Current & Past Projects

Our student teams take on challenging and fulfilling real-world projects every year. Their projects span the grand challenges that humanity faces, big and small. Check out the exciting work going on in UA Interdisciplinary Capstone.

# Name Sponsor
24001
UAPD/FBI Crisis Negotiation Team - Throw Phone (Year 2)
UA Police Department/FBI, supported by the Craig M Berge Dean's Community Fund
24003
Methods to improve the signal-to-noise ratio during the recording of biological signals
Neurovascular Research and Design
24004
The development of a device to record spinal cord blood flow during surgery
Neurovascular Research and Design
24005
Imaging Spectrometer for Defeating Camouflage
BAE Systems
24006
Door Lock Controls for Armless Pilots
Rightfooted Foundation, supported by the Craig M Berge Dean's Community Fund
24007
Treadmill with Soft Ambulatory Surface to Study the Effects of Surface on Gait in Rehabilitation and in Space
UA Department of Biomedical Engineering
24008
3d Printing using Mine Tailings
Auxilium Technology Group
24009
Autonomous Multi-legged Robot for Crop/Turf Management
UA Department of Biosystems Engineering
24010
Integrated Grab Bar/Chair Rail System
Ageless Lifestyle Home
24011
Plastic Recycling, Carbon Capture and Disaster Relief through Pyrolysis
PeakView Solutions
24012
Automation of Mirror Distortion Measurement Device
Caterpillar Inc.
24013
Modular Automatic Camera Focusing System
Parker Meggitt
24014
Mechanical Energy Storage System
Resolution Copper
24015
Five Hole Probe for Three Dimensional Winds
Dragoon Technology
24016
Virtual SME training, Critical Asset Control - Ambaflex
Amazon
24017
Remote System Tension Detection
Amazon
24018
Understanding the Normal Aging Brain so that the Puzzle of Alzheimer’s can be solved - Phase 2
McDonald/Watt Projects
24019
Mine Conveyance Battery Charging System
Resolution Copper
24020
Wearable Mechanical Device for the Wrist
UA College of Medicine
24021
Wrist Compression by Electronic Controller
UA College of Medicine
24022
Treadplate Design Challenge
Caterpillar Inc.
24023
Chemotherapy Port App
BD (Becton Dickinson)
24024
Management Dashboard / Executive Information System
Caterpillar Inc.
24025
Medical-Grade Leak-Proof PCB Encasement - Flexible Material Technology
Roche Tissue Diagnostics
24026
On-Instrument Slide Temperature Measurement
Roche Tissue Diagnostics
24027
Rotating Detonation Engine Aerospike Nozzle Design Optimization
Nobel
24028
Rotating Detonation Engine Rocket Design and Launch
Nobel
24029
Residual Slide Volume Process Automation - Kimwipe Folder
Roche Tissue Diagnostics
24030
Remote ID Drone Detection
L3Harris Commercial Aviation Solutions
24032
Histopath Tissue Block Sorting Module
Roche Tissue Diagnostics
24033
Aerospace DED Repair with Integrated Machining
Honeywell Aerospace
24034
Study and design of unpolarized light propagation in PM (polarization maintaining) fiber
ASML US, Inc.
24035
Additively Manufactured Compressor Inlet Guide Vane with Fluidic Separation Control
Honeywell Aerospace
24036
Row, Row, Row Your Trike Gently Down the Street
Microentities Worldwide
24037
Phospho-Dx - A Point-of-Care Phosphorus Diagnostic System for Chronic Kidney Disease Patient Safety
Kidney ADVANCE Project - NIH/ACABI
24038
Perio-Dx - Bad Gums = Bad Kidneys + Bad Heart
Kidney ADVANCE Project - NIH/ACABI
24039
Smart Energy Grid Simulation
Tucson Electric Power
24040
Model Based Electrical Diagram and TID Generation
Northrop Grumman
24041
Vibroshear: A System for High-Throughput Drug Discovery of Agents Limiting Shear-Mediated Cell (Platelet) Activation
Kidney ADVANCE Project - NIH/ACABI
24042
The Wired Room 2.0 – Automated Digital Sound, Image and Motion Analysis for Enhanced Medical Diagnostics from A Patient Encounter
Kidney ADVANCE Project - NIH/ACABI
24043
BOTCOM - Satellite Communication System for Autonomous Aquatic Drones for Ocean Health
ACABI
24044
Wind Tunnel - Launch Vehicle Aerodynamic Testing
Northrop Grumman
24045
Basketball Shooting Robot Phase 2
Raytheon Technologies
24046
Aerospace Radome Impingement Testing
Raytheon Technologies
24047
Dispatch Console Audio Interface Design
General Dynamics Mission Systems
24048
Drone Detection and Tracking by Acoustic Signature (D2TAS)
Raytheon Technologies
24049
LTDANN - Localized Temporarily Deployable Autonomous Navigation Network (Joint UA/UMass Project)
Raytheon Technologies
24050
STAR, Short Term Aerial Recognizance - Phase 2
Raytheon Technologies
24051
Repurposing Hemp/Cannabis Biomass: Fiber Extraction and Fractionation to Make Valuable Biobased Raw Materials
NexoTerra
24052
Modular Biomedical Sensor Board for Education
UA Department of Biomedical Engineering
24054
CubeSat Centrifuge Terrarium
NASA
24056
Large-Scale Lunar Prospecting Rover
NASA
24057
Large-Scale Lunar Prospecting Rover Team II
NASA
24058
AIAA Design/Build/Fly
UA Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
24059
Development of a Lightweight Structural Rechargeable Battery for Electric Aircraft
UA Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
24060
Development of high-altitude system to generate a global-scale dataset of atmospheric turbulence
NASA
24061
Development of Solar Sail Spacecraft for Dynamic Maneuvering
NASA
24062
Novel Cannula Design for Total Artificial Heart (TAH) Driver Unit
SynCardia Systems
24063
Wearable Robotics Fall Prevention Systems
UA Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
24064
F1 Drug Detector
Lightsense
24065
WATER-SAFE - PFAS/Microplastic Water Detection System for Environmental and Human Health
Kidney ADVANCE Project - NIH/ACABI
24066
Baseball Swing Rotation Trainer
Chicago Cubs
24067
SIPhTR: Small Item Photographing Triage Robot
Elbit Systems of America
24068
Advanced Rapid Manufacturing of Low-cost, Visually-realistic Targets
Fort Huachuca
24069
Leach Pad Cover Wind Mitigation Proposal
Freeport McMoRan
24070
Automated Material Sampling
FLSmidth Krebs
24071
Design and Testing of Apparatus for Weight Bearing 3D Ultrasound Shear-Wave Elastography of the Foot
UA Department of Biomedical Engineering
24072
Aquaponic Media Cleaning Device
UA Department of Biosystems Engineering
24073
Laser Diode Based Metrology Module
ASML US, Inc.
24074
SME Metallic Student Design Competition, 2023-2024, Deep Rock Geologic
UA Department of Mining and Geological Engineering
24075
San Xavier Mine West Portal Expansion
San Xavier Mining Laboratory
24076
Phase 3 Pit Design
Capstone Mining Corporation
24077
Mobile Alfalfa Drying System
Kenneth Bingham - Project Sponsor
24078
Irrigation Canal Cleaning Tool
Bard Water District
24079
The Lunar Pioneers
NASA
24080
Stormwater Mitigation Plan for Miami, AZ
UA Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
24081
Oxygen on Lunar Surface
UA Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
24082
Coal to Methanol
UA Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
24083
AZWA Student Design Competition
UA Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
24084
Dialy-ssist
UA Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
24085
Scale-Up of KinetiSol® in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
UA Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
24086
Produced Water Reclamation Project
UA Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
24087
Carbon Capture for Algae Growth
UA Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
24088
Dealcoholization of beer
UA Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
24089
Brewery Upgrade Project
UA Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
24090
Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO2 Emissions from Vodka Production
UA Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
24091
From Experiment to Experience: Synthetic Ivory
UA Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
24092
Uranium Project
UA Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
24093
Leave No Trace: Removing Trace Organic Contaminants From Wastewater via Direct and Indirect Photolysis
UA Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
24094
Small and medium-scale fish feed from mealworms
UA Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
24095
Helium recovery from natural gas
UA Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering

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