Everything an听engineering student at CU Boulder learns comes together in capstone design projects, presented at the annual Engineering Projects Expo. This year, close to 50 mechanical engineering teams were present, including Senior Design and Graduate Design teams, sponsored and entrepreneurial teams and mechanical and mixed-discipline teams. Mechanical engineering projects included everything from prosthetics for dogs to devices for disabled veterans to systems for more precise manufacturing of surgical instruments to tools for space observation and more.听听
View the full list of Mechanical Engineering Senior Design and Graduate Design Teams at听Expo 2019
A group of judges made up of听industry partners and professors听assessed projects and voted on听the ones they found to be most impressive. This year, they selected "Seagate Disc Centering System" sponsored by Seagate Technology, "Shifting Capability of the Driven High Efficiency Bicycle Drivetrain" sponsored by CeramicSpeed and "EOD Flexible Wire Attack Tool" sponsored by Los Alamos National Laboratory as the top mechanical engineering projects. They also selected "Acoustic Monitoring for Catastrophic Fault Prevention"听sponsored by Terumo BCT as the top graduate project.听
The public, including adults and children听also had a vote. They selected two mechanical engineering teams as the recipients of the People's Choice Best Poster award and the People's Choice Overall Runner Up award. The People's Choice Best Poster award went to "Particle Counting Device" sponsored by Seagate Technology and the People's Choice Overall Runner Up award went to "Automatic Fire Truck Ladder Controller," an entrepreneurial team.听
While hours of work on 2019 capstone design projects have听come to a close for most students, many听projects will continue to be used and further developed in industry or听by individuals users. Students say they are relieved to be done, but they are equally glad their hard work has gone to something听that will last and make an impact beyond the classroom.听
