We had a very successful ECE Capstone EXPO yesterday with 53 teams presenting their capstone projects. A panel of 45 judges from industry and academia joined us to select the top projects. In addition, three award in the categories of best in research, best in impact and best in commercialization were given and the three teams with the highest combined score in these categories were awarded the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place Galbiati Entrepreneurial Awards.
Speaking with the judges, I would like to report that they were very impressed with the quality and the breadth of the capstone projects this year. The judges talked very highly about the complexity and innovation of the capstone projects and the enthusiasm students showed in presenting their work. Those that have judged for the past few years expressed that every year they have observed our students selecting more complex and intriguing projects. The team scores were very close, and as a result, the judges voted that we give the top 15 teams awards instead of the usual top 10. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our judges for their effort and time taken from their busy schedules to support our capstone program and celebrating our students' achievements!
Special thanks to the ECE Staff: Pam, Kevin, John, Arletta, Katie and Chris for helping to make this year’s EXPO another successful event! This would not have been possible without their hard work, months of advanced planning, and dedication. I would also like to acknowledge the contributions of our Capstone TA, Maahin, who did an excellent job this year and has been a great help to the ECE Capstone! Thank you also to all our student volunteers who helped on Capstone EXPO day!
I would like to congratulate this year’s senior students who participated in the ECE capstone program and their advisors 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!
I would like to acknowledge the support of the following industry sponsors: 7x24 Exchange Metro New York Chapter, Novo Nordisk, Lockheed Martin, L3Harris, DEVCOM, Verizon, and Blythe Children's Hospital!
Here is the list of award recipients and their advisors:
Top 15 projects and Awardees of Best in Research, Commercialization, Impact and top 3 Galbiati Awards:
1st Place and 1st Place in Galbiati Entrepreneural Award
Project S25-44: Maestro
Team members: Gunjan Adya, Deshna Doshi, Melis Durgut,Haejin Song, Shreya Pandey
Advisor: Jorge Ortiz
2nd Place
Project S25-53: Unmanned Wireless Penetration Testing Device
Team members: Ayaan Qayyum, Omar Hamoudeh, Harris Ransom, Gaetano Smith, Patrick Zong
Advisor: Predrag Spasojevic
3rd Place and Best in Impact Award,
Project S25-38: Wildfire Risk Assessment Device
Team members: Rumaysa Adnan, Muskan Aga, Avani,Bhavsar, Nabil Lekmine
Advisor: Maria Striki
4th Place
Project S24-24: Gaitway
Team members: Aaron Clarion, Michael Gibbons, ChrisHoskin, William Mejia, Yusuf Yaglidere
Advisor: Demetrios Lambropoulos
5th Place, Best in Research, and 3rd Place in Galbiati Entrepreneural Award
Project S25-21: Accurate Soil Nutrient (NPK) Sensor with Photochemical Reactions
Team members: Jonathan Covell, Ryan Covell, AlexanderBooth, Sathya Gopinath Thangamani
Advisors: Aggelos Bletsas and Richard Howard
6th Place
Project S25-9: Rhythmic Shoulder Stabilization Simulator
Team members: Sharbel Sassine, Sahaj Singh
Advisor: Sasan Haghani
7th Place
Project S25-36: PetPal: Intelligent Robotic Caretaker for Pets
Team members: Katrina Celario, Jason Nguyen, Andy Pham, Jamie Solomon
Advisor: Kristin Dana
8th Place
Project S25-10: Early Wildfire Detection Drone
Team members: Zakria Abdelaziz, Amar Abualhassan, Ahmed Alnadi, Haseeb Elkhouga
Advisors: Daniel Burbano and Sasan Haghani
9th Place
Project S25-5: Touchless Interface Device
Team members: Joseph Dinh, Justin Pang, Henry Sprigle, Haojia Zhu
Advisor: Sasan Haghani
10th Place and 2nd Place in Galbiati Entrepreneural Award
Project S25-13: Custom Hardware Architectures for Accelerated ML Model Inference
Team members: Abdulwahab Malik, Damiano DiMaggio, Josh Green, Romany Ebrhem, Ruben Alias
Advisors: Dov Kruger and Hang Liu
11th Place
Project S25-11: PDoc
Team members: Michael Hanley, Maya Kalapatapu, Aarti Rao, Elisabeth Tam
Advisor: Dov Kruger
12th Place
Project S25-7: Self-driving in Scale Multi-Car Environments
Team members: Brandon Cheng, Tommy Chu, Adam D’Souza, Arya Shetty, Dylan Turner
Advisor: Ivan Seskar and Kristin Dana
13th Place and Best in Commercialization
Project S25-39 Breeze Beam
Team members: Anmol Patel, Christian Verderosa, Rudrani Ghosh, Tomer Butbul
Advisor: Yingying Chen
14th Place
Project S25-22: Ultrasonic Phased Array
Team members: Gavin Cabida, Tenzin Kyizom, John Allen Manego
Advisor: Anand Sarwate
15th Place
Project S25-32: GrAIdient
Team members: Sachin Ganpule, Taner Fetoski, Alexander Ruskulis
Advisor: Dov Kruger
Congratulations to all the students and their advisors!
Best Regards,
Sasan Haghani
Undergraduate Program Director
