Capstone

Training Engineering Leaders Through Practical, Sponsored Projects

Seventeen mechanical and aerospace engineering student capstone project teams presented their technical work to a panel of industry judges and an audience of faculty, sponsors, and peers at the end of the fall 2025 semester.

The student teams have been working with industry partners on projects with significant engineering challenges, real constraints, and real deliverables. Students apply systems engineering, analysis, prototyping, testing, and professional communication to tackle meaningful challenges across aerospace, defense, robotics, manufacturing, sustainable energy, AI systems, and more.

Thank you to our industry sponsors, including AMX, Boeing, JMA Wireless, NAVSEA, Carrier, DuPont, Lockheed Martin, TTM Technologies, Camelot Secure, Gear Motions, Tensilastic Energy, Red Cat, ASHRAE, Pursuit, and Tunabiotics for their partnership and mentorship.

The student teams will advance to full prototype demonstration and final delivery in Spring 2026.

Biomedical Capstone Project Aims to Improve Treatment for Burn Patients

Accurate fluid replacement is one of the most important objectives in the initial treatment of burn patients. Giving a patient the incorrect volume can lead to serious complications and delay proper treatment. Fluid management and other treatment protocols are based on calculating what percentage of the patient’s total body surface area (%TBSA) is burned. The Burn Care Anywhere app aims to help emergency responders accurately estimate the %TBSA for fast and immediate treatment.

Burn Care Anywhere was developed as a 2022-2023 biomedical engineering capstone project by Jared Anderson ’23, Sara Leonardo ’23, Katie Southard ’23, and Alyssa Pape ’23 in partnership with the Clark Burn Center at Upstate Medical University.

The biomedical engineering capstone senior design course challenges students to study a real-world issue and develop a solution from concept to prototype. The experience gives students hands-on preparation to help them be successful after graduation.