Senior Design
The BSSE curriculum culminates with the senior design project. Systems Engineering students carry out capstone projects in interdisciplinary or SEGR-only teams to solve challenging real world problems over two semesters. Some examples of recent projects completed by Systems Engineering students are listed below.
Fall 2023
- Manual Packaging Station Design Improvements
- Visual Capture of Attributes for Chassis Air Line and Harness Subassembly
- Noise Reduction of Residential Dishwasher-Phase 2
- Steffes Weld and Assembly
2023 Spring Expo
- Design of a Smart Cylinder Fill And Test Station
- Design of Go/No-Go Verification Test Systems
- Automation of Woodstake Operation
- Energy Audit and Energy Monitoring System Recommendation
- Design of an Energy Monitoring System
- Design Material Movement Cart and Logistics System for Assembly Line
- Operations Re-Engineering
- Design of System to Electronically Capture Production Data
- Design For Improved Flooring System
- Comprehensive Transportation Sensing Systems Perception and Data Fusion
2022 Fall Expo
- Design of Improved Air Leak Test Process for Pneumatic Components during Truck Assembly
- Noise Reduction of Residential Dishwasher
- Comprehensive Energy Audit and Recommendations for Improvements
- Design of Agile Supply Chain via Drone Technology
- Optimizing Human Machine Interface Operation Using Virtual Reality & Eye Tracking
2022 Spring Expo
- Twin-Screw Pump Wear Testing
- Ultrasonic Probe Transducer Encoding Device
- Solid Particle Erosion
- Design of a Modular Mechanical Data Acquisition System for Assembly Stations
- Operations Re-Engineering
- LUNA_COMP3: NASA Lunabotics Competition 2022
- Advanced Nuclear Reactor Digital Twin
- Transportation Infrastructure Perception Data Fusion and Detection Using AI Technology
2021 Fall Expo
- Sustainable Alternatives to Fiber Optic Cable Disposal
- Re-design of a Frame Rail De-Nesting Operation
- Design of Water Reclamation System for Fabric Care Reliability Lab
- Optimization of Bi-Fold Flow Cell
- Design for a Small Parts Stocking and Replenishment System
- Design of a Product Test Lab
2021 Spring Expo
- Load Profiles of Customer Classes and Feeder Voltage Profiles
- NASA Robotic Mining Competition
- Optimization Study for Off Loading the Shearon Harris Spent Nuclear Fuel Pool Using Transportable Aging and Disposal (TAD) Canisters Phase II
- Electric Motor Design Software
- Experimental 3D Printing for Optimization of Rapid Prototyping
- Situational Awareness Sensor Deployment for Special Operations Forces
- Optimization of Facility Layout Design via Feedback Loop Between Physical and Psychophysical Criteria Using Virtual Reality
- Transportation Infrastructure Perception and Data Fusion
2020 Fall Expo
- Baggage Handling Load Balancing and System Optimization II
- Design for Implementation of AGVs in the Deere-Hitachi Factory
- VR Approach to Facility Layout Planning
2020 Spring Expo (optional due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2019 Fall Expo
- Analysis of Water Cooled Chiller Test Data For Engineering InsightsUsing the SAS System
- Habitual Layout Design Driven by Psychophysical Criteria using Virtual Reality
- Research & Development of Material Tracking System for Fabricated Parts
2019 Spring Expo