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Engineering Project Showcase Highlights Senior Capstone Design Projects

May 6, 2024 By Danielle Sullivan

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The 12th annual Engineering Project Showcase at Texas A&M University included over 300 teams of 1,400 students presenting their senior capstone design projects and competing for top prizes. The event, which was hosted at the Zachry Engineering Education Complex, brought together 170 industry judges to observe a year's worth of dedicated work and innovation.

The showcase highlighted the collaborative efforts between academia and industry, with students addressing real-world challenges presented by academic departments or industry sponsors. These challenges formed the basis for projects aimed at tackling pressing issues across various sectors. Magdalini Lagoudas, executive director of Industry/Nonprofit Partnerships, stressed the crucial role of capstone design projects in bridging theoretical knowledge with practical application.

“The Engineering Project Showcase allows us to celebrate the accomplishments of our capstone student teams and the incredible value they generate for their sponsors,” said Lagoudas. “It is also a great way for industry to see examples of successful academic partnerships with the College of Engineering.” 

Overall, the event's goals are to celebrate students' innovative solutions to real-world problems, foster engagement with industry partners and collaboration within the teams themselves, and promote STEM awareness among prospective students and educators.

"The students are very well-prepared here at the College of Engineering, and they are very impressive,” said Lynda Estes '87, an employee in the structures group at NASA. “I do a lot of mentoring of co-ops where I work and what I see here is a lot of that work getting done ahead of time, specifically with getting to work with others from different backgrounds that may not be similar to yours, but then figuring out how to divide up the work, get it done and put it all back together to create a final project. I think a skill like that is very helpful to all these students."

Beyond celebrating academic achievements and collaboration, the showcase also facilitated invaluable networking opportunities between students and industry professionals.

"Andersen Windows & Doors looks for students who are flexible, eager to learn, and want to be hands-on,” said Felicia Nguyen, a representative from Andersen Windows & Doors, a platinum sponsor. “Engineering Project Showcase allows the students to show what they have learned and what skills they can bring to our corporation. We sponsor events like this because we want students to know what Andersen does and what we bring to the table. We want to be able to give them opportunities when they get out of school to bring their talent to work with us full-time."

A highlight of the showcase was the announcement of the Overall Showcase Capstone Design Awards. Teams from diverse majors, ranging from aerospace engineering to biological and agricultural engineering, competed for top prizes. With 18 different award categories, the event’s prize pool totaled over $20,000.

Two teams tied for the Overall Showcase Capstone Design first-place award. The project Autonomous and Remote Control Operating Light (ARCOL), sponsored by Texas A&M University’s J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, addresses the challenges faced in operating rooms where frequent adjustments to surgical lighting are needed. The ARCOL system offers autonomous and remote-control capabilities to minimize disruptions during surgeries, such as shadows and obstructions. By providing a cheaper, safer, and more efficient operating environment, it aims to enhance patient care.

Sponsored by Laken Grimes and Dessert Holdings, Production Line Modeling geared their project towards streamlining the management of a production line. Inefficiencies and bottlenecks often happen with fluctuating product sequences, equipment setups, crew compositions, and processing durations. The primary objective of the project is to craft a simulation tool capable of foreseeing process challenges, furnishing feedback on schedule viability and ultimately heightening operational effectiveness.

The annual Engineering Project Showcase offers a platform for students to apply their skills in innovation and collaboration taught by Texas A&M Engineering. Join us at the next showcase to witness future projects on April 25, 2025.

The 2024 Engineering Project Showcase was sponsored by platinum sponsors, Andersen Windows & Doors and Samsung; gold sponsors, Bray Inc. and Caterpillar; and silver sponsors, Baker Hughes, Endeavor Energy Resources and H4 Architects + Engineers.

The top teams from each award category are listed below.

Engineering Project Showcase 2024 Winners: 

Overall showcase capstone award.

First place - Tie  ($2,000) Team: Autonomous and Remote Control Operating Light (ARCOL)

First place - Tie ($2,000) Team: Production Line Modeling

Third place ($1,000), sponsored by Samsung Team: OGRE Skin Test Rig

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Award

First place - Tie ($500) Team: Design and Implementation of Water Distribution and Filtration System in Remote Guatemala

First place - Tie ($500) Team: SCTHS Rainwater Harvesting

Third place ($250) Team : Kubota Tractor Lead/Lag Ratio Tire Testing

Biomedical Engineering Awards 

First place - Tie ($750), sponsored by Bray International Inc. Team: Improved Vesicoamniotic Shunt for Treatment of Fetal LUTO

Second place - Tie ($750) Team: Combined Continuous Glucose Monitor and Infusion Set  

Second place - Tie ($750) Teams : Fetal Stabilization for Fetoscopic Surgery

Computer Science and Engineering Awards 

First place - Tie ($1,000), sponsored by Andersen Windows & Doors Team : FlashMacros: Automating Calorie and Macronutrient Tracking

First place - Tie ($1,000), sponsored by Andersen Windows & Doors Team : Promenade

Second place - Tie ($750) Team : BoomBoards

Second place - Tie ($750) Team : SCRAPS

Electrical and Computer Engineering Awards 

First place ($1,000), sponsored by Samsung Team: Raytheon Drone Competition

Second place ($750) Team: RFID PC Passkey System

Third place ($500) Team: Radiation Resilient Logic Circuits

Industrial and Systems Engineering Awards

First place ($1,000), sponsored by Caterpillar Inc. Team: Calibration Lab

Second place ($750) Team: Applied Materials - Detrash/Marry-Up Area Improvement

Third place ($500) Team: CHRISTUS Health Warehouse Optimization

Material Science and Engineering Awards  

First place ($500) Team: Sealing the Deal for Hydrogen Fuel: Characterizing Elastomeric Sealing Materials for High Pressure Hydrogen Environments 

Second place ($350) Team: Metal Turnings Recycling Through ECAE

Third place ($250) Team : Design and Evaluation of Novel Recycling Methods for Coated Polymeric Automotive Components

Mechanical Engineering Awards 

First place ($1,000), sponsored by Andersen Windows & Doors Team: Continuous Cement Mixing Head Redesign

Second place - Tie ($750) Team: Parking Alert Service Project

Second place - Tie ($750) Team: Pipeline Displacement Detection Unit

Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering Technology Award 

First place ($500)

Team: The Destabilizer

Second place ($350)

Team: Team GDMAN - Automated Camera System  

Third place ($250) 

Team: Fluid Powered Vehicle

Energy Sector Award

Prize Amount: $250 Team: Predicting & Optimizing the Power Performance of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Using Machine Learning Techniques

Health Sector Award

Prize Amount: $250 Team: Improved Vesicoamniotic Shunt for Treatment of Fetal LUTO

Infrastructure Sector Award

Prize Amount: $250 Team: Alternate Route Study

Manufacturing Sector Award

Prize Amount: $250 Team: Team Metal Turnings Recycling Through ECAE

National Security Sector Award

Prize Amount: $250 Team: Crypto-Analysis Resistant Digital Key FOB

Large Capstone Team Award

Prize Amount: $1,000 Team: LHIVA: Long-Range Hybrid eVTOL Integrated Assembly

Non-capstone Team Award

Prize Amount: $1,000 Team: RASC-AL 2024: Large-Scale Lunar Crater Prospector

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Sass encourages students to pursue ‘passion projects’ for service-learning capstone

Margaret Sass, a lecturer for the Bachelor of Applied Science and Interdisciplinary Professional Studies program, facilitates experiential learning projects that inspire capstone students to make a difference while they practice project management, creative problem-solving and career networking. In her Spring 2024 Capstone class, Sass knew some students would focus their capstone project on their current workspace, while others wanted to create new opportunities in their local communities.

Sass, who directed a Service-Learning Program at Purdue before returning to Boise State to teach, knew how to light a spark in students. She asked them, “What are big issues you care about, that impact your life? How are those needs addressed – or not – in your community?” After students identified their issues they used their academic skills of research, writing, communicating, and problem-solving to design a small project to address the issue. Ideally, students would collaborate with a community group already addressing the issue, but sometimes students create their own solution to a very personal issue that they or others are impacted by. Below are examples of students’ projects:

• Translated the Idaho Driver’s Handbook into Vietnamese . Goal: Address the challenges of Vietnamese Idahoans when trying to get their driver’s licenses, but need help understanding the driver’s handbook.
• Sleep Savvy Student Solutions Blog . Goal: Address the prevalent issue of insufficient quality sleep among college students. A follow-up survey was sent to the blog readers, who reported successful implementation of the recommendations offered.
• Oral Histories of the Silver Valley in Northern Idaho . Goal: Preserve the oral histories of the people who grew up in the Silver Valley of Northern Idaho, once an area known as the Silver Capital of the world.
• Website for Idaho Giving Garden . Goal: Design an informational and visually appealing website for the non-profit organization Idaho Giving Garden, which provides vegetables and herbs to food-insecure people
• Website for Empty Nesters – Finding Me Again . Goal: Provide support and encouragement to others who will become or are currently empty nesters.

Sass invests in and believes in these students. She supports them through several phases: brainstorming, evaluating community needs and project development. She says the keys to success are for the students to feel passionate about their project and aim to have a positive community impact, even if it’s small. It can still create a ripple effect.

“I get my passion for teaching through these students’ passion, knowing it can make a difference in their communities,” she said.

Many students discover a passion for working toward a common goal and an inspiration to continue the projects after the semester ends.

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Data Science Master’s Students Tackle Diverse, Real-World Challenges in Capstone Projects

Human trafficking, illegal fishing, small business contracts — these are all issues that, at first glance, seemingly have little in common.    

Yet, for students in the University of Virginia’s data science residential master’s program , these disparate subjects have one critical common denominator: they could all be better understood through the application of data science methods.  

Fifteen groups of graduate students at the School of Data Science recently presented the findings of their capstone projects before a sizable crowd of faculty, staff, and fellow students at the Graduate hotel in Charlottesville.  

Capstone projects have long been a cornerstone of the data science master’s program. In them, students work in groups with a faculty mentor as well as an outside sponsor to tackle a real-world problem.  

It’s an opportunity for students to collaborate with their classmates and apply what they are learning from faculty toward addressing a real issue that their sponsor is dealing with — experiences that often leave lasting impressions.

“When we talk to alumni years later, they all say that the two things that they remember most about the program are the capstone experience and also a cohort experience,” said Phil Bourne , founding dean of the School of Data Science, in opening remarks.

The projects offered students the chance to learn about new subjects and methods as well as develop skills that could prove vital as they begin their careers.

“While you’ve done many projects, this is the first time that it was a very large project that you had to break it up and project manage it,” Adam Tashman , an associate professor of data science and capstone program director, told the students.

He added that perhaps the most important lesson students will take from the experience is “how to deliver for a customer.”

For more than four hours, with a break for lunch, groups of students laid out their findings in brief presentations followed by questions from the audience.  

In one, which focused on predicting which federal agencies small businesses could match with to secure contracts, David Diaz , whose father owns a small business in California, described the personal nature of the group’s work.

“I’ve seen this firsthand; I still see it with my dad now. There are a lot of long hours. It isn’t really a 9 to 5 job — it’s a 24/7 job,” Diaz said, describing the continual process that small business owners face in gathering information to try to secure bids while ensuring business operations run efficiently.  

“So, the goal of this project is to hopefully reduce that research time in reaching the federal contracting market and, hopefully, allow businesses to have a finer scope into what they’re looking for,” he added.

Another group laid out their work on illegal fishing, discussing the complexity of this global issue and the vast problems it creates. They also highlighted a key point that any data scientist must confront: how to classify the data they had.

“Kind of like an indie album, our data set is unlabeled,” joked Samuel Brown, who explained how he and his group created labels to differentiate between illegal and illegal fishing.  

The group discussed how their project demonstrated how machine learning could be used to help predict illegal fishing, information that could, potentially, reduce its prevalence.

Like any complex challenge, completing a capstone project can be stressful. And in those difficult times, sources of wisdom are sometimes found in unexpected places.  

Sunidhi Goyal , who works as a tennis instructor for UVA Recreation, recounted how one of her six-year-old students asked her one day what was bothering her.  

Goyal, part of a group that worked with LMI on empowering their enterprise architecture team, said she wasn’t sure how she could explain the complexities of their project to a young child.  

But she tried, describing, in simple terms, how she and her collaborators needed to find a way to allow enterprise architects to sort through a large number of documents and keep just the relevant ones — the “good” documents, she called them.

“She was like, ‘Oh, what if the good could be a magnet, and you could keep it together and let go of the bad,” Goyal said the student responded.  

“This is exactly what we ended up doing,” Goyal said, explaining how her team used a method called principal component analysis to retain only the most relevant documents, an approach that helped lead them to their solution.

As the day wound down, audience members voted on awards, and Tashman praised the students for the effort, passion, and purpose they exhibited in taking on the challenges presented by their sponsors.  

“These are all important things that our sponsors need help with, and you all took ownership of that. I think you took it to heart and really put your heart and soul into it,” he said.  

And while the completion of their capstone projects signaled an end to their time as master’s students at the School of Data Science, it also marked the beginning of a much longer journey to come. 

“Let this be the first of many real-world problems that you face and that you tackle,” Tashman said.  

Awards, as voted on by the audience

Most Innovative Analytical Solution : “Optimizing the ALMA Research Proposal Process with Machine Learning”

Group members: Brendan Puglisi, Arnav Boppudi, Kaleigh O’Hara, Noah McIntire, Ryan Lipps

Most Compelling Data Visualization : “Detecting Illegal Fishing with Automatic Identification Systems and Machine Learning”

Group members: Samuel Brown, Danielle Katz, Dana Korotovskikh, Stephen Kullman

Most Engaging Data Story : “Predicting Winter California Precipitation with Convolutional Neural Networks”

Group members: Anthony Chiado, Kristian Olsson, Luke Rohlwing, Michael Vaden

Most Impactful Ethical Engagement : “Detecting Human Trafficking

Group members: Jacqui Unciano, Grace Zhang, Tatev Gomtsyan, Serene Lu 

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Tvel completes development of new fuel for Paks nuclear plant

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The full package of documents is handed over to the Hungarian customer, MVM Paks Ltd, for further licensing of the new fuel by the national nuclear power regulator, Tvel said.

The first fuel assemblies have also passed acceptance testing at Tvel's Elemash Machine-building plant in Elektrostal, Moscow region.

The new modification of VVER-440 second generation fuel increases the efficiency of fuel usage and advances the economic performance of the power plant operation, Tvel said.  

The engineering contract for development of the new VVER-440 fuel was signed in late 2017. The development and validation work involved a number of Russian enterprises, including OKB Gidropress (a part of Rosatom machine-building division Atomenergomash), Bochvar Institute (material science research facility of TVEL Fuel Company), Elemash Machine-building plant and Kurchatov Institute national research center. At the site of OKB Gidropress research and experiment facility, the new fuel passed a range of hydraulic, longevity and vibration tests .

The first consignment of the modified fuel will be delivered to Paks nuclear power plant later this year. The four-unit Paks nuclear plant, which entered operation between 1982 and 1987 currently operate on a 15-month fuel cycle and supply around 50% of Hungary's electricity.

Photo: Fabrication of new VVER-440 fuel for Paks nuclear plant (Credit: Tvel)

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