2026 AME-MME Capstone Projects

Department of Automotive and Mechatronics Engineering and Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

• Design and Development of a 4-Axis Filament Winding Machine
  Group Members: Lad, Bhavik; Madhan, Gary; Morris, Alex; and Odia, Troy
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ahmad Barari
• Design and Development of a Pool Skimmer Robot
  Group Members: Aasli, Aarsh; Cantin, Caleb; Hammond, Doug; Karabillioglu, Burak Brooke; and Sangha, Jasman
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ahmad Barari
• Design and Development of an Open Architecture 5-Axis 3D Printer
  Group Members: Luke, Liv; Neveu, Nicolas; Pigott, Matthew; Riel, James; and Saleem, Shiza
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sayyed Ali Hosseini
• Design and Optimization of Wing Fan Assembly for an eVTOL Aircraft

  Group Members: Baalbaki, Fayez; Delle Fave, Roberto; James, Justin; Khan, Ayesha; and Thapa, Subekcha
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sayyed Ali Hosseini

• Design and Development of a Solar-Powered Water Purification System
  Group Members: Farooq, Haider; Jost, Mattais; Mojaddedi, Muzamal; Mulvey, Isaac; Romano, Quentin
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Amirkianoosh Kiani
• Design and Development of a Towable Instrumented Movable Vehicle Bogie with Variable Front Impactor
  Group Members: Bari, Ormim; D'Souza, Mervin; Pursley, Zachary; Quezada Silva, Anthony; and Tran, Joshua
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Amirkianoosh Kiani
• Design and Development of Adaptive Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
  Group Members: Gonzalez Intriago, Paul Eduardo; Hawgood, Anthony; Jaen Valdes, Jennifer Sofia; Rosedo, Michael; and Vo, Danna
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Atef Mohany
• Design and Development of Aeroacoustics Noise Reduction Solution for Landing Gears
  Group Members: Brahmbhatt, Yash; Chalk, William; Down, Timothy; Islam, Anick; and O'Riordan, Rory
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Atef Mohany
• Design and Development of a Desktop Injection Molding System
  Group Members: Glover, Aidan; Lawrence, Phillip; Mckillican, Alexander; Rey, Julio; and Satar, Darin
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ghaus Rizvi
• Design and Development of an Auto Sun Visor for a Vehicle
  Group Members: Klassen, Anthony; Lalu, Toms; and Luff, Samuel
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ghaus Rizvi
• Design and Development of Back Exoskeleton to Reduce Spine Load in Lifting Tasks
  Group Members: Alalibo, Preye; Bukhari, Syed; Davis, Justin; Elzanaty, Youssef; and Kaur, Parteek
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tao Liu
• Design and Development of a Sensor-embedded Insole to Monitor Diabetic Foot Ulcer
  Group Members: Abdullahi, Hamza; Agredo Mesa, Emanuel; and Barfoot, Harrison
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tao Liu
• Design and Development of a Wind Energy Harvesting Device for Safe Application on the Top of Buses and Trains
  Group Members: Arango, Dylan; Costantino, Mateo; Del Duca, Alessandro; Gravel, Sacha; and Sebastiampillai, Trevor
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Martin Agelin-Chaab and Dr. Brendan Macdonald
• Design and Development of Aero Devices for Intercity Buses
  Group Members: Bakalarz, Kevin; Fazzina, Sebastian; Lin, James; and Percich, Nicolas
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Martin Agelin-Chaab
• Design and Development of an Integrated Bladeless Wind Turbine System for Power Generation
  Group Members: Al-khatib, Ali; Finney, Jakob; Jay, Brody; Mills, Caden; and Raval, Dharmansh
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ibrahim Dincer
• Design and Development of a Solar Integrated Jet Ejector Cooling System
  Group Members: Bahl, Pratik; Bissoondyal, Dillan; Nguyen, Bao; and Sutharsan, Abishake
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ibrahim Dincer
• Design and Development of an Electrodynamic Shaker for Vibration Testing of Small Components
  Group Members: Assaf, Hanna; Assaf, Nassim; Ladigbolu, Toluwanimi; Otuyemi, Ayomide; and Saba, Zio
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Zia Saadatnia
• Design and Development of a Regenerative Door Closer with Kinetic Energy Harvesting Capability
  Group Members: Egan, Conor; Kelly, Ian; MacLean, Ryan; and Strachan, Tim
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Zia Saadatnia
• Design and Development of Quadcopter Adaptive Glider Body
  Group Members: Mejia Pahuana, Sebastian; Miron, Levrone; Parthipan, Abenash; Suren, Puvi; and Yassine, Omar
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Meaghan Charest-Finn
• Design and Development of Voice Controlled Robotic Human Face
  Group Members: Ehrlich, Ben; Forint, Miles; Stewart, Edward; and Walsh, Drew
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Meaghan Charest-Finn
• Design and Development of Autonomous Kinetic Structure for Environmental Control
  Group Members: Bekeran, Abu; Brahmbhatt, Dhruv Lomesh; Janarthanan, Neil; Parameswaran, Anojan; and Rehme, Morgan
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Meaghan Charest-Finn
• Design and Development for an 4x4 Scaled Electric Combat Vehicle-Project 2
  Group Members: Condotta, Nia; Follinger, Magnus; Mcaleer, Nate; Nzeukwu, Chinonso Scott, Andrew
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Moustafa El-Gindy
• Design and Development of Driving and Steering Systems Modification of 8x8 Scaled Electric Vehicle
  Group Members: King, Kaelin Azariah D; Kladnjakovic-Taylor, Jaheim; Medina, Jonathan; and Strauchmann, Maciej
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Moustafa El-Gindy
• Design and Development of Tire Wear Monitoring Tool
  Group Members: Fan, Henrick; Heard, Trent; Reid, Jake; and Sivanesan, Thenusan
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Zeinab El-Sayegh
• Design and Development of a Low-Cost Non-Pneumatic Tire for Wheelchairs
  Group Members: Alam, Saad; Atif, Aliyan; Khokhar, Josh; Masut, Nicholas; and Nizami, Sakha
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Zeinab El-Sayegh
• Design and Development of a Smart Tire Pressure Optimization System
  Group Members: Kidd, Madison; Abu Hamdia, Bilal; Ahmed, Zayba; Amayri, Amjad; and Sahraoui, Sohayb
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Zeinab El-Sayegh
• Design and Development of a Surgical Robotic Arm
  Group Members: Mather, Joshua; Moschetta, Sebastian; Raza, Moosa; Sharma, Naman Sharma; and Thar Mohamed, Thariq
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Haoxiang Lang
• Design and Development of an Interactive Robot as a Personal Assistant
  Group Members: Kumarage, Romelo; Mukhtar, Mohamed; Patel, Khush; Prasad, Surya; and Yakub, Shaymaa
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Haoxiang Lang
• Design and Development of an Autonomous Retirement Home Assistant (ARHA)
  Group Members: Balde, Khalil; Bradley, Ashley; Gayo, Jacob; Martinez Moreno, Kenneth Aldahir; and Workman, Riley
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Haoxiang Lang
• Design and Development of a 3 Degrees of Freedom Robotic Arm to Detect/Clean Debris off the Track
  Group Members: Bassil, Raphael; Edison, Steve; Kumar, Harshul; Olawoyin, Olamide; and Singh, Manavdeep
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jaho Seo
• Design and Development of an Autonomous Water Pipeline Exploration Robot for Damage Detection
  Group Members: Bester, Isaac; Broekhuyse, Kees; Johnson, Will; Liang, Gordon; and Mueller, Michael
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jaho Seo
• Design and Development of an Intelligent Sorting System for Recyclable Bottles and Cans
  Group Members: Asrani, Krish; Chukwu, David; Iskander, Mark; Morris, Davyne; and Oyedeji, Clinton Oyedeji
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jaho Seo
• Design and Development of a 4-Wheel-Drive All-Terrain Chassis for Autonomous Delivery Robots
  Group Members: Ajibawo, Oluwasemilore; Kayode-Adele, Anjola; Kotecha, Aum; Mahagavi, Faiz; and Syed, Taahaa
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Xianke Lin
• Design and Development of a Remote Control System for Autonomous Operation of a Gasoline-Powered Lawn Mower
  Group Members: Backler, Simon; Modi, Aryan; Salam, Aida; Singh, Gurjot; and Williatte-Battet, Felix
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Xianke Lin
• Design and Development of Hardhats with Cooling and Heating
  Group Members: Assareymuriyil, Sam; Graham, Jay; Shkut, Mitchell; and Zhong, Jacky
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Shabnam Pejhan
• Design and Development of Bioinspired Soft Robotic Octopus Hand for Assistive Grasping in Amputees and Stroke Rehabilitation
  Group Members: Griffith, Yahra; Imaduddin, Imad; Jamal, Tabish; Rehman, Zeid; and Zakaria, Yahya
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Shabnam Pejhan
• Design and Evaluation of a Robotic System for Maintenance of Exterior Sensors on Space Stations
  Group Members: Aicken, Mac; Blair, Samantha; Floyd, Erik; Morris, Hayden; and Philibert, Matthew
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Aaron Yurkewich
• Design and Evaluation of a Robotic System for Assisting People with Upper Limb Paralysis with Everyday Tasks
  Group Members: Falconi, Joey; Jeon, Daniel; Joshi, Shivansh; Kirby, Fiona; and Wellington, Claude
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Aaron Yurkewich
• Design and Development of a GO Accessibility Transformation (GOAT) System
  Group Members: Boodhoo, Hans; Fishlock, Ethan; Joson, Gabriel; Marchut, Peter; and Roy, Paige
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Aaron Yurkewich and Scott Nokleby
• Design and Development of 3D Printed Outboard Motor Test Wheel
  Group Members: Crawford, Josh; Derkatz, Ben; Fernandes, Vernon; Khosrojerdi, Ali; and Brown, Maryck
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Greg Rohrauer
• Design and Development of FSAE Modular Battery System Backplane
  Group Members: Kabbya, Aniruddha; Khaodadad, Eltaf; and Koucoulas, Alexander
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Greg Rohrauer
• Design and Development of Automated Cat Litter Box
  Group Members: Barhoumi, Walid; Chandra Bose, Dhaanush; Izzeddin, Omar; Patel, Dhrumit; and Patel, Het
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Murat Aydin
• Design and Development of Charging Unit of EV Batteries through Vehicle Suspension System
  Group Members: Al Mawed, AbdelRahman; Islam, Taufiq; Mahmud, Fahim; Melanson, Ethan; and Tardieu, Ethan
  Faculty Advisor: Dr. Murat Aydin