Matthew Poloni
Matthew D'Alessandro
Sherwin Hassan
Nicholas Bagnato
Martin Zelikovsky
Raj Patel
Eric Yang
Ali Kore
Nash Shrestha
Haley Glavina
David Xing
Duncan Clackdoyle
Ryan Clark
Amit Rao
Keru Chen
Ryan Ng Cheong Ton
Michael Jobity
Curtis Graham
Ty Kerr
Sage Monteith
The Next Event
For more information on this event, please contact our Undergraduate Administrative Assistant at truemaeh@mcmaster.ca
At the end of each academic year the Department of Engineering Physics gives undergraduate students the opportunity to formally present their final year design projects at our "4A06 Capstone Expo". This event gives students the chance to gain feedback from faculty, peers and staff in their own and other disciplines.
Students in the full-year Engineering Physics 4A06 capstone courses work in teams of 4-5 members, designing and developing a project using the cumulative knowledge they've gained throughout their degree. These ~9 groups compete for prizes including the "People's Choice" award from the Department, as well as other awards by The Forge.
All undergraduate Engineering Physics students are encouraged to attend to see what they can expect to have achieved by the 4th year of their program!
Everyone is welcome to attend! Admission is free.
Drop in and browse at your leisure! And don't hesitate to request a demonstration and ask questions!
Mario Ponce Tovar
Liam Dow
Craig Treen
Bibeson Krishnadasan
Colin Colterjohn
Hani Dawood
Angus Barber
Liam Flannigan
Brian McCrindle
Lindsay Vasilak
Abigail Gaulin
Yousef Sheteiwy
Nathan Tan
Spencer Mcdermott
David McShannon
At the end of each academic year the Department of Engineering Physics gives undergraduate students the opportunity to formally present their final year design projects at our "4A06 Capstone Expo". This event gives students the chance to gain feedback from faculty, peers and staff in their own and other disciplines. Students in the full-year Engineering Physics 4A06 capstone courses work in teams of 2-5 members, designing and developing a project using the cumulative knowledge they've gained throughout their degree. These ~9 groups compete for prizes including the "People's Choice" award from the Department, as well as other awards by The Forge.
Sharp Xchange was a finalist at The Forge's Project Pitch Competition in November, and won 2nd Place in the Innovative Design challenge of the McMaster Engineering Competition.
Megan Goodland
Mitch Lemieux
Oomi won 1st Place in the Innovative Design challenge of the McMaster Engineering Competition, 2nd place at the Ontario Engineering Competition, represented Ontario at the Canadian Engineering Competition in March, and won both Dean's Choice and People's Choice awards at the 4A06 2018 Expo.
Cam Bignell
Mitchell Kurnell
Kari van Vliet
DID competed in the Forge @ Mac 2018 Competition.
Uzair Faruqui
James van Dijk
Matthew Engel
Sarthi Shah
Roderick MacLachlan
Matthew Schembri
Kiran Birdee
Stacie Moltner
Distance Tracking using IMUs: A Technical Demonstration of Signal Filtering and Data Transformation.
Evan Thomas
Very Important Payload.
Romani Gergis
Jacob Siekierski
At the end of each academic year the Department of Engineering Physics gives undergraduate students the opportunity to formally present their final year design projects at our "4A06 Capstone Expo". This event gives students the chance to gain feedback from faculty, peers and staff in their own and other disciplines. Students in the full-year Engineering Physics 4A06 capstone courses work in teams of 2-5 members, designing and developing a project using the cumulative knowledge they've gained throughout their degree. These groups compete for prizes including the "People's Choice" award from the Department, as well as other awards by The Forge.
Polli was the recipient of the 2017 People's Choice Award!
Colin Beswick
Lazar Kojovic
Jason Amar
Dawson Bonneville
Liam Lawrence
Michael Tucker
Thomas Grcevic
Lendl Lobo
Chad Davis
Eric Moraitis
Fares Badr
Desmond Flowers
Paul Rochus
"sntch" was the recipient of the 2016 People's Choice Award!
Eric Daigle
Alex Ianovski
Chris Adams-McGavin
Brandon Wagstaff
Ben Bowcott
Henry Frankis
Andrey Goussev
Nathan Schut
Luke Zhang
Martin Conte
Novak Ivanovski
Matt Leyden
Sean Somogyvari
Kyle Ansilio
Andrea Beauchamp
Annmarie Tong
Stephanie Bysice
Shamil Saeed
Kushagra Dixit
Yunze Cui
Andrew Beaton
A nuclear-powered satellite crashed in the desert and the radioactive nuclear fuel was scattered, and covered by sand. The fuel elements were uranium (U) and thorium (Th). The project was to retrieve the fuel elements among the scattered debris, and to identify them.
Groups designed and constructed autonomous vehicles that were capable of performing a search of a sand area of 120 cm by 120 cm square, collecting samples and identifying them as (vitrified) uranium, thorium or detritus.
Placed randomly within the sand box were the uranium sample, the thorium sample and at least three pieces of detritus.
The identification of the samples could be performed on the vehicle itself, or at a stationary sensing unit located within the sensing area. In either case, the samples had to be brought to the sensing area and clearly distinguished. The sensing unit could be connected to a computer via a USB cable, to transfer and display the final results.
The overarching specifications were to design, construction, refine, and compete in a course-wide competition an autonomous device with the intention to win. The devices were subject to constraints including cost minimization, inclusion of feedback control systems, and adherence to all applicable health, safety, and code considerations.