Capstone Senior Design
Virtual Expo May 3-7
Cal State LA's College of ECST faculty and students are pleased to present 2020-2021 Capstone Senior Design projects from our Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Industrial Technology, Graphic Communication, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering programs virtually at the ECST Expo 2021 via Zoom Monday, May 3 - Friday, May 7. Please register to attend the event and gain access to all the presentations. You only need to register ONCE to access all the presentations!
Welcome to ECST Expo 2021
Schedule Overview
Our Capstone event will showcase projects through a mix of pre-recorded student presentations and LIVE Zoom sessions. The sessions are organized mindful of busy schedules and designed to maximize a meaningful audience and student interaction. Check the schedule overview below for each Capstone program's presentation date(s) and time(s). Register to attend the ECST Capstone Senior Design EXPO 2021 and receive access to all the programs LIVE presentations.
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Industrial Technology & Graphic Communication
Ind. Tech. and Graphic Comm. presentations take place Mon. & Thu.
Join the Industrial Technology and Graphic Communication Presentations.
Contact Program Coordinator: Paul Liu Ph.D., CQE, CMFgE [email protected]
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Civil Engineering
CE presentations take place Tue. & Thu.
Join the Civil Engineering Presentations.
Contact Program Coordinator: Rupa Purasinghe, Ph.D., P.E. [email protected]
No scheduled presentations at this time.
12:30-3:30 p.m.
Electrical Engineering & Mechanical Engineering
EE/ME presentations take place concurrently Thu. & Fri.
Teams are numbered and grouped into sectors for your convenience.
1:00 p.m. - Aerospace (Session 1) TEAMS 1, 3, 4, 10
1:00 p.m. - Energy (Session 1) TEAMS 15, 16
1:00 p.m. - BioMed TEAMS 18, 19, 21, 22, 25
2:30 p.m. - Aerospace (Session 2) TEAMS 5, 6, 7
2:30 p.m. - SAE Competition TEAMS 32, 33
2:30 p.m. - Robotics (Session 1) TEAMS 28, 29
FEEDBACK: For each of the Capstone Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering projects you review, please take a moment to provide feedback on the Pre-Recorded Video Presentation, Live Q&A Session, or both. EE/ME PROJECT EVALUATION AND FEEDBACK
Join the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Presentations.
Contact Program Coordinator: Michael Thorburn, Ph.D. [email protected]
VIEW EE/ME PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Industrial Technology & Graphic Communication
Ind. Tech. and Graphic Comm. presentations take place Mon. & Thu.
Join the Industrial Technology and Graphic Communication Presentations.
Contact Program Coordinator: Paul Liu Ph.D., CQE, CMFgE [email protected]
View Ind. Tech. and Gr. Comm Project Descriptions
6:00-9:00 p.m.
Civil Engineering
CE presentations take place Tue. & Thu.
Join the Civil Engineering Presentations.
Contact Program Coordinator: Rupa Purasinghe, Ph.D., P.E. [email protected]
9:00-12:30 p.m.
Computer Science
09:00 a.m. - CS Welcome, General Session, Team Summary
10:00 a.m. - Project Demo: Four Breakout Sessions
11:00 a.m. - CS Networking Breakout Sessions
12:00 p.m. - CS Closing Session & Awards
Join the Computer Science Virtual Presentations.
Contact Program Coordinator: Jung Soo Lim, Ph.D. [email protected]
1:00-3:30 p.m.
Electrical Engineering & Mechanical Engineering
EE/ME presentations take place concurrently Thu. & Fri.
Teams are numbered and grouped into sectors for your convenience.
1:00 p.m. - Aerospace (Session 3) TEAMS 9.1 - 9.4
1:00 p.m. - Systems (Session 1) TEAMS 14, 23, 24, 36
1:00 p.m. - Vehicles TEAMS 34, 35
2:30 p.m. - Aerospace (Session 4) TEAMS 8.1 - 8.4
2:30 p.m. - Energy (Session 2) TEAMS 11, 12, 13
2:30 p.m. - Robotics (Session 2) TEAMS 27, 30, 31
FEEDBACK: For each of the Capstone Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering projects you review, please take a moment to provide feedback on the Pre-Recorded Video Presentation, Live Q&A Session, or both. EE/ME Project Evaluation and Feedback
Join the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Presentations.
Contact Program Coordinator: Michael Thorburn, Ph.D. [email protected]
View 2020-2021 Projects
Click on the ECST Capstone program name to view the 2020-2021 projects and their brief description.
Our Capstone event will showcase projects through a mix of pre-recorded student presentations and LIVE Zoom sessions. Pre-recordings will be added to each project's description. View all the ECST Capstone Senior Design teams student pre-recordings at the ECST YouTube Expo 2021 Playlist.
VIEW CE PROGRAM PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS
| NO. | PROJECT | SPONSOR |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cajalco Road Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) Dam Project | AZTEC Engineering |
| 2 | New Water Supply for Corona Mining Interests | AZTEC Engineering |
Join the CE Presentation - TUE • MAY 4 | 6-8 PM and THU • MAY 6 | 6-9 PM
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VIEW CS PROGRAM'S PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS
| NO. | PROJECT | SPONSOR |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for Air Pollution Prediction and Visualization | NASA and City of LA |
| 2 | Artificial Intelligence for Smart Cities | TOYOTA and City of LA |
| 3 | AWS Project | Commonwealth Casualty Company |
| 4 | Collaborative Visualization for Solar System Treks | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| 5 | COVID-19 Data Analysis and Visualization | Vodafone Group |
| 6 | INART VR Project | INART |
| 7 | Modernizing PD Legacy Repositories | Office of the Public Defender, LA County |
| 8 | Online Application for Street and Highway Pavements Design | Department of Civil Engineering, Cal State LA |
| 9 | Open Source Real-Time Video Player | AT&T |
| 10 | PDF Web Viewer/Filter | QTC |
| 11 | RoboSub | Civil Engineering Department and Mechanical Engineering Department, Cal State LA |
| 12 | Satellite Anomaly Injection & Detection Testbed | The Aerospace Corporation |
| 13 | Sidewalk Slope Monitoring System | Department of Public Works and Bureau of Engineering, LA City |
| 14 | Telescope Moon Trek | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| 15 | The ArQive Mobile App | The ArQive & The Institute for Interactive Arts, Research, and Technology (INART) at Cal State LA |
| 16 | Want2Remember App | We2Link |
Join the CS Presentation - FRI • MAY 7 | 9-12:30 PM
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VIEW IND TECH AND GR COMM PROGRAM PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS
| NO. | PROJECT | SPONSOR | PROGRAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3D Holograph Table | Department of Technology, Cal State LA | IND. TECH |
| 2 | Mask Making Machines | Department of Technology, Cal State LA | IND. TECH |
| 3 | AeroGardening Set for Family | Department of Technology, Cal State LA | IND. TECH |
| 4 | RC Helium Mini Cargo Airship | Department of Technology, Cal State LA | IND. TECH |
| 5 | Adobe Applications and YouTube Success for Beginners | Department of Technology, Cal State LA | GR. COMM |
| 6 | ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Manual | Department of Technology, Cal State LA | IND. TECH |
Join the IND TECH GR COMM Presentation - MON • MAY 3 | 5-7 PM and THU • MAY 6 | 5-7 PM
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View all EE/ME Program Project Descriptions
Project Evaluation and Feedback
For each of the Capstone Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering projects you review, please take a moment to provide feedback on the Pre-Recorded Video Presentation, Live Q&A Session, or both. Your feedback will be incorporated in the project evaluation and shared with the student teams, who greatly appreciate hearing from you. Your input guides us as we continue to improve our ECST Capstone program.
EE/ME PRE-RECORDED AND/OR LIVE Q&A SESSION EVALUATION AND FEEDBACK
| SECTOR | PROJECT | P.NO. | SPONSOR |
|---|---|---|---|
Systems |
3D Printer for Cement | 23 | AM2L at Cal State LA |
Aerospace |
Active Rocket Stability and Altitude Control | 1 | Eagle Rocketry SEDS |
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Aerospace |
Space Debris Deorbiter | 10 | Aerospace Corporation |
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Aerospace |
Long-Range Endurance UAV - Flight | 9.4 | Aerospace Corporation |
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Aerospace |
Long-Range Endurance UAV - Powertrain | 9.3 | Aerospace Corporation |
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Aerospace |
Long-Range Endurance UAV - Structure | 9.2 | Aerospace Corporation |
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Aerospace |
Long-Range Endurance UAV - Systems | 9.1 | Aerospace Corporation |
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Aerospace |
ASME University Rover Challenge | 7.1-7.2 | Dr. He Shen |
SAE Comp |
Baja SAE Four Wheel Drive Integration | 32 | Cal State LA ECST |
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Systems |
Manufacturing Systems - Bulk Metallic Glass Wires | 24 | AM2L at Cal State LA |
BioMed |
Covid-19 Reduction in Classrooms | 18 | Raytheon Technologies |
Robotics |
Delivery Robot | 27 | Cal State LA |
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BioMed |
Design of 3D Surgical Implants | 21 | Cal State LA & BioTim Research Group |
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Robotics |
Fire-Fighting Robot | 31.1-31.2 | Cal State LA ECST |
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SAE Comp |
Formula SAE Multi-Vehicle System Integration | 33 | Cal State LA ECST |
Vehicles |
Hybrid Mobility Device | 34.1-34.2 | Dr. Adel Sharif |
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Aerospace |
Hybrid Rocket Oxidizer Tank Filling and Dynamics | 3 | Eagle Rocketry SEDS |
Energy |
Hydrogen Station Backup Power Systems | 15.1-15.2 | SoCal Gas |
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BioMed |
Inflation of Membranes for BioMed Applications | 22 | Dr. Mathias Brieu |
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BioMed |
INSIGHT - Mobile App Virtual Community & Simulator | 19 | Biomedical Engr. Society |
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BioMed |
IOT Environmental Sensor | 25 | Cal State LA Facilities |
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Systems |
Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) | 36 | Cal State LA |
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Aerospace |
Lange Angle Flexure for Oscillating Heat pipes in Space | 5 | NASA JPL |
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Energy |
Microgrid Sizing for Resiliency | 13.1 | Southern California Edison |
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Energy |
Microgrid Sizing for Resiliency | 13.2 | Southern California Edison |
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Aerospace |
Mini-Drone - Golden Eye Eagles | 8.4 | MathWorks |
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Aerospace |
Mini-Drone Team 1 | 8.1 | MathWorks |
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Aerospace |
Mini-Drone Design & Controls Team 2 | 8.2 | MathWorks & Cal State LA |
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Aerospace |
Mini-Drone Team 3 | 8.3 | MathWorks |
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Energy |
Optimization Hydrogen Production - Power Trading | 16.1 | SoCal Gas |
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Energy |
Optimization Hydrogen Production - Schedule | 16.2 | SoCal Gas |
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Robotics |
AUV RoboSub Competition: Lanturn | 28.1-28.2 | Office of Naval Research |
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Systems |
Solar Demonstration Lab - The Solar Express | 14.1-14.2 | Solar Demonstration Lab |
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Aerospace |
Solid Rocket Fuel Design & Performance | 4 | Eagle Rocketry |
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Energy |
System Inertia Impact - Texas Interconnection | 12 | Southern California Edison |
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Energy |
System Inertia Impact - West | 11 | Southern California Edison |
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Robotics |
Telemedicine Robot | 29.1-29.2 | Department of Biomedical Engr. |
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Vehicles |
Turbo Trike: Solar-Assist | 35.1-35.2 | John Wieland, Inc & Grid Alternatives, Inc. |
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Robotics |
Two-wheel Self Balancing, Obstacle Avoiding & Wireless Controlled Robot | 30 | Raytheon Technology |
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Aerospace |
Venus Wind Harvester Design & Optimization | 6 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
Join the EE/ME Presentation - THU • MAY 6 | 12-3:30 PM and FRI • MAY 7 | 12:50-3:30 PM
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ECST Capstone Program Coordinators
Contact us for information on a specific program or presentations.
| CIVIL ENGINEERING | Rupa Purasinghe, Ph.D., P.E. [email protected] |
| COMPUTER SCIENCE | Jung Soo Lim, Ph.D. [email protected] |
| MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING | Michael Thorburn, Ph.D. [email protected] |
| INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY & GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION | Paul Liu Ph.D., CQE, CMFgE [email protected] |
Thank you
This event is made possible with the support of our partners.
We would like to acknowledge
Southern California Edison, Southern California Gas Company, Raytheon Technologies, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, MathWorks, The Aerospace Corporation, The Office of Naval Research, Aztec Engineering, NASA, City of Los Angeles, Toyota, Commonwealth Casualty Company, Vodafone Group, LA County Office of the Public Defender, QTC, AT&T, LA City Department of Public Works, LA County Bureau of Engineering, ArQive, The Institute for Interactive Arts, Research & Technology, We2Link, AM2L at Cal State LA, BioTim Research Group, Cal State LA Facilities, Eagle Rocketry SEDS, Biomedical Engineering Society, Solar Demonstration Lab, John Wieland, Inc., Grid Alternative Inc., Cal State LA College of ECST, Cal State LA Departments of Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology
Get Involved
Find out how you can get involved with the ECST Capstone Senior Design program.
Contact Mike Thorburn, Capstone Director at [email protected]