On April 28, the University of Kentucky Pigman College of Engineering hosted its first ever Capstone Design Showcase in the Gatton Student Center.
The event showcased 56 Capstone projects from over 200 students from seven engineering disciplines. Featured disciplines were biomedical engineering, biosystems and agricultural engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer science, electrical and computer engineering, engineering technology and materials engineering.
The Capstone Design Showcase was created as an opportunity to highlight the incredible work of students resulting from the capstone design courses and led by Anastasia Hauser, lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering.
“These students start their academic career in the First-Year Engineering program but quickly settle into their individual majors,” said Hauser. “This culminating event allows the students to come back together to celebrate their progress and upcoming graduation. Additionally, engineering is inherently multidisciplinary, and this showcase provided a forum for the students to discuss projects outside of their disciple to provide unique feedback and perspectives.”
Capstone projects are completed by engineering and computer science students in capstone design courses in their senior year. The courses provide industry and community partners the opportunity to work with student teams in all engineering and computer science disciplines on innovative projects. Over one or two semesters, teams of 4-6 students lead projects from planning to completion. Students develop professional and leadership and while honing their engineering skills.
Capstone design projects provide students with an opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge they have developed throughout their academic careers on a single project addressing real world problems.
“These projects are often sponsored by industry to give the students a sense of they types of projects they could be working on upon graduation,” said Hauser. “Teamwork and collaboration are extremely important in engineering so these team-based projects also provide opportunities for the students to learn how to work in a team to collectively develop a solution.”
Industry and community partners interested in working with UK Engineering students on a capstone design project can reach out to the departmental capstone contact listed on this page.
This event was sponsored by Toyota and Gray AES.
Fox56 coverage of the event
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Stormwater Harvesting for UK Cooling Plant #2
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Tripp Chapman, Nicholas Coffman, Dylan Baughman, Clayton Genty
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Caitlin Uecker, Dylan Ernst, Jacob U’Wren, Maria Jackson
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Caleb Tackett, Tyler Lulek, Marissa Nicholson, Mei Li Weatherly, John Kappes
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Derek Orndoff, Hannah Whaley, Kendall Edelen, Mattie Brock
Paw-some Pet Bites Inc.
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Emma Vick, Alyssa White, Tabitha Mitchell, Logan Martin
Designing a Kibble Production Plant
Matt Davis, Nicholas Ori, Griffin Shively, Andrew Snyder
Monoisopropylamine Optimization Process Design
Hailey Craft, Chase Whitt, Katie Osborne, Carson Carlisle
Design and Optimization of an IPA to MIPA Production Process
Yasamin Hashemi, Saloni Patel, Camden Jackson, Rachel Hollis
MIPA Optimization and IPA Production
Aaron Hill, Brandon Ly, Zach Sears, Kolby Coburn
Process Simulation and Optimization of a MIPA and IPA Plant
Peighton Rowe, Elliot Horn, Zach Bird, Zeke Dijiba, Olivia Cseh
Design and Optimization of Supercritical CO2 Decaffeination Process
Jack Driscoll, Miller Dawkins, Ifrah Hammad, Gabe Whitmer
Mitigating Ethanol Accelerated Corrosion in Bourbon Warehouses
Chaz Ernst, Joshua Combs
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Design Studies Affordable Housing Development
Sophia Del Rey, Zachary Hawkins, Sebastian Melgar, John Ehrsam, Cohen Kemper
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Campbell DeYoung, Matthew Wright, Miles Hornbeck, Dwayne Shuman, Biven Turner
Future Urbanization for the City of Lexington
Juan Diego Hodgson , Jacob Kirk, Jordan Boon , Joseph Hohn, John Sterba-Green
Design Studies for Affordable Studies
Dalton Stepp, Ben Graham, Zach Malone, Meredith Clack, Ali Vargas
Smart Uterine Sound Device
Anna Baur, Nina Bradley, McKenzie Walters, Caleb Hunley, Clay Allison
Articulating Hysteroscope Accessory System for IUD Insertion
Emma Stein, Kayla Bolling, Anna Keplinger, Abby Joyce, Kam Clark
The GynAdapt Gynecological Exam Device
Kendall Kuzniar, Mary Grace Vest, Sheridan Naugle, Shealee Paige Thorpe
Prevent Endotracheal Tube
Kiki Dean, Sean Reardon, Johnathon Beckwith
Creation of a Femoral Spacer Mold
Haley Shaver, Ben McNamee, Andrew Branstetter, Pierce Bergin, Killian McCarthy
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Sarah McDowell, Liza Gossett, Alex Clark, Pierce Pietro, Harrison Yang
Negative Pressure Vacuum Pants
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Eli Lilly and Co.
Event Cooling Solutions
Funky Rooster Coffee
Gray AES
IEEE
Paladin Medical
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Robot Gladiator League & Newton’s Attic
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