Applied Engineering Sciences - Spring 2026
Most Sustainable
Ford Motor Company: “Strategic Supplier Capability Assessment”
Left to right: Logan Waggoner, Harley Williams, Stephen Washington Jr., Christopher Sellers, Davis Murrell, Kayden Hellman
Not pictured: Jacob Saltsman
Most Impactful
ClubUp LLC: “Automation of New Member Onboarding Process”
Left to right: Grace O’Malley, Jacob Griswold, Olivia Peplowski, Rosalia Miller, Mario Pjetrushaj, Sanjana Jettipalle, Carson Hennessey
Sadler Competitive Edge Award
Joyn Collective: “Data-Driven Impact Measurement for Transformation Work”
Left to right: Rhea Galbraith, Kyle McCullough, Brian Pae, Alvaro Miranda Tueros, Tracy Pham, Stephen Czyrka, Gabrielle Caciocco
Civil and Environmental Engineering - Spring 2026
Rolla C. Carpenter Senior Design Award
The Leinweber Center for Engineering and Digital Innovation
Team 5: Mitten State Engineering
Left to right: Levi Cowan, Franziska Winkler, Sofia Beerworth, Maya Burlak, Bryce Krupp, Rachel Huyser
Rolla C. Carpenter Senior Design Award
The Detroit Water Resource Recovery Facility (DWRRF)
ENE Team 5: JSN Engineering
Left to right: Sean Fleming, Jack Pennewell, Nathan Simmons
Computer Science and Engineering - Spring 2026
Auto-Owners Insurance Exposition Award
HAP: “AI-Powered Video Creator Tool”
Left to right: Khang Nguyen, Sammy Guo, Nikhil Tatineni, Neha Aigalikar, Arnas Kumar, Krish Wadhwani
MSU Federal Credit Union Praxis Award
Apple: “Setup Assistant for MLX Mac Cluster”
Left to right: Constance Chen, Anika Balakrishnan, Marco Antonio de Oliveira Batista, Amelia Marine, Paul Lin, Madhur Varshney
TechSmith Screencast Award
TechSmith: “UserClarity”
Left to right: Jackson Wright, Samuel Ardinger, Mann Aswal, Calvin Clark, Tanaya Kirtane, Naseeb Bello
Amazon Sigma Award
Ludus: “Real-Time Seating Chart API, Builder, and Viewer”
Left to right: Bach Nguyen, Navya Gupta, Noah Gaw, Yashika Desai, Jake Aquino, Grayson Viener
Electrical and Computer Engineering - Spring 2026
ECE 480 – First Place Award
MSU Electromagnetic Research Group (EMRG): “Dual-Band 5G Secured Wireless Communication System”
Left to right: Kuanlun Chiu, Hady Nayef, Sahithi Alla, Parteek Sidhu, Nathaniel Gleneski
ECE 480 – First Place Award
Texas Instruments: “ECG Signal Acquisition and Display System”
Left to right: Colin Lazarski, Mark Murray, Ojas Alate, Carter Vasicek, Pranav Deshmukh
ECE 480 – Second Place Award
Smart Sensing Lab: “Microphone Positioning System”
Left to right: Payton VanHoutte, Haris Khan, Levi Foco, Brandon Grochowski, Nathaniel Brown
ECE 480 - Second Place Award
MSU Composite Vehicle Research Center (CVRC): “Design of a Prototype DFOS-Based Data Acquisition and Visualization System for SHM”
Left to right: Brody Zurvalec, Muhammad Hazim Faisal, Lucas Hill, Doruk Alp Multu
Non-Capstone
ECE 410 – Outstanding Project Award
Team 5
Left to right: Caroline Huang, James Verrico, Eric Qin
Mechanical Engineering - Spring 2026
ME 481 – Edison Award for Best Capstone Design Project
Vertical Autonomy: “VA-15 Fuselage Redesign”
Left to right: Andrew Hilbert, Seth Lindsey, Luke Etheridge
ME 481 – Best Capstone Project Presentation Award
General Motors: “Flex Body Modeling and Simulation Best Practices”
Left to right: Christopher Nio, Connor Dunn, Emma Powell, Caleb Montpas, Andrew Koch
Non-Capstone
ME 470 – Leonardo da Vinci Award
Rope Traversing Robot
Team S2T04-B
Left to right: Elliott Miller, Olivia McCurdy, Wael Halabi, Zahin Ahmed, and Jackson Messer
