With the semester coming to a close, our senior design teams presented their projects to judges during the College of Engineering Senior Design Demonstration Day—and what a celebration it was. We are proud to recognize the top-placing teams and the outstanding work our students brought to the final stretch of their undergraduate journey.

🥇 1st Place
Team 9 - Using Computational Modeling to Study Paclitaxel Diffusion from Hydrogel Disks into Lung Tissue
👥 Members: Shantel Porter, Praise Udom, and Alexis West
🏢 Sponsor: Medtronic
🎓Faculty Advisor: Mu-Ping Nieh
🔗Watch the video presentation on the College of Engineering Senior Design Website.
🥈 2nd Place
Team 5 - Synthesizing Catalyst Nanofibers for Hydrogen Electrolyzers
👥 Members: Mehr Chhatre, Martina Jagielski, and Kinée Christian
🏢 Sponsor: Nel Hydrogen
🎓Faculty Advisor: Jeffrey McCutcheon
🔗Watch the video presentation on the College of Engineering Senior Design Website.


🥉 3rd Place
Team 11 - Acceleration of Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Conditioning Process
👥 Members: Julia Steiner, Megan Begley, Ryan Downey, and William Watson
🏢 Sponsor: Fuel Cell Energy
🎓Faculty Advisor: Xiao-Dong Zhou
🔗Watch the video presentation on the College of Engineering Senior Design Website.
A huge thank you to our industry sponsors and faculty advisors for their mentorship throughout the year, and to our judges for their time and expertise. Congratulations to all of our seniors on completing this milestone!