Our inaugural full-college Senior Design Showcase featured more than 125 teams of Engineering Vols from all eight of our departments on April 25, 2019. They showed the creative, innovative, and practical solutions that they developed from real world challenges presented from business and community clients.
Students designed a new instrument for use in equine surgery, sponsored by the UT College of Veterinary Medicine.An Engineering Vol explains his team’s miniature cooling tower — designed for Eastman as an educational tool — to a visitor.Materials science and engineering students presented a variety of projects for the Senior Design Showcase.The team design a tunneling wound exploration device for UT Medical Center.Team members designed a device for cleaning “bioburden” from orthopedic tools, for use in operating rooms.Monterey Mushrooms sponsored this team’s automated mushroom picker project.Keith Stanfill, Edwards Assistant Dean for Integrated Engineering Design, led the awards ceremony to honor the top senior designs.Interim Dean Mark Dean spoke during the awards ceremony. Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs declared April 25, 2019, to be Mark E. Dean Day.Teams won awards for their projects, such as the Most Creative nod to this group’s research into craft-beer production improvement.Here’s a closer view of the augmented reality sandbox.This team improved the mobility of an augmented reality sandbox for use in presentations by The Muse science museum.The Trauma Tot team designed a child-sized model for surgeons to use to practice a variety of medical procedures.Professor Bill Hamel learns about the design these students developed for a robotic device that will clean automotive dashboard glass.The Accu-Router team designed a pneumatic system for lifting materials and putting them in place for routing.Materials science and engineering students experimented with different metals to create musical waterphones.Students displayed and discussed their projects throughout the afternoon.Engineering students discuss their hovercraft design.Engineering students show off their robotic hand design.Students designed a new instrument for use in equine surgery, sponsored by the UT College of Veterinary Medicine.This team designed an LED curing unit for 3D Systems.
