Senior Design
The capstone senior design course challenges students with a wide variety of chemical engineering processes, ranging from biotechnology to energy to nanoscience to entrepreneurial product design. Students in both courses complement their technical skills with teaming, leadership, project management, and communication skills. Both the instructors and the students feel an enormous sense of pride as we view the accomplishments of almost seven months’ work. We are thankful for those individuals and companies who have sponsored and advised projects this semester. The task of supporting these projects and coaching these teams could not have been accomplished without their help!
2026 Senior Design Day
May 1, 2026 | 9-11 a.m. | Engineering Building 1 Atrium
| Poster 1 – Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Biosolids Team Members – Drew Atkinson, Elizabeth Nguyen, Estephany Ruiz-Rodriguez, Connor Weist Mentor – Terry Goss View poster 1 Listen to poster 1 audio presentation |
| Poster 2 – Hydrogen Sulfide Removal Team Members – Bessie Alexander, Keegan Bader, Nick Goodwin, Ryan Meadows Mentors – Meghan Bruening, Claire Decroix, Martin Pospisil View poster 2 Listen to poster 2 audio presentation |
| Poster 3 – AstraZeneca pMDI Secondary Processing Team Members – Joseph Geller, Tyler Simpson, Sara Trimech, Brian Yoo Mentor – Jeremy Saunders View poster 3 Listen to poster 3 audio presentation |
| Poster 4 – Sickle Cell Disease Modular Therapuetic Plant Design and Channel Strategy for Africa Team Members – Riley Basinger, EJ Habschied, Jessica Pracht, Ryan Sedlacek Mentors – Meghan Howard, Mike Perkins View poster 4 Listen to poster 4 audio presentation |
| Poster 5 – Manufacture of Caffeinated and Decaffeinated Instant Coffee Crystals Team Members – Sara Granger, Noah Torreyson, Julian Perez Velasquez, Anastasiia Steksova Mentors – Matthew Cooper, Leah Granger View poster 5 Listen to poster 5 audio presentation |
| Poster 6 – Evaluation of Chiller Replacement Strategies for Plant HVAC Modernization Team Members – Lori Hoover, Abby Mathias, Anna Muchukot, Jana Thompson Mentor – Pamela Kalb View poster 6 Listen to poster 6 audio presentation |
| Poster 7 – Large Scale Manufacturing of S. boulardii Probiotic “Safe Yeast” Team Members – Ettie Geltser, Emerson Murray, Angela Ni, Avery Williams Mentors – Nathan Crook, Alexandra Imre View poster 7 Listen to poster 7 audio presentation |
| Poster 8 – Duke Energy: Combustion Residual Leachate to Zero Liquid Discharge Team Members – Emma Carpenter, Matthew Creswell, Riley Davidson, Gracie Massengale Mentor – Derek Henderson View poster 8 Listen to poster 8 audio presentation |
| Poster 9 –Duke Energy: Feasibility of Cache Energy Storage Team Members – Zach Dubisky, Jaden Leatherman, Kelly Robertson,Sebastian Sanchez Mentor – Ashley Coleman View poster 9 Listen to poster 9 audio presentation |
| Poster 10 – Eastman Chemical Company: PET production Facility Team Members – John Beyer, Tammy Cao, Landon Kearney, Samantha Moutsatsos Mentors – Alexander Moon, Lauren Turrentine, Alan Wessel View poster 10 Listen to poster 10 audio presentation |
| Poster 11 – Eastman Chemical Company: PET production Facility Team Members – Jake Dameron, Gabe McCants, George Murray, Noelle Sitaram Mentors – Varun Atree, Phoenix Tiller View poster 11 Listen to poster 11 audio presentation |
| Poster 12 – Eastman Chemical Company: PET production Facility Team Members – Lindsay Davis, Alia Armstrong, John Daniel, Joseph Miller Mentors – Lily Lin, Max Destino, Sara Vaught View poster 12 Listen to poster 12 audio presentation |
| Poster 13 – EMD Electronics: Batch and Continuous Distillation Design Evaluation for Two High Purity Semiconductor Precursor Chemicals Team Members – Sydnie Parks, Jasmine Prabawa, Jacob Simon, Zach Swartzwelder Mentor – Anthony Lachawiec View poster 13 Listen to poster 13 audio presentation |
| Poster 14 – Feasibility of Internalizing Drug Product Manufacturing at Encoded Therapeutics Team Members – Cedric Assiamah-ansong, Duke Dix, Norah Sutton, Nick Zezza Mentor – Maureen Haines View poster 14 Listen to poster 14 audio presentation |
| Poster 15 – Design and Simulation of Biomass Gasification Plant Team Members – Brady Alfonso, Gray Calaway, Rachel Racz, Grace Taylor Mentor – Hassan Golpour View poster 15 Listen to poster 15 audio presentation |
| Poster 16 – High Throughput Process Development For Downstream Process Platform Assessment Team Members – Yasaswini Bishi, Ethan Dennis, Hayden Perry, Landon Thomas Mentors – Amber Costakes, Bradley Homan, Matthew Taylor, Yong Yow View poster 16 Listen to poster 16 audio presentation |
| Poster 17 – Technical and Economic Analysis for an Intensified Biomanufacturing Cell Culture Process Team Members – Jack Callahan, Leah Hanson, Hailey John, Meaghan Rees Mentors – Jake Daehong Kim, Jacob Oros, Shaunak Uplekar View poster 17 Listen to poster 17 audio presentation |
| Poster 18 – Designing the Future of Computing: A Comparative Plant-Level Analysis of Quantum and DNA Technologies Team Members – Annabelle Clary, Danny Ireland, Clara Krafft, Cooper Schardt Mentor – Albert Keung View poster 18 Listen to poster 18 audio presentation |
| Poster 19 – Production of Virgin GAC and Reactivation of Spent GAC with PFAS Destruction Team Members – Kaia Andrews, Peyton Blosser, Katie Quesinberry, Annmarie Macheski Mentor – Bill Linak View poster 19 Listen to poster 19 audio presentation |
| Poster 20 – Design of a Vaccine Manufacturing Facility Team Members – Caroline Dailey, Vincent Pope, Ana Paula Valadez, Hannah Widdowson Mentors – Aadhira Arun, Katie Mooney, Lauren Palmer, David Walser View poster 20 Listen to poster 20 audio presentation |
| Poster 21 – Process and Facility Waste Optimization Challenge Team Members – Colton Beaven, Owen Hart, Ange Mendez, Amanda Vacca Mentors – Donald Grosse, Sarah Hall, Noah Parton, Cameron Stevens View poster 21 Listen to poster 21 audio presentation |
| Poster 22 – Multi-Effect Evaporator Design for High Salinity Wastewater Team Members – Allen Barron, Sophia Carson, Bradley dela Paz, Logan Newell Mentor – Phillip McCarter View poster 22 Listen to poster 22 audio presentation |
| Poster 23 – The Production of CO from CO2 via Chemical Looping Team Members – Maggie Berry, Adam Lopiano, Noah Love, Morgan Mecham Mentors – Fanxing Li, Luke Neal View poster 23 Listen to poster 23 audio presentation |
| Poster 24 – Multivariate and Soft Sensor Monitoring for Fed-Batch Fermentation at Novo Nordisk Team Members – Daniel Etheredge, Kyla Jarrell, Wesley Shelton, Henri Lessard Mentors – Saurav Jain, Tanish Dhagat View poster 24 Listen to poster 24 audio presentation |
| Poster 25 – Biomass Waste Gasification for P&G Sacramento Plant Team Members – Philip Klem, Jacob Mellander, Kaitlyn Rosenberg, Marissa Sterling Mentor – Eddie Sun View poster 25 Listen to poster 25 audio presentation |
| Poster 26 – Sweet Potato as an Alternative Feedstock for Precision Fermenation Team Members – Zack Elston, Riley Kocell, Everett Miller, Shirin Mohamed Mentor – Toni Bucci View poster 26 Listen to poster 26 audio presentation |
| Poster 27 – Design and Construction of a Perfusion Bioreactor Training Skid Team Members – Luke Oates, John Palmer, Andres Caceres Rodriguez, Christian Day Mentor – Ryan Harradine View poster 27 Listen to poster 27 audio presentation |
| Poster 28 – Replacing Synthetic Polymers with Biopolymer Feedstock from NC Seaweed Resources Team Members – Jacob Ferace, Lauren Rice, Anna Russell, Brooke Shephard Mentor – Orlin Velev View poster 28 Listen to poster 28 audio presentation |
2025 Senior Design Day
April 25, 2025 | 9-11 a.m. | Engineering Building 1 Atrium
CHE 451 Projects
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| Poster 1 – Diphenylethane Production Team Members – Eric Buchsbaum, Abigail Oakes, Linda Pomiranceva, Paige Siggins, Brayden Williams Mentors – Meghan Bruening, Claire DeCroix, Taylor Fenz, Martin Pospisil Watch Poster 1 Presentation video View poster 1 |
| Poster 2 – Fluorine Abatement Process Improvements and Optimizations Team Members – Aaron Dornseif, Leyao Huang, Akhil Jayanty, Andrew Schultz, Jake Tynch Mentors – Sam Silver, Colin Tattersall Watch Poster 2 Presentation video View poster 2 |
| Poster 3 – Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) Site for Flue Gas Desulfurization Wastewater Treatment Team Members – Alex Biega, Allyson Baker Clinedinst, Robert Hart, Jillian McNaught, Amelia Shea Mentor – Derek Henderson Watcher Poster 3 Presentation video View poster 3 |
| Poster 9 – Biomass Gasification Team Members – Rachel Crouse, Ben Kelroy, Alex Lambrecht, Alexander Tustin Mentor – Hassan Golpour Watch Poster 9 Presentation video View poster 9 |
| Poster 10 – Optimization of Drug Product Stabilizer Processes Team Members – Jacob Faherty, Hannah Honeycutt, Sreemanth Meka, Raghu Vansh Mereddy, Lydia Walston, Adeline Witherspoon Mentors – Katherine Bieler, Katie Cimorelli, Donald Grosse, Lauren Palmer, Cameron Stevens, David Walser Watch Poster 10 Presentation video View poster 10 |
| Poster 11 – Continuous Solidification of an Organic Intermediate Team Members – Lauren Hullender, Ben Lessin, Elisa Schlesner Alves, Alex Troutman Mentor – Phillip McCarter Watch Poster 11 Presentation video View poster 11 |
| Poster 12 – Large Scale pDNA Manufacturing Process for a Highly Productive E. Coli Strain Team Members – Ian Dudley, Will Gross, Amy Leister, Carson Lloyd, Tyler Quesinberry Mentor – Nathan Crook Watch Poster 12 Presentation video View poster 12 |
| Poster 13 – Feasibility of CLC of Industrial Tail Gases for CO Production Team Members – Chloe Andreasen, Ben Clements, Lydia Hatfield, Conor O’Brien Mentors – Luke Neal, Fanxing Li Watch Poster 13 Presentation video View poster 13 |
| Poster 14 – Multivariate Monitoring of Continuous Fermentation Process Team Members – Justin Whalen, Laurel Settlemire, Teddy Dano, Ben Anderson, Sam Grove, Tyler Wroblewski Mentors – Tanish Dhagat, Saurav Jain, Christopher Wimmer Watch Poster 14 Presentation video View poster 14 |
| Poster 15 – Economics and CO2 Emissions of Fatty Alcohols from CO2 Team Members – Leyla Hassan, Jenna Kolbe, Jasmine Newman, Lauren Turrentine, Caitlin Williams Mentor – Eddie Sun Watch Poster 15 Presentation video View poster 15 |
| Poster 16 – Predictive Modeling of Water Vapor Ingress in a Pressurized Meter Dose Inhaler: Enhancing Stability, Reducing Development Time, and Cutting Costs Team Members – Hope Churchman, Gabe Coats, Rose Glazier, Lexi Pierce, Tyler Stana Mentors – David Lechuga, Jeremy Saunders Watch Poster 16 Presentation video View poster 16 |
| Poster 17 – Production of Linear Alkylbenzene-Based Detergents from Carbon Dioxide Team Members – Callie Abernathy, Gedler Arevalo Rivera, Alessandro Dal Pra, Joseph Nobles, Kennedy Schroeder, Caroline Sinclair Mentors – Eddie Sun Watch Poster 17 Presentation video View poster 17 |
| Poster 18 – Commercial Autologous Cell Therapy Cleanroom Facility Design Team Members – Naomi Bouedo, Zac Gill, Claire Hodges, Duaa Jalal, Lauren Kielty, Jayde Markley Mentors – Meghan Howard, Michael Perkins Watch Poster 18 Presentation video View poster 18 |
| Poster 19 – Feasibility of replacing Synthetic Plastics with Biopolymers Team Members – Feras Ajeen, Hridesh Chauhan, Rushan Husain, Lauren Putney, Hrishikesh Ram Mentor – Orlin Velev Watch Poster 19 Presentation video View poster 19 |
| Poster 20 – Recovery of HCl From Waste Stream at St. Gabriel Site Team Members – Sam Crowley, Nicole Hamm, Kaden Steinmann, Sarah Watson Mentors – Pierce Blazina, Nick Burrows, Lindsey Norris, Emma Rodriguez, Laramie Scanlon Watch Poster 20 Presentation video View poster 20 |
| Poster 21 – Reformed Energy: Gasification Modeling and Techno-Economical Analysis Team Members – Gavin DuFresne, Joshua Glasheen, Sumeetha Jagadeesan, Avari Rector Andrew Sartorelli Mentors – Daniel Frumkin, Jeff Sanders Watch Poster 21 Presentation video View poster 21 |
| Poster 22 – Transdermal Therapeutic Patch Design Team Members – Kelly Clarke, Elizabeth Corbi, Jalen Lucas, Angelina Oliveri, MaryBrown Scarbrough, Katie Shilling Mentors – Marcelo Anderson, Morgan Malick Watch Poster 22 Presentation video View poster 22 |
| Poster 23 – Productivity and Economic Comparisons of Single-Pass and Recirculating TFF in Manufacturing-Scale Processing Team Members – Shane Braxton, Sydney Buchsbaum, Dallas Hatcher, Jeel Patel, Kaashvi Saigal, Aditi Yadav Mentors – David Brown, Amber Costakes, Brad Homan, Garret Johnson, Thomas Lindsey, Matt Taylor Watch Poster 23 Presentation video View poster 23 |
| Poster 24 – Hydrothermal Processing of Biosolids Team Members – Roch Guertin, Brennon Brown, Mia Boosey, Sarah Allard, Emanuel Aponte Torres Mentor – Terry Goss Watch Poster 24 Presentation video View poster 24 |
| Poster 25 – Removal of PFAS from Municipal Drinking Water Team Members – Andrew Birkner, Laura Newsom, Abbie Seidle, Teodora Rasuo, Philip Vasto Mentor – Bill Linak Watch Poster 25 Presentation video View poster 25 |
| Poster 26 – Design of Commercial Scale PET Production Facility Team Members – Caeley Arney, Ana Hernandez, Lily Lin, Daniel Matthews, Aidan Sunris Mentors – Varun Atree, Genevieve Gauthier, Alan Wessel Watch Poster 26 Presentation video View poster 26 |
| Poster 27 – Greenfield PET Production Facility Team Members – Aiden Gansz, MacKenzie Ingle, Noah Tart, Sara Vaught Mentors – Varun Atree, Max Destino, Alex Moon, Noha Zayan Watch Poster 27 Presentation video View poster 27 |
| Poster 28 – Heavy Metal Removal from Contaminated Water Sources Team Members – Alex Cowart, Mansi Dholakia, Cian Goulding, Kira Rybarczyk, Cade Tharrington Mentors – Kirill Efimenko, Jan Genzer Watch Poster 28 Presentation video View poster 28 |
Engineering Entrepreneurship Projects
| Poster 4 – The Carry Cart Team Members – Blake Boykin, Brandon Cosgrove, Jacob Rudd, Deepankar Shrestha, Natalie Spero Mentor – Chad Walters |
| Poster 5 – ClogSense: Industrial Solid Flow Clog Detector Team Members – Andrew Hammock, Carrie Horrell, Ari Izzo, Angela Johns, Lucy Polzin Mentor – Eric Adams View poster 5 |
| Poster 6 – Water Optics Team Members – Olivia Boswell, Abby Daniels, Jessica Dunn, Maggie Pohl Mentor – Edgar Solano |
| Poster 7 – Scout Team Member – Sarah Harris, Ben Zanon, Varun Venkatesan, Ethan Holden, Enrique Espiritu-Domingue Mentor – Uren Patel |
| Poster 8 – Sesame Team Members – Caleb Carter, Robert Humphrey, Matthew Nassif, Luke Piermarini, Marc Wilcox Mentors – Allen Garner, Riley Morris |