Capstone Design Project Competition

Sponsored by Nevada National Security Sites

Objective

The primary goal of the Innovation Day Capstone Design Project Competition is to provide a platform for engineering teams in senior capstone design courses from various disciplines to showcase their knowledge, skills, and innovative solutions. The competition emphasizes the application of engineering design to produce solutions to societal problems that consider diverse factors, including health, safety, welfare, global, cultural, social, environmental and economic considerations. The two-part competition allows students to demonstrate their engineering design skills and ability to solve real-world problems that have a potential impact on a global scale.

Competition structure

In the culmination of the Capstone Design Project Competition, two distinguished awards will be presented to recognize outstanding achievements within the participating engineering teams. The judges will give four awards (two for engineering design and two for global impact) as they deem appropriate among all the entries. This year, there also will be a single "People's Choice" award.

The first accolade, Engineering Design, will be bestowed upon the team that demonstrates exemplary adherence to the established learning outcomes, emphasizing the meticulous application of engineering design principles to address specified needs while considering an array of critical factors such as health, safety, welfare, global, cultural, social, environmental and economic considerations. This award underscores the team’s commitment to academic excellence and the embodiment of core engineering competencies.

The second award, Global Impact, will celebrate the team that makes an extraordinary contribution to globally competitive innovation. This recognition will spotlight the project that exhibits unparalleled originality, practicality and potential impact on a global scale.

Innovation Day 2024 contest winners

The staybright team, Mechanical Engineering team 8, won gold in the Engineering Design category of the Innovation Day Capstone Design Project Competition sponsored by Nevada National Security Sites. The team is Chase Owens, Matthew Bouchard, Jacob Denton, Nicholas Nelson and Stephanie Harkness, seen with NNSS representatives Adam Wolverton and Erik Stassinos.
The Otis Vaughn Middle School Replacement Project by Civil & Environmental Engineering team 15, won silver in the Engineering Design category of the Innovation Day Capstone Design Project Competition sponsored by Nevada National Security Sites. The team is Karlie Del Santo, Michaela Bruns, Elana Ketchian and Naomi Schlageter, seen with NNSS representatives Adam Wolverton and Erik Stassinos.
The Ionic Crown team, Electrical Engineering team 2, won bronze in the Innovation Day Capstone Design Project Competition sponsored by Nevada National Security Sites. The team is Kenneth Matthews, Tiffany Noda, D’Andre Aitala and Melody Dorsey, seen with NNSS representatives Adam Wolverton and Erik Stassinos.
The Ur Next Route team, Computer Science & Engineering team 26, won gold in the Global Impact category of the Innovation Day Capstone Design Project Competition sponsored by Nevada National Security Sites. the team is Kurtis Bertauche, Anna Desorcy, Michael Munakash and Kathleen Scafidi, seen with NNSS representatives Adam Wolverton and Erik Stassinos.
The Helios team, Mechanical Engineering team 7, won silver in the Global Impact category of the Innovation Day Capstone Design Project Competition sponsored by Nevada National Security Sites. The team is Alexander Contreras, Chase Jackson, Brady Rodina, Teegan Valenzula and Levi Williams, seen with NNSS representatives Adam Wolverton and Erik Stassinos.
The Ionic Crown team, Electrical Engineering team 2, won bronze in the Innovation Day Capstone Design Project Competition sponsored by Nevada National Security Sites. The team is Kenneth Matthews, Tiffany Noda, D’Andre Aitala and Melody Dorsey, seen with NNSS representatives Adam Wolverton and Erik Stassinos.

Thank you

This contest was made possible through the generous support of Nevada National Security Sites.