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Project Video Examples

The Project Videos Examples highlights standout video presentations from student teams in the Senior Design Program at the Industrial Solutions Lab. These videos showcase engineering students tackling real-world design challenges as part of their two-semester capstone experience.

Each semester, student teams work with industry partners and faculty mentors to design, prototype, and test engineering solutions across disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, industrial and systems engineering. Part of this process involves creating project videos that explain their design goals, technical approach and results.

Spring 2026 Winners

First Place – Lowe’s
Lawnmower Blade User Experience Improvement
Second Place – Alltec
Design of a Feed System for Weld-Metal Filling Station
Third Place – Fontaine Modification
Design of a Truck Decal Layout Projector

Fall 2025

First Place – Bosch Hammer – Design and Build of a Router Bit Hammer Tester
Second Place – Design of a Sheet Metal Moving Device
Third Place – 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