The 2025 Bucknell College of Engineering Senior Design Expo is Friday, May 2, in Gerhard Fieldhouse. Below is a layout and listing of student teams participating in the Expo. You’re invited to scroll down this page to read more about the projects.
Projects marked with *** are confidential. There is no photography of confidential projects. Access is restricted to those who have signed a non-disclosure agreement. Please sign the form at the registration table upon entering the Expo.
Biomedical Engineering Projects | Chemical Engineering Projects | Civil and Environmental Engineering Projects | Computer Science Projects | Electrical and Computer Engineering Projects | Interdisciplinary Projects | Mechanical Engineering Projects | Nifty Idea Fund
Biomedical Engineering
BMEG 300 Posters
Junior Biomedical Engineering students from BMEG 300 present posters of their final projects. Each student has independently developed a computational fluid dynamics model of a medically-relevant flow. The models represent a wide range of flows in the body and in medical devices, including some developed from CT scans.
Ivan Chan
Max Clark
Will Colegrove
Kelly Damore
Joseph Guillen
Claire Hayes
Evvie Hergenhan
Christine Kang
Christopher Kirby
Connor Kozick
Min Sub Lee
Madeline Lehker
Elizabeth Malley
Andie McCullough
Abi Schwang
Jackson Vinarub
Actuated Complex Endotracheal (ACE) Intubation Simulator ***
David Bedetti, Lindsey Gaare, Ellie Okonak, Anna Posh, Minh Tran
An intubation simulator that includes actuated mechanisms to simulate bleeding, tumors, and edema in an emergency situation where endotracheal intubation is necessary. This simulator was made in collaboration with Geisinger physicians with ENT and emergency department residents in mind.
Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release Simulator ***
Tyler Burrows, Norah Crowley, Teddy Lubash, Sophia Walker, Mathew Zilberman
An endoscopic carpal tunnel release surgical simulator was designed to improve physician training and reduce rates of incomplete severance of the transverse carpal tunnel ligament. This mid-fidelity simulator allows trainees to practice on multiple anatomies, is compatible with common endoscopic surgical instruments, and is easy to use.
Interventional Cardiology: Pericardiocentesis Procedure Simulator ***
Naomi Malone, Somtochi Ojiaku, Mary Robinson, Keeler Thomas, Tamirat Tomlinson
Interventional cardiologists rarely perform pericardiocentesis procedures, yet it is incredibly important the surgery is completed safely and effectively. Our physical task-based simulator gives surgeons the opportunity to practice this critical procedure and improve their confidence.
OrthoSync Knee Brace Compliance Monitoring Device ***
Michael Daanen, Hope Davis, Olivia DeConinck, Karina Squilanti, Lauren Wenzl
Pediatric orthopedic surgeons currently lack a reliable method to track the amount of time that braces are worn by their patients to prevent injury and encourage proper healing post-surgery. To ensure that patients are wearing their knee brace for the prescribed amount of time, the OrthoSync has been developed to monitor knee brace compliance in pediatric orthopedic patient cases.
Consistamine Allergen Testing Device ***
Juliana Capizzi, Timmy Dillon, Kim Hergenhan, George Nikolakopoulos, and Enzo Ottaviani
With current skin prick test applicators, all practitioners perform the test differently due to their varying training, experience, and confidence levels. The Consistamine Allergen Testing Device improves the consistency of the applied pressure within and between users and, thus, results in more accurate and reliable allergy skin prick testing.
Chemical Engineering
The Bleach Balance: More Clean, Less Cost ***
Colby Belczyk, Trevor Nugent, Brandon Roman, Derrick Yuengling
The project explores methods to maintain the effectiveness of bleach-based and other cleaning products while reducing expenses.
Enhancing the Bug-Repelling Aroma Mist with Broader Repellency and a Stabilized Emulsion ***
Owen Davis, Aliza Thir, Nga Vu, Charlie White
We are optimizing the formula for Pompeii Street’s Bug-Repellent Aroma Mist with the main focus being to repel bees without drastically changing the smell and to improve the solubility of the product. We tested different emulsion variations to prevent layer separation, and we evaluated various bee-repellent essential oils to determine which combination provides both effective protection and a pleasant fragrance.
Improving the Production of Hemp Flower in PA’s Changing Climate
Antonio Amelio, Kasey Piper, Cole Stevenosky, Ian Straits
Our team investigated the effect of molasses amendments on hemp flower composition and researched hemp strains compatible with the warming Central Pennsylvania climate. This study sought to increase yield of CBD and terpenes in hemp flowers while adhering to regulatory limits.
Moisture Control of Take-Home Frozen Vegetable Stromboli ***
Maddy Davis, Karly Renn, Kaitlyn Trageser
This project aimed to optimize moisture control in take-home frozen vegetable stromboli to prevent a soggy bottom crust and excess water release. By analyzing ingredient preparation, freezing methods, and food additives, our team developed a solution to enhance crust crispiness while preserving stromboli texture and flavor.
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Bucknell Gateway Center
Peter Bazos, Nora Fredrick, Sierra Kirk, Jessica Licciardone, Clay Story
The Gateway Center is a proposed welcome center on campus. We were tasked with designing the structural and foundation elements of this building.
Bucknell Golf Club Pond & Stream Remediation
Christian Cardinali, Tara Thomas, Fredi Sturgis
On the Bucknell Golf Course, our group has been assigned the duty of mitigating erosion and minor flooding issues for the stream and possibly removing the pond on the 12th hole. Daylighting the stream and removing the pond involves widening the stream floodplain and using the extra soil (cut) to fill the pond on the 12th hole.
Bucknell West Building 5
Tino Cione, Chase Derk, Sidney Finkler, Serena Porte
This project is a design of the superstructure, foundation, and retaining walls of the fifth Bucknell West student housing apartment.
Improving Water Quality and Recovering Resources from Acid Mine Drainage
Jackson Becker, Caitlin Bucceri, Tyler Dunn
The goal of this project is to improve the water quality in Shamokin Creek by removing metals, increasing pH, while also generating revenue through the recovery of metals (iron, aluminum, cobalt, zinc, nickel, etc.) from an acid mine discharge in the Shamokin Creek watershed.
Riverfront Center: Superstructure and Geotechnical Design
Francie Ten Eyck, Nick Mulvey, Lauren Nee, Iona Pitkin, Alex Yoder
This project includes the structural and geotechnical design of a 12 story multi use building in Newark, New Jersey. The design consists of the gravity system, lateral system, foundation, and retaining structure.
Sainte Sophie Source Separated Organics Processing Facility Design
Grant Ellis, Filareti Karamitros, Mia Ranello
Designing a process for source separated organics collected from the greater Montreal area to generate beneficial resources while minimizing carbon footprint, land use, and energy consumption.
Watershed Planning and Stormwater Solutions for Milton, PA
Brianna DeLuccia, Patrick Franckiewicz, Matthew Miller
This project involves a watershed assessment for Limestone Run through Milton, PA. Our goal was to identify stormwater and accessibility issues and propose green infrastructure solutions to combat these problems.
Computer Science and Engineering
Antarctic Ambassador App
Marina Anglo, Julia Calderone, Aidan Finkler, Viveka Kurup, Dom Maceo, Shane Malinowski, Vy Tran
Designing a mobile application to gamify Antarctic conservation efforts.
BUrl – Bucknell’s URL Shortener
Ben Bonafede, Will Choi, Alexa Horvath, Conor McNichols, Thao Nguyen, Brian Scotto,
BUrl is a Bucknell-exclusive URL shortener that generates clean, professional links for students and staff. It provides link performance analytics to track engagement and optimize sharing.
Critical Reach
Ashley Albert, Derek Araki-Kurdyla, Phuong Cao, Connor Coles, Sam Vickers, Katrina Wilson
In reaction to the alarming increase of school shootings in the US, our client Critical Reach is using AI image recognition technology to detect weapons and reduce potential threats on school campuses. We have improved the existing solution by expanding the training dataset, developing new models, and integrating the technology into a dynamic user interface.
Data Drive
Max Harar, Harrison Halesworth, Joseph Helm, Hung Ngo, Alec Sanders, Junior Weil
The Data Drive project aims to automate the collection, merging, and uploading of vehicle experiment data, significantly reducing manual effort and errors while enhancing research productivity through real-time data handling. Key features include accurate data merging, secure uploads to a Bucknell-hosted database, a user-friendly interface for metadata input, and automated extraction of performance indicators for efficient analysis.
Medical Education AI Tutor
Clara Chaplin, Sarah Maldonado, Omid Mohammadi, Sasha Pisarchik Shketav, Jacob Piskadlo, Veer Yadav
An AI tutor for medical education that enhances faculty and student development by promoting Growth Mindset Language (GML) through real-time, data-driven feedback.
Pennsylvania Native Tree Selector
Claire Engel, Emily Rivera, Reva Sharma, Colin Soule, Aya Tarist, John Uysal
The Pennsylvania Native Tree Selector provides an easy and effective way to discover Pennsylvania native plants by generating a list of species based on variables selected by the user.
TicketMe
Ramon Asuncion, Bhenzel Cadet, Charlie Ehrbar, Gordon Rose, Nolan Sauers, Sarah Thomas
TicketMe is an IoT device management platform that simplifies onboarding, monitoring, and maintenance of connected devices. These devices support two-way communication to send commands, receive real-time data, and manage operations remotely.
Wildlife & Asset Protection
Sponsor: TE Connectivity
Wera Kyaw Kyaw, Tsugunobu Miyake, Eric Reinhart, Alejandro Vargas-Altamirano, Yuki Yao, Harmony Yeung
We are working with TE Connectivity, a company that specializes in designing and manufacturing sensor and connectivity solutions, to create a product that will help utility workers and wildlife managers protect utility infrastructure and wildlife by using image recognition software. The product will provide a reliable way to quickly identify and assess these assets, and will provide recommendations for users on which TE products are best suited for each situation.
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Farm Remote Hoophouse Automation
Jack Bailey, Jason Hackett, Aaron Maldonado, Nathaniel Samuels, Andrew Zhang
Creating a remote accessible automation system for the growing structures at the Bucknell farm.
KinNect: The Future of Easy Connection for Older Adults ***
Joe Dox, Ben Freedenberg, Hunter Gehman, Maddy Kalaigian, Clea Ramos, Ray Russell
KinNect provides an easy-to-use video calling system designed to make staying connected effortless for older adults. The Bucknell ECE student team is collaborating with the KinNect organization to enhance the system by making it more cost-effective, improving its functionality, and ensuring greater accessibility and ease of use for older adults.
Mission Control
Parker Ashnault, TJ Freeman, Kerri Piper, Aiden Ren, Aidan Shetterly, Elif Tuncel
Mission Control is an interactive science exhibit made for the Lewisburg Children’s museum to promote learning through play, while balancing the museum’s needs for durability and ease of maintenance.
Portal Box V4
Axel Andrews (PM), Peter Beaudette (DE), Kevin Duong (DE), Aidan Flynn (DE), Colton Jiorle (DE), James Powick (SPE)
Redesigning the Portal Box machine access device used in Bucknell makerspaces to be more reliable, cost effective, and user friendly. Simplifying assembly and setup to open doors for wider usage outside of Bucknell.
ECEG 201 – Introduction to ECE Design
Kevin Bui, Khanh Cao, Jeremiah Charles, Aiden Cherniske, Hillary De La Cruz, Genesis Evbenaye, Geoffrey Gaines, Milo Garfias, Natalia Kraiker, Duy Le, Amanda Ortiz, Brandon Prevuznak, Kingleo Wu
This introductory ECE design course covers the basics of electronic design focusing on fabrication, measurement, and professional communication. Students will design, fabricate, and test electronic circuits and learn standards for manufacturability and professional communication.
ECEG 301 – Praxis of Engineering Design
Gideon Daniels, Robert English, Aaron Khasabo, Evelyn Lennon, John Murphy, Tobey Paccione, Eli Strausser, Josh Wickert, Zoya Zhang
ECEG 301 has students design minimum viable products to address a United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (UNSDG). This year three teams of students explored ideas around UNSDG #11 – Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
Interdisciplinary Design Teams
Assistive Gardening Cart
Dylan Chappell, Miles Kline, Alejandro Plata, David Youn
An assistive cart for gardeners with mobility issues.
ExCELLent Cell Smearing ***
Brendan Baganski, Ian Kineon, John Klopcic, Aidan McKenna, Ryan Smith
Using a handheld device to improve consistency of cell smearing.
From Concept to Cup: Next-Gen KDP Design Solutions ***
Sponsor: Keurig Dr. Pepper
Ben Hong, Anh Le, Viola Li, Joseph Lombardi
Enhancing the current design of Keurig Dr Pepper’s pod holder to elevate the overall user experience.
Synthetic Dataset Generation ***
Kate Douglass, Kona Glenn, Taeha Jeon, Margaret McLoughlin, Angelo Regec
Our project is to programmatically create a synthetic dataset and validate its effectiveness using an AI model.
Mechanical Engineering
AIAA – DBF – The Flyson
Kendell Beiler, Teddy Douglas, Andrew Joseph, Paul Pepper, Laura Schmidta
Design, Build, Fly: A 6 ft remote controlled (RC) aircraft made mainly of carbon fiber. This airplane follows competition guidelines, it carries payloads and drops a glider while cutting through the air.
Bison Racing
Sponsor: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
Matt Alexander, Luca Arvanitis, Caiden Covell, Brian Dsouza, Brendan Near, Tobi Odusote, Ricky Osornio, Nick Shopis
Bison Racing is building a competitive off-road vehicle to race against 100 universities in a national SAE Baja competition. The senior design team is focused on optimizing the drivetrain for better power transfer, durability, and performance on the tough terrain.
Bucknell Farm Composter
Hunter Beward, Hugh Cronin, Hannah Kim
Our compost system helps the Bucknell Farm workers who want to recycle yard materials to make compost by reducing the physical labor involved and kill off weed seeds/plant borne pathogens to allow for use in all plant beds.
Hoffman Appalachian Farm’s Biochar Production System
Sponsor: Hoffman Appalachian Farm
Amelia Boyd, Trevor Drescher, Mathew Johnston, Quinn McCutcheon
Our group manufactured a biochar production system utilizing raw and repurposed material. The system will allow Hoffman Appalachian Farm to turn downed tree and crop waste into a product that will improve soil health.
Modular Solar Rooftop Access Platform ***
Sponsor: Telyon
Tas Csikos, Brady Lawlor, Tristan Khachaturian
Telyon currently outsources the design and fabrication of permanent rooftop equipment ramps to local metal fabrication shops. This project aims to create a simple and effective modular design that can be shipped from warehouse locations and easily modified in the field.
Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division: Thermally Controlled Baseplate for Metal Hybrid Additive Manufacturing ***
Sponsor: NSWCCD
Nick Boo, Connor Fratantaro, Mark Mosier, and Matt Ryckman
We engineered a thermal regulation system for the Navy’s Hybrid Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing process. Our solution provides pre-heating to allow metal adhesion and removes excess heat to ensure long-term part integrity.
Prone Harvester
Brad Jamison, Alex Padilla, Téa Salvatori, Angela Ziganshina
A human powered prone harvester designed for the Bucknell Farm. Designed to comfortably harvest green beans, it can also be used for other low hanging crops or transplanting.
Royal Truck and Equipment Cone Retrieval System ***
Manufacturing PA Innovation Program
Josh Dewey, James Joyce, Garrett Regan, Lauren Rolla
Highway road workers need a solution to current methods of manual traffic cone placement and retrieval on highway construction zones that can autonomously place and retrieve traffic cones, with the goal of removing workers from the back of the truck to improve worker safety and to save lives.
Waterbury Button Semi-Automatic Assembly ***
Sponsor: Waterbury Button
Jacob Severnak, Harry Shi, Lauren Trapani, Kevin Wu
The Waterbury Button Company tasked us with improving the efficiency of their manual brass button closing process. We developed a semi-automatic system that delivers button parts directly to the die for easy assembly.
Nifty Idea Fund Projects
The Nifty Idea Fund strives to remove financial barriers so that students can pursue personal projects of a technical, fabrication, or making nature. Nifty Idea empowers students to embrace curiosity and explore concepts purely for the joy of making, while developing valuable skills in the context of an intrinsically motivating project.
3D printed Helmets – Aidan Larsen-Humphreys
AI Poker – Hunter Gehman
Bluetooth Speakers – James Giffen
Coffee Robot – Ryan Koes
Electric Longboards – Sean Kucic and Tobey Paccione