The Michigan State University (MSU) College of Engineering celebrated Design Day on April 25, 2025. The event, now in its 31st year, is the premier undergraduate event for the college.
Design Day projects and the 15-week capstone courses, which are required for graduation, provide a platform for students to apply the knowledge and experiences gained throughout their engineering education. Working in teams, seniors put their best efforts into solving real-world problems for large and small companies. At the end of each semester, teams present at Design Day, and top honors are named during the awards ceremony.
The Spring 2025 Design Day, held in the Engineering Building, included 1,048 Spartan engineering students representing 10 degree programs, 13 courses, and 223 teams. Among this group were 699 senior students involved in 134 capstone teams.
Fifteen awards were presented at the Spring 2025 Design Day. The winners are as follows:
Applied Engineering Sciences
Most Sustainable
Michigan State University College of Engineering: Evaluating the Environmental Effects of a Food Hub
- Matthew Nguyen, Tanvi Gadamsetti, Dalety Aveiro, Deisi Bartolon, Madhav Aggarwal
Most Impactful
MSU College of Nursing: College of Nursing Scheduling Assistant
- Josh Sullivan, Cassandra Telley, Cate Kovacic, Collin Reardon, Lilly Kuberski
Sadler Competitive Edge Award
Alro Steel Corporation: Maximizing Fiber Laser Offloading and Processing
- Jolo Abordo, Sienne Prideaux, Chloe Casenave, Cole Scribner
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rolla C. Carpenter Senior Design Award
Description: The Rolla C. Carpenter Senior Design Award is presented to the best team as judged by the faculty and a panel of practicing engineers.
MSU + Henry Ford Health Research Building
Team 2: Sustainability Synergy
- Alaina Dorset, Lily Blastic, Alison Delor, Garrett Johnson, Sarah Scott, Julianna Thompson, Katie Jarrad
Computer Science and Engineering
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.
Team Union Pacific - Training Simulator Using GPS-Indexed Video
- Tre Benson, Nico Roberts, Ravi Gangaiahanadoddi Kumar, Abigail Werden, Mohamed Ahmed, Melinda Fadool
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.
Team RPM - Automated Damage Logging for Truck Drivers
- Alfredo Sanchez Perez, Dheeraj Thota, Gavin Bourdon, Flower Akaliza, Hayden Rance, Troy Williams
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.
Team McKesson - Vulnerability Scan and Detect
- Nicholas Felarca, Demetrius Wilson, Brady Johnson, Ananya Chittineni, John Bannon, Chris Nguyen
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 NetJets - Airport Capacity and Ground Space Management
- Ryan MacDonald, Kendall Korcek, Jay Scott, Emily Telgenhoff, Ben Grycza, Ryann Seymour
Electrical and Computer Engineering
First Place Award (2 winners)
Team 2 – MSU Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
4-Wire Coupling Circuit for Ion Beam Quadrupole Moment Calibration
- Jack Dorris, Sandhiya Suresh, Jacob Lucas, Jack Bruienne, Nathan Joseph
Team 10 – MSU Cyber Security Lab
Security Attacks on Machine Learning Systems
- Tolu Oshin, Justin Skipper, Chris Dadisho, Someshwar Maji, Owen Wurzer
Second Place (2 winners)
Team 6 – Henry Ford Health
Pathology Robotic Transportation System (PaRTS)
- Benjamin Hackman, Jackie Dinh, Matthew Hull, Pranesh Muthukumar, Yi-Hung Kan
Team 11 – MSU Broadband Access Wireless Communications Lab
Hands-free Control of IoT Devices Using Mind Power Testing of Rail Tracks
- Abdulrahman Alharbi, Josh Lauzon, Daniel Qin, Evan Bennett, Matthew Frazee
Mechanical Engineering
ME 481 Edison Award for Best Capstone Design Project
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.
BONWRx - Redesign Biomedical Injector
- Joshua Machuca-Gonzalez, Hanna Stabler, Shawn DeFina, Ashley Donbrock, Nathan Zavsza
ME 481 Best Capstone Project Presentation Award
Description: The ME 481 Best Capstone Project Presentation Award is for the best presentation of a design project.
MSU Baja Racing - Design and Manufacture of Custom Brake Calipers
- Sydney Agius, Justin Tyack, Elizabeth Grant, Robert Crouse, Matthew Osborn
ME 470 Leonardo da Vinci Award
Description: The Leonardo da Vinci Award is presented to the team with the best machine design.
March Madness Mechanized Mini-Basketball Launcher
Team 13
- Connor Dunn, Courtney Easton, Finn Jarvis, Brody Stack
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