Senior Design

Undergraduate Programs

Senior Design Program

Working throughout their final year, each senior design project covers a wealth of fascinating engineering and science research. 

Engineering Days (E-Days) is a long-standing CSU tradition that allows senior undergraduate students the opportunity to showcase their senior design projects and senior practicum research. 

Celebrate our

Senior design projects
at E-Days!

April 23, 2026
Lory Student Center and Plaza

E-Days is an exciting event for Colorado State University engineering seniors. It is a day they get to present to the world everything they have learned through their undergraduate journey and how they applied it to solve local and global problems. 

Full event information on the College website

2020 Projects

Projects from other years: 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026

Chemical and Biological EngineeringSchool of Biomedical EngineeringSchool of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
Team photo

Anti-Cancer Photochemical Cell Inactivation Device

Students:

Katherine Conger, Isaac Griess, Andy Hegemann, Jacob Stockebrand, Cameron Taylor
Department:
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
School of Biomedical Engineering
Video presentation:
Link to project video
Poster:
Link to poster
Sponsors:
PhotonPharma
Advisors:
Team photo

Brain Train

Students:

Zachary J. Haigh, Corey Lauck, Jeremy Tabke, Juliette Talarico
Department:
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
School of Biomedical Engineering
Poster:
Link to poster
Advisors:
Mostafa Yourdkhani
Team photo

Cell Separations

Students:

Daniel Corbett, Evan Dummer, Cole Watkins, Jake Stewart
Department:
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
School of Biomedical Engineering
Poster:
Link to poster
Sponsors:
Terumo BCT
Advisors:
Team photo

Diagnostic System for Viral Infections

Students:

Elias Espin, Skyler Hochmuth, Marina Larson, Nick Peters
Department:
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
School of Biomedical Engineering
Video presentation:
Link to project video
Poster:
Link to poster
Advisors:
Brian Geiss, David Dandy, Chuck Henry
Team photo

Magnetic Tweezer for Active Microrheology

Students:

Chandler Birrell, Claire Fenton, Nicholas Mitchell, Lyndsey Nold, Stephanie Pascua
Department:
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
School of Biomedical Engineering
Video presentation:
Link to project video
Poster:
Link to poster
Advisors:
Dave Bark, Ashok Prasad
Team photo

Mechanical Bladder Device

Students:

Teryn Degenhart, Emma Hurley, Anu Mathew, Jordan Schlitzer
Department:
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
School of Biomedical Engineering
Video presentation:
Link to project video
Poster:
Link to poster
Advisors:
Team photo

Novel Solution for Antibiotic Resistant Infections

Students:

Jasmine Akers, Kyle Howe, Torin Moore, Samantha Rosenberry, Sabina Vidales, Hayden Yarbrough
Department:
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
School of Biomedical Engineering
Poster:
Link to poster
Advisors:
Christie Peebles, Claudia Gentry-Weeks
Team photo

Optical Neurolink for a High Data Rate Brian-Computer Interface

Students:

Sarah Maclean, Mauri Richards, Kieran Simske, Justin Southerland
Department:
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
School of Biomedical Engineering
Video presentation:
Link to project video
Poster:
Link to poster
Advisors:
Kevin Lear
Team photo

Process to Manufacture Periosteum Fibers

Students:

Sarah deBoer, Erin Solis, Will McCormick, Analia Quirk
Department:
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
School of Biomedical Engineering
Poster:
Link to poster
Sponsors:
AlloSource
Advisors:
Team photo

Quatro Socket Analysis

Students:

Emily Bergum, Olivia Han, Zach Leighton, Sean McClure
Department:
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
School of Biomedical Engineering
Poster:
Link to poster
Sponsors:
Quorum Prosthetics
Advisors:
Kirk McGivray
Team photo

Self-Suturing Laparoscopic Port

Students:

Annie Elefante, Kirsen Kauk, Michael Poland, Blair Whitworth
Department:
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
School of Biomedical Engineering
Video presentation:
Link to project video
Poster:
Link to poster
Sponsors:
NIH/Medtronic
Advisors:
Team photo

Sensor Technology for Enhanced Prosthesis Production

Students:

David Kimmey, Doribella Demiranda, Joshua Floyde, Stephen Hagg
Department:
School of Biomedical Engineering
Poster:
Link to poster
Sponsors:
Range of Motion Project
Advisors:
Steve Simske
Team photo

Smart Well-Plate System

Students:

Jacob Alfieri, Sam Ritter, Alden Tennison
Department:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
School of Biomedical Engineering
Video presentation:
Link to project video
Poster:
Link to poster
Advisors:
Tom Chen
Team photo

Spine Phantom

Students:

Joe Clouse, Megan English, Matt Helmreich, Ryan Henry
Department:
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
School of Biomedical Engineering
Video presentation:
Link to project video
Poster:
Link to poster
Sponsors:
Medtronic
Advisors:

Corporate Involvement and Workforce Development:

E-Days Showcase

Are you looking to find support for the design, modification, or development of a new product, process, testing apparatus, or system? We can help!

Engineering Days (E-Days) is a long-standing tradition of CSU excellence, offering senior undergraduate students an opportunity to showcase the completion of their senior design projects.

By participating as a corporate senior design sponsor, companies can make a financial contribution toward project materials and overall operations of senior design.

More information on supporting student projects
Portrait photo of Ellen Brennan-Pierce, Research Scientist
Biomedical Engineering projects:
Ellen Brennan-Pierce
Email Ellen
Portrait photo of Minnie Piffarerio, Associate Professor of Practice, Colorado State University Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; credit: Russell Dickerson, Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering, August 2022.
Chemical and Biological Engineering projects:
Minnie Piffarerio
Email Minnie

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