2024-2025 Capstone Gallery
The 43 capstone design projects of the 2024-2025 academic cycle are listed in the order in which they were presented during the April 28 - May 2, 2025 week of Final Prototype Project Presentations. Each team submitted a project poster the week before the presentations. All final presentations of the projects were conducted in full hybrid simulcast mode (in physical space and synchronously online).
Inquiries: Dr. Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos, +1-225-578-5804
Team 7 - Wearable Marker Caddy
Team Members: Adams, Grant Edward (ME), Dorsey, Carson Patrick (ME), Gautreau, Carter (ME)
Sponsor(s): Eamonn Walker
Team 46 - 3D Printer Environmental Enclosure
Team Members: Fernandez, Isaiah (ME), Latiolais, Landon (ME), McFeaters, Andrew (EE), Palermo, Joshua
G (ME), Poche, Matty Joseph (ME)
Sponsor(s): LSU MIE Department
Team 17 - 30lb Combat Robot 1 “Flapjack”
Team Members: Courville, Joshua (EE), Hardeman, Bradley (EE), Stone, Brant Michael (ME), Young,
Robert Thomas (ME)
Sponsor(s): Dimitris Nikitopoulos - LSU MIE, Jerry Trahan - LSU ECE 
Team 5 - Visual Cue for Process Environment Pressure Gauges
Team Members: Burke, Austin Marcellus (ME), Vautrot, Hannah Grace Penny (ME), Whitley, Charles Rayvion
(ME)
Sponsor(s): Andrew Larpenter, Shane Burkett - ExxonMobil
Team 23 - 30lb Combat Robot 3 “Flipperoni”
Team Members: Brooks, Logan (ME), Coffee, Nasir (EEC), Pack, Joshua (EE), Williams, Matthew Sprague
(ME)
Sponsor(s): The Sales Family Capstone Fund
Team 12 - Weston"s Infant Passenger Alert
Team Members: Dike, Nnamdi Henry (ME), Irondi, Victoria (EE), Perrault, Trevor (EE)
Sponsor(s): David Jenks
Team 32 - All-Terrain Aerial Drone 2 "PEARL"
Team Members: Courville, Reagan (ME), Jones, William (EE), Moran, Sage (EEC), Pumford, Chandler
(EE), Rushing, Shaun Tyler (ME), Thompson, Corey J (ME)
Sponsor(s): The Sales Famly Capstone Fund
Team 10 - Automated Bartender
Team Members: Bourgeois, Myles Richard (ME), Farragut, Cade (EEC), Hall, Christopher (ME), Regard,
Connor (EE)
Sponsor(s): Peter Laperouse, Eric Belgard - Enginuity Global
Team 38 - Uncrewed Surface Vessel Maritime Competition
Team Members: Grinnell, Grayson Tolar (ME), Heikes, Bryan-Allen (EEC), Lavin, Garrett (EEC), Rodriguez,
Jason Jared (ME), Walker, Evan (ME), Woodworth, Grayson (EE)
Sponsor(s): William Ard - Integer Technologies
Team 9 - Knock Knock Children's Museum Water Works
Team Members: Fisher, Nathaniel Elwood (ME), Gilliam, Samuel Lee (ME), Holguin Saavedra, David (EE),
McLean, Ian Chandler (ME), Spring, Stanley Aleksander (ME)
Sponsor(s): Christina Melton, Knock Knock Children's Museum
Team 26 - Wireless Monitoring of Electric Motor Parameters
Team Members: Douglas, Dawson Luke (ME), Fahd, Hamza (EE), Falgout, Cameron (EE), Fournier, Tristan
(EE), Hebert, Jacob (EE)
Sponsor(s): Jason Smith - ExxonMobil
Team 37 - Pellet Skimming Pump System
Team Members: Acosta, Gabrielle Lynne (ME), Dengler, Lauren (EE), Freeman, Trevor J (ME), Miller,
Seth (EE), Woods, Duncan McCrady (ME)
Sponsor(s): Hayden Mixon - Simplified Process Solutions
Team 34 - High School Process Educational Unit
Team Members: Russell, Harrison William (ME), Seale, Blain (ME), Seeger, Sarah (EE), Simmons, Kyle
(EE), Walker, Sage Cordell (ME)
Sponsor(s): Bret Marchand, Nicole Otte, Judy DeMers - TriNova/Endress + Hauser
Team 47 - A Master-Slave Telerobotic Drawing System
Team Members: Butt, Muhammad (EE), Hebert, Marc (EEC), ORegan, Gabriel (ME), Williams, DAntawn (EE)
Sponsor(s): Ali Kazemian, Salar Saadatian - Louisiana State Univsersity
Team 42 - Microcombustor with Filament Mounting and Positioning System
Team Members: Bon-Mardion, Joseph (ME), McCarthy, Emma (ME), Ngo, John (ME), Yu, James (ME)
Sponsor(s): Ingmar Schoegl - LSU MIE 
Team 22 - 30lb Combat Robot 2 “RAMpage”
Team Members: Cashen, Christopher David (ME), Matherne, Avery (EEC), Mouton, Miles (EE), van Winkle,
Matthew (EE), Woodroffe, Nicholas Frederi (ME)
Sponsor(s): The Isby L. Schexnayder, Jr. Fund
Team 1 - Bleeder Line Stop
Team Members: Easton, Hayden Charles (ME), Johnson, Tyler James (ME), Kennedy, Bryce Gregory (ME),
Mercer, Hunter Cole (ME)
Sponsor(s): Patrick Murray, Steven Fulkerson, Ryan Gonzalez - Marathon Petroleum Company
Team 20 - Andromeda 5 - Booster Control
Team Members: Coles, Wesley A (ME), Cooper, Carson (ME), Harris, Jackson T (ME), Nguyen, Bao-Hung
(EE), Thai-Nguyen, Ethan (EE), Tran, Tyler Hieu (ME)
Sponsor(s): Shyam Menon, Adam Baran, LaSPACE-NASA
Team 51 - Metal Additive Manufacturing Optimized Structure
Team Members: Colindres-Sorto, Allan (ME), Morris, Jackson (ME), Newhauser, Nils (ME), Nguyen, Huy
D (ME), Smith, Kaelyn (ME), Wilson, Rhett Michael (ME)
Sponsor(s): D. E. Nikitopoulos - National Center for Advanced Manufacturing, LSU MIE
Team 60 - IEEE Region 5 Robot Competition
Team Members: Chatham, Elia Jane (ME), Field, Gregory (EE), Macdonald, Lewis (EE), Ramnath, Sunella
(EE), Tran, Daniel (EEC)
Sponsor(s): Shuagnqing Wei - LSU ECE
Team 53 - Composite Material Structure with Embedded Sensors
Team Members: Bailes, Clint (EE), Chang, Timmy (EE), Hebert, Jonathon Lee (ME), Kendall, Antonio
Deon (ME), Lombard, Hudson P (ME), , , , .
Sponsor(s): Nersesse, Nersessian - MIDE Technologies; G. Palardy, D. E. Nikitopoulos - LSU MIE
Team 15 - 3D-Printed Reinforced Pressure Vessel Design and Build with Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM)
Team Members: Duch, Jonah (ME), Guidroz, Ty Joseph (ME), Rodriguez, Jose' (ME), Saba, Quentin Westleigh
(ME), Sickels, Benjamin Lee (ME)
Sponsor(s): D. E. Nikitopoulos - National Center for Advanced Manufacturing, LSU MIE
Team 41 - All-Terrain Aerial Drone 3 "HK Aerial"
Team Members: Brebion, William L (ME), Burd, Savannah (EE), Cachapero, Elvyn (EEC), Cuntz, Christopher
Joseph (ME), Goodson, Robert J (ME), Griffin, Brandon (EE)
Sponsor(s): The Isby L. Schexnayder, Jr. Fund
Team 35 - Downhole Power Generation
Team Members: Agoi, Hezron (EE), Lee, Joseph (EE), McDaniel, Aaron S (ME), Melton, Philip Todd (ME),
Templeton, Colin (ME)
Sponsor(s): William Cauley, Darren Bane, Vimal Shah - Baker Hughes
Team 18 - All-Terrain Aerial Drone 1 "Daedalus"
Team Members: Emerson, David Allen (ME), Johnson, Logan M (ME), Martin, Austin (EE), ODonnell, Thomas
(EEC), Sellers, Ty (EE), Varner, Marshall A (ME), , , .
Sponsor(s): D. E. Nikitopoulos - LSU MIE; J.Trahan - LSU ECE
Team 21 - SAE Aero Design : Regular Class
Team Members: Albert, Benjamin M (ME), Giering, Parker (ME), Hammond, Mason M (ME), Johnson, Devin
(EE), Montreuil, Scott Andrew (ME), Staib, Edward (EE)
Sponsor(s): Andrew Becnel - LaSPACE-NASA
Team 44 - LSU Vehicle for Shell Eco-marathon Americas 2025- UrbanConcept
Team Members: Bonilla, Gavin Bonifacio (ME), Bryan, Ethan (EE), Champagne, Michael Kenneth (ME),
Cobb, Evan (EE), McFarland, Khristian (EEC), Meyers, Luke Kiolbassa (ME), Soignet,
Ethan Charles (ME)
Sponsor(s): Shell c/o D. E. Nikitopoulos - LSU MIE
Team 13 - 3D-Printed Micro-Reactor with Active Reaction Temperature Control
Team Members: Boyett, James M (ME), Burchfield, Charles (EE), Castille, Jonathan (ME), Scott, Chase
Alexander (ME)
Sponsor(s): D. E. Nikitopoulos - National Center for Advanced Manufacturing, LSU MIE
Team 50 - NASA RASC-AL Lunar Services Robot
Team Members: Bienvenu, Andrew (EE), Cheked, Matvii (ME), LeBlanc, Alphae (EE), Legier, Terrilyn
Ann (ME), Nealy, Abigail Loraine (ME), Schuemann, Aidan (EEC), Tenorio, Shane A (ME),
Wynn, Mikayla (EE) .
Sponsor(s): Andrew Becnel - LaSPACE-NASA
Team 3 - Mechanical Seal Pot Refilling Skid
Team Members: Barras, Alex Christopher (ME), Bonds, Cameron (ME), Brady, Sophie Mae (ME), Daniel,
Andrew Hines (ME)
Sponsor(s): Andrew Larpenter, David (DJ) Anslem - ExxonMobil
Team 56 - Industrial Piston Ring Compression
Team Members: Boyer, Kahner Noelle (ME), Calmes, Benjamin E (ME), Fann, Ray Alexander (ME), Gremillion,
Sean Michael (ME)
Sponsor(s): Christopher Beeson - ExxonMobil
Team 2 - E-4B Portable Integrated Drive Generator (IDG) Cradle and Hoist
Team Members: Lamy, Jacob M (ME), Newmier, Joshua Thomas (ME), Staggs, Samantha M (ME), Theriot,
Tyler S (ME), Trice, Jaylin (ME)
Sponsor(s): Hannah Beene - Cyber Innovation Center, MSgnt Timothy Johnston - USAF
Team 54 - Machinery Anti-wicking Device
Team Members: Broussard, Brennon Christop (ME), Rogers, Jude William (ME), Shannon, Matthew Joseph
(ME), Torres, Robin (ME), Valley, Garrett Stephen (ME), , , , .
Sponsor(s): Christopher Beeson, , - ExxonMobil
Team 30 - Crawl Wall
Team Members: Biggs, Miles Monroe II (ME), Kennedy, Mary Helen (ME), Schlosser, Aaron Charles (ME),
Trahan, Christopher George (ME)
Sponsor(s): David Fluker, Christian Fluker - Fluker's Cricket Farm, Inc.
Team 55 - Tower Tray Bubble Cap
Team Members: Casseri, Collin (ME), Longwell, Paxton David (ME), Witkowski, Cedric Jared (ME), Wold,
Henrik (ME)
Sponsor(s): Christopher Beeson - ExxonMobil
Team 4 - Knock Knock Children's Museum Crane Redesign/Rebuild
Team Members: Hagen, Caleb (ME), Herke, Patrick F (ME), Hotcaveg, Michael Joseph Jr (ME), Jorgenson,
Angelina (ME), LeBlanc, John Oliver (ME), Ochoa, Emanuel (ME)
Sponsor(s): The Jacob Richard Fund, Christina Melton - Knock Knock Children's Museum
Team 68 - Polyphonic String Instrument MIDI Interface
Team Members: Lirette, Connor (EEC), Pennison, Grant (EE), Reine, Ryan (EEC), Woessner, Mason (EEC)
Sponsor(s): Jacob Parent, Christopher E OLoughlin
Team 65 - Disposable MANETs
Team Members: Cobb, Alex (EE), Houpy, Jacob (EE), Lambert, Hunter (EE), Vides, Daniel (EE)
Sponsor(s): Hannah Beene - Cyber Innovation Center
Team 62 - Computer Vision Metrology for Pole Vault
Team Members: Asad, Abdulla (EEC), Dautle, Tiernan (EEC), Laprarie, Cole (EE), Ottallah, Ahmad (EE)
Sponsor(s): Bill Burke
Team 67 - Equitable Power Grid Planning and Analysis
Team Members: Crews, Collin (EE), Kortright, Enrique (EEC), Parks, Jack (EE), Roth, James (EE),
Staehle, Scott (EE)
Sponsor(s): Amin Kargarian - LSU
Team 61 - Visual Aid Track Starting System
Team Members: Hooter, Ethan (EE), Martin, Riley (EE), Miles, Zahria (EEC), Pettitt, Samuel (Sam)
(EE), Smith, Cole (EEC)
Sponsor(s): Jimmy Foto
Team 66 - Solar-Battery Hybrid Powered Autonomous Rovers for Planetary Exploration
Team Members: Bui, Kenny (EE), Burkes, Margaret (EE), Mancuso, William (EE), Ngo, Keldon (EE), Williamson,
Bowen (EE)
Sponsor(s): XIANGYU MENG - LaSPACE-NASA
Team 63 - Battery Management System for FSAE
Team Members: Alsahood, Modhy (EE), Mistry, Parth (EE), Nelson, Mignon (EEC), Parent, Jacob (EE),
Posadas, Moises (EE)
Sponsor(s): David Kitching, Jadon Yeboah - Tiger Racing
Inquiries: Dr. Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos, +1-225-578-5804