Senior Design

Senior Design 2024 LogoSenior Design provides PNW engineering students with supervised experience in the process and practice of engineering design.

Students working in teams pursue an idea from conception to realistic design. The course concludes with the presentation of a substantial written report and a formal oral presentation.

Presentation Dates

All senior design presentations will take place on the Hammond Campus.

Poster Session

  • Thursday, December 5
  • 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Student Union Library Building (SULB) Concourse

Oral Presentations

  • Friday, December 6
  • 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
  • Gyte 107 (MCE) and Gyte 103 (ECE)

Take a look at the teams and projects for the Fall 2024 semester:


AI Powered Prosthetic Hand

Team Members

  • Oona Kintscher
  • Marco Serna
  • Dimitri Floutsis

Project Advisors

  • Li-Zhe Tan
  • Victor Gomez

Next-Gen Heat Exchangers: Optimizing Through Additive Manufacturing

Team Members

  • Leah Buiter
  • Alexander Cochran

Project Advisor

  • Aref Yadollahi

 


PNW Engineering Building Design

Team Members

  • Andrew Cwik
  • Michael Barraza
  • Grant Cooper
  • Sergio Mendieta
  • Gage Plumley

Project Advisor

  • Subbarao Majety

 

 


Development of a Hybrid Wind/PV Renewable Energy System

Team Members

  • Daniel Cornejo
  • John Banaszak
  • Enrique Campos
  • Andrew Keith

Project Advisor

  • Arash Asrari

Roundabout Design

Team Members

  • Natalia Briggs
  • Matthew Tiltges
  • Quinton Pender

 

Project Advisor

  • Wubeshet Woldemariam

Building the Mechanical System of Shell Eco-Marathon Electric Vehicle

Team Members

  • Dylan Norton
  • Eros Ramirez Pena

 

Project Advisors

  • Hansung Kim
  • Victor Gomez

Simulation of Induction Heating on a Moving Steel Product

Team Members

  • Matthew Prescott
  • Lake Frantom

 

Project Advisors

  • Chenn Zhou
  • Nick Walla

Electric Bike

Team Members

  • Joe Stroner
  • Jacob Headley
  • Michael Dziadkowiec

 

Project Advisor

  • Victor Gomez

Design of Hydrogen Combustion in a Reheating Furnace

Team Members

  • Jacob Cabrera
  • Veronica Pitt Payne

 

Project Advisors

  • Chenn Zhou
  • Nick Walla

Indiana & Kentucky Terminal Bridge

Team Members

  • Beshoy Rezkallah
  • Edjon Feka
  • Alexis Whitehead

 

Project Advisor

  • Subbarao Majety

Geotech Report for Foundation Design

Team Members

  • Stephanie Serrano
  • Nagham Abudayyeh
  • Jaron Rodriguez
  • William Rojas

 

Project Advisor

  • Kimia Mortezaei

AI System to Predict Pad Mount Electric Transformer Concerns

Team Members

  • Aoran Chen
  • Nehil Pachani

Project Advisors

  • Michael Melvin
  • Li-Zhe Tan

Industry Advisors

  •  Jeff Buchko (DVG)
  • Zac Topell (DVG)
  • Kyle McNeil (DVG)
  • Brian Gowan (NIPSCO)
  • Matthew Fleck (NIPSCO)
  • Lars Olson (NiSource)
  • Patrick Reardon (NiSource)

Solar Powered Battery Charger and Inverter

Team Members

  • Michael Stepp
  • Bill Beverly

 

Project Advisor

  • Dave Kozel

Paint Night Inspiration Bot

Team Members

  • Alec Malenfant
  • Nadeem Mohammed

Faculty Mentor

  • Shuhui Yang