In the 11th year of the Engineering Project Showcase, over 1,200 student engineers presented the final products of their capstone projects across the Zachry Engineering Education Complex. More than 250 teams spent the year developing a solution for a challenge impacting their departments.
Industry sponsors worked with some students to take on issues their companies encounter daily. Some of the corporate sponsors also funded the capstone projects. Ultimately, 26 teams were awarded prize money of over $16,000.
"The Engineering (Project) Showcase really helps you develop your skill sets in critical thinking and problem-solving, and that is what engineers do their whole lives," said Craig Brown, founder and CEO of Bray International Inc.
Brown's company, one of the silver sponsors for the showcase, added to the grand prize of the Overall Showcase Capstone Design Award, bumping it up from $1,500 to $2,500.
"We (Texas A&M) have this really diverse environment of students who are all eager to learn engineering and solve problems to make the world that people live in better," Brown commented.
The Overall Showcase Capstone Design Award recipient was Formula SAE Internal Combustion. Andersen Windows & Doors sponsored the team's project. They had already been awarded first place in the Mechanical Engineering Award.
Student capstone projects were also recognized in the industry sector of their choice. The categories were energy or health, infrastructure, manufacturing and national security. But the awards were given to projects within the majors of the College of Engineering.
The top three teams from each department are listed below.
Engineering Project Showcase 2023 Winners:
Biological and Agricultural Engineering Award
First place ($500)
Team: Venguard Hospital Ventilation Optimization
Second place ($350)
Team: Cottonseed Monitor
Third place ($250)
Team: ESG Scoring Development and Impact Review
Biomedical Engineering Awards
First place ($750)
Team: Novel Method to Deliver Apneic Oxygenation During Intubation
Second-place three-way tie ($500)
Teams: Modular Stoma Port; Pediatric Portal Vein Stent; Urine Monitoring with Specificity to Calcium Ions for Assessment of Renal Stone Formation Risk in Microgravity
Computer Science and Engineering Awards
First place ($1,000), sponsored by American Bureau of Shipping
Team: Form Fixer
Second place ($750)
Team: CSCE 482 - AggieQuest
Third-place two-way tie ($500)
Teams: BRL-CAD Visualization; Waveform Noise Reduction and Analysis
Electrical and Computer Engineering Awards
First place ($1,000)
Team: Bench Diagnostic Aid
Second place ($750)
Team: A Smarter Solution to Internet Traffic Management
Third place ($500)
Team: Industrial Instrumentation Controller
Industrial and Systems Engineering Awards
First place ($1,000), sponsored by Caterpillar Inc.
Team: The Shahi Kulfi Company
Second place ($750)
Team: SMARTair Smart Home HVAC+Lighting Vent
Third place ($500)
Team: Optimizing Inbound and Outbound Traffic Flow at PyRock Chemical
Material Science and Engineering Awards
First place ($500)
Team: Mechanical Behavior at Hypersonic-relevant Temperatures
Second place ($350)
Team: FRP Permeability and Degradation in Low Pressure CO2
Third place ($250)
Team: Molten salt synthesis and characterization of LLZO solid electrolyte for solid state batteries
Mechanical Engineering Awards
First place ($1,000), sponsored by Andersen Windows & Doors
Team: Formula SAE Internal Combustion
Second-place two-way tie ($750)
Team: Texas A&M Formula SAE Electric Racing Team; ChampionX Pipeline Surface Applicator System
Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering Technology Award
First place ($1,000), sponsored by Bray International Inc.Team: Halliburton’s Cutting Tool Flux Bath Maintenance, Reliability, & Optimization
Second place ($750)
Team: Ulti-Mech: Axiom Space EVA Lunar Tools
Third place ($500)
Team: DetectaChem - Ampoule Identification System