The 2017 Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Final Review and Engineering Design Day

The final review for the ME senior design projects took place at the Engineering Design Day held Thursday April 13th, 201, 8:00am - 7:00pm. The event showcased the innovation, creativity and multi-disciplinary collaboration of graduating seniors teams, made up of students from among the five College of Engineering departments,

Events included:

• Oral Presentations (8:15 am to 12:30 pm)
  • Session 01 – Energy Conversion (AME Room 108)
  • Session 02 – Robotics (AME Room 106)
  • Session 03 – Vehicle Technologies (COE Room A317)
  • Session 04 – Consumer Products (COE Room A226)
  • Session 05 – Process / Product Optimization (COE Room A113)
  • Session 06 – Testing / Training Systems (HPMI Room 114)
  • Session 07 – Data Collection Systems (CAPS Room 255)
  • Session 08 – Building / Structures (CAPS Room 120)
  • Session 09 – Transport / Site Development (CAPS Room 130)

• Shark Tank Competition, 2nd Annual FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Technology Business Pitch Competition (2:00pm to 4:00pm) (COE Room B221)
• Poster Presentations (3:30pm to 5:30pm) (COE Building)
• Awards Reception and Ceremony (6:00pm to 7:00pm) (COE Atrium A)

(AME) Aero-Propulsion, Mechatronics and Energy Center 2003 Levy Avenue, Tallahassee, FL 32310
(HPMI) High-Performance Materials Institute 2005 Levy Ave., Tallahassee, FL 32310
(CAPS) Center for Advanced Power Systems 2000 Levy Avenue, Tallahassee, FL 32310
(COE) FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, 2525 Pottsdamer Street, Tallahassee, FL 32310

The 71 Capstone Project design teams, consisting of more than 300 senior design students, from 5 Engineering Departments, made presentations in nine parallel sessions between 8:15am - 12:30 pm. to a panel of judges composed of COE faculty and industrial representatives who came to evaluate the teams and the overall program:

• Energy Conversion (AME Room 108) Panel Judges: Hadi Mohammadigouski (Internal - CBE), Emily Pritchard (External - CBE - ECE), Tracy Bensley (External - ECE), Robert Potts (External - ME)
• Robotics (AME Room 106) Panel Judges: Camilo Ordonez (Internal - ME), Stacey Payne-King (External - ME), Mark Konz (External - ECE), Damion Dunlap (External - ME)
• Vehicle Technologies (COE Room A317) Panel Judges: Daniel Hallinan (Internal - CBE), Gregory J Kostrzewsky (External - ME), Tameika Hollis (External - ME), Joel House (External - ME)
• Consumer Products (COE Room A226) Panel Judges: Zhibin Yu (Internal - IME), Charelle Lans (External - IME), Mark Easley (External - ECE), Rick Lacombe (External - ME)
• Process / Product Optimization (COE Room A113) Panel Judges: Arda Vanli (Internal - IME), William Bilbow (External - ME), Kevin Walker (External - ME)
• Testing / Training Systems (HPMI Room 114) Panel Judges:Ruturaj Soman (Internal - ME), Robert Gillen (External - ECE), Robert Parsons (External - ME), Robert Kenney (External - ME)
• Data Collection Systems (CAPS Room 255) Panel Judges: Michael Zimmer (External - IME), Arthur Jack (External - ECE), Tracey Payne-Tellis (External - ECE), Melissa van Dyke (External - ME)
• Building / Structures (CAPS Room 120) Panel Judges: Lisa Spainhour (Internal - CEE), Douglas Barkley (External - CEE),,Jeffrey Ger (External - CEE), Jacques Registe (External - CEE)
• Transport / Site Development (CAPS Room 130) Panel Judges: Maxim Dulebenets (Internal - CEE), Virgil Ping (Internal - CEE), Echo Gates (External - CEE), Leslie Hope (External - CEE)

Following the presentations the Shark Tank competition took place.

The teams conducted an open house with project displays/posters at the College of Engineering. This was a venue for the entire college to see what the ME seniors had worked on during the capstone course, and also provided an opportunity for the judges and guests to further interact with the teams.

After the open house the students, faculty, and guests enjoyed social interaction with refreshments and snacks.

These pictures document the event, which was not only a lot of fun, but also an opportunity to share with the entire College and our industrial partners the pride felt by the ME Department in the 2017 graduating class.

Presentations and Engineering Design Day at the College of Engineering

Senior Design Posters

Shark Tank 2017