2023 AME/MME Capstone Projects

Department of Automotive & Mechatronics Engineering (AME) & Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (MME)

• Manufacturing of a Non-Pneumatic Tire Model for Scaled Vehicle

   

  Team Members: Emmanuel Durotoye, Safwan Islam, Kyrel D. Jones, Hayden G. McElmon, Ishvinder S. Soor

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Zeinab El-Sayegh

• Rollover Prevention System for Truck Over Flooded Surface

   

  Team Members: Lian F. Cho, Chris Giuga, David A. Vecciarelli, Lachlan N. Wainman

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Zeinab El-Sayegh

• Environmental Simulating Fixture for an Automated Running Board

   

  Team Members: Deepikka Ananthamanokaran, Vernon V. Chen, Paheirathan Panchalingam, Qays Sajad, Nilojan Stanley Julius

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Zeinab El-Sayegh

• Steering System Analysis and Modification of 8x8 Scaled Electric Vehicle

   

  Team Members: Rusham Ahmad, Aliyah O. Jimoh, Macrina Moye, Risto Tasev, Naeem A. Ullah

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Moustafa El-Gindy

• Hybridization of 8x8 Scaled Electric Combat Vehicle

  

  Team Members: Shahroz Ahmad, Anthony Beites, Brian M. Costa, Emily M. Harford, Devaansh Khanna

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Moustafa El-Gindy

• Design and Development of an Automated Car Power Door Testing System

  

  Team Members: Thomas C. Burger, Majid M. Chehab, Shehtaz R. Chowdhury, Kevin R. Farlie, Dawson R. Haw, Evan J. Hutcheon

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Moustafa El-Gindy and Dr. Zeinab El-Sayeh

• Quarter Car Active Suspension 1/8 Scale Pilot System

  

  Team Members: Afaf A. Albadi, Dawood B. Kashif, Ragy Messiha, Muzammil M. Rizvi, Melvyn J. Varghese, Rivo L. Williams

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Meaghan Charest-Finn

• Self-Balancing Bicycle

  

  Team Members: Sahiljit Bhogal, Matthew Kruk, Siddiq Neamatalli, Martin A. Pokorny, Shahmeer Tahir

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Meaghan Charest-Finn

• Autonomous Garbage Boat

   

  Team Members: Josh F. Marrable, Vincent A. Messina, Nick L. Metzger, Justin D. Miller

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Meaghan Charest-Finn

• Rooftop (RTU) Packaged Air Sourced Heat Pumps Smart Control

  

  Team Members: Sadman Hasan, Siear A. Lutfi, Aakash Ravindran, Alex A. Sirgool, Joshua D. Sit

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kamiel Gabriel

• Heat Storage Using Heat Pump System Integrated with Wind Power

  

  Team Members: Mark Bellamy, Dominik Kowalski, Luke J. Vanderheyden, Troy J. Vanderheyden, Alex K. Walker

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kamiel Gabriel

• Design and Development of a Micro-Heat Pump Using Micro Turbo Compressors

   

  Team Members: Saad B. Farooqui, Safwaan Islam, Usman Malik, Philipp M. Schmidt, Graham J. Travers

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Martin Agelin-Chaab

• Moving Ground Plane for ACE 1/9th Scale Wind Tunnel with Boundary Layer Control

  

  Team Members: Basil M. Akasheh, Ali Halajyousefzadegan, Sanjiv D. Kalutantiri, Tom Li, Rohan V. Nair, Zackary M. Peever

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Martin Agelin-Chaab

• Wiperless Spoiler for SUVs

  

  Team Members: Faiz Aamir, Justin D. Chen, Josef C. Mohammed, Corey V. Rocha, Jason To

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Martin Agelin-Chaab

• New Vertical Wind Turbine Integrated with Electrolyser for Hydrogen Production

  

  Team Members: Eren Dincer, Alex B. Johnston, Jacob V. Pirillo, Justin E. Posteraro, Reign Sampang

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Martin Agelin-Chaab

• Thermal Energy Storage System for Solar Based Hot Water System

  

  Team Members: Ahsan Ahmad, Alhusain A. Alwan, Param Bharatbhai Ghelani, Jai Mistry, Minesh Mistry, Hamza Zahur

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bale Reddy

• Solar and Natural Gas Hybrid System for Space Heating Applications

   

  Team Members: Olere B. Brai, Michael P. Brennan, Adrian D. Samaru, Suben S. Shiam

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bale Reddy

• Model Airplane with Rotating Wings

  

  Team Members: Philip E. Anisimov, Nick T. Biro, Marissa L. Kubien, Cole S. Lamothe, Kaveh Ziaeian

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Brendan MacDonald

• Design and Development of Front and Rear Wings for a Formula SAE Race Car

  

  Team Members: Sheng S. Chen, Zhiyi Chen, Stone Liao, Tyler M. Paquette, Mostafa M. Shaarawy, Alyssa K. Wong

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Brendan MacDonald

• Active Aerodynamic System for a Time Attack Car

  

  Team Members: David Donskoy, Stefano D. Fraschetti, Ahmed A. Hajjeh, Peter W. Lewy, Alexi F. Tzakas

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Brendan MacDonald

• Motorized Stair Climbing Dolly

   

  Team Members: Zakariah Khan, Mark E. Lleno, Reece J. Rodych, Anojan Singaravel

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Amirkianoosh Kiani

• Motorized Skateboard

  

  Team Members: Parth S. Bhavsar, Dev Patel, Parth J. Patel, Zakeem H. Shuja, Jack M. Verdezola

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Amirkianoosh Kiani

• Grip Assisting Exoskeleton for Post-Stroke Survivors

  

  Team Members: Marcel M. Cummings, Yousuf U. Haque, Sean S. Lees, Adam C. Nabzdyk, Jocelyne M. Perrier, Jake C. Stickny

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Amirkianoosh Kiani

• Integrated Bladeless Wind Turbine System for Power Generation

  

  Team Members: Omair A. Ansari, Praneel Deb, Tufancan Gokpinar, Yousuf M. Habeeb, Kevin W. Setnyk, Arsal A. Siddiqui

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ibrahim Dincer

• Conceptual Flying Car

  

  Team Members: Abdulsalam Abdillahi, Mohammed Azraq, Naroze M. Butt, Michael M. Nwosu, Rabison Rajakhanthan, Tejinder Rattu

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Yuping He

• Road Vehicle Active Safety Systems with Aerodynamic Control

  

  Team Members: Kevin Ho, Karunyan Jeganathan, Nirjanan J. Leslie, Carter K. Metcalf, Srivatsen Senthilnathan, Latheesan Sivanesan

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Yuping He

• Design and Development of a Cooling System for Electric Vehicle Battery

   

  Team Members: Mohannad K. Ayoub, Bashir Mohamud, Aingaran Mohan, Shajeevan Ranjan, Francisco Sampedro-Cortez, Joseph D. Sinopoli

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Murat Aydin

• Flat Plate Solar Collector with Tree-Shaped Flow Tubes for Pool Heating

  

  Team Members: Remington R. Bainbridge, Kevin Z. Chen, Khalid Ebrahim, Zubeda Merchant, Dan Reynolds, Rabail Waseem

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Murat Aydin

   

• Electromechanical Conversion Unit of Bladeless Wind Turbine

  

  Team Members: Justin O. Agenmonmen, Harman S. Bhogal, Jaykumar Patel, Kishan A. Soni, Atharwa K. Sovani

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Murat Aydin and Dr. Atef Mohany

• Desktop Injection Molding System

  

  Team Members: William J. de Sousa, Thomas Habicht, Ethan W. Howard, Daniel T. MacIver, Charles R. Peters

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ghaus Rizvi

• Auto Sun Visor for a Vehicle

  

  Team Members: Joao Victor Borges, Enrique A. Gonzalez Batista, Vinus Kanapathippillai, Anu O. Matilukuro

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ghaus Rizvi

• Front End Loader (FEL) With ”Drive-In” Quick Mount for Garden Tractors

  

  Team Members: Liam Clarke, Matt R. Collette, Justin E. Lalonde, John P. Uzer

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Greg Rohrauer

• Cost Effective Outdoor Skating Rink Surfacer

  

  Team Members: Ronan Jhaveri, Monsur O. Moshood, Spencer J. Nugent, Kyle A. Zimmerman

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Greg Rohrauer

• Design and Development of an Autonomous Vertical Farm Monitoring System

  

  Team Members: Andrew P. Champ, Pranav Gogia, Tushar Patel, Josh F. Soares, Nicholas S. Varas, Mitchell J. Vella

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jaho Seo

• Teleoperation Device for an RC Excavator Using a Human Arm

  

  Team Members: Arieman Bava, Anthony Cheung, Stan A. Dimitrov, Marco Saad, Liaba Salman, Fergal Tirandazi

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jaho Seo

• Autonomous Weed Control Bot

  

  Team Members: Abigail M. Giesbrecht, Cole H. Levere, Justin J. Smith, Daniel J. Strickland, Jackson J. Whitter

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jaho Seo

• Cover for an eVTOL Wing Integrated Take- Off System

   

  Team Members: Izzy Cossarin, Jacob D. Gotzmeister, Daimen J. Landori-Hoffmann, Natalie T. Shears, Allison K. Yuen

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sayyed Ali Hosseini

• Mold for Armored Vehicle Road Wheel Tires

  

  Team Members: David I. Akinyemi, Daniel O. Bolton, Thomas M. Citrigno, Anthonie S. Gray, Alex J. Maddock

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sayyed Ali Hosseini

• High-Definition Map Creation Device for Autonomous Driving

  

  Team Members: Saleh, Inzam Ahmed Arnob, Andre Du Preez, Aniket Goyal, Shashwat Grover, Karan Pal Singh

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Xianke Lin

• Smart Telepresence Robot with Autonomous Features

  

  Team Members: Nathaniel J. Chan, Qihao Kang, Sandra Mai, Kerri Reynolds, Denzel C. Sze, Gajen Thirumaran

  Faulty Advisor: Dr. Xianke Lin

• Charging Robot for Electrical Cars

   

  Team Members: Zhongqi Lei, Wenshuo Li, Kenny Li, Jason Liu, Derek Zhang

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Xianke Lin

• Setup for Electroforming Based on Plastic 3D Printed Parts

   

  Team Members: Cole Butler, Adrian D. Mac, Andrew Mandla, Nabhan N. Qamer, David A. Reid, Hamza H. Rizvi

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jana Abou-Ziki

• Moving Platform for Multi-Purpose 3D Printing

   

  Team Members: Joseph A. Bigioni, Jonah D. Gingrich-Srawley, Blake J. Hudson, Thushanth Suntharapalan, Bradley V. Yearwood, Jonathan M. Zinkie

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ahmad Barari

• Design and Development of IoT Enabled Vibration Monitoring Toward Smart Maintenance

   

  Team Members: Ayman K. Abdulkadir, Marc M. Lopez, Ina Shilbayeh

  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ahmad Barari