Engineering Senior Design Day will be held on Thursday, April 04, 2024. The annual event is a showcase of senior engineering student work and involves, faculty, staff, alumni, industry sponsors and volunteers.

 

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.

Event Agenda and Presentation Schedule


2024 ENGINEERING SENIOR DESIGN TEAM PROJECTS

Engineering Design Day is a showcase of innovative, creative, and multi-disciplinary projects developed by our graduating senior students.

 

Engineering Senior Design Awards

 

Best Poster - Team 101: Recycling Single-Use Plastics into Usable 3-D Printing Filament

Team Members: Lauren Bishop, Nickolas Boyd, Shelby Evans, Clay Kramer, Jeremy Newman, Emma Pollard, Ethan Wood

Advisor: Robert Wandell, Ph.D.

Sponsor: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

 

Best Poster - Team 218: Michael the Cleaner Site Remediation

Team Members: Nicole Blanchard, Darius Far, Alexander Rodriquez, Rayana Watford

Advisor(s): Sean Martin, Ph.D., PE, FRSE and Jeffrey Farner, Ph.D.

Sponsor: Gutteridge Haskins & Davey (GHD); Jenna Martin, P.E.

 

Best Presentation - Team 519: Retaining Water Ice in Regolith at Vacuum

Team Members: Kevin Hernandez Lichtl, Luke Leibkuchler, Katherine Mesa, Megan Reid, Trent Walker

Advisor: Shayne McConomy, Ph.D.

Sponsor: NASA - MSFC/JSEG

 

Best Overall - Team 114: Cervicare

Team Members: Kiram Harrison, Annie Lazo, Ethan Lewandowski, Fernando Carrillo

Advisor: Stephen Arce, Ph.D.

Sponsor: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

Best in Session Winners

Session A 519: NASA MSFC - Retaining Ice in Regolith at Vacuum
Session B 114: Cervicare
Session C 510: Danfoss - IGV Testing Fixture
Session D 107: Chocolate Rheology
Session E 516: Mayo Compact Suture Device
Session F 515: Jtekt - Bearing Part Painter
Session G 506: Wearable Gas Sensor
Session H 522: Rockwell Automation Device for STEM Engagement
Session I 212: Lake McBride Residence
Session J 222: Bonifay Park Project
Session K 229: Alabama Welcome Center Renovation Project

 

Senior Design Teaching Faculty & Professors

 

STEPHEN ARCE, PH.D.

ERNESTO GARCIA, PH.D.

JERRIS HOOKER, PH.D.

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

SHAYNE MCCONOMY, PH.D.

ROBERT WANDELL, PH.D.


 

Senior Design Sponsors

A big round of applause and thanks to our generous sponsors, who not only provide valuable monetary resources for these projects, but who also mentor and serve as important stakeholders for each of these projects. Our students learn many valuable skills from this process and these mentors, including teamwork, professional engineering principles, client and project management.

3M

Alabama Department of Transportation

Apollo Medtech, LLC 

Atwell LLC

Barkley Consulting Engineers, Inc.

Biosense Webster

Chipola Engineering Group

CIA 

City of Tallahassee

Corning

Jim and Sandra Dafoe

Danfoss Turbocor

DHM Melvin Engineering, Inc.

Dow, Inc.

Eutaw, Inc.

Exactech, Inc.

Florida Power & Light 

Florida Rural Water Association

Florida Space Grant Consortium (FSGC)

Dr. Nick Gregory

Gutteridge Haskins & Davey

Halff Associates

Hanger Clinic Tallahassee

High-Performance Materials Institute (HPMI)

HNTB

H.W. Lochner

Intel

JTEKT North America

Jacobs Engineering

Johnson & Johnson

Keysight

Keeve Mckee Engineering

KLS Martin 

L3Harris

Charles R. Lindholm

Los Alamos National Laboratory 

Magnolia Engineering

Management Leadership for Tomorrow

Mayo Clinic Jacksonville

Mead and Hunt

Michael Baker International

Moody Air Force Base

Moore Bass Consulting, Inc.

Bruce Morrison

Christina Morrow

NASA

NASA - MSFC/JSEG

National Stormwater Trust, Inc.

Naval Surface Warfare Center

NSIN-SOCOM 

NSWC 

Jordan Rigsby, DMD

RAS Lab

William C. Rickles

Roark Dental Corporation

Rockwell Automation

Katherine Rosario

Rachael Rosko

Sandia National Laboratory 

Sarasota County Transportation Planning

Brett Scharmett

Stantec

Syntech Systems

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare

Talquin Electric Cooperative

Texas Instruments

Urban Catalyst Consultants

VySpine

WGI

Industry Partners and Sponsorship

At the beginning of each academic year, senior students rank their top project interests. Teams are then determined based on the student choices and instructor input. For consideration by students, projects for the upcoming year should be submitted by May.

We appreciate your interest in supporting FAMU-FSU Engineering's Senior Design. Alumni, friends, and corporations who sponsor senior design projects are vital to the success of our students. Whether you need some independent research and analysis or a fresh perspective, our students are up for the task.

For more information on sponsorship and project implementation, please contact Dr. Shayne McConomy at (850) 410-6624 or smcconomy@eng.famu.fsu.edu

 

Interested in serving as a judge?

Alumni, industry sponsor personnel and professional engineers can register to serve as a judge for oral presentations. More detail and a registration form are available closer to Engineering Senior Design Day.