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Senior Design - Innovation Day

About Innovation Day

At UNF, we take great pride in the quality of our engineering students and faculty. One of the strongest aspects of our engineering education is the Senior Design experience. In early September, Senior Design students are assigned to teams and subsequently work together to develop multiple solutions to a design challenge. Nearly all projects come from the Jacksonville community: nonprofit organizations, local government, and companies. Students work diligently to develop the best solution within the given constraints. In Civil Engineering projects, the designs are scrutinized by a Board of Professional Engineers (PEs) from the Jacksonville engineering community. For Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, there is a design, build, and test requirement. The professors and community mentors then review the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering projects and designs, following a procedure that mimics design reviews in the industry.

Each year, we showcase the work of our graduating engineers at Innovation Day. We invite you to come to this important event, ask questions (the more challenging, the better), and find out more about what we do, and how the next generation of engineers overcome engineering challenges and make an impact in Northeast Florida. You may find the next employee for your organization or decide to become more engaged with the School of Engineering; we welcome your help. Our vision is to provide industry and community-engaged undergraduate and graduate programs among the best in the country.

Check this page regularly for updates. All schedules and event details will be posted here.

Location and Time

Innovation Day is Thursday, April 25th from 4 PM to 7:30 PM at the Adam Herbert University Center in the main ballroom.

Student Posters

UNF senior civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering students will present their final capstone design projects in an open poster session. This year’s capstone projects are:

List of projects, Sponsors and associated majors.
Project Title	Project Sponsor	Major(s)
Design, Install, and Measure a Prototype Retrofit Solar Water Heating System	Eta Joule	Mechanical Engineering
Laser Tag Defect System	EZ Systems	Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Autonomous Golf Ball Retrieval Cart	UNF Golf Complex	Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
Automated Plastic Upcycling Rig for Producing 3D Printer Filament	Green Ellipsis	Mechanical Engineering
Process and Automation Training Pump Skid	Haskell	Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
3GT Pre-hydration Vision System	J&J Vision	Advanced Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering
Cadaver Mobilization Unit	Mayo Clinic	Mechanical Engineering
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Mannequin Trainer	Mayo Clinic	Mechanical Engineering
Component Shaker Table to Address Interior/Exterior Noise Complaints	Mercedes Benz USA	Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Telematics Hardware Failure Analysis	Mercedes Benz USA	Electrical Engineering
Electromyography Endotracheal (EMG) Tube Lumen Cut Automation	Medtronic	Mechanical and Engineering
Electrical and Controls Enclosure for TriadVent	Moffitt	Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Tooling and Standard Work	Phoenix Products	Mechanical and Engineering
"Full Stack" Design of a Green Building	RS&H	Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Ruggedized AC/DC Power Supply	Solar Stik	Electrical Engineering
HASP Sensor and Communications Electronics Redesign	UNF Space Hardware Team	Mechanical Engineering
Component Verification System	Treace	Advanced Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering
Large Liquid Containment Fire Modeling and Experimental Validation	Vertex Engineering	Mechanical Engineering
Adding power-generating infrastructure to an existing non-powered dam	U.S. DOE's Water Power Technologies Office	Civil Engineering
Designing Phase 5 of Amelia Island Multi-use Trail	Nassau County Engineering Services	Civil Engineering
AISC/ASCE Steel Bridge: Design and Build	American Institute of Steel Construction/American Society of Civil Engineers	Civil Engineering
Stormwater Management Plan for COAB Vulnerable Roadway Segments: Plaza Street	City of Atlantic Beach	Civil Engineering
Design Community Center for the City of Fernandina Beach	City of Fernandina Beach	Civil Engineering
Designing Fan Viewing Decks for the UNF Tennis Complex	UNF Athletics	Civil Engineering
Re-designing King's Ferry Parking and Boat Ramp	Nassau County Engineering Services	Civil Engineering
ASCE Concrete Canoe: Design and Build	American Society of Civil Engineers	Civil Engineering
Flood Adaptation Plan for West Side of Atlantic Beach	City of Atlantic Beach	Civil Engineering

Contact Information

For more information regarding Innovation Day, please contact:

Dr. Ramin Shabanpur Anbarani – Civil Engineering - ramin.shabanpour@unf.edu

Dr. Juan Aceros – Electrical Engineering - juan.aceros@unf.edu

Dr. Grant Bevill – Mechanical Engineering - grant.bevill@unf.edu