On March 17th and 24th, the MME's 4th-year Capstone Design Symposium events were once again a phenomenal success, taking place in-person and illustrating the continuous strides of talent and innovation within our community. This year, over 100 senior teams gathered to showcase their groundbreaking projects, fiercely competing for a range of prestigious awards encompassing categories such as best product design, web design, prototype, innovation, and presentation quality, to name just a few.
Congratulations to all the winners and a massive thank you to everyone who participated, contributing to the innovation and success of this year's event!
Mechanical Engineering Winners
Medley Mechanical Engineering in Medicine Award$600 Award |
Winner
Team 7 - PHANES
Project: Develop a rehabilitation device for people living with spinal cord injury or other lower body mobility disabilities.
Members: Luka Sokic, Orianna Min, Tim Bruulsema, Jeremy Metzger, Danniel Hu
Faculty Advisor: Arash Arami
Best Medical Design Award$500 Award |
Winner
Team 42 - Cloudwheel
Project: Cloudwheel aims to reduce these fatigue-induced injuries by designing an advanced electrical assistance system that is compact, lightweight, affordable, and easy to install onto any manual wheelchair.
Members: Akira Tiesma, Kaizen Liu, Dinil Karunaratne, Sam Liew, Kaiwen Liao
Faculty Advisor: Mohammed Nassar
HJ Kwon Best Practical Design$300 Award |
Winners
Team 15 - clearShear
Project: clearShear uses intelligent imaging and sensor data to capture real-time material strain measurements.
Members: Chengyu Jia, Conrad Masak, Attilio Ravani, Ahsan Shamsee, Jim Tong Zhou
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Cliff Butcher
Green Energy Award$500 Award |
Winner
Team 32 - Flight Crew
Project: Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Powered Hybrid-Electric Aircraft
Members: Shaela Suherli, Nisha Jeyaganeshan, Geoffrey Liu, Yao Yu, Kelly Chow
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Xianguo Li
Sustainability Award$750 Award |
Winner
Team 30 - KLAMS
Project: Food scarcity in Northern Canada is an ongoing issue
Members: Shannon Kremer, Mai Nguyen, Lauren Keating, Kimberly Liu, Alexsa Laddaran
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Roydon Fraser
ASME Award for Judges Best Presentation$500 Award |
Winner
Team 10 - The Sidekick
Project: The Sidekick is a reactive martial arts training partner that allows users to train independently according to their needs.
Members: Mark Wallace, Emily Moore, Kristal Manboadh, Collin Dang
Faculty Advisors: Cliff Butcher, Mohammed Nassar
Baleshta Special Merit Award$250 Award |
Winner
Team 5 - DRS
Project: Drag Reversal System
Members: Peter Antoniades, Chris Mansy, David Assad, Connor Klarer
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Fue-Sang Lien
Dyson Most Innovative Award$500 Award |
Winner
Team 9 - Hole-y Seed
Project: Team Hole-y Seed aims to create a vibration-propelled soil burrowing robot.
Members: Kaveeshan Thurairajah, Richard Duan, Felix Tai, Yusen Ding
Faculty Advisors: Zhao Pan, Yue Hu
ANSYS Design Analysis Competition$750 Award |
2ND Place Winner (Tie)
Team 17 - UWFM Aerodynamics
Project: Develop a brand new aerodynamic package including component designs (front wing, nose cone, and undertray), and new processes for simulation, manufacturing, and testing of the aerodynamic package.
Members: Daniel Ingriselli, Horace Looi, Ryan Lew, Sarah Johanna
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Steve Lambert
Lambert Best Prototype Award$1000 Award |
Winner
Team 21 - The Perfect Storm
Project: A rope-on-demand system which uses a magnetic latch to hold rope coiled around a buoyant spool on the seafloor with the traps, which is then released by an acoustic signal when the fisher returns to empty the traps.
Members: Syl Yoston, Collin Bolt, Ben Beazley, Jake Chateauneuf
Faculty Advisor: Cliff Butcher
Best Overall Project$1500 Award |
Winner
Team 36 - Aperture Flow System
Project: Redesign and reimagines what is possible in valve technology.
Members: Daniel Lydon, Alex Morrison, Justis Stanley
Faculty Advisor: Roydon Fraser
Mechatronics Engineering Winners
Alumni Award on Future Impact$500 Award |
Winner
Team 10 - Nightingale
Project: Robotic nurse assistant
Members: Younes Reda, Felix Wong, Benjamin Schnapp, Lydon Tang
MarketDev Most Marketable Award$250 Award |
Winner
Team 16 - Puck It
Project: Self-contained hockey puck firing device
Members: Ryan Harrington, Max Winter, Danny Faryna, Colin Docker
ASME Sustainability Award$500 Award |
Winner
Team 39 - Energized Lockout Container
Project: ELOC (Energized Lock-Out Container) is an e-bike storage solution
Members: Trevor Gallant, Dawson Kletke, Joseph Borromeo, Jillian Wang
ASME Judges Best Presentation Award$500 Award |
Winner
Team 108 - Ac-Chess-Ible
Project: Acc-Chess-Ible is a voice-controlled and hands-free accessible chess set that allows people with fine motor delays to play chess at home.
Members: Ben Nicholls-Harrison, Cindy McGinnis, Vanessa Noia, Spencer Canavan, Derek Broekhoven
Dyson Most Innovative Award$500 Award |
Winner
Team 30 - The Lobster
Project: Automated Two Layer PCB Prototyping Machine
Members: Josh Dellosa, Caleb Brett, David White, James White, Brandon Hao
ANSYS Design Analysis Competition |
1ST Place Winner - $2500 Award
Team 49 - F1 Auto Aero
Project: Wind Tunnel Model DRS
Members: Avery Cho, Christina Sullivan, Emily Steiner, Pritika Minhas
3RD Place Winner - $500 Award
Team 20 - Heliocopter
Project: Heliocopter consists of a hollow carbon fiber flying plank airframe, such that the payload and electronics can be stored inside. An array of photovoltaic cells covers the top of the drone used to charge the drone while landed and during flight.
Members: Tonghe Bai, Lucas Dondertman, Tristan Gervais, David Hernandez, Tony Liu
Baylis Best Prototype$1000 Award |
Winner
Team 25 - Hermes E-Skates
Project: Develop electric inline skates, offering a new solution in micro-mobility.
Members: Glenn Tipold, Michael Lumibao, Luke Doria, Ryun Kim
Best Overall Project$1500 Award |
Winner
Team 18 - Pinguins
Project: Distributed Underwater Positioning System (DUPS) that enables underwater vehicles to simply and quickly determine their precise location even in the presence of disturbances.
Members: Krishn Kiran Ray, Ahmad Kamal, Kathrine von Friedl, Zachariah Mears, Kaelan Moffett-Steinke