UGA Engineering students present real-world design solutions at annual Capstone Showcase

Capstone ShowcaseThis year’s University of Georgia College of Engineering annual Capstone Design Showcase featured the creative designs of more than 100 student teams who worked with business, industry, non-profit, and community partners over the past academic year to find solutions to real-world challenges. The projects are part of a capstone course that tests senior-level engineering students on the concepts and skills they’ve learned and practiced during their undergraduate studies.

Capstone teams presented their projects to their clients, faculty, and the community at the 2023 showcase, held April 26 at the Classic Center in Athens. Congratulations to all of our 2022-2023 project teams on this significant achievement. Special recognition is extended to the 2023 award recipients, listed below.

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2023 AWARD RECIPIENTS

CREATIVE MACHINE DESIGN

Automated Polyethylene Flange Machining Table
Client: Poly Tech Industries, Inc.
Student Team: Garrett McCullough, Joel Reid Milford, Sameer Mohammed, John Robert Nelson, Joseph Olivares
Project Supervisor: Kun Yao, Ph.D.
Primary Instructor: Roger Hilten, Ph.D.

MANUFACTURED SYSTEM OR PROCESS DESIGN/ PROGRAM

Small-scale Automated Peanut Processing System
Client: Georgia Peanut Commission
Student Team: Robert Laws, Nickolas Mentzer, Reece Prokop, Robert Ratajczak, Camden Webb
Project Supervisor: Kevin Wu, M.S.
Primary Instructor: Kevin Wu, M.S.

MEDICAL DEVICE OR BIOLOGICAL PROCESS DESIGN

Cooling a Brain Sectioning Device
Client: University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Sheba MohanKumar, Ph.D.
Student Team: Nicholas Cox, Anastasia Marx, Conner Sweat, Grace Yankus
Project Supervisor: Cheryl Gomillion, Ph.D.
Primary Instructor: Cheryl Gomillion, Ph.D.

INNOVATIVE COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM OR SOFTWARE DESIGN

Plantfi – Smart Agriculture Monitor with IoT
Client: Plantfi
Student Team: Andres Bethancourt, Alex Breazu, Rebecca Garner, Layla Parsa
Project Supervisor: Kevin Wu, M.S.
Primary Instructor: Kevin Wu, M.S.

COMMUNITY IMPACT

Hartwell City Hall Parking Lot & Pocket Park Design
Client: Archway Partnership
Student Team: Julia Hauser, William Milling, Kerry Smethers
Project Supervisor: Stephan Durham, Ph.D., P.E.
Primary Instructor: Stephan Durham, Ph.D., P.E.

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

Algae Tree-Entrepreneurial Capstone
Client: University of Georgia College of Engineering
Student Team: Abena Agyekum-Boateng, David Baker, Rajin Karpen, Kipling Len, Jeffery Whitmire
Project Supervisor: Jim Kastner, Ph.D.
Primary Instructor: Kevin Wu, M.S.

VIEWER’S CHOICE

Three-Part Safety Improvement Program for BD GDC
Client: Becton Dickinson
Student Team: Robert Fain, Andrew Headley, Christopher Northrup, Roberto Paz, Kevin Zheng
Project Supervisor: Jorge Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Primary Instructor: Jorge Rodriguez, Ph.D.



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