2019 Design Showcase
2020 CAPSTONE DESIGN SHOWCASE
Our spring showcase has been cancelled and a digital showcase will be provided here. Please check this page in early April for a link to our digital showcase.
2019 Fall Design Showcase Winners
1st Place: S19-14: The Bionic: All-in-One Penile Prosthetic
Team: Gary Stimson, Ian Macwithey, Ira Weyand, Ryan Zamora
Advisor: Dr. Kristoph Kinzli
Sponsor: Alex Just, Transthetics
2nd Place: S19-01: Pine Valley Ranch Park Drainage Project
Team: Caleb Dotten, Ari Fernandez, Jessica Kehres, Daniel Lee, Sean O’Dell, Abigail Paul
Advisor: Dr. Kristoph Kinzli
Sponsor: Jefferson County Open Space
2019 Fall Design Showcase Special Awards
Best of Award for Societal Impact: S19-04: Geothermal Power Supply Sub-System
Team: Benjamin Thompson, Gretchen Ohlhausen, Mystic Currey, Melissa Breathwaite, Colum Marshall
Advisor: Emily Sievers
Sponsor: Jim Stoddard
Best of Award for Professionalism: S19-01 Pine Valley Ranch Park Drainage Project
Team: Caleb Dotten, Ari Fernandez, Jessica Kehres, Daniel Lee, Sean O’Dell, Abigail Paul
Advisor: Dr. Kristoph Kinzli
Sponsor: Jefferson County Open Space
Best of Award for Innovation: S19-14: The Bionic: All-in-One Penile Prosthetic
Team: Gary Stimson, Ian Macwithey, Ira Weyand, Ryan Zamora
Advisor: Dr. Kristoph Kinzli
Sponsor: Alex Just, Transthetics
Best of Award for Proof-of-Concept: S19-21: Demagnetizer to Levitate Medical Cannula
Team: Dylan McClain, River Weiss, Jordan Green, Victoria Bennett, Nicole Nguyen
Advisors: Antonie Vandenberge, Kevin Miles, Joel Davis
Sponsor: Prof. Terry Lowe
2019 Fall Broader Impacts Essay Winners
1st Place: Willie Konishi
Essay: Robbing Water Banks Until They Go Dry
2nd Place: Gabe Taylor
Essay: Plastic? The Problem?
3rd Place: Clayton Oehrlein
Essay: Electric Vehicles: Watts the hype about?
2019 Spring Design Showcase Winners
1st Place: F18-16: Bio-Itza Eco-Cottages
Meghan Anderson, Noah Au-Yeung, Lukas Erickson, Maggie Guinta, Rebecca Jewell, Spencer Schrandt, Blake Standley, Dorothy Walch
Advisor: Robin Steele
Sponsor: Michelle Roark / Mike Hormell
2nd Place: F18-27: Accessible Welding Table
Brennan King, Wyatt Kinion, Joshua Lee, Weston Stong
Advisor: Kristy Csavina
Sponsor: Craig
3rd Place: F18-44: Tall Wood Building – Shake & Bake
Aleesha Busch, Katie Christy, Jack Martin-Linsley, Daniel McGettigan, Jared Phillips, Ian Turner
Advisor: Eric Bonnema
Sponsor: Shiling Pei, Colorado School of Mines
2019 Spring Design Showcase Special Awards
Most Innovative Design: F18-05: NASA Robotic Mining Competition
Team: Gavin Baird, Luke Bowersox, Benjamin Burckel, Jacob Drozdowicz, Frederico Rosendo, John Fuller, Carlita Gorham, Adam Marcinkowski, Colby Moxham, Lewis Setter, Zachary Trott, Olivia West
Advisor: David Dickson
Sponsor: NASA & Mines Space Resources
Most Professional Team: F18-24: Prosthetic Arm Shooting Assistance
Team: Jonathan Heier, Johanna Henry, Chanise Hoffmann, Kassidy Knutson
Harrison Koh, Averie Mansfield
Advisor: Sue Anderson
Sponsor: Quality of Life Plus
Societal Impact/Human Systems Award: F18-21: Water Purification and Conveyance System
Team: Davies Alongo, Denise Beltran, Rachel Chaggaris , John Clary, Griffin Mulvaney, Acacia Ortiz
Advisor: Mark Florida
Sponsor: Freshwater Project International
2019 Broader Impacts Essay Winners
1st Place: Anne Coleman
Essay: Running Through Chinese Villages
2nd Place: Sean Smith
Essay: The Dangers of Artificial Intelligence Based Facial Recognition
3rd Place: Wyatt Ellis
Essay: Toilet-to-Tap
2018 Design Showcase Winners
1st Place: F17-31: Smart Home Monitoring System
Emily Nielsen, Garret DeCarlo, Siji Abraham, Nick Zdeb, Brian LaPorta, Zifan Wang, Karl Samuelsen
Advisor: Jeffrey Meurer
2nd Place: F17-12: Recumbent Trike Loading Device
Daniel DeCino, Brian Froechtenigt, Marc Hauser, Tim Kelvin, Harrison LaVenue, Cameron Maxey, Robert Schreibman
Advisor: Robin Bullock
Sponsor: Quality of Life Plus
3rd Place: F17-30: Winglet for PC-12 Aircraft
Arthur Wolf Whitehead, Jacob Englehart, Jason Van Hare, John Fischer, Matej Cernosek, Spencer DeWitt, Sarah Person
Advisor: Robert Huehmer
Sponsor: Sierra Nevada Corporation
2018 Design Showcase Special Awards
Most Innovative Design: F17-01: Downhole Tractor
Team: Trevor Antrim, Sean Bell, Christopher Campbell, Chrisan Peterson, Frederico Rosendo, Trevor Thompson
Advisor: Tom Cilke
Sponsor: Dr. Will Fleckenstein
Most Professional Team: F17-02: Laser Confocal Microscopy for 3D Printed Metal Parts
Team: Brennen Burke, Keith Mody, Keaton Scheffler, Caleb Schelle, John Strang, Samuel Vaughn, Hannah Wright
Advisor: Dr. Aaron Stebner
Sponsor: ADAPT
Societal Impact/Human Systems Award: F17-13d: More Comfortable Shorty Sockets
Team: George Hunsinger, Josh Glanzer, Abby Reuland, Adam Lain
Advisor: Dr. Joel Bach
Sponsor: Quality of Life Plus
2018 Broader Impacts Essay Winners
1st Place: Sam DeAngelo
Essay: Smartphones and the Human Addiction
2nd Place: Calvin Swanson
Essay: Human Datafication and Algorithm-Based Society: An Unprecedented Threat to Democracy
3rd Place: Barathwaj Murali
Essay: Broader Impacts: Individuality in Engineering
Formerly known as Trade Fair, the Capstone Design@MINES Showcase highlights undergraduate engineering education in the Civil, Mechanical, Environmental and Electrical Engineering programs. This semi-annual event offers students an opportunity to present the real-world, client-driven project work that they have completed over the course of their senior year.
Never attended the Design Showcase before? Check out the pictures from past events, download programs from prior years, and get information on parking.
Mines Innovation Week
The Capstone Design@Mines Showcase is proud to be part of the 2019 Mines Innovation Week! Please join us for 7 days of exciting events highlighting talent and scholarship centered on innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit. All events are free and open to the public, unless noted. We look forward to seeing you there!