Capstone Senior Design Projects | 2018-2019

2018-2019 Project List

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No. PROJECT SPONSOR PROJECT NAME PROJECT TYPE
1 6D Helmet Motorcycle Helmet Aerodynamics Optimization

Mechanical Engineering

2 Aerospace Corp CubeSat Deorbiting Vehicle

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

3 Boeing -1 Automated Honeycomb Router Upgrade

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

4 Boeing -2 Inertial Instrument Package for Deployable Testing

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

5 Cal State LA - BMES Mobile Fitness for Wheelchair Users

Electrical Engineering

6 Cal State LA - BMES Motorized Sit-Stand Device

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

7 Cal State LA - CE Dept Two-Axis Earthquake Simulator

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

8 Cal State LA - CE Dept Wave Measurement System

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

9 Cal State LA - Criminalistics Gun Zone Disabler

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

10 Cal State LA - College of ECST Robo-Sub Competition

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

11 Cal State LA - Materials Lab Crystal Growth Furnace

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

12 Cal State LA - ME Dept CubeSat Deployables Design

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

13 Cal State LA - ME Dept Design and Implementation of a Driving Simulator

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

14 Cal State LA - ME Dept Design of an Efficient Heating and Cooling System

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

15 Cal State LA - ME Dept 3D Printing of Graphene-Piezoelectric Composites

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

16 Cal State LA - ME Dept Low-Cost Solar Desalination Device

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

17 Cal State LA - ME Dept Micro-fibrils Adhesive Development

Mechanical Engineering

18 Cal State LA - ME Dept Modeling of Powder Fusion Additive Manufacturing

Mechanical Engineering

19 Cal State LA - ME Dept Modular Shelter for Disasters

Mechanical Engineering

20 Cal State LA - ME Dept Small Engine Dynamometer

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

21 Cal State LA - ME Dept Super Refrigerator Star Energy

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

22 Cal State LA - ME Dept Wind Tunnel Motorized Flow Sensing 

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

23 Cal State LA - Robotic Lab Humanoid Robotic Home Organizer

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

24 Cal State LA - SAE Aerodynamic Package for Formula SAE

Mechanical Engineering

25 Cal State LA - Str of Matls Lab-1 Bending Beam Tester

Mechanical Engineering

28 Cal State LA - Thermal Lab-1 Bomb Calorimeter

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

29 Cal State LA - Thermal Lab-2 Low Cost Stirling Engine Experiment 

Mechanical Engineering

30 College of ECST Harbor Cleaner 1 - Systems Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

31 College of ECST Harbor Cleaner 2 - Collection and Debris Handling SubSystem

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

32 College of ECST Harbor Cleaner 3 - Mechanical SubSystem

Mechanical Engineering

33 College of ECST Harbor Cleaner 4 - Electrical SubSystem

Electrical Engineering

34 ESW Project Mexico: Coyuche Solar Power System

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

35 Metro Water Dist Fuel Cell Exhaust Condenser

Mechanical Engineering

36 NASA - Arizona State Univ Meteorite Imaging System

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

37 NASA - JPL-1 Arctic Ice Satellite Damper

Mechanical Engineering

38 NASA - JPL-2 Exoplanet Finder Spectral Flattener

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

39 NASA - JPL-3 Venus Wind Harvester

Mechanical Engineering

40 NASA - JPL-4 Persistent Sensor Network for Under Ice Environments

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

41 NGAS Robotic Tool Docking and Development

Mechanical Engineering

42 Rain Systems Autonomous Vehicle Tracking & Collision Avoidance

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

43 Raytheon - 1 Lidar/Acoustic Radar/ Object Avoiding Rescue Robot

Electrical Engineering

44 Raytheon - 2 Obstacle Avoidance by a 2 Wheel Balancing Robot

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

45 Saya.Life Ultrasonic Smart Water Meter

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

46 SCE - 1 Preventing Electrical Explosions Underground Vaults

Electrical Engineering

47 SCE - 2 Seismic Structural Design – Spring/Damper Development

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

48 Sempra SCG - 1 Development of a Low-NOx Cooking Burner

Mechanical Engineering

49 Sempra SCG - 2 Development of a Modernized Gas Meter

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

50 Sempra SCG - 3 Home Bio Gas System

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

51 UPS - 1 Automated Small Package Sort - System Control

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

52 UPS - 2 Automated Small Package Sort - Bag Handling

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

53 UPS - 3 Automated Small Package Sort - Bag Restocking

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

54 LA County, Animal Care and Control ACUA - Animal Care Utility Application Computer Science
55 LA County, Agricultural Commissioner / Weights & Measures ACWM Inventory Management Computer Science
56 LA County, Auditor-Controller A Data Analysis Framework for LA County Executive Managers Computer Science
57 City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Engineering A non-autonomous robot to examine City sidewalks Computer Science
58 JPL Augmented Reality for Hydrology (Ver 2) Computer Science
59 GE Bad Area Detector (BAD) Computer Science
60 The Vodafone Group Context Detection in Augmented Vision Systems Computer Science
61 Aerospace Corporation CubeSat Computer Science
62 LA County, Regional Planning Drawdown Interface Computer Science
63 College of ECST and IA (Institute for Interactive Arts, Research, and Technology) FEWW - Game Development Computer Science
64 QTC Medical Record Indexing [MINE] Computer Science
65 LA County, District Attorney, Bureau of Victims Services Mobile-Friendly Website for LA County District Attorney, Bureau of Victims Services Computer Science
66 LA County, Parks and Recreation Parks and Recreation Mobile App Computer Science
67 LA County, Parks and Recreation Parks Assistant Agent Computer Science
68 Information Technology Services (ITS) Pineapple Chatbot Computer Science
69 LA County, WDACS Remote Home Assist Computer Science
70 Robosub Robosub Computer Science
71 Boeing Satellites Attitude and Orbit Visualization Computer Science
72 LA County, Probation System Registration Computer Science
73 LA City, TOYOTA Traffic Monitoring and Analysis with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Computer Science
74 LA County, Community Development Upgrade of Tenant and Owner Portals to Housing Authority website Computer Science
75 California Department of Transportation - District 7  Mobility Improvements of the Fair Oaks Avenue and the SR-110 Region (MASTER PROJECT NAME) Civil Engineering
76 California Department of Transportation - District 7 Urban Double Roundabout Interchange Civil Engineering
77 California Department of Transportation - District 7 Freeway Access Improvements Civil Engineering
78 California Department of Transportation - District 7 Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI) Civil Engineering
79 California Department of Transportation - District 7 Fair Oaks/SR-110 Connector Civil Engineering
80 Cal State LA - Tech Dept Fire Dragon Water Drone Industrial Technology
81 Cal State LA - Tech Dept In-Arm Tray Table Attachment Industrial Technology
82 Cal State LA - Tech Dept Blindfold Maze Navigation Industrial Technology
83 Cal State LA - Tech Dept Tree Climbing Robot Industrial Technology
84 Cal State LA - Tech Dept Emoji/Sticker Design and Sales I Industrial Technology
85 Cal State LA - Tech Dept Emoji/Sticker Design and Sales II Industrial Technology
86 Cal State LA - Tech Dept K-Brush Industrial Technology
87 Cal State LA - Tech Dept Project Elevate  Industrial Technology
88 Cal State LA - Tech Dept The Eagle's Talon Industrial Technology
89 Cal State LA - Tech Dept EZ-Push Pill Dispenser Industrial Technology