Every year, senior engineering students participate in a two-semester Senior Design course, where they apply the knowledge learned in the classroom and work with industry partners on a sponsored project. These undergraduates work in teams, often interdisciplinary to provide innovative and creative solutions for real-life projects. Senior Design is a signature engineering capstone experience for students and the experience helps them realize specific design needs by using engineering skills they have learned through the curriculum.

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Dean’s Message

SENIOR DESIGN is always one of our most anticipated events of the year. Our engineering seniors have worked on these projects—from concept to prototype or plan—for the past two semesters. The capstone project is the fulfillment of what seems like a long and arduous journey in the life of an engineering undergrad. But oh, is it worth it!

This book is filled with projects that will inspire you for their imagination and technical savvy.

As a mechanical engineer myself, I’m especially delighted by the mechanical engineering projects that are close to my heart. (I know I’m supposed to be unbiased.) But then I read the civil engineering projects that juggle so many important factors like client budgets and the environment, I’m awed. The industrial engineering teams that can see a way to improve efficiency in just about any scenario and electrical and computer engineering teams that are working on projects for space…these are truly inspiring students that have put their education and creativity to work. The chemical and biomedical team projects lead me to believe our world problems will, indeed, be solved by these enterprising young minds.

I hope you enjoy reading through this book and learning about what challenges our sponsors brought to the table and the solutions our students provided. They worked in largely mixed teams with colleagues who learn, think and work differently than they do. We don’t identify the students’ university in this book because we don’t usually know (without asking) which student “belongs” to FAMU or FSU. Ours is unique college and these career-ready engineering graduates are well-positioned to infuse their new companies with enthusiasm, drive and the critical “soft” skills (that are actually hard to master) they honed on our campus.

A special thank you to the faculty who have mentored these teams over the past two semesters. Without these important educators and researchers, our college—and our students—would not be where they are today. Most have known these students for many years now. I hope we will continue to know them as engaged alumni and future project sponsors/mentors.

I’m so proud of the accomplishments this book represents.

STEPHEN ARCE, PH.D.

ERNESTO GARCIA, PH.D.

BABAK NOROOZI, PH.D.

SEAN MARTIN, PH.D., P.E.

SHAYNE MCCONOMY, PH.D.

ROBERT WANDELL, PH.D.