Senior Design Project

Program Objectives

Through the senior engineering design courses—BE 4290 in the fall semester and BE 4292 in the spring semester—students are able to:

  • Become proficient with basic components of experimental design and build and test prototypes for real-world applications in biological engineering.
  • Effectively present the working prototype of their design to faculty, students, and the public through various communication skills, such as an in-lab or video demonstration, oral presentation, and a poster presentation.

  • Work effectively in teams to submit a professional-quality technical report that describes their design and details of the building and testing of the final design. It is also expected that their report should be in a format that will be acceptable for submission to a national engineering design competition (such as BMES undergraduate design competition, NIH/NIBIB DEBUT, ASABE, and other capstone competitions).

Submitting a Project Proposal

We are looking for 10-15 projects each year. The minimum number of students per project group is four. Project ideas are collected by July 31 of each year and proceed on the following timeline:

  • Project solicitation—July 31
  • Project selection—Beginning of semester (around the last week of August)
  • Team matching—Around September 15
  • Onset of project
  • Demonstration of project—Third or fourth week of April
  • Design competition

When submitting your proposal ideas, please remember to include the following:

  • Project title
  • Project objective
  • Project description—maximum 300 words
  • Required skills
  • Your available budget
  • Intellectual property considerations
  • Contact information—Client/sponsor information, including name, affiliation, email, phone, etc.
  • Funding information—Any amount is helpful. We have received around $1,000 from past clients and sponsors in academia, clinics, industry, etc.

To submit project proposals or questions, contact Yongchan Kwon or Philip Jung.

Current Projects (2025–2026)

  1. Project Title: IM-CHIP: Modular Impedance-Monitored Microphysiological Platform
    Students: Gerard Lorio, Brennan Comeaux, James Balart, Dylan Rousselle, Luke Lissard

  2. Project Title: Harnessing Rainwater to Enhance Aquatic Health in Research Laboratories
    Students: Sydney MacDonald, Calley Chauvin, Michael Lacourrege, Zander Hue, Cameron Mincin

  3. Project Title: Planar Biaxial Testing Device
    Students: Evan McConnell, Hanna DeVillier, Enson Li, Giancarlo Lara, Mayar Nickols, Andrew Beard

  4. Project Title: 3D Printed Tactile Map of Playground Using Photogrammetry
    Students: Milain Marcel, Brian Baudoin, Katherine Mull, Anna Claire Ricks-Boyd, Raedan Stephens, Gavin Murray

  5. Project Title: Cardiology on a Chip (Environmental Platform)
    Students: Chloé Cazayoux, Hudil Touassa, Joennis Reyes, Jayleen Chavez, Kaden Harrison

  6. Project Title: Raman Spectroscopy Pen for Cancer Detection
    Students: Aseel Ahmed, Lillian Bodi, Marie Howe, Grace Ladner, Helen Watson

  7. Project Title: Mechanical Crown Removal Device (MCRD)
    Students: Brookelyn Darr, Emily Vanderbrook, Isabel Attenhofer, Laura Toro, Shimra Ramgarib

  8. Project Title: Development of a Rapid, Multi-point Compression Sock Pressure Measurement System
    Students: Alex Tepper, Layla Hopkins, Emma Kate Conner, Anna Kay Bohannon, Caymann Dominique

  9. Project Title: BE 4392 Senior Engineering Design II – Spring 2026 Project (Prosthetics/Orthotics)
    Students: Velshunti Thompson, Dylan Venditti, Abigail Savoy, Briana Zamora, Maleah Rucker, Bryce Wands

  10. Project Title: Portable Multi-Sensor Incubator for Parallel ClotChip Analysis
    Students: Mila Puhek, Alyssa Hennessy, Averie Hebert, Isabelle Bacas, Madeline Smith

  11. Project Title: Glucose Analog Sweat Analysis Wearable Sensor
    Students: Grant Crawford, Sean Bailey, Justice Smith, Nhu-Thao Betsy Cao, Benjamin Dugas, Cooper King

  12. Project Title: ResiClean - Post-processing Resin System
    Students: Mya Alford, Bershell Reynaud, Minelis Brito, Chiemeka Osiagwu, Amaya Simpson

Past Projects

  1. Transnasal Endoscopic Surgical Site Evacuator
  2. Biometric Smart Personal Protection Equipment for Heat Exhaustion / Hydration / Cognition Monitoring and Alerting 
  3. Pressure Sensing Mouthguard for At-Home Stress Measurements to
  4. Alert Jaw Clenching 
  5. Design of a Disposable Circumcision Clamp in Clinical Setting 
  6. Design of an Advanced Cell-Free Protein Synthesis Reaction Chamber (version 2.0) 
  7. Stage-Top Incubator for Live-Cell Imaging 
  8. Bone Hydration Nation 
  9. Self-Automated Unilateral Hip Spica 
  10. A Reusable Interconnect for Electrical Sensing in Organ-on-a-chip Devices 
  11. HistoPro: A Benchtop Tissue Processor 
  12. Electrical Stimulation Testing in Isolated Murine Muscle (ESTIMM)

1. Design of Hemostatic Seal Strength Measurement System

2. Smart PPE for Biometric Monitoring to Prevent Heat Exhaustion

3. Force Sensing Mouthguard for At-Home Measurements to Track Jaw Clenching

4. Biomedical Model Fish Embryo Counting and Dispensing Device

5. Design of a Cell-Free Protein Synthesis Reaction Chamber

6. Tumor-on-a-chip: A Microfluidic System to Culture and Evaluate 3D Printed Cancer Tissue Scaffolds

7. Soybean Cutting Device

8. Innovating FORTIFIED Building Education through 3D Interactive Modeling

9. An Efficient, Low-Cost System for Creating External Ear Prostheses for Patients Undergoing Auriculectomy/Lateral Temporal Bone Resection

1. STICI – Stage-Top Incubator for Cell Imaging

2. Design of Disposable Circumcision Clamps in Clinical Settings

3. 3D Printed Microfluidic Device for the Isolation of High-Quality Sperm for Endangered Species

4. Nonstandard Smart PPE for Risk Mitigation

5. Semi-Automation of Bone Polishing Machine

6. Cell-Free Protein Synthesis Microdevice

7. Audible Temperature Output Device (ATOD) 

8. A Problem as Big as LaHouse: Improving Drainage at LaHouse by Remodeling its Irrigation System

9. Lap Shear Test Machine for Testing Biomaterial Adhesive Properties

10. Semi-Automated System for Fast Soybean Imaging

11. Heart Rate Monitor for Fish Embryos

12. Fabrication of a Device for Slicing Uniform Increments of Breast Cancer Cells

1. Power-Assisted Device For Hospital Bed Transportation

2. Variance of Properties of Circumcision Clamps

3. Low-Cost Bioplastic Bead Powderizer

4. A 3-D Printed Modular Microfluidic Device Incorporating Interdigitated Electrodes for Cell Analysis 

5. Feedback System for Vision-Impaired Equestrian Rider

6. Device Design for Continuous Exchange Cell-Free Protein Synthesis System

7. Neo-Tissue Injection Device for Tendon Recovery 

8. Development of a Controllable Microscope Stage for Automated Image Capture 

9. Portable Top-Load Medical Sanitation Device

10. Development of Open Hardware for Monitoring and Standardization of Cryopreservation

11. Semi-Automatic Cubic Bone Sample Polishing Device

1. Designing a Laryngoscopy Surgical Simulator for Tumor Resection Training Applications

2. Fabrication of a Multi-Component Incubator to Facilitate the Use of a Microfluidic Device

3. Developing a Test System to Characterize Suturing Techniques in Hernia Repair

4. Device Design for Continuous Exchange Cell-Free Protein Synthesis System

5. Electrical Detection System for Cellular Microfluidic Devices

6. Design of 3D Tactile Map for Widespread Use

7. Prototype Crawfish Trap Harvester Arm

8. Territorial Sensor and Auditory Feedback Device for a Visually Impaired Equestrian Rider

9. Human Head Modeling for Physiologically Informed Helmet Testing

10. Power-Assisted Device for Hospital Bed Transportation

11. Solar-Powered Portable Medical Sanitation Device