ECE Capstone Expo Award Winners - 2023

We had a very successful ECE Capstone EXPO with a record number of 71 teams (274 students). A panel of 60 judges from industry and academia joined us to select the top 10 projects. In addition, three special awards (Best in Research, Best in Impact, and Best in Commercialization) and three Galbiati Entrepreneurial awards were selected by the judges.  

Speaking with the judges, I can report that they were very impressed with the quality of the capstone projects and the enthusiasm with which the students presented their work. Many thanks to our panel of judges for their effort and the time taken from their busy schedules to support and celebrate our students’ achievements. 

Special thanks to the ECE Staff: Pam Heinold, Arletta Hoscilowicz, John Scafidi, Kevin Wine, and Chris Redd for helping to make this year’s EXPO such a success! This would not have been possible without their hard work and dedication, and months of planning. My special thanks also to Demetrios Lambropoulos who has worked tirelessly from Fall 2022 to help and support the Capstone program. Many thanks also to all the students who volunteered in this event! 

I would like to congratulate this year’s senior students who participated in the ECE capstone program and their advisers from inside and outside Rutgers ECE who helped guide their projects. Your help and support of our students are essential to the success of the Capstone Program!  

2023 ECE Capstone Google Photo Album

Award Recipients and Advisors

Top ten projects: 

First Place 
Project S23-39: Real-Time Overcrowding Detection and Prediction with Aerial Robots 
Team Members: Erik Jagnandan, Tahmeed Chowdhury, Sreeram Mandava, Preston Stecklein
Adviser: Dr. Dario Pompili 

Second Place
Project S22-51: Virtual Reality Augmented Cycling Kit (VRACK) 
Team Members: Jing Jia, Parth Darji, Julianne D’Avirro Humphrey, Binsheng Zhang 
Advisor: Dr. Yao Liu
 
Third Place
Project S23-19: Autonomous Medicine Delivery Drone
Team Members: Ayleen Durasno, Andrew King, Bobby Putra, Kieran Burns, Sunit Pradhan
Advisor: Dr. Bo Yuan 
 
Fourth Place 
Project S23-04: Diabetic Digital Companion
Team Members: Matthew D’Alonzo, Anthony Poppalardo, Daniel Russo, Veronica Vergara
Advisors: Dr. Sasan Haghani, Mr. John Canevari (Novonordisk)  
 
Fifth Place
Project S23-70: Adaptive Guitar Tone Using ML Impulse Response 
Team Members:  Sunny Chen, Jimmy Li, Pranay Musalimadugu, Sterling Shieh
Advisors: Dr. Anand Sarwate, Dr. Gregory Rossetti (Department of Music) 
 
Sixth Place
Project S23-10: Lantern Predator 
Team Members:  David Banyamin, Wei Gou, Mark Rezk, Wictor Fedorowiat
Advisor: Dr. Daniel Burbano Lombana
 
Seventh Place 
Project S23-09: Implementation of Thermoelectric Generators Within Mission-Critical Facilities
Team Members: Jonathan Golba, Ashwin Gokhale, Ashwin Anand
Advisors: Dr. Wade Trappe, Mr. Don Bachman (Russelectric)   
 
Eight Place (Tie)
Project S23-02: Multipurpose Wireless Toxic Gas Leakage Sensing Bracelet
Team members: David Arevalo, David Falana, Jose Guanipatin, Kamsiyochukwu Osigwe-Daniel
Advisor: Dr. Umer Hassan 
 
Eight Place (Tie)
Project S23-21: Affordable Virtual Reality Robot Avatars (A-VRRA)
Team Members: Steven Smith, Hamza Ali, Noah Merrits
Advisor: Dr. John McGarvey 
 
Tenth Place 
Project S23-54: Pool Water Monitoring System
Team Members: Andrew Kurtiak, Christine Voynarovskiy, Robert Finke
Advisor: Dr. Yingying Chen 

Best in Research Award  
Project S23-39: Real-Time Overcrowding Detection and Prediction with Aerial Robots 
Team Members: Erik Jagnandan, Tahmeed Chowdhury, Sreeram Mandava, Preston Stecklein
Advisor: Dr. Dario Pompili
 
Best in Impact Award 
Project S23-02: Multipurpose Wireless Toxic Gas Leakage Sensing Bracelet
Team Members: David Arevalo, David Falana, Jose Guanipatin, Kamsiyochukwu Osigwe-Daniel
Advisor: Dr. Umer Hassan 
 
Best in Commercialization
Project S23-19: Autonomous Medicine Delivery Drone
Team members: Ayleen Durasno, Andrew King, Bobby Putra, Kieran Burns, Sunit Pradhan
Advisor: Dr. Bo Yuan   
 
The Galbiati Entrepreneurial Awards:
First Place with $2,500
Project S23-19:  Autonomous Medicine Delivery Drone
Team members:  Ayleen Durasno, Andrew King, Bobby Putra, Kieran Burns, Sunit Pradhan
Advisor: Dr. Bo Yuan 

Second Place (Tie) with $1,250
Project S23-02: Multipurpose Wireless Toxic Gas Leakage Sensing Bracelet
Team Members: David Arevalo, David Falana, Jose Guanipatin, Kamsiyochukwu Osigwe-Daniel
Advisor: Dr. Umer Hassan 

Second Place (Tie) with $1,250
Project S23-09: Implementation of Thermoelectric Generators Within Mission-Critical Facilities
Team Members: Jonathan Golba, Ashwin Gokhale, Ashwin Anand
Advisors: Dr. Wade Trappe, Mr. Don Bachman (Russelectric) 
  
Congratulations to all the students and their advisors!
Prof. Sasan Haghani
Undergraduate Program Director