2021-2022 Capstone Gallery
The 42 capstone design projects of the 2021-2022 academic cycle are listed in the order in which they were presented during the May 2 - May 6, 2022 week of Final Prototype Project Presentations. Each team submitted a project poster the week before the presentations. This was also an unusual year for The Capstone Design Program because of the contrails of the Covid-19 pandemic. The design part of the associated course sequence (Fall) was conducted mostly online, while the realization & testing part was conducted in physical space with hybrid elements as needed. All final presentations of the projects were conducted in full hybrid simulcast mode (in physical space and synchronously online).
Inquiries: Dr. Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos, +1-225-578-5804
Team 25 - SAE Aero Design (Regular Class)
Team Members: Bowers, Alyssa (EE), Calmes, Gavin C (ME), Daniel, Scott (EE), Druen, Laith (ME),
Marsalone, Megan Elizabeth (ME).
Sponsor(s):LaSpace/NASA c/o Keith Gonthier, Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos - 海角社区 MIE
Team 21 - SAE Aero Design (Micro Class)
Team Members: Andara, Astrid (EE), Hardy, Olivia Claire (ME), Johnson, Jeremiah (EE), Sullivan,
Sidney Michael (ME).
Sponsor(s): LaSpace/NASA c/o Keith Gonthier, Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos - 海角社区 MIE
Team 17 - 12lb Combat Robot 鈥淎ssault and Battery鈥
Team Members: Dao, Elizabeth (EE), Gautreaux, John C (ME), Guidry, Jordan (EE), McCord, John (EEC),
Schimcek, Matthew (ME).
Sponsor(s): David Bourg -Valero, Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos - 海角社区 MIE
Team 60 - Modular, Rapidly Deployed Flood Barrier
Team Members: Falterman, Chase William (ME), Feucht, Cameron A (ME), Sampsel, Andrew James (ME),
Stuart, Nicholas Hatfield (ME), Tappel, Connor Burnett (ME).
Sponsor(s): Warren N Waggenspack - 海角社区 MIE
Team 23 - 12lb Combat Robot 鈥淒eadlift鈥
Team Members: Chustz, Connor Michael (ME), Ganucheau, Jeffrey (EE), Hartdegen, Zachary (EEC), Lecloirec-Swindell,
Theodor (ME), Pham, Thomas (EE).
Sponsor(s): David Bourg -Valero, Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos - 海角社区 MIE
Team 41 - Aerial Drone "Phillip"
Team Members: Blosser, David (EE), Furr, Joseph Tucker (ME), Hamideh, Nabil (EE), James, Nicholas
(EEC), Stein, Maxwell (EE), Tatman, David Mark Jr (ME).
Sponsor(s): Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos - 海角社区 MIE
Team 32 - Aerial Drone "Richard"
Team Members: Carpenter, Cameron (EE), Chen, DunXin (EEC), Dugas, Ty Matthew (ME), Gallego, Marcel
Joseph (ME), Lundin, Brock (EE), Martin, Michael (EEC).
Sponsor(s): Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos - 海角社区 MIE
Team 22 - 12lb Combat Robot 鈥淧neu World Order鈥
Team Members: Arredondo Ramirez, Hector A (ME), Babin, Cade Oneal (ME), Bueche, Collin (EEC), Coleman,
Michael (EE), McBride, Fenton (EE).
Sponsor(s): Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos - 海角社区 MIE
Team 45 - Silo Lump Crusher
Team Members: Bolinger, Morgan Burke (ME), Cataldie, Maxwell Louis (ME), Delsa, Thomas (EE), Gaydos,
Collin Anthony (ME), Portier, Alex (EE).
Sponsor(s): Austin Fletcher - Louisiana Sugar Refinery
Team 58 - Impact Testing Apparatus for Rotational Shock Absorption
Team Members: Bailey, Gray Allen (ME), Billew, Tyler (EE), Candies, Mason H (ME), Fulkerson, William
P (ME), Guillot, Jean B (ME), Powell, Mary (EEC).
Sponsor(s): Drs. Hunter Gilbert - 海角社区 MIE
Team 9 - Modular Exotic Cat Enclosure
Team Members: Boyer, Hawkins S (ME), Dorsa, Abigail R (ME), Nickel, Cody (EE), Vo, Nhu T (ME).
Sponsor(s): Mary Kissner - nVent Thermal Management
Team 18 - Aerial Drone "Airbender"
Team Members: Chen, Ao (EE), Crisostomo, Jay (EEC), Dever, Lowell (EE), Melancon, Michael (ME),
Pfyffer, Luca Tobias (ME), Wright, Jaden (EEC).
Sponsor(s): Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos - 海角社区 MIE & Marathon
Team 69 - IEEE Region 5 Robot Competition
Team Members: Boudreaux, Scott (EE), Crowe, Jerry (ME), Kearney, Charlotte (EE), Mishra, Shreyansh
(EE), Nguyen, Thinh (EE).
Sponsor(s): Shuangqing Wei - 海角社区 ECE
Team 61 - Solar+Storage Shingle Design
Team Members: Arredondo-Ramirez, Sebastian (EE), Borne, Daylen M (ME), Breaux, Madeline (EE), Jackson,
Thomas (EE), Martin, Adam (EE).
Sponsor(s): Matthis Herrera - HelioSucrose c/o EnVault LLC
Team 53 - MELD 3D Metal Printing Machine Enhancements
Team Members: Devillier, Ethan James II (ME), Gonzales, Mason (EE), Graham, James (EE), Lopez-Zepeda,
Ivan Alexande (ME).
Sponsor(s): Nanci Hardwick - MELD Manufacturing Corporation
Team 29 - Sugarcane Harvester Crop Divider Float Control Sensing
Team Members: Becnel, Evan (EE), Flowers, Joseph (EE), Ross, Serite (EEC), Thompson, Claude (ME).
Sponsor(s): Bryan Dugas - John Deere Thibodaux
Team 46 - Cruise 10.0i
Team Members: Agostinho, Jacob N (ME), Edwards, Griffin (EE), Muldowny, William David (ME), Nahar,
Rahsaan (EEC), Siegel, Joshua (EEC).
Sponsor(s): Eric Crouch - Torqeedo
Team 36 - Mobile Sunscreen Booth
Team Members: Brown, Samuel M (ME), Henderson, Sierra (EEC), Mixon, Hayden B (ME), Tran, Toan (EE).
Sponsor(s): Mikel Ricks - Phillips 66
Team 39 - Immersive Electromechanical Show System
Team Members: Byrne, Blake (EE), Dantin, Preston (EE), Devillier, Collin (EE), Landry, Ava (ME),
Varnado, Cantan Presley (ME).
Sponsor(s): Collin DeVillier - 海角社区 Student
Team 11 - Minimal Impact Dual Access Faceplate and Smart Tie to Reduce the Risk of Tracheostomy Related Wound Complications in Children
Team Members: Cronvich, John A (ME), Dunn, Alastair (EEC), Huckaby, Keller (EE).
Sponsor(s): Gregory Marks - 海角社区 Health Sciences Center
Team 12 - William wants to paint
Team Members: Clement, Jack Thomas (ME), Curol, Timothy (EEC), Robertson, Ewan Andrew (ME-EXCH),
Vu, Emily (EEC).
Sponsor(s): The Jacob Richard Capstone Fund - 海角社区 MIE; Elissa McKenzie - St. Lillian Academy
Team 55 - Large Additive Manufacturing System
Team Members: Foster, Noah (ME), Hutton, David Michael (ME), Neyland, Gerald F (ME), Wand, Joel
(EE), Williams, Cade (EEC).
Sponsor(s): Andrew R Mallow - 海角社区 MIE & The National Center for Advanced Manufacturing (NCAM)
Team 26 - Torqeedo Cruise 10.0 Regeneration Optimization
Team Members: Carter, Jervonta (EE), Felps, Blake (EE), Guillot, Kyle Matthew (ME), Hatrel, Davis
(EE), Jenkins, Brennan Doss (ME), Trisaputra, Joshua Laksaman (ME).
Sponsor(s): Eric Crouch - Torqeedo
Team 2 - Corrosion Resistant Bolting in Aggressive Chemical Environments
Team Members: Gaspard, Nathan T (ME), Gordon, Matthew B (ME), Segrest, Daniel Clayton (ME), Snellgrove,
Matthew (ME).
Sponsor(s): Micah Buquoi - Olin Corporation
Team 28 - Driver Controls and Electrical System for FSAE TigerRacing
Team Members: Bonura, Justin (EE), Castillo, Armando (EEC), Donner, Jackson (EEC), Ravey, Kendall
(EEC), Valero, Sebastian Louis (ME).
Sponsor(s): Josh Brooks - FSAE TigerRacing, 海角社区 MIE
Team 14 - Retrofittable Trailer Unloading Device
Team Members: Liner, Kiefer L (ME), Mouch, Shawn Michael (ME), Pineda, Francesco Alfredo (ME), Richards,
Sean Patrick (ME).
Sponsor(s): Kiefer Liner - Southern Wood Works LLC
Team 13 - 3D-Printed Micro-Reactor With Reaction Temperature Control
Team Members: Besselman, Charles Patrick (ME), Gunnarsson, Lisa Ulrika (ME), Lofaso, Jacob P (ME),
Martin, Trent M (ME), Michael, Ethan Robert (ME).
Sponsor(s): Chevron c/o Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos - Chevron
Team 50 - Composite wind turbine blade demonstrator
Team Members: Anderson, Nicholas John (ME), Bernos, Quentin Moreau (ME), Lemoine, Chandler Michael
(ME), McCarthy, Finn (ME).
Sponsor(s): Corina Barbalata & Genevieve Palardy - 海角社区 MIE
Team 48 - FSAE TigerRacing Electric Vehicle
Team Members: Brooks, Josh A (ME), Chan, Brandon (EE), Geraldsen, Terry Lee Jr (ME), Holt, Jacob
(EE), Hymel, Carson (EEC), Knight, Clay (EE), Watkins, Donald (EE).
Sponsor(s): Josh Brooks - FSAE TigerRacing & 海角社区 MIE
Team 64 - Wave Energy Generator
Team Members: Bailey, Manuel Francis (ME), Bradley, Brandon (EE), Doan, Thuong Doan (EE), Huang,
Linjun (EE), Lepretre, Randy Jr (ME), McQuen, Brandon Leo (ME).
Sponsor(s): Geno Stewart & Sam Pearce - MMR Power 5 Engineering
Team 20 - Icarus Core-Burning (CB)-2 Rocket-Glider (Aero-Vibe)
Team Members: Carter, Cole William (ME), Fournet, Emile (EE), Macon, Dylan Thomas (ME), McKenzie,
William Scot (ME), Plaisance, Stephen (EE).
Sponsor(s): Adam Baran & Del Segura through NASA LaSPACE
Team 65 - Shade for Extended Pay Time
Team Members: Bobbs, Adam Joshua (ME), Hosman, Matthew A (ME), Perret, Edmond Joseph III (ME).
Sponsor(s): The Jacob Richard Capstone Fund - 海角社区 MIE; Blanche Faulk - LSVI
Team 15 - 3D-Printed Reinforced Pressure Vessel Design and Build with Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM)
Team Members: Chauvin, Matthew S (ME), Greenwood, Sophia (ME), Leblanc, Taylor Alexander (ME), Thibodeaux,
Brock David (ME).
Sponsor(s): Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos - 海角社区 MIE & Laitram/Intralox
Team 56 - Solid State Additive Manufacturing (MELD) Feedstock Process Development
Team Members: Dupre, Emily (ME), Huang, Darren (ME), Moore, Dharla (ME), Sherman, Zachary (ME).
Sponsor(s): Andrew Mallow - 海角社区 MIE
Team 30 - Raw Petroleum Coke Screener
Team Members: Allen, Melvin Darryl III (ME), Birdsong, John (ME), Hartenstein, Eric Sullivan (ME).
Sponsor(s): Paul Koenig - Oxbow Calcining, LLC
Team 6 - Essem- Squat Master 2
Team Members: Ferguson, Andrew Joseph (ME), Mire, Dustin (ME), Mohammed, Omer (ME).
Sponsor(s): Neelima Reddy - Neelima Reddy LLC
Team 40 - Bulk Density Hydraulic Press
Team Members: Albano, James (ME), Baudier, Kayla M (ME), Miller, Joseph B (ME).
Sponsor(s): Paul Koenig - Oxbow Calcining, LLC
Team 7 - Emerson still wants to play baseball
Team Members: Newhauser, Sven (ME), Rinaudo, Thomas (EE), Shepherd, Molly (EE), Wetekamm, Camille
(ME), Williams, Charles W (ME).
Sponsor(s): The Jacob Richard Capstone Fund - 海角社区 MIE; Elissa McKenzie - St Lillian's Academy
Team 67 - Break-Away Fence
Team Members: Adams, Anne Leslie (ME), Baquet, Noah Bernard (ME), Oneal, John Conor (ME), Unsworth,
Cullen W (ME).
Sponsor(s): Patrick Laley - Phillips 66
Team 59 - Augmented Reality for Composite Materials Manufacturing
Team Members: Gonsoulin, Katie (EEC), Stovall, Antonio (EE), Vasquez, Christopher (EEC).
Sponsor(s): Genevieve Palardy - 海角社区 MIE
Team 19 - Virtual-Physical ME Lab
Team Members: Brown, Sean (EEC), Chauvin, Lauren (EEC), Frank, Jesse (EEC), Rojo, Cordelle (EE).
Sponsor(s): Chevron c/o Dimitris Nikitopoulos - Chevron
Team 8 - A Platform for the Visual Evaluation of the Ears, Nose and Oral Cavity Via Telemedicine
Team Members: Chandler, Jacob (EE), Hanks, Sarah (EEC), Mixon, Lauren (EE).
Sponsor(s): Michael Dunham - 海角社区 Health Sciences Center
Inquiries: Dr. Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos, +1-225-578-5804