Project Video Examples

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Senior Design Best Video Winners

Fall 2025

First Place – Bosch Hammer
Design and Build of a Router Bit Hammer Tester
Second Place – Aviation Sheet
Design of a Sheet Metal Moving Device
Third Place – Bosch Oil
Design of a Cutting Oil Recovery System

Spring 2025

First Place – Ketchie
Design of a Mist Collection Solution for a Blanchard Grinder
Second Place – Bosch
Design for Automation of Saw Blade Presentation
Third Place – Lowe’s
Re-Design of Leaf Blowers to Improve Performance

Fall 2024

First Place – Elnik
Design of an Automated Molybdenum Wire Forming Machine
Second Place – Aviation Door
Key Fob-Operated Hidden Door
Third Place – Mohawk
Design a Modification to an Industrial Filtration System

Spring 2024

First Place – Polymer Center of Excellence
Design of Heated System for Injected Liquids
Second Place – Schaeffler
Stamping AI Camera – Phase 2
Third Place – NAVAIR
Maintenance Interface Panel Latch Redesign for F35

Fall 2023

First Place – Husqvarna
Design of a Pace Powered Dump-Cart/Wheelbarrow
Second Place – Bosch Tools
Manual Packaging Station Design Improvements
Third Place – Wanzl
Fabrication of an Impact Drop Test System

Spring 2023

First Place – Carrier
Development of a Universal Water Box Hinge Replacement
Second Place – Oxit
Design of a LoRaWAN Gunshot Detection System
Third Place – Cloister Honey
Automating Volumetric Bench Top Piston Filller Operation

Fall 2022

First Place – Husqvarna
Quiet Leaf Blower
Second Place – Biomedical Engineering
Low-cost Robotic Arm
Third Place – Jeld-Wen VPI
Design of Material Handling Device for Large Windows

Spring 2022

First Place – EPRI_ZEEK
Cyber Security Detection Using a Zeek Raspberry Pi Sensor
Second Place – FCCC_VR
Design of an Improved Chassis Transfer Method
Third Place – PCE_MOLD2
Injection Mold Exchange Cart Motorization 

Fall 2021

First Place
Design and Develop an Interactive Physics Exhibit
Second Place
Optimization of Bi-Fold Flow Cell
Third Place
Design of a Motor/Gear Maintenance Alert Device 

Spring 2021

First Place – EPRI
A Better Approach to Vegetation Management at Utility Scale PV Plants – Phase 5
Second Place – Ward Vessel and Exchanger
Design of a Machine to Bevel Half Pipe
Third Place – Polymers Center of Excellence
Design and Build of an Injection Mold Exchange and Transport Device

Fall 2020

First Place – Caterpillar
Redesign of a Remotely Enabled Crane Lifting Mechanism for Front End Loader
Second Place – Discovery Place
Design and Develop an Interactive Knowledge Center for the Natural History Exhibit Space
Third Place – Huesker
Design and Fabrication of Raw Material Handling System

Spring 2020

First Place – Lowe’s
Burst Pressure Test Apparatus
Second Place – Dixon Quick Coupling
Modular Plates for Connection of Multiple Hydraulic Couplers
Third Place – Polymers Technology Center
Automation of a Precision Weighing Station

Fall 2019

First Place – UNC Charlotte, Mechanical Engineering
Custom Occupational Prosthetic Design
Second Place – Caterpillar
Redesign of Cab Access System for Front End Loader 
Third Place – Ametek CSI
Research and Development of a Material Tracking System for Fabricated Parts 

Spring 2019

First Place – Husqvarna
Redesign of a Petrol Zero-Turn Riding Mower to Include Charging of Handheld Batteries
Second Place – Husqvarna
Telescope and Tilt Steering Wheel
Third Place – UNC Charlotte, Mechanical Engineering
Vision Inspection System 

Fall 2018

First Place – General Steel Drums
Drum Cooling Apparatus
Second Place – Structure Metal
Automated Cleaning Device for 5-axis Machining Centers
Third Place – Bosch and NC Transportation Museum
Design of a STEM Exhibit of Rail Propulsion for the NC Transportation Museum

Spring 2018

First Place – Lowe’s
Lawnmower Blade Design Quality Characterization and Improvement
Second Place – NASA USLI and UNC Charlotte
NASA University Student Launch Initiative – Competition 3
Third Place – NAVAIR
H-53 Tail Drive Disconnect Coupling Locking Device