2025 Engineering Capstone Design Expo

Welcome to Tulane University’s ninth annual Engineering Capstone Design Expo. This is an opportunity to view and acknowledge capstone projects and academic achievements of students in Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Engineering Physics, and Computer Science.

This year’s expo took place at the Qatar Ballroom and Kendall Cram Room in LBC on Tuesday, April 22 from 9 AM - 12 PM.

The EXPO opened at 9:00am by SSE Dean, Hridesh Rajan, and was followed by a viewing of the presentations and interactions with the students.

2025 Design Expo Award Winners

Best Project Awards – Faculty and Industry Representatives Vote 

Biomedical Engineering:

  • AI Biomimicry Hand
    Team: Saul Chavez. Koios Shepard-Davis, Max Dunn, Ben Hochberg

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

  • Analyzing D246A Foaming Additive Performance in Cement Mixtures
    Team: Emily Campo, James Cockerham, Brenda Ellis, Anthony Nguyen  

Computer Science

  • REGGIE @ Entergy
    Team: Peter Sapountzis, Bryan Flanagan, Griffin Olimpio, Rhon Farber, and
    Jack Zemke  

Physics and Physics Engineering

  • Lincoln Beach Redevelopment: Pedestrian Bridge Design
    Team: Jackie Praino, Henry Mieczkowski, Elijah Boer, Maya Lorenzo, and
    Matthew Dorfman
     

Audience Favorite – Audience Vote

Biomedical Engineering:

  • NeoTunes
    Team: Jasmine Battikha, Morgan Lyon, Mai Landry, Thomas Morris, and
    Rachel Wright

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

  • Pyrolysis Oil Treatment Design and Optimization for Chemical Recycling
    Feedstock
    Team: Neil Budge, Robbie Eschete, Trinity Hixson-Wells, AC Nussbaum

Computer Science

  • LastCall: A Bar Scheduling App
    Team: Francisco Soltero, Raiya Dhalwala, Ritika Mishra, Zoë Dupre

Physics and Physics Engineering

  • Music Robots
    Team: Eli Schmidt, Gavin Kelly, Joseph Thompson, Renee Dumars, and
    Camille Neumann


Abstracts

Department of Biomedical Engineering Abstracts
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Department of Physics and Engineering Physics
Department of Computer Science

 

SSS Engineering Design Expo

2025 Design Expo 

 

Previous Expo Information: 

2024 Design Expo 
2023 Design Expo 
2022 Design Expo
2021 Design Expo
2020 Design Expo
2019 Design Expo
2018 Design Expo