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Senior Design Showcase

people at the 2024 Senior Design Showcase at Tickle College of Engineering

Each spring, the Tickle College of Engineering holds their Senior Design Showcase where we go beyond the classroom to bridge the gap between industry and education. At the showcase, you see first-hand how Engineering Vols are reimagining the future. Over 120 student teams from every engineering discipline show how they took real-world challenges from their clients and came up with creative, innovative, and practical solutions.

Senior design—also known as capstone design—is the final educational element that ties together all their engineering, science, and humanities learnings as our students transition to the next phase of their lives. This event is an opportunity for our students, faculty, sponsors, and guests to come together to celebrate the completion of the open-ended projects our students have worked on during the past two semesters.

Having the students display their projects and present them publicly to guests sets a higher standard for their completed work while enhancing their interpersonal skills—helping to kick-start their engineering careers upon graduation. The showcase also gives our up-and-coming students an aspirational perspective for their senior year.

Most importantly, the showcase is a fun and memorable experience for all participants to enjoy.


Project Videos

Watch the 2024 showcase videos below to hear our students explain their projects.

Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science


Biosystems Engineering: Pot-in-Pot Extracting Robot

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering


Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: Power to Gas System


Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering


Civil Engineering: Farm Site Development

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering


Industrial Engineering: Electric Vehicle Battery


Integrated Engineering Design


Integrated Engineering Design: Lens for High-Speed Flows

Department of Materials Science and Engineering


Materials Science: Zirconia for Nuclear App


Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering


Aerospace Engineering: KC135R Redesign

Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering


Biomedical Engineering: Benchtop Testing Model


Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering


Mechanical Engineering: Tennesseaworthy Boat

Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science


Computer Science: Move Masters Dance Pad


Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science


Electrical Engineering: Sound Localization

Department of Nuclear Engineering


Nuclear Engineering: Oak Ridge Reactor


We are now accepting applications for Interdisciplinary Senior Design.

Rising senior business and engineering students are encouaged to apply.