At the 11th annual Capstone Design Symposium on March 26th, the Nanotechnology Engineering program’s class of 2021 presented their fourth-year design projects to an enthusiastic audience. Students, faculty, friends and family members joined online to learn about the exciting innovations created by our fourth-year students.
The event is the culmination of a two-year capstone project that provides graduating students with hands-on opportunities to solve a real-world problem using what they’ve learned in the classrooms, on co-op jobs, in the program’s world-class instrumentation and lab facilities, and under the guidance of an experienced mentor. Not surprisingly, given nanotechnology’s multi-disciplinary approach, the mentors came from a broad range of departments within the faculties of Science and Engineering.
These Capstone projects use nanotechnology to provide solutions to some of the big challenges our society faces – safe materials that minimize toxicity and environmental concerns, reduction of carbon dioxide pollution, portable and renewable energy devices, and convenient biometric access to our digital information and physical systems were among the exciting innovations presented this year. Each solution fits into one of the following four categories: Sustainability and Renewable Energy, Health and Medical Technologies, Electronics and Instrumentation, and Functional Materials.
Congratulations to our students for their innovative ideas and excellent execution, as well as for demonstrating creativity, resilience and determination in the process. With many of their normal routines disrupted by the pandemic, they carried on, taking special precautions to follow public health guidance while working to bring their innovative ideas to fruition.
Find out more about the exciting NE Capstone Design projects at 2021 Nanotechnology Engineering Capstone Design.