On April 26, undergraduate students in civil and environmental engineering, electrical and computer engineering, mechanical engineering, and graduate students in healthcare systems engineering presented their capstone projects projects to industry representatives, alumni and the Loyola Marymount University community.
The capstone projects represented the culmination of the knowledge and skills that students gained over the course of their studies. Students shared their projects, answered questions and celebrated their capstone and research projects with showcase attendees in a bustling afternoon of chatter and refreshments.
These ambitious projects, a requirement for engineering graduates, ranged from prototypes of robotic fish to self-driving cars to the study of marine mussels. The projects addressed solving a wide range of problems across disciplines, but all required teamwork, time management, and presentation skills as well. Kedar Tallak ’24 said, “I like how making this project itself is one class because we, as seniors, have to take other classes that teach us how to prepare presentations for the public, people who might not have huge technical knowledge on certain things. So it gave us more confidence beyond being just engineers to talk about our work.”
Learn more about some of the featured projects from the showcase below and experience the whole Showcase in less than a minute on Instagram. Keep scrolling to see every single project!
Electrical and Computer Engineering (Undergraduate)
Project Title: AI-Enhanced 3D-Printed Robotic Arm: a Cost-Effective Solution for Intelligent Automation
Presenters: Alexander Minor
Faculty Advisor: Lei Huang
Project Title: Spectrophotometric Device for Early Malaria Detection
Presenters: Christopher Faber, Adrian Wasylewski
Faculty Advisor: Victor Lin
Project Title: Detection and Localization of Hotspots in Thermal Images Acquired by UAVs with PSR Capabilities
Presenters: Roberta Garcia, Nihar Nanjappa
Faculty Advisor: Victor Lin
Project Title: LMU’s AR-Enhanced Smart Diving Helmet
Presenters: Aden Young, Andrew Stout
Faculty Advisor: Victor Lin
Project Title: Smart Speakers with Active Noise Cancellation
Presenters: Aaron Pickar, Matthew Knight
Faculty Advisor: Victor Lin
Project Title: Smart Car IV
Presenters: Divya Desarazu, Kedar Tallak, Miles Segura
Faculty Advisor: Victor Lin
Civil and Environmental Engineering (Undergraduate)
Project Title: Sustainable Housing Project
Presenters: Ava Pangborn and Allison Hastings
Faculty Advisor: Joe Reichenberger and Negin Tauberg
Project Title: Evaluation of a Northern California River Levee
Presenters: Daniel Loyarte and Brian Stinson
Faculty Advisor: Joe Reichenberger and Negin Tauberg
Project Title: 3-story Building (Site No. 2)
Presenters: Alexis Alarcon, Simone Rezentes, and Nour AlMehaini
Faculty Advisor: Joe Reichenberger and Negin Tauberg
Project Title: Groundwater Desalination Plant
Presenters: Salahudin (“Dino”) Abduljawad, Jawad Bukhamseen
Faculty Advisor: Joe Reichenberger and Negin Tauberg
Project Title: Conventional Surface Water Treatment Plant
Presenters: Laura Haidar, Mohammed Sakhi
Faculty Advisor: Joe Reichenberger and Negin Tauberg
Project Title: Earth Embankment Dam for Water Conservation
Presenters: Buddy Nash, Lucas Belinsky
Faculty Advisor: Joe Reichenberger and Negin Tauberg
Project Title: PSWS Timber-Strong Design-Build
Presenters: Christian Zaldana, Antonio Sanchez, Andres Gonzalez, Tina Huang, Riley Carroll, Nour ALMehaini, Santiago Contreras, Jordan Furuta
Faculty Advisor: Negin Tauberg
Project Title: LMU Chapel Traverse Survey and Scan
Presenters: XunYi Huang, Elizabeth Adams, Jordan Furuta, Riley Carroll
Faculty Advisor: Michael Manoogian
Project Title: 3-story Building (Site No. 1)
Presenters: Remo Aurand, Khaled AlEssa, Khaled AlGhannam
Faculty Advisor: Joe Reichenberger and Negin Tauberg
Mechanical Engineering (Undergraduate)
Project Title: Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Actuated Maneuverable Surgical Needle
Presenters: Matthew Kump, Jasmine Franklin, Jennifer Kanzler, Devon Brasali
Project Title: LMU Baja Race Car
Presenters: Robert Cordova, Taylor Smith, Connor Powers, Shane Rivera
Project Title: Hydraulic Door
Presenters: Nicolas Pedraza, Stephan Silva, Xiaomin Zhu
Project Title: Resource Exchange Module (REX)
Presenters: Matthew Bentsen, Ella Onishuk
Project Title: Thermal Conductivity Measurement Test Stand
Presenters: Tyler Keen, Angelo Santi, Kaleb Agonia, Richard Chang
Project Title: Electric Mountainboard
Presenters: Lucas Fletcher, Oscar Anderhub
Project Title: SAE Aero Design Competition 2024 (Micro Class)
Presenters: Alex Broome, Amer Almehmadi, Jarret Furuta, Andrew Hoffman
Project Title: Hybrid Powered Rocket
Presenters: Hannah Agbayani, Cole D’Souza, Arnav Akarte, Anthony Orozco, Alexander Kaloyanides
Project Title: Seaspine/Orthofix Test Stand for ASTM F2790
Presenters: Aidan Gelbrich, Diego Flores, Francisco Moore, Pedroluis Castro
Project Title: IPMC Robotics Fish
Presenters: Benjamin Clifford, Kennedy Necoechea, Mark Hartono, Aidan McMahon
Project Title: SAE Aero Design Competition 2024 (Regular Class)
Presenters: Savannah Larmon, Nathaniel McNulty, Donovan Jantz
Faculty Advisor for All Projects: Mustafa Mozael
Healthcare Systems Engineering (Graduate)
Project Title: Increasing In-reach Health Screening Opportunities at a Large, Urban Medical Center
Presenter: Sol Lewites
Faculty Advisor: John Poladian
Project Title: Optimizing the Onboarding Process for New Patient Care Technicians
Presenter: Prins Cade
Faculty Advisor: David Quam
Project Title: Streamlining the Training Processes at Kaiser Chino Hills Reference Laboratory Ancillary Services
Presenter: Paul Tenio
Faculty Advisor: David Quam
Project Title: Improving the Standard of Care After ED Discharge for Behavioral Health Disorders
Presenter: Katherine Navarro
Faculty Advisor: David Quam
Project Title: Kit Standardization and Medical Record Organization in Athletic Training
Presenter: Georgia Guinan
Faculty Advisor: David Quam
Project Title: Implementation of a Continuous Glucose Monitoring Training Program for Diabetes Patients and Healthcare Professionals
Presenter: Lianlen Distor
Faculty Advisor: John Poladian
Project Title: Breast Surgery Clinic Optimization at a Large Public Medical Center
Presenter: Hax Sarabi
Faculty Advisor: David Quam / Feinstein
Project Title: Establishing a Framework to Improve Strategic Planning and Alignment across the KP Benefits Connect Program
Presenter: Oliver Chen
Faculty Advisor: John Poladian
Project Title: Surgical Safety Procedure When Specimen is Involved
Presenter: Daniela Fuerte
Faculty Advisor: John Poladian
Project Title: Optimizing Pediatric Immunization Success
Presenter: Priyani Baxi
Faculty Advisor: John Poladian
Project Title: Improving the Perioperative Process for Patients
Presenter: Brian Lee
Faculty Advisor: David Quam
Project Title: Improving The Providence California Combination 10 Vaccination Rates
Presenter: Yuwen Yue
Faculty Advisor: David Quam
Project Title: Stanford Health Care Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Clinic Optimization
Presenter: Jodi Nguyen
Faculty Advisor: David Quam
