Senior Design

Graphic: Senior Design 2025Senior 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, May 1
  • 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Student Union Library Building (SULB) Concourse

Oral Presentations

  • Friday, May 2
  • 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
  • Gyte 107 (MCE) and Gyte 103 (ECE)

Take a look at the teams and projects for the Spring 2025 semester:


Concrete Canoe

Graphic: "Where there is a water, there is a way"

Team Members

  • Ben Ayon
  • Andrew Muzquiz
  • Krish Zalavadia
  • Gregory Ramos

 

Project Advisors

  • Subbarao Majety
  • Chandra Chandramouli

Team Name

Concrete Conquerors

Team Slogan

Where there is water, there is a way


AISC Steel Bridge Competition

Graphic: Connect Bridge Co. A Bridge Company You Can Trust

Team Members

  • Tyler Bakker
  • Hunter Reilly
  • Dylan Barthel
  • Ayyob Mustafa
  • Eric Salazar
  • Paul Holgerson

 

Project Advisor

  • Subbarao Majety
  • Chandra Chandramouli
  • Kimia Mortezaei

Team Name

Connect Bridge Co.

Team Slogan

A Bridge Company You Can Trust


Geowall Competition

Graphic: J2 Soil and Water "Keep It Steady"

 

Team Members

  • Jasmin Saric
  • Joseph Wofford

Project Advisor

  • Kimia Mortezaei

 

 

Team Name

SJ2 Soil & Water

Team Slogan

Keep It Steady


CFD Modeling of Oxygen Jet Impingement on Molten Steel during EAF Refining

Graphic: J&A Solutions

 

Team Members

  • AJ Togbe
  • Jacob Shulman

 

Project Advisor

  • Orlando Ugarte
  • Tyamo Okosun
  • Chenn Zhou

Team Name

J & A Solutions

Team Slogan

Optimizing electric arc furnace efficiency through precision CFD modeling


Design of Hydraulic Nozzle Spray Cooling in a Steel Continuous Caster

Graphic: Proper Cooling Stay Cold

 

Team Members

  • Luke Aune
  • Elizabeth Cortes
  • Lucas Dalla Costa

Project Advisor

  • Armin Silaen
  • Chenn Zhou

Team Name

Proper Cooling

Team Slogan

Stay Cool


Design of CFD Model for CO2 Mitigation in Ironmaking Processes

Graphic: JGL Ironmaking "Smarter Steel, Cleaner Tomorrow"

 

Team Members

  • Gio Vazquez
  • Julian Melendez
  • Logan Smith

 

Project Advisors

  • Samuel Nielson
  • Tyamo Okosun
  • Chenn Zhou

Team Name

JGL Ironmaking

Team Slogan

Smarter Steel, Cleaner Tomorrow


Quantification of Supersonic Mixing

Graphic: Spectraflow Dynamics

 

Team Members

  • Allan McAlpine
  • Eli Wartman

Project Advisors

  • Tom Liu

Team Name

Spectraflow Dynamics

Team Slogan

Innovation that Empowers Thrust


Flow Optimization on Kanbara Reactors

Team Members

  • Madalyn Raudonis
  • Caleb Davies
  • Damarius Garlin

Project Advisor

  • Chenn Zhou

Building the Body of Shell Eco Marathon Electric Vehicle

Graphic: Leo Engineering: Building the body of tomorrow

 

Team Members

  • Jared Wozniak
  • Josh McPherson
  • Alessandro Proserpio

 

Project Advisors

  • Hansung Kim
  • Victor Gomez

Team Name

Leo Engineering

Team Slogan

Building the body of tomorrow


Continuous Research on Designing, Modeling and Testing a Small-Scale Archimedes Wind Turbine

Graphic: MiC: Precise Design. Precise Results.

 

Team Members

  • Connor Sheridan
  • Michael Day
  • Ian Perez

 

Project Advisor

  • Xiuling Wang

Team Name

MiC

Team Slogan

Precise Design; Precise Results


NASA Rover Human Exploration Challenge

Graphic: NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge

Team Members

  • Mackenzie Haynes
  • Madeline Kartz
  • Neiman Graham
  • Kyle Gregurich

 

Project Advisor

  • Shengyong Zhang

Team Name

Herculeans

Team Slogan

Innovate, create and dominate!


Hardware/Software Implementation and Evaluation of Lightweight Cryptography (LWC)

Graphic: FPGAs

 

Team Members

  • Andrew Tabaczynski
  • Eric Carlson

Project Advisors

  • Quamar Niyaz

Team Name

SecureSilicon

Team Slogan

Securing the Future


Smiling Selfie

Graphic: Happy Snapp AI

 

Team Members

  • Deandre Robertson
  • Tommy Brady

 

Project Advisor

  • Mohsen Saffari

Team Name

Happy Snapp AI

Team Slogan

Faces Identified, Memories Preserved


Optimizing Solar Power Systems with Programmable Charge Controllers and AC Loads for Enhanced Efficiency

Graphic: SCAB Engineering LLC.

Team Members

  • Aayush Patel
  • Benjamin Rutkowski
  • Colin Wheeler
  • Samuel Ayala

 

Faculty Mentor

  • Arash Asrari

Team Name

SCAB Engineering

Team Slogan

Powering the Future, Today


Three Phase Motor Controller for the Shell Eco Car

Graphic: Three Phase Motor Controller

 

Team Members

  • Bernie Pranckus
  • Luke Lopez
  • Rebecca Johnson

Project Advisors

  • Dave Kozel

Team Name

Eco Drive Motors

Team Slogan

Engineered for eco, driven by innovation


eVGrandPrix Competition

Graphic: eVGrandPrix

Team Members

  • Alex Macedo
  • Jesus Gonzalez
  • Kevin Castaneda
  • Quoc Nguyen

Project Advisors

  • Khair Al Shamaileh
  • Dave Kozel
  • Lizhe Tan

Development of Hardware Controls for Use in Simulation Control

Graphic: Simulation Hardware Engineering

 

Team Members

  • Fengyuan Liu
  • Mariano Gallegos
  • Yirui Shen

Project Advisors

  • Kyle Toth
  • Chenn Zhou

Team Name

Simulation Hardware Engineering

Team Slogan

We are Simulation Hardware Engineering and we will simulate the future


Pick and Place Soldering Using a Robotic Arm

Team Members

  • Riley Gawronski
  • Sean Dennehe
  • Joshua Grady

Project Advisors

  • Lizhe Tan

PID Control Loop Stability and Efficiency Enhancements for Spin Bikes

Graphic: SmartSpin2k

 

Team Members

  • Ben Villavicencio
  • Dejan Tomic

Project Advisors

  • Anthony Doud

Team Name

SmartSpin2k

Team Slogan

Transform your spin bike into a smart trainer


Cooperative Robotic System for Common Object with Vision and Tactile Feedback

Graphic: TactiVision Robotics. Precision in every sense

 

Team Members

  • Ayham Zahabi
  • Jared Wroble
  • Josue Moreno

Project Advisors

  • Lizhe Tan

Team Name

TactiVision Robotics

Team Slogan

Precision in every sense


Design and Process Evaluation of Advanced Wastewater Treatment Processes for Nutrient Management

Graphic: W3 Environmental Engineering to the power of water

 

Team Members

  • Gian Abangan
  • Wenqi Wang

Project Advisors

  • Veera Gude

Team Name

W3 Environmental

Team Slogan

Engineering to the Power of Water