

Customer: Dr. Michael Duffy – Mechanical Engineering Department UMBC

Team: Yomiyu Fekadu, Derek Hovel, Ben Iannuzzi, Nehal Syed, Tom Thomas

To view Poster full screen click here: FISH+020-A – Poster Presentation

Group #19 RobotCart

Project: Automatic Robot to retrieve groceries

Customer: Dr. Jamie Gurganus -Mechanical Engineering Department UMBC

Team: Blake Prout, Sal Aslam, Jocelyn Wilkins, Susan Muzzey

To view Poster full screen click here: ROB17-A_Final Poster

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Posters of Previous Projects

The following are PDF files of posters of successful Senior Design Capstone Projects and Embedded Projects presented at the annual Projects Day held in May of each calendar year.

AY 2019-20 (May 2020)

IN PROGRESS

AY 2018-19 (May 2019)

AY 2017-18 (May 2018)

3D BioPrinter (Partner-led project) 3D Sannner (Partner-led project) BajaSAE (Partner-led project) BajaSAE Suspension (Partner-led project) Energy Harvesting (Partner-led project) Flange Fitting (Partner-led project) Indexer-Conveyor Belt ( Partner-led project) Poly Quarter Fender (Partner-led project) Steering Angle (Partner-led project) Towel Counter (Partner-led project) Tube Finning Machine (Partner-led project)

AY 2016-17 (May 2017)

Resealable Can ( Experience-project) Robot Arm Pedestal ( Experience-project) Trash Bag Stopper ( Experience-project)

AY 2015-16 (May 2016)

3D Cooling ( Experience-project) AutoTee ( Experience-project) Dual Compactor ( Experience-project) Phone Grip ( Experience-project) PVT Cooling System ( Experience-project)

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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.

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Capstone Design (ME 450)

Undergraduate mechanical engineering students at the University of Michigan are required to work on a capstone design project near the end of their degree program. Many students choose to fulfill this requirement by taking ME 450, a course that offers the student exposure to the design process from concept generation through analysis to prototype validation. Working in teams of typically four students, this semester-long project allows them the opportunity to apply (almost) everything they have learned from the first several years of school on an open-ended design problem. Twice a week, students attend lectures on topics relevant to their projects (such as risk assessment, ethics, environmental impact, materials, and manufacturing process selection). Following lectures, twice-weekly team meetings are used to provide a constant stream of feedback throughout the term as each team iterates their designs and associated deliverables. In addition, multiple design reviews are held throughout the semester to assess the quality of their work at each key step in the design process. At the end of the semester, the students showcase their solutions at the Michigan Engineering Design Expo .

Projects are proposed from the different areas of study within mechanical engineering and reflect the expertise of instructing faculty. Each semester, several of our projects come from industry partners, as students really enjoy working on these ”real-world” projects and our sponsors like having access to bright, talented, enthusiastic students. Faculty-sponsored, Global Health, and Student-initiated projects are also offered each semester.

Learn more: http://me450.engin.umich.edu/

Senior design projects

Senior design projects (also known as "capstone" projects) are the centerpiece of the ME curriculum's professional component, allowing students to be involved in interesting, real-world activities. Each senior is required to complete this course. Capstone projects are each advised by a full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty member who works with the teams.

For more detailed information, please visit ME Undergraduate Advising Canvas: Capstone Page .

Without exception, all ME 495 projects must be team efforts. Teams must consist of between three and five students.

Project topics

Students can pursue their varied technical and professional interests through a selection of projects that include:

Competition-based

Capstone design projects allow students to experience the rigor and structure of a full-cycle design, including:

Through the capstone courses, students learn to fully define a design problem. This includes not only a statement of the project deliverables and objectives in the layman's or client's terms, but also a full definition of the agreed upon functional requirements and constraints (quantified). In the case of the competition-based projects, the problem definition is based on the detailed rules and guidelines of the competition.

All of the capstone projects draw upon at least several fundamental engineering science areas and involve significant quantitative analysis often in the form of numerical simulation, typically preceded by approximate analytical solutions. Industry-inspired projects are carefully selected on the basis of the required fundamental engineering science areas and also to align with the core expertise of the faculty adviser.

All projects must include a written report. Although the form of the report may vary according to the nature and requirements of the individual project, all final reports must contain the following (or equivalent) sections:

Industry Capstone Program

Industry-sponsored senior design projects provide benefits for both students and sponsoring organizations. Students gain valuable experience from working within real-world constraints, while sponsoring organizations reap the innovations and insights provided by the project deliverables.

Past ME industry-sponsored capstone projects

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Best Capstone Project Ideas for Engineering Students

“Projects that we have completed demonstrate what we know-future projects decide what we will learn”

-Dr. Mohsin Tiwana

So, the next thing that haunts each one of us before thinking of doing something new is where to start from?

Well, then you are at the right place because here I am going to discuss with you some good capstone or let's say it some good capstone engineering projects that you can have a good time with!

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What is a capstone Project in Engineering?

A capstone project is the research work of a student for a year or more, in which the student selects a particular topic and does the required research by gaining information from all the possible sources that he/she can.

This lets the student in having a better understanding of the subject and give an edge over others because others have just studied theoretical skills but you have gone in-depth and understood the subject.

Practical experiences are always appreciated more than the theory because that’s where your real knowledge is tested.

Sounds cool! Right?

Now, let’s come to some best capstone engineering project ideas!

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Best capstone engineering project ideas

1. Home Automation Using IoT

Anyone who denies from the idea of automatically working homes is lying for sure because we humans are always super-duper lazy in doing households and keep looking for the easiest ways in which we don't have to work? Sounded Relatable?

Well, then we can make a capstone engineering project in which you can learn how to pair all your electronic home appliances with Bluetooth so that they can perform the given task on your own by one click or command by the simple IoT applications.

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2. Animatronic Hand:

What if you could create a machine that could be controlled just by your hand and finger gestures or facial expressions or a robot intimating animal.

Well, such robots are called Animatronic Hand!

These also imitate humans and animals.

This capstone engineering project will help you in understanding the making and working of this Animatronic Hand

By working on servo motors which will act as actuators with the design, fabrication and flex sensors,

You will also get to work with Ardunio Architecture and its programming

3. Smart Energy Meter using GSM:

The generation and supply of electrical energy are one of the widest used applications of electrical engineering.

This capstone engineering project is a great learning source for the students who want to go in the field of energy generation and control and talking about this smart energy meter then this is called smart because it keeps and gives the record of total energy consumed and the energy lost via sending SMS periodically so that the unnecessary loss of energy can be avoided

This project also involves Arduino Architecture and its Programming. Along with it, you will learn about the electrical loads and measurement and the working and the application of the GSM technology.

4. Home Automation System:

Home automation is a kind of project you will always have fun working with, this project is unlike the earlier discussed Home automation project, as it has so much more to learn like the system framework of home automation, then you will learn about the Bluetooth communication.

That’s all? No dear, along with this you will also learn about the relay driver circuits and also about the 8051 architecture and its programming!

5. Solar and Smart Energy Systems

The solar energy obtained from the sun’s rays is a renewable source of energy and that’s the reason Solar energy and its smart energy generation are something which will never go out of trend, at least till the earth is getting sun rays in abundance.

This is one of the reasons electrical engineering is more persued and job secured as electrical energy is also used for the generation of energy in big plants and industries.

Hence, to enhance such energy generation skills and knowledge one must learn about the Solar energy and smart energy systems.

This project will help you in the study of the IR sensors and its applications. You will also get an idea about the Solar and Smart energy system frameworks.

Along with it, you will learn about the working of the solar panels and the application of Ardunio Architecture and its programming.

6. Automatic Solar Tracker

As discussed earlier solar energy is among the most used and most in-demand resources, and automatic solar energy tracking is an important skill to learn because not only sunlight alone matters but also obtaining it from the right direction matters to make the most out of it.

And such Electrical project helps one in gaining more and more industrial exposure and giving one an edge over others.

In this capstone project, you will learn about the working of solar energy systems, along with it you will also learn about the photoresistors in the electronic systems and will have to work with Arduino Architecture and planning.

Learn more about Automatic solar tracker

7. 3D Printer

No doubt 3D printing is the future of every developing nation and as the technology will keep on going forward the demand for the people who know 3D printing will keep on increasing.

Therefore, knowing, understanding and practising 3D printing with a self build-up 3D printer will give you an edge over others.

By working on this capstone project, you can easily print out a 3D object from a CAD model. This course involves the application of Ardunio programming with additive manufacturing and the use of RAMPS Board, SMPS &motor Driver.

8. Smart Traffic Lightening Systems:

The traffic in the world is increasing as the population of the world is increasing.

Urbanization is on the rise and day-by-day different methods and systems are getting used to making things smarter and smarter.

So, it is the same trying to be done with the traffic lights. This capstone engineering project will help you in making smart traffic lighting systems.

Any kind of Ardunio, electrical, mechanical or mechatronic projects can be picked up as a capstone project like:

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I hope you got some good capstone projects from this article. If you have any queries let us know in the comments section.

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The senior design capstone course in Mechanical Engineering at Syracuse University is an intense two-semester engineering experience is intended to simulate the product development process and environment an engineer would experience in an industry setting. Capstone projects are designed to encourage students to think critically, solve challenging problems, and develop skills such as oral communication, public speaking, research skills, media literacy, teamwork, planning, self-sufficiency, and goal setting – key skills that will help prepare them for successful careers.

Become A Sponsor: The Process

* The list of deliverables is a critical component of the pre-proposal. Deliverables are tangible items that must be transferred to the client prior to a student’s graduation.

* Sponsors pay a fee of $8,000 per capstone project to Syracuse University to support the College, Department and Capstone program.

*Trade secrets and other proprietary information will be omitted from the public presentation and will be presented separately to the client.

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Intellectual Property/Confidentiality Link

Prior to the start of any project, students will sign a Syracuse Mutual Confidentiality and Nondisclosure Agreement and Syracuse General Agreement on Assignment of Intellectual Property. The students on the relevant teams will have the right to be listed on any patent as “Inventors”, but the sponsoring company will be listed as “Assignee”. Neither Syracuse University nor the students will retain any rights to the intellectual property.

Mentors/Advisors Link

Project sponsors assign a member of their organization to mentor/advise their student team. Mentors/advisors meet with the teams (in-person or via Zoom) on a weekly/bi-weekly basis to provide feedback and offer guidance to the students. Mentors/advisors are invited to attend the final presentations.

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M: 607.229.3840

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Capstone Projects
Capstone Projects. As a senior, you and your design team will design, engineer, and build a public service project selected by your class.
Project Examples
“Asteroid Mine” and “Orphy's Escape to Space” are first-of-their-kind projects for the Senior Capstone Design Program. The students were given full autonomy
Capstone Design Project
The culmination of every Rutgers MAE student's undergraduate academic career is the Senior Design Capstone Project. All that classroom learning gets put to
Spring 2020 Capstone Projects
What is Senior Capstone? This course allows students completing the Mechanical Engineering curriculum to engage in a complete system design experience
Capstone Projects
AY 2018-19 (May 2019) · Anterior Tilt Wheelchair · Automated Bottling System · Baja SAE (Partner-led project) · Battery Swapping Mechanism
Capstone Design Projects
Past Capstone Projects · Micro Turbine Engine Design Competition · Additive Manufacturing Process Design · SAE Baja Competition · Fluid Viscosity Measurement
Capstone Design (ME 450)
Undergraduate mechanical engineering students at the University of Michigan are required to work on a capstone design project near the end of their degree
Senior design projects
Senior design projects (also known as "capstone" projects) are the centerpiece of the ME curriculum's professional component, allowing students to be
Best Capstone project ideas for engineering students
Best capstone engineering project ideas · 1. Home Automation Using IoT · 2. Animatronic Hand: · 3. Smart Energy Meter using GSM: · 4. Home
Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design
The senior design capstone course in Mechanical Engineering at Syracuse University is an intense two-semester engineering experience is intended to simulate