Use the table below to check out this year’s Interdisciplinary Senior Design projects. Each project is multidisciplinary and will need team members from multiple departments across the Haslam College of Business and Tickle College of Engineering. Projects are still being added and it is possible one or more of these projects will be revised or eliminated. Check back frequently!
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| Sponsor | Project Title | Description | Disciplines Needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camel Expeditionary | Modular Rapid Deployment Shelter for Commercial Market | Create a new, high-wall tent design for the commercial sector. Design, build and test the tent system to meet rigorous product specifications. Evaluate the market and propose pricing strategies to maximize customer value and profitability. | ISE, ME, Bus |
| GE Aerospace | Fuel-Lubricated Actuation Systems for Aerospace Engine Control Applications | Evaluate fuel-lubricated actuation systems for aerospace engine control applications. Study will characterize wear behavior using Jet-A/JP-8, assess field durability implications, investigate mitigation strategies (coatings, materials, hybrid lubrication), and provide design guidelines for implementation. | AE, ChE, ISE, ME, Bus |
| Lockheed Martin | LiDAR Performance in Degraded Environments | Assess a LiDAR system’s performance for aerospace applications by customizing software, evaluating range, resolution and accuracy under simulated normal and degraded environments. Dust or sand, and rain or fog are the two main environment vectors of interest. The goal of this work is to provide a thorough characterization of the LiDAR system in normal and degraded environments. | AE, CS, CpE/EE, ISE, ME, Bus |
| Jenga Tanzania Agriculture (JTA) | Solar Power Generation and Pond Thermal Regulation for Improved Tilapia Yield | Improve the yield of tilapia ponds in rural Tanzania by providing modular systems that include both renewable energy for operations and shading to manage water temperature. Design, simulate and prototype the systems. Specify the major system components and assess the costs of acquiring, constructing, and operating the system—including the costs for system implementation based on local cost structures and logistics. | BSE, CE, EE, ME, Bus |
| Jenga Tanzania Agriculture (JTA) | Agricultural Drone for Seeding and Fertilization | Design, build and test an agricultural drone for deploying granular and liquid agriculture products (seed, fertilizer and pesticide). The system should be capable of path planning and following hilly and rough terrain. Identify the market opportunity, costs and barriers for commercializing the technology. | AE, BSE, ChE, CS/CpE, EE, ME, Bus |
| Kao ICS | Unified Dashboard for Makerspace Resource Management, Analytics, and User Engagement | Develop an interactive dashboard that stores, compares and displays data based on information for machines, staff, users and services within the Kao ICS makerspace. It will replace the current system that relies on several data inputs (time tracking, personal reservations, MS Bookings, overbooked machines, manual data analysis, and weekly Canvas announcements) which has led to erroneous data and lost “customers”. | CS, ISE, Bus |
| Marcus-Levi Group | Fetch 2.0 – A Better Way for Recruiting Talent: Leveraging an Existing Network, A person’s Culture Index, Skills and AI | Complete the development of Fetch 2.0, a user-friendly, smart, secure, and scalable decision-support internal operating system that integrates experience, skills, compensation expectations, culture, and geography to match candidates with executive openings and creates a talent intake dashboard where a client can load their resume as well as their Culture Profile (if already completed) and convert that Culture language to Clifton Strength’s—the native culture language of The Marcus-Levi Group. | CS, Bus |
| Nissan Group of North America | Autonomous, Repeatable Wire Routing for Wiring Harness Fabrication | Develop a gantry-style robotic proof-of-concept automotive wiring harness automation focused on reliable and repeatable wire routing between connectors. Design a novel gantry end-effector and process to avoid snagging wires during the routing process. Update the business model for incorporating this technology across Nissan operations. | CpE, EE, ISE,ME, Bus |
| Oldcastle APG | Automated BPD Box Folding Operation for Improved Cycle Time | Design and prototype a working machine to fold flat cardboard sheets into an open box for use in Old Castle Building Products (BPD) kitting operation(s). Determine ideal state staffing and cycle-time goals for the work cell and verify through time-domain simulation and physical testing. | EE, ISE, ME, Bus |
| Sonoco Products | 2-Piece Can Paint Defect Investigation and Elimination | Identify the root cause of a circumferential paint defect in extruded 2-piece can production. Redesign the process to eliminate or minimize the impact of the defect and quantify the required investments and financial benefits. | ChE, EE, ISE, ME, Bus |
| University of Tennessee Research Foundation | Novel Pillar-textured Urinary Catheter Manufacturing Process and Innovation Roadmap | Develop a repeatable process to prototype a novel pillar-textured urinary catheter. Define and evaluate the innovation’s regulatory roadmap and pharmacoeconomics. | BME, ChE, ME, Bus |