The College of Engineering and Computational Sciences hosted their annual Senior Design Trade Fair on April 28 at Lockridge Arena. Thirty-nine interdisciplinary teams presented their year-long capstone projects. Alumni, faculty and industry leaders served as judges, evaluating the teams on their ability to define, analyze and address the problems of real clients.
The first place winning team was MINESat, a team of six electrical engineering, six mechanical engineering, and two engineering physics students who worked under the direction of the Antennas and Wireless Communications (AWC) Group in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Department. Building on the work of last year’s initial CubeSat team, the team developed and tested a fully-functional CubeSAT bus with ground station to meet NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative requirements.
“The biggest accomplishments were the development of the software and hardware to make a UHF half-duplex wireless communications system possible, and developing versatile software for the space-rated flight board that will serve future Cubesat teams,” said team member Kyle Patel.
Payam Nayeri, EECS Assistant Professor and faculty advisor to the team, attributed the team success to the team’s dedication and attention to detail. “From early on in the project, they were able to gain a good understanding of the problem on a system level,” said Nayeri. “This translated directly to allocating proper time and manpower to every one of the subsystems in the satellite. Thanks to the exceptional technical leads of the project, Kyle Patel and David Hodge, Mines has taken a big step towards launching its first satellite.”
The ground station for the Cubesat program is in the process of being built on the roof of Brown Building. “Expect to see Cubesat more and more around campus in years to come,” predicts Patel.
Congratulations to all the winners of this year’s Senior Design Trade Fair:
Broader Impacts Essay Winners
- 1st Place: “A Sustainable River Waya” by Audra Agajanian (Env.)
- 2nd Place: “Rare Earth Elements in Electronics” by Ryan Patton (EE)
- 3rd Place: “Little Decisions, Big Impacts” by Caleb Clough (ME)
Trade Fair Winners
Team Members:
- David Hodge
- Emma Watson
- Evan Stoelzel
- Garrett Dietz
- John Hong
- Kelton Lightfoot
- Kyle Patel
- Logan Knowles
- Richard Uhrie
- Sean Garneau
- Shannon Bradley
- Steven Mohan
- Tyler Croteau
Client: Dr. Randy Haupt
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Payam Nayeri
Consultants: Dr. Atef Elsherbeni, Dr. Ozkan Celik
Team Members:
- Thor Andreassen
- Cortney Ewert
- Eric Garza
- Sean Guidi
- Paige Lonergan
- Alyssa Spomer
Client: Mary Page Smith
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Eric Bonnema
Consultants: Dr. Linda Layne, Dr. Jeff Schowalter
3rd Place: TIE – Maple Hall Retrofit Team & ESP Consulting
Team Members:
- Justin Fantasky
- Hillary Knaebel
- Emanuel Graves
- Damian David
- Yassin Alhauwaj
- Syamil Amri
Client: John Macpherson, Baker Hughes
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Yitz Finch
Consultants: Dr. Ray Zhang, Prof. Buddy Haun
Team Members:
- Sarah Dewar
- Emily Wong
- Michael Harrison
- Trevor Lager
- Victoria Eagen
- Isabel Goni-McAteer
Client: Dr. Paulo Tabares
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Eric Bonnema
Consultants: Dr. Neal Sullivan
Humanitarian Engineering Award – Urine Good Hands
Team Members:
- Justin Ripley
- Isaac Avila
- Alejandra Ruiz
- Haley Salzwedel
- Logan Yamamoto
Client: Emily Woods, Sanivation
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Lee Landkamer
Consultants: Dr. Tzahi Cath, Prof. Ben Teschner
Contact:
Deirdre Keating, Information Specialist, College of Engineering and Computational Sciences | 303-384-2358 | dkeating@mines.edu
Kathleen Morton, Digital Media and Communications Manager, Colorado School of Mines | 303-273-3088 | kmorton@mines.edu
