Engineering Senior Design Day will be held on Friday, April 17, 2026. The annual event is a showcase of senior engineering student work and involves, faculty, staff, alumni, industry sponsors and volunteers.

Event Agenda and Presentation Schedule

 

Every year, senior engineering students participate in a two-semester Senior Design course, where they apply the knowledge learned in the classroom and work with industry partners on a sponsored project. These undergraduates work in teams, often multidisciplinary, to provide innovative and creative solutions for real-life projects. Senior Design is a signature engineering capstone experience for students and the experience helps them realize specific design needs by using engineering skills they have learned through the curriculum.

 

Vote for your top three posters to help them win the People's Choice Award. Submit your votes until 3:15 PM.

People's Choice Award Submissions


2026 Engineering Senior Design Team Projects

Engineering Design Day is a showcase of innovative, creative, and multidisciplinary projects developed by our graduating senior students.

 

CBE Senior Design

CEE Senior Design

ECE Senior Design

IME Senior Design

MAE Senior Design


Senior Design Teaching Faculty & Professors

 

STEPHEN ARCE, PH.D.

Biomedical Engineering

ERNESTO GARCIA, PH.D.

Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering

Jerris Hooker headshot

JERRIS HOOKER, PH.D.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

SEAN MARTIN, PH.D., P.E.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

SHAYNE MCCONOMY, PH.D.

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

ROBERT WANDELL, PH.D.

Chemical Engineering


 

Senior Design Sponsors

A big round of applause and thanks to our generous sponsors, who not only provide valuable monetary resources for these projects, but who also mentor and serve as important stakeholders for each of these projects. Our students learn many valuable skills from this process and these mentors, including teamwork, professional engineering principles, client and project management.

Direct Financial Supporters

Arizona State University

Bruce Morrison

Christina Morrow

City of Tallahassee

CLN of South Florida, Inc.

Corning, Inc.

Danfoss Turbocor

Dow

FAMU-FSU AIChE Student Chapter

Florida Power and Light

Heatcraft Worldwide Refrigeration

JTEKT Bearings North America, LLC

Karins Engineering Group

L3 Harris

Litt Law Group

Medtronic

National Fluid Power Association Education and

Technology Foundation

Rockwell Collins

Sandia National Labs

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare

Terracon

In-Kind or Other Supporters

AbbVie

Alabama Department of Transportation

Atwell Group

BCEI

Biosense Webster

Chipola Engineering Group

CMA

Crews Engineering

DHM Melvin Engineering

Doug Barkley, P.E.

Engineers Without Borders

FAMU-FSU Chemical Engineering Unit Operations

Teaching Laboratory

Florida Center for Advanced Aero-propulsion

Florida Rural Water Association

Florida Space Grant Consortium

George & Associates

Ghost Controls

HNTB

Halff

Hanger Clinic

High-Performance Materials Institute

Hydra Engineering & Construction

Hydro-Dyne Engineering

Kever McKee Engineers

Kimley-Horn

 

 

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Magnolia Engineering

Materialize Mimics

Mayo Clinic Jacksonville

Michael Baker International

Moore Bass Consulting

NASA – Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA – Johnson Space Center

NASA – Marshall Space Flight Center

NSF CREST

NSWC Panama City

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

National Stormwater Trust

Optimal Robotics Lab

Phillips Precision Engineering

RK&K

RHTM Lab

Resilient and Autonomous Systems Lab

Stantec

STRIDe Lab

Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic

Tallahassee State College -

Florida Public Safety Institute

Urban Catalysts Consultants

Vyspine

Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex

Industry Partners and Sponsorship

At the beginning of each academic year, senior students rank their top project interests. Teams are then determined based on the student choices and instructor input. For consideration by students, projects for the upcoming year should be submitted by May.

We appreciate your interest in supporting FAMU-FSU Engineering's Senior Design. Alumni, friends, and corporations who sponsor senior design projects are vital to the success of our students. Whether you need some independent research and analysis or a fresh perspective, our students are up for the task.

For more information on sponsorship and project implementation, please contact Dr. Shayne McConomy at (850) 410-6624 or smcconomy@eng.famu.fsu.edu

 

Interested in serving as a judge?

Alumni, industry sponsor personnel and professional engineers can register to serve as a judge for oral presentations. More detail and a registration form are available closer to Engineering Senior Design Day.