Campbell School of Engineering culminates their hands-on, project-based approach to engineering education with industry-supported capstone projects. Our Senior Design Sequence, ENGR 491 and 492, emulates a professional business environment where students are assigned to projects according to their professional interests. Meeting regularly with industry sponsors, students learn the basics of project management and systems engineering as they demonstrate effective communication and problem-solving through documentation and presentations in their first semester. In the second semester, the students develop and test their prototypes and present two design reviews and then deliver the final documents, which include design descriptions, test results and user manuals.
Industry-sponsored projects for 2026 – 2027 include:
- Design a skydiving aerial imaging package to autonomously track and video record skydivers (FemurRing Tech LLC, Florence, CO)
- Design a skydiving camera helmet to video record skydivers and stream the video feed to the ground (FemurRing Tech LLC, Florence, CO)
- Develop a culver inspection system using a remotely-operated vehicle for submerged, large-diameter steel culverts (NCDOT, Wilmington, NC)
- Develop a new fertilizer trencher for corn seeding implements (Renwood Farms, Charles City, VA)
- Evaluate a new shake flash for mammalian cell growth (Biogen, Cary, NC)
- Design a total shoulder replacement (restor3d, Durham, NC)
- Design an energy recovery system for producing radar chaff (Armtech, Lillington, NC)
- Design a voltage stimulus cabinet for producing power cabinets (Goshen Engineering, Mt. Olive, NC)