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Jan. 11, 2024

Fall 2023 Design Day Award Winners

College of Engineering, corporate partners name student project winners

The Michigan State University College of Engineering celebrated Dec. 8, 2023 the 30th anniversary of Design Day, a biannual event showcasing projects from graduating students. 

Below is a look at all of the students and teams that earned awards. Each project, known as a Capstone Project, was judged by a panel of college faculty members and corporate partners. 

Design Day is held at the end of the fall and spring semesters. It gives graduating students the opportunity to use their problem-solving skills and network with potential employers. 

Awards won by student teams in multiple departments: 

Angelina Suchoski, Bobby Armstrong, Alexandria Furchi, Alex Morely, Miriam Riviera, Kevin Sachs, Jake Pozar Project: The team helped seven other teams create plans for Consumers Energy’s new Lansing Operations Center. Each team of students had to focus on one aspect of the project. The proposed site for the center is currently 78 acres of mostly undeveloped land.
Angelina Suchoski, Bobby Armstrong, Alexandria Furchi, Alex Morley, Miriam Riviera, Kevin Sachs, Jake Pozar Project: The team helped seven other teams create plans for Consumers Energy’s new Lansing Operations Center. Each team of students had to focus on one aspect of the project. The proposed site for the center is currently 78 acres of mostly undeveloped land.

CE 495

Rolla C. Carpenter Senior Design Award

  • Description: The Rolla C. Carpenter Senior Design Award ($700 and plaques) is presented to the best team as judged by the faculty and a panel of practicing engineers.
  • Team 4: Red Cedar LLC – Consumers Energy New Lansing Operations Center
  • Names: Alex Morley, Miriam Riviera, Kevin Sachs, Angelina Suchoski, Bobby Armstrong, Alexzandria Furchi, Jake Pozar

 

 

CSE 498

Auto-Owners Insurance Exposition Award

  • Description: The CSE capstone team with the best overall Design Day performance is honored with the Auto-Owners Exposition Award, which is sponsored by Auto-Owners Insurance Company of Lansing, Michigan.
  • Team Anthropocene Institute – Machine Learning for Optimization of Carbon Removal
  • Names: Edie Haase, Nick Wang, Hemanth Yalamanchili, Jack Holscher, Ishita Kokil

MSU Federal Credit Union Praxis Award

  • Description: The CSE capstone team that engineers the software system that is the most technically challenging is recognized with the MSU Federal Credit Union Praxis Award, which is sponsored by MSU Federal Credit Union of East Lansing, Michigan.
  • Team Vectra AI – Malware Command and Control Channel Simulator
  • Names: Andrew Vandercar, Trevor Davis, Ben Hayes, Nixon Holley

TechSmith Screencast Award

  • Description: The TechSmith Screencast Award goes to the CSE capstone team with the best project video. The award is sponsored by the creators of Camtasia Studio, TechSmith of East Lansing, Michigan.
  • Team TechSmith – ACE: Automated Content Editor
  • Names: Gabriel Sotelo Justo, Riley Tucker, Emily Feuer, Joe Baran, Justin Masters
Khushi Vora, Ian Valdovinos Granados, Nathan Srivastava, Hong Zuang, Angela Majestic Non-student pictured far left: E.J. Dyksen, Amazon software development manager Project: The team created a small object detection system using closed circuit TV technology that has the ability to detect weapons automatically through a web application.
Khushi Vora, Ian Valdovinos Granados, Nathan Srivastava, Hong Zuang, Angela Majestic Non-student pictured far left: E.J. Dyksen, Amazon software development manager Project: The team created a small object detection system using closed circuit TV technology that has the ability to detect weapons automatically through a web application.

Amazon Sigma Award

  • Description: The capstone team that delivers the best overall capstone experience is recognized with the Amazon Sigma Award, which is sponsored by Amazon of Seattle, Washington and Detroit, Michigan.
  • Team Moii.AI – Small Object Detection Using CCTV Cameras
  • Names: Hong Zhuang, Nathan Srivastava, Khushi Vora, Ian Valdovinos Granados, Angela Majestic

 

 

 

Electrical and Computer Engineering

First Place Award

  • Team MSU Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities: Alert System for Visually Impaired to Detect Electric Scooters
  • Names: Vigneshwer Ramamoorthi, Pradnya Ghorpade, Shayna Wilson, Kattie Romero-Otero, Ayush Chinmay

Second Place Award

  • Team FRIB (MSU Facility for Rare Isotope Beams): Camera-based Rotational Speed Detection System
  • Names: Josh Warminski, Kevin Ladley, Andrew Reilman, Kevin Cawley, Easton Currie

Third Place Award

  • Team MSU Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Sound-Activated Interactive Robot System
  • Names: Luke Biddle, David Evans, Shane Morrison, Daniel Evans, Haoyan Hu

 

Mechanical Engineering

Edison Undergraduate Design Award

  • Description: The Edison Undergraduate Design Award is given to the ME 481 Design Team that is judged to have produced the best technical design project.
  • Team Village of Alanson (Mich.): Hand-Propelled Ferry to Sanctuary Island Park
  • Names: Matthew Fular, Hunter Arnett, Celeste Salazar, Ethan Avery, Steven Coscino  

ME 481 Project Presentation Award

  • Description: The ME 481 Project Presentation Award is for the best presentation of a design project.
  • Team Robert Bosch LLC: Fuel Cell Anode Recirculation Test Stand
  • Names: Alexander Arnold, Carter Stefanovski, Ben Walters, Luke Roethemeyer, Bhanu Makkapati, Luke Schmidt

ME 470 da Vinci Award

  • Description: The Leonardo da Vinci Award is presented to the team with the best machine design.
  • Names: Megan Fazio, Emilia Jakuc, Jeremy Kloss, Brandon Kortrum, Sam Rohrer

Written by Eric Lacy, lacyeric@msu.edu. See more at the Engineering Media and Public Relations page.