{"id":213421,"date":"2024-05-01T07:15:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T11:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=213421"},"modified":"2024-05-03T08:55:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T12:55:08","slug":"engineering-students-share-yearlong-research-projects-during-senior-design-demo-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2024\/05\/engineering-students-share-yearlong-research-projects-during-senior-design-demo-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering Students Share Yearlong Research Projects During Senior Design Demo Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_213471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213471\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CHEG_team04-scaled-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-213471 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CHEG_team04-scaled-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Engineering seniors Cameron Hubbard, Kanisha Desai, Hailey Tam, and Ethan Krouskup.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CHEG_team04-scaled-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CHEG_team04-scaled-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CHEG_team04-scaled-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CHEG_team04-scaled-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CHEG_team04-scaled-2-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CHEG_team04-scaled-2-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CHEG_team04-scaled-2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CHEG_team04-scaled-2-997x665.jpg 997w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/267;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cameron Hubbard &#8217;24, Kanisha Desai &#8217;24, Hailey Tam &#8217;24, and Ethan Krouskup &#8217;24 shared their project &#8220;Spirit of Sobriety: Of Non-Alcoholic Brews&#8221; during Senior Design Demo Day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">While chemical engineers may more commonly be known for working in areas of pharmaceutical development, materials processing, and petroleum industries, Kanisha Desai \u201924 (ENG) is brewing up her own innovative idea for putting her chemical engineering degree to use.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Desai, along with engineering classmates Cameron Hubbard \u201924 (ENG), Hailey Tam \u201924 (ENG), and Ethan Krouskup \u201924 (ENG), debuted their project\u2014a non-alcoholic beer brewing process\u2014during <a href=\"https:\/\/seniordesignday.engr.uconn.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senior Design Demonstration Day<\/a> on April 26 in an energy-buzzed Gampel Pavilion. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/uconnengineering\/albums\/72177720316585929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the photo gallery online here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-184099 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DEP-018-UComm-Commencement-Graphic-FY22_bookish-300x76.jpg\" alt=\"Countdown to Commencement word mark\" width=\"300\" height=\"76\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DEP-018-UComm-Commencement-Graphic-FY22_bookish-300x76.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DEP-018-UComm-Commencement-Graphic-FY22_bookish-1024x260.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DEP-018-UComm-Commencement-Graphic-FY22_bookish-768x195.jpg 768w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DEP-018-UComm-Commencement-Graphic-FY22_bookish-1536x390.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DEP-018-UComm-Commencement-Graphic-FY22_bookish-2048x520.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DEP-018-UComm-Commencement-Graphic-FY22_bookish-630x160.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/DEP-018-UComm-Commencement-Graphic-FY22_bookish-1300x330.jpg 1300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/76;\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe wanted to solve a problem that most people wouldn\u2019t normally classify as an \u2018engineering problem,\u2019\u201d Desai says. \u201cBrewing has always been a fascinating topic to us as chemical engineers, and since many people love the taste and creative flavors of craft beers, but don\u2019t want the added alcohol, this project allows us to help small breweries develop a thriving alcoholic and non-alcoholic beer brewing business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The team\u2019s project, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/seniordesignday.engr.uconn.edu\/seniorprojectpt\/senior-design-2024-chemical-and-biomolecular-engineering-team-04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spirit of Sobriety: Of Non-Alcoholic Brews<\/a>,\u201d was among 242 student-led endeavors showcased during the 2024 Senior Design Demo Day. Sponsored by the College of Engineering (CoE) and under the mentorship of Associate Professor in Residence Jennifer Pascal, the project took first place of all senior designs from the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senior Design is two-semester capstone course where faculty and industry engineers mentor students as they work to solve real-world engineering problems for university and company sponsors. Through the experience, students learn about the principles of design, how ethics affect engineering decisions, and how professionals communicate ideas. In addition, they acquire valuable teamwork skills and professional skills while interacting with industry professionals and other mentors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cEach year, dozens of leading manufacturing companies, pharmaceutical and medical firms, consulting practices and utilities present the College of Engineering with design challenges or problems they are encountering in their business,\u201d explains CoE Dean Kazem Kazerounian. \u201cFor a modest fee, the companies suggest a particular problem and our senior engineering students, under the joint mentorship of engineering faculty and practicing experts from the sponsoring entities, work to properly frame the problem and develop meaningful solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_213463\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213463\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/53686570776_d0a1d2e03b_k.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-213463 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/53686570776_d0a1d2e03b_k-1024x716.jpg\" alt=\"Engineering majors Thaonguyen Michelle Nguyen and Ashaleigh Pitter at a poster session.\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/53686570776_d0a1d2e03b_k-1024x716.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/53686570776_d0a1d2e03b_k-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/53686570776_d0a1d2e03b_k-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/53686570776_d0a1d2e03b_k-1536x1075.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/53686570776_d0a1d2e03b_k-600x420.jpg 600w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/53686570776_d0a1d2e03b_k-951x665.jpg 951w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/53686570776_d0a1d2e03b_k.jpg 2047w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/280;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At left, biomedical engineering majors Thaonguyen Michelle Nguyen \u201924 (ENG) and Ashaleigh Pitter \u201924 (ENG) spoke about their project, \u201cDesign of a Microfluidic Device for the Assembly of Nanoparticles&#8221; at Senior Design Demo Day. (Chris LaRosa \/ UConn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senior Design Demo Day provides the soon-to-be UConn graduates an opportunity to share the results of their independent research projects with fellow students, faculty, alumni, and community members.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cFor our students, this experience is the culmination of their undergraduate education, and an opportunity to showcase their skills and education as they venture into the next steps of their careers,\u201d says Daniel Burkey, associate dean for undergraduate education and Castleman Term Professor in Engineering Innovation. \u201cEven after Demo Day, some students continue working on their project, especially if they accept a job with their project sponsor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">While the \u201cSpirit of Sobriety\u201d team also implemented a pasteurization process on a home-brewing scale to ensure the safe drinkability of the non-alcoholic beer, materials science and engineering majors Charlotte Chen \u201924 (ENG), Sanjana Nistala \u201924 (ENG), Jenna Salvatore \u201924 (ENG), and Allison Determan \u201924 (ENG) designed a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/seniordesignday.engr.uconn.edu\/seniorprojectpt\/senior-design-2024-materials-science-and-engineering-07\/\">Joint-On-A-Chip<\/a>\u201d to emulate the in vivo environment of a knee joint affected by osteoarthritis. The chip mimics the immune response and mechanical strain that cells in an affected joint experience in the human body.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through their Senior Design project, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/seniordesignday.engr.uconn.edu\/seniorprojectpt\/senior-design-2024-electrical-and-computer-engineering-team-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deblurring of Digital Images<\/a>,\u201d electrical and computer engineering majors Andrew Feliciano \u201924 (ENG) and Colby Powers \u201924 (ENG) evaluated blur reduction or removal algorithms that could be implemented on imaging systems found on United States Coast Guard ships and naval vessels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">And Gary Zhu \u201924 (ENG), Jack Crocamo \u201924 (ENG), Ryka ChandraRaj \u201924 (ENG), Alicia Chiu \u201924 (ENG), Ryan Mercier \u201924 (ENG), and Donny Sauer III \u201924 (ENG) completed a systems engineering project titled, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/seniordesignday.engr.uconn.edu\/seniorprojectpt\/senior-design-2024-systems-engineering-team-01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data Collection and Analysis for an Autonomous Electric Vehicle System<\/a>.\u201d With the support of sponsor Pratt &amp; Whitney, the team developed a data analysis framework capable of precisely predicting a self-driving vehicle&#8217;s reactions to input directives. The foundation of this initiative rests upon a data-driven control system tailored for electric vehicles, harnessing the power of machine learning algorithms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Solving Problems Statewide<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the goals of Senior Design is to help solve problems on a local level.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_213482\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213482\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ME_team13-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-213482 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ME_team13-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Senior engineering majors Alexander Guzman, Will Goss, and Vinicius De Souza.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ME_team13-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ME_team13-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ME_team13-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ME_team13-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ME_team13-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ME_team13-scaled-1-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ME_team13-scaled-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ME_team13-scaled-1-997x665.jpg 997w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/267;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexander Guzman &#8217;24 (ENG), Will Goss &#8217;24 (ENG), and Vinicius De Souza &#8217;24 (ENG) shared their project, &#8220;Model and Operation of a Single Saw&#8221; at Senior Design Demo Day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Madison, Conn., the Connecticut Department of Transportation wants to expand a rest stop along the heavily traveled Interstate 95. Environmental engineering majors Rory Cavicke \u201924 (ENG), Kelsey DiCesare \u201924 (ENG), and Alexander Brita \u201924 (ENG) worked with industry sponsor CHA Consulting to design a <a href=\"https:\/\/seniordesignday.engr.uconn.edu\/seniorprojectpt\/senior-design-2024-environmental-engineering-team-03\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">septic system and stormwater infrastructure<\/a> for an expanded tractor trailer rest stop. The team developed their designs in accordance with the CT Public Health Code 2023 Technical Standards and the CT Stormwater Quality Manual.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">And in Woodstock, residents are working to restore and preserve the historic Chamberlin Mill, which produced wood shingles in the 19th and early 20th centuries. For their senior design project, mechanical engineering majors Alexander Guzman \u201924 (ENG), Will Goss \u201924 (ENG), and Vinicius De Souza \u201924 (ENG) conducted a <a href=\"https:\/\/seniordesignday.engr.uconn.edu\/seniorprojectpt\/senior-design-2024-mechanical-engineering-team-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mechanical analysis and working CAD model of the mill\u2019s 1860s shingle machine<\/a>, which will be used by the mill to teach future STEM students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Catalyzing Campus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other projects focused on benefiting UConn itself.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_213483\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213483\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/seniordesign2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-213483 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/seniordesign2-1024x539.png\" alt=\"In their senior design project, the &quot;Proposed College of Engineering Building&quot; team relied on hand calculations to design the beams, columns, and foundation.\" width=\"400\" height=\"210\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/seniordesign2-1024x539.png 1024w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/seniordesign2-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/seniordesign2-768x404.png 768w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/seniordesign2-630x331.png 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/seniordesign2-1264x665.png 1264w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/seniordesign2.png 1308w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/210;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In their senior design project, the &#8220;Proposed College of Engineering Building&#8221; team relied on hand calculations to design the beams, columns, and foundation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Under the guidance of faculty advisor Shinae Jang, civil engineering majors Joshua Maccione &#8217;24 (ENG), Christian Maignan &#8217;24 (ENG), Connor Behuniak &#8217;24 (ENG), Ryan Baj &#8217;24 (ENG), and Darren Lin &#8217;24 (ENG) designed a multi-story, modernized building to accommodate the expanding engineering programs within the newly designated College of Engineering. The team obtained geotechnical data from past construction projects and identified an optimal new location for this proposed facility on campus. The design incorporated composite and non-composite beams, along with a combination of steel and braced frames. Their project, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/seniordesignday.engr.uconn.edu\/seniorprojectpt\/senior-design-2024-civil-engineering-team-05\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposed College of Engineering Building at the University of Connecticut<\/a>,\u201d took second place of all civil engineering senior designs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Also, mechanical engineering majors Christian Bjork &#8217;24 (ENG), Alanna Barzola &#8217;24 (ENG), and Nicholas Trottier &#8217;24 (ENG), along with electrical engineering majors Patrick Place &#8217;24 (ENG) and River Granniss &#8217;24 (ENG), collaborated on the design, development, and analysis of a scaled-down, concentrated photovoltaic\/thermal system (CPV\/T) that could be integrated into a greenhouse roof at UConn. Photovoltaic and thermal systems are considered conventional green energy methods used to power a greenhouse, however combining them is relatively new concept.\u00a0 Because photovoltaic systems can become inefficient when they reach high temperatures, for this project, the team proposed cooling the photovoltaic system with a combined thermal system while simultaneously producing thermal energy to heat the greenhouse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Their project, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/seniordesignday.engr.uconn.edu\/seniorprojectpt\/senior-design-2024-mechanical-engineering-team-47\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design and Development of PV\/Thermal System for Greenhouses<\/a>\u201d was advised by Wajid Chishty, Nathan Lehman, and Ravi Gorthala and sponsored by Sonalysts, Inc. It received first place in systems engineering projects and third place in mechanical engineering project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">For Grannis, the senior design process proved to be challenging, but rewarding. With his electrical engineering knowledge, Grannis was tasked with making the system&#8217;s sun tracking device operate correctly, in a minimal amount of time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tracking system design we ended up using was not finalized until about a month into the second semester of senior design. After that, I spent all of my time working on the electronics and software for the tracking system pretty much until Demo Day,\u201d Grannis says. \u201cThe biggest thing I learned was coding in C++ for Arduino. In many cases the hardest parts of the project were not the most interesting to present, so learning to show off what is interesting while continuing to work on the hard stuff\u2014while also informing sponsors and advisors about what difficulties there are\u2014is a balance that needs to be found early on. The most important thing Senior Design reinforced is how important interpersonal communication is, even in engineering where things are heavily results-driven.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>A Little Competition &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Demo Day isn\u2019t the only venue students share their novel projects. For Senior Design, Ashley Sciacca \u201924 (ENG), Nathan Garala \u201924 (ENG), Ryan Maguire \u201924 (ENG), and Spencer Alsup \u201924 (ENG) fabricated a fully <a href=\"https:\/\/seniordesignday.engr.uconn.edu\/seniorprojectpt\/senior-design-2024-mechanical-engineering-team-06\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electric-powered, waterproof boat<\/a>. Along with other members of UConn\u2019s Promoting Electric Propulsion team\u2014 Christopher Capozzi, Andrews Marsigliano, Ian Pichs, and Xavier Purandah\u2014the group competed in a five-mile course in Virginia, sponsored by the American Society of Naval Engineers. Students designed the boat using a simulation software and combined this data with test results to determine power requirements.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis was the first year of competition for the UConn team, and of 39 schools, we finished in the top 10, which is a great accomplishment,\u201d said project advisor Vito Moreno, professor in residence of mechanical engineering.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_213461\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213461\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SDDD-2024-1-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-213461 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SDDD-2024-1-1024x660.jpg\" alt=\"Electrical and computer engineering majors Matthew Silverman \u201924, Spencer Albano \u201924, and Nicholas Wycoff \u201924 stand by their research poster.\" width=\"400\" height=\"258\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SDDD-2024-1-1024x660.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SDDD-2024-1-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SDDD-2024-1-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SDDD-2024-1-1536x991.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SDDD-2024-1-2048x1321.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SDDD-2024-1-630x406.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SDDD-2024-1-1031x665.jpg 1031w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/258;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Electrical and computer engineering majors Matthew Silverman \u201924, Spencer Albano \u201924, and Nicholas Wycoff \u201924 shared their project, \u201cPhysical Layer Network Slicing&#8221; at Senior Design Demo Day. (Chris LaRosa \/ UConn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Similarly, electrical and computer engineering majors Matthew Silverman \u201924 (ENG), Spencer Albano \u201924 (ENG), and Nicholas Wycoff \u201924 (ENG) participated in a Software Defined Radio (SDR) university challenge in Ohio with their Senior Design project, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/seniordesignday.engr.uconn.edu\/seniorprojectpt\/senior-design-2024-electrical-and-computer-engineering-team-02\/\">Physical Layer Network Slicing<\/a>.\u201d They created an access point that can establish a network and communicate across both Wi-Fi and Zigbee (a Wi-Fi alternative) devices. The competition, hosted by the Wright Brothers Institute (WBI) and Air Force Research Laboratory, encouraged hands-on skill building and explore experimentation through SDR hardware. UConn\u2019s team was among the top 8 finalists and received the Most Outstanding Project Award. Shengli Zhou, professor of electrical and computer engineering, served as the team\u2019s advisor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere are some routers that can communicate over both Wi-Fi and Zigbee but are typically two separate devices bundled in the same enclosure,\u201d Albano explains. \u201cHaving one device that communicates across both standards provides ease to a network administrator that can manage devices in both standards. The benefits include efficiency, flexibility, and security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>And the Winners Are &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senior Design Demo Day began more than 40 years ago. Today, it features the projects of students majoring in biomedical engineering, chemical and biomolecular engineering; civil and environmental engineering; electrical and computer engineering; environmental engineering; materials science and engineering; systems engineering; management and engineering manufacturing; multidisciplinary engineering; the School of Computing; and the School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each CoE department and school awarded prizes for the best poster presentations. The 2024 winners are:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Biomedical Engineering<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_213485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213485\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSE_team07-scaled-1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-213485 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSE_team07-scaled-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Charlotte Chen \u201924, Sanjana Nistala \u201924, Jenna Salvatore \u201924 and Allison Determan \u201924 designed a \u201cJoint-On-A-Chip\u201d to emulate the in vivo environment of a knee joint affected by osteoarthritis.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSE_team07-scaled-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSE_team07-scaled-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSE_team07-scaled-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSE_team07-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSE_team07-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSE_team07-scaled-1-630x420.jpeg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSE_team07-scaled-1-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSE_team07-scaled-1-997x665.jpeg 997w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/267;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlotte Chen \u201924, Sanjana Nistala \u201924, Jenna Salvatore \u201924 and Allison Determan \u201924 designed a \u201cJoint-On-A-Chip\u201d to emulate the in vivo environment of a knee joint affected by osteoarthritis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">1st place: \u201cJoint-On-A-Chip Osteoarthritis Disease Modeling for Evaluating Anti-Inflammatory Drug Performance,\u201d by Charlotte Chen (MSE), Sanjana Nistala, Jenna Salvatore, and Allison Determan. Advisor: Syam Nukavarapu. Sponsor: UConn Biomedical Engineering Department.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">2nd place: Singular Part 3D-Printed External Prosthetics for Mastectomy Patients Without Reconstruction,\u201d by Yukti Ummaneni, Ashwini Patel, Mia Haynes, and Jamie Trinh. Advisor: Liisa Kuhn. Sponsor: Beekley Lab for Biosymmetrix<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">3rd place (tie): \u201cCircuit and Sensor Design for Smartphone-Based Electroretinography,\u201d by Rory Harris, Rodrigo Tuesta, and Yuexi Hao. Advisor: Hugo Posada-Quintero. Sponsor: UConn Biomedical Engineering Department.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">3rd place (tie): \u201cIn Vitro Model for the Study of Traumatic Brain Injury\u201d by Mark Cristino, Rudin Lloga, and Kaiya Pringle. Advisor: Kazunori Hoshino. Sponsor: UConn Biomedical Engineering Department.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<br \/>\n<\/strong>1st place: \u201cSpirit of Sobriety: Of Non-Alcoholic Brews,\u201d by Cameron Hubbard, Kanisha Desai, Hailey Tam, and Ethan Krouskup. Advisor: Jennifer Pascal. Sponsor: UConn College of Engineering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">2nd place: \u201cDesign And Optimization Of A Multi-Effect Desalination Unit Integrated With A Gas Turbine Plan,\u201d by Wasif Zaman, Katelyn Honegger, Alanna Smith, and David Gan. Advisor: Burcu Beykal. Sponsor: UConn College of Engineering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">3rd place: \u201cRedefining How to Process Body Wash: Creating A More Efficient and Agile Supply Chain,\u201d by Aadil Shahzad, Samantha Miel, Megan Shiring, and Matthew Silver. Advisor: Anson Ma. Sponsor: Unilever.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Civil Engineering<br \/>\n<\/strong>1st place: \u201cBlue Line Extension,\u201d by Anson Lau, Yuanlong Dai, Helen Pruchniak, Nicholas Vestergaard. Advisor: Wei Zhang. Sponsor: Construction Industries of Massachusetts-Labor Relations Division (CIM-LRD).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">2nd place: \u201cProposed College of Engineering Building at the University of Connecticut,\u201d by Joshua Maccione, Christian Maignan, Connor Behuniak, Ryan Baj, and Darren Lin. Advisor: Shinae Jang. Sponsor: Slam Collaborative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">3rd place (tie): \u201cDesign of Pedestrian Walkway For The Gold Star Memorial,\u201d by Shaun McGuire, Kayla Turner, Steven Anderson, Juan Javier Mejia. Advisor: Manish Roy. Sponsor: HNTB Corporation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">3rd place (tie): \u201cWorcester Union Station Center Island Platform Project,\u201d by Conor Murphy, Harley Jeanty, Jakub Patrosz, Benjamin Ragozzine. Advisor: Wei Zhang. Sponsor: HDR, Inc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Environmental Engineering<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_213486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213486\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ENVE_team06-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-213486 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ENVE_team06-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Valentine Falsetta '24, Wilmalis Rodriguez '24, and Nicola Bacon '24 studied a site contaminated with PFAS.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ENVE_team06-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ENVE_team06-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ENVE_team06-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ENVE_team06-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ENVE_team06-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ENVE_team06-scaled-1-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ENVE_team06-scaled-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ENVE_team06-scaled-1-997x665.jpg 997w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/267;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Valentine Falsetta &#8217;24, Wilmalis Rodriguez &#8217;24, and Nicola Bacon &#8217;24 studied a site contaminated with PFAS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">1st place: \u201cRemedial Design of a PFAS Contaminated Site in Connecticut,\u201d by Valentine Falsetta, Wilmalis Rodriguez, and Nicola Bacon. Advisor: Alexander Agrios. Sponsor: Amine Dahmani.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">2nd place: \u201cStormwater\/Septic Design,\u201d by Rory Cavicke, Kelsey DiCesare, and Alexander Brita. Advisor: Alexander Agrios. Sponsor: CHA Consulting, Inc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">3rd place: \u201cStones Ranch Road Drainage Upgrades and Erosion Control,\u201d by Grace Carravone, Amanda Jacobson, Sara Makula, and Jason Contreras. Advisor: Manish Roy. Sponsor: Connecticut National Guard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>School of Computing<br \/>\n<\/strong>1st place: \u201cSolubility Data Management,\u201d by John Bogacz, Connor Brush, Maniza Shaikh, Jianhua Zhu, Walson Li, and Peter Filip. Advisor: Qian Yang. Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">2nd place: \u201cLight Scattering Automation,\u201d by Zachary Hall, Nikolas Anagnostou, Alden Dus, Jacob Montanez, Avaneesh Sathish, Zakarya Zahhal, and Nikolas Kallicharan. Advisor: Qian Yang. Sponsor: UConn School of Computing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">3rd place: \u201cResponsive Multimodal Care Coordinator (MCC) Development,\u201d by Randy Yu, James Frederick, Betul Agirman, Cameron Ky, Quincy Miller, and Mir Zaman. Advisor: Suining He. Sponsor: University of Connecticut and Bastion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Electrical and Computer Engineering Projects<br \/>\n<\/strong>1st place: \u201cRobotic Perception Sensor Characterization Platform,\u201d by Hritish Bhargava and Samuel Gresh. Advisor: Shan Zuo. Sponsor: Draper Laboratory\u200b.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">2nd place: \u201cAir Force Research Laboratory\u00a0Software Defined Radio\u00a0(SDR) University Challenge: Physical Layer Network Slicing,\u201d by Spencer Albano, Matthew Silverman, and Nicholas Wycoff Advisor: Shengli Zhou. Sponsor: UConn Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">3rd place: \u201cAutomated Angle Table for AS5,\u201d by Alexander ReCouper and Mitchell Bronson. Advisor: Liang Zhang. Sponsor: OEM Controls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Materials Science and Engineering<br \/>\n<\/strong>1st place and Student Choice Award (tie): \u201cJoint-On-A-Chip Osteoarthritis Disease Modeling for Evaluating Anti-Inflammatory Drug Performance,\u201d by Charlotte Chen, Sanjana Nistala, Jenna Salvatore, and Allison Determan. Advisor: Fiona Leek. Sponsor: UConn Biomedical Engineering Department.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">2nd place and Student Choice Award (tie): \u201cCitric Acid Passivation Process Development,\u201d by Kevin Li and Matthew Maramo. Advisor: Alexander Dupuy. Sponsor: ARKA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">3rd place: \u201cBio-Based Material Commercial Door Components Footprint,\u201d by Yuexuan Gu and Jaclyn Grace. Advisor: Fiona Leek. Sponsor: ASSA ABLOY.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Management and Engineering for Manufacturing<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>1st place: \u201cEnhancing Smartfood Popcorn Line Efficiency to Reduce Downtime And Boost Production Performance,\u201d by Anna Lidsky, Valeria Nieto, Isabelle Bunosso, and Lauren Hart. Advisor: Craig Calvert. Sponsor: PepsiCo Frito-Lay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">2nd place: \u201cModernizing Raw Material Marking and Inventory System To Enhance Traceability,\u201d by Nimai Browning, Quinn Reelitz, Steven Jaret, and Austin Muzzy. Advisors: Craig Calvert and Rajiv Naik. Sponsor: HORST Engineering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">3rd place: \u201cReliability Testing and Design Risk Assessment to Enhance Product Quality and Business Sustainability,\u201d by Alex Domingo, Madeline Corbett, Brett Pierce, and Alexander Pearl. Advisor: Rajiv Naik. Sponsor: Belimo Americas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_213488\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213488\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ME_team65-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-213488 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ME_team65-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Professors Award: \u201cDesigning and Operating An Experimental Facility To Study Non-Premixed Flames Of Pre-Heated (And Pre-Vaporized) Reactants,\u201d by Al-Yaman Zoghol and Tyler Dickey. Advisor: Francesco Carbone. Sponsor: UConn College of Engineering.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ME_team65-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ME_team65-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ME_team65-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ME_team65-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ME_team65-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ME_team65-scaled-1-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ME_team65-scaled-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ME_team65-scaled-1-997x665.jpg 997w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/267;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Al-Yaman Zoghol &#8217;24 and Tyler Dickey &#8217;24 won the Professors Award for their Senior Design project, \u201cDesigning and Operating An Experimental Facility To Study Non-Premixed Flames Of Pre-Heated (And Pre-Vaporized) Reactants.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering<br \/>\n<\/strong>Professors Award: \u201cDesigning and Operating An Experimental Facility To Study Non-Premixed Flames Of Pre-Heated (And Pre-Vaporized) Reactants,\u201d by Al-Yaman Zoghol and Tyler Dickey. Advisor: Francesco Carbone. Sponsor: UConn College of Engineering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">1st place: \u201cMultifunctional Metamaterial to Attenuate Acoustic and Elastic Waves,\u201d by Evan Kluge and Lindsey Japa. Advisor: Osama Bilal. Sponsor: ACC Masters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">2nd place (tie): \u201cImproved Performance of Magnetic Speed Sensor Analyzer,\u201d by Kristen Angeli and Emily Root. Advisor: Farhad Imani. Sponsor: AI-Tek Instruments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">2nd place (tie): \u201cBelt Based Continuously Variable Automatic Transmission Prototype,\u201d by Ajeeth Vellore, Luka Ligouri, Ethan Wicko, and Ryan Zwick. Advisor: David Pierce. Sponsor: Transcend Bicycle LLC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">3rd place: \u201cDesign and Development of PV\/Thermal System for Greenhouses,\u201d by Christian Bjork, Alanna Barzola, Nicholas Trottier, Patrick Place and River Granniss. Advisors: Wajid Chishty, Nathan Lehman, and Ravi Gorthala. Sponsor: Sonalysts, Inc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Systems Engineering<br \/>\n<\/strong>1st place (tie): \u201cRobotic Perception Sensor Characterization Platform,\u201d by Isabella Fabrizi, Liam Mohan, Samuel Gresh, Aveline Mills, Gerardo Robles-Luna, and Hritish Bhargava. Advisor: Osama Bilal. Sponsor: Draper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">1st place (tie): \u201cDesign and Development of PV\/Thermal System for Greenhouses,\u201d by Christian Bjork, Alanna Barzola, Nicholas Trottier, Patrick Place and River Granniss. Advisors: Wajid Chishty, Nathan Lehman, and Ravi Gorthala. Sponsor: Sonalysts, Inc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Multidisciplinary Engineering<br \/>\n<\/strong>In addition to the Demo Day awards, six seniors were honored for being among UConn\u2019s first multidisciplinary engineering majors: Edward Wilkinson, Matthew Koniecko, Sean Tan, Patricio Salomon-Mir, Josephine Luby, and Kelly Russell.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Distinguished Educator Engineering Award <\/strong>(nominated by students)<br \/>\nJasna Jankovic, associate professor of materials science and engineering, and Manish Roy, assistant professor in residence of civil and environmental engineering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through their Senior Design projects, students work to solve real-world engineering problems while learning valuable skills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":213460,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1866,2229,99,2235,2458,2234,2195],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2514],"class_list":["post-213421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-engr","category-commencement","category-student-life","category-today-homepage","category-undergraduates","category-university-life","category-windham-county"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 05:19:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/201"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213421"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213653,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213421\/revisions\/213653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/213460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213421"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=213421"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=213421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}